Councils in the West of England Council want people's views on future plans for new homes and transport. This presentation by David Turner at the Bristol Planning and Law Conference provides an overview.
2. West of England Joint Spatial Plan
“A Prospectus for Sustainable Growth”
3. West of England
Natural economic catchment area
Population of over one million
9 out of 10 people work and live here
Natural capital is a great asset
£25 billion economy
£10 billion a year in taxes to Treasury
Diverse economy
4. The Home of Knowledge, Innovation and Quality of Life
Highly competitive and growing economy
Clearly defined travel to work area with major new transport
investment being delivered
Strong academic profile and wide ranging skills base
Strong environmental credentials, unique heritage and
natural environment
Growing reputation for delivery
Clearly defined LEP an 4UAs
West of England Partnership – mature relationship
5. Housing Delivery in Crisis
Across England a quarter of adults under 35 are living
in their childhood bedroom
In the 1950’s an average house cost just over 4 times
annual salary by the 2008 property boom this had
reached 8 times
In 2005 69% of first mortgages did so without parental
assistance by 2011 down to 35%
By 2012, 70% of homes in England were built by large
house building firms
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7. Areas for Reform:
- Land Market
- House building market
- Affordable housing investment
- Strategic local leadership
8. Why a Joint Spatial Plan is needed
Key components:
Meeting and exceeding the requirements of the Duty of
Cooperate
Need to coordinate the reviews of existing Local Plans which are
coming to the end of their plan periods
Need to respond to new housing and employment growth
requirements
Roll forward existing planning frameworks to 2036 with a
baseline of 2016
Will be prepared on a statutory basis with formal consultation,
public and stakeholder engagement and external examination
9. A Prospectus for Sustainable Growth
Joint Spatial Plan:
Development plan covering the whole of the WoE 2016-2036.
Overall quantum of growth, district apportionment, strategic
locations, strategic infrastructure (especially transport).
85,000 needed of which 56,000 in pipeline. 29,000 shortfall.
Consider constraints and deliverability
Issues and Options consultation starts November
10. A Prospectus for Sustainable Growth
Guiding principles:
Commitment to a plan-led approach to guide future
development and secure funding for essential infrastructure
Balance the need for growth and development with the need to
secure quality of life and a strong environmental future
Adopt a sequential approach to development using previously
developed land and making best use of our existing urban areas
Ensure our transport plans are coordinated with the JSP
15. A Prospectus for Sustainable Growth
Issues and Options Engagement:
12 week consultation to collect views:
How should the West of England area change over the next 20
years?
How should growth be planned and managed?
Where should new homes, jobs and transport improvements be
located?
Where is it most important to minimise the impact of change?
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20. Delivery challenges
Creating quality places for our expanding population 2012 –
2037 plus 20.1% and supporting our strong economic growth
Unlocking full potential of existing urban areas – the need for
new delivery mechanisms
Increasing housing delivery rates from low of 2012/13 – 2,228
units to Bristol HMA requirement of 4,250pa
Affordable housing – historic rate 2006/14 – 794units pa -22.2%
versus new requirement – 1,455pa – 34.2% and a growing
affordability gap
22. • JSP and JTS being carried out alongside each other
• JTS to tackle existing problems and growth to 2036
• JTS builds upon successes e.g. major scheme programme
• Opportunity to engage from Nov 2015 beginning with Issues &
Options
www.jointplanningwofe.org.uk/
Joint Spatial Plan and Transport Study
25. Joint Transport Study
• We are preparing a Joint Transport Study in parallel with the
West of England’s Joint Spatial Plan
• We want to ask people about the key transport issues affecting
the area, and what sort of transport options and solutions we
should look at over the next 20 years.
26. Why a Joint Transport Study is needed
• The West of England authorities have a clear transport
strategy and major scheme programme up to 2021.
27. • JLTP3 then includes longer term future schemes & ideas
up to 2026
• But, network conditions will continue to come under
pressure, due to population and housing growth, and
growing demand to travel
• Timely need for strategic assessment of an overall
transport package – evidence base to support future
schemes and help secure more investment
• A `refresh’ of both existing schemes/spend scenarios
and more ambitious scenarios
Why a Joint Transport Study is needed
28. • Per capita share of national transport £
• Dispersed trip patterns
• Car dependency & congestion
• Network resilience
• Cycling
• Rail patronage
• Walking
• Bus patronage
What do you think?
How does our network compare to other
core city regions?
32. • Greater Bristol Bus Network £80m ✓
• Cycle City £22m ✓
• Weston Package £15m ✓
• Bath Package £27m
• Local Sustainable Transport Fund £40+m
• Better Bus Area 1 and 2 £6.5m
• Cycle Ambition Fund £11m
• MetroBus £197m
• And already planning investment from DfT devolved
funding - MetroWest rail plans – over £85m
Transport investment - Our reputation for
delivery since 2008…
34. Our Study Objectives
• Reduce Carbon Emissions
• Support economic growth
• Promote Accessibility
• Contribute to better safety,
health and security
• Improve quality of life and a
healthy, natural
environment
36. Generation of Initial Transport Options
Consider wide range of both existing proposals and new ideas
Grouped into `concepts’ to stimulate discussion and debate
Includes sustainable mobility plans, smarter choices, health,
safety, Quality of Life – and not constrained by ambition
Public
transport
corridors
More
MetroWest
More
MetroBus
freight LSTF +
Working
better
together
Walking &
Cycling
Demand
Management
MetroWest
++
Strategic
corridors
Regional
Connectivity
Orbital
connectivity
Pinch points
39. Next Steps - Shortlisting and Formulation of
Packages and Recommended Options
Initial sifting and prioritisation to inform a `reference
case’ of preferred transport packages - addressing our
current challenges – feeding in views from consultation
Then build in the impacts of future growth - shortlisted
spatial scenarios for development
Must ensure recommended transport package is
robust and objective - ‘reasonable prospects’ test for
delivery, giving strategic direction
Form deliverable, shortlisted funding packages
40. JTS Programme
• Review findings of consultation - Feb 2016
• Modelling and appraisal of transport packages – by
early summer 2016
• 6 week consultation on potential components of
preferred package – Autumn 2016
• Final transport study report – Dec 2016
• Subsequent incorporation into JLTP update and
publication of Joint Spatial Plan
41. 12 week consultation
What do you think are the current challenges on our
transport network?
What do you think our objectives should be?
What types of interventions do you think should
happen over the next twenty years? How would you
prioritise these?
44. Get involved – Have your say!
www.jointplanningwofe.org.uk
comment@jointplanningwofe.org.uk
Editor's Notes
Introduce ‘New Homes Zones’
Incentivise the use of stalled sites
Build new Garden Cities
Open up the land market with far more data
Help local builders access finance
Prioritise stable housing prices to help SME builders
Provide land for custom build
Local the playing field for builders with national space standards
Boost public and private investment in affordable homes
Set up a National Housing Investment Bank and use public land in joint ventures
Raise borrowing caps on local authority building
Put housing at the heart of new City Deals
Assess housing needs across local authority boundaries
Integrate major new infrastructure with new homes
Increase flexibility to make green belt swaps
The West of England is enjoying unprecedented levels of transport investment: more than £500m is being spent to improve transport.
This consultation seeks to build on track record of success in attracting transport investment. This has come about because of the strength of joint working and our previous Local Transport Plans, underlining the importance of the latest study in building on this success.
Our current combination of MetroBus and MetroWest schemes, with clear links to our enterprise areas, presents a coherent network strategy – we need to build on this for our investment programme over the next 20 years
JLTP3 then includes longer term future schemes & ideas up to 2026
We also have wider set of individual schemes in the SEP
But, current network still requires further investment
Network conditions will continue to come under pressure, due to population and housing growth, and growing demand to travel
Timely need for strategic assessment of an overall transport package – evidence base to support future schemes and help secure more investment
A `refresh’ of both existing schemes/spend scenarios and more ambitious scenarios
WoE is a prosperous area – this is reflected in a level of car dependency and use and consequent congestion which is higher than other UK core city regions. 64% of our commuters travel to work by car.
Our network has key locations where an incident on the network can have far-reaching consequences
We have made real progress in increasing cycling and a relatively high 14% of our commuters walk to work
Rail patronage is broadly increasing at the national rate but our passenger rail network is not as comprehensive as some other cities – 2% of people commute by train in WoE
7% of us commute by bus. Whilst this is lower than other core cities, bus patronage is growing rapidly in WoE, bucking the national trend
Stress that this is sub region-wide and there are large variances between different towns and districts
Over last twenty years we have seen a much more dispersed pattern of trips emerging – which is very challenging to provide public transport alternatives for.
And this is an illustration of car dependency across the West of England – clearly shows a pattern of high rates of car use for residents who are less close to key centres
Congestion is well known in the W of E – combined with known network resilience issues and those identified through the first stage of this study - such as the M5 Avonmouth bridge – the impact of incidents on the highway network is far reaching
Our rate of delivery for major transport investment has grown rapidly – particularly with the commencement of infrastructure works on the three MetroBus schemes
So this consultation is firstly asking people for their views on the issues facing travellers in the WoE. Which issues do they feel are most important – are there others which we have missed?
We have also thought about what we think the study objectives should be, in particular the need to be consistent with our JLTP policy and national guidance.
Proposals should aim to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions by providing better travel choices in more sustainable modes of transport such as public transport, walking and cycling.
Transport infrastructure should support economic growth and the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s Strategic Economic Plan.
Schemes should improve accessibility, making it easier for people to access jobs, education and services such as hospitals and shopping.
Transport investment should contribute to better safety, reduce emissions and be mindful of personal security.
Projects should aim to improve quality of life, for example reducing traffic volumes on residential roads and encouraging ‘mode shift’ to low-emission vehicles.
And the consultation asks people for their views on objectives and how important they consider them to be.
We have then grouped a range of suggestions into `concepts’ – to stimulate discussion and debate – and deliberately unconstrained at this stage.
Consultees are being asked for their views on these concepts – and how important each concept should be considered to be
As well as whether they have other schemes they think should be a priority for the West of England…
In terms of our next steps, we need to start work on sifting and prioritising schemes to form cohesive packages…feeding in the results of this first consultation and then taking account of the impacts of future development to be set out in the Joint Spatial Plan.
So this slide sets out our programme – by summer we will be incorporating a preferred transport package in the draft JSP for the next stage of consultation…
This scenario is focused on locations judged to work due to their access to sustainable transport choices – urban areas that already have good travel choices are the priority for development. There would be a combination of urban intensification, South Bristol urban extensions and public transport focused development. Commuter distances tend to be shorter, meaning more walking and cycling, while there could also be a focus on locations with rail access. In addition, the critical mass of people in urban areas supports more viable public transport. It’s an opportunity to create sustainable new communities with good accessibility to urban areas.
ALTHOUGH:
The impact of development on congestion is a factor that cannot be ignored, and means that a package of transport measures is essential to support this scenario. The need for transport investment first means it might be more difficult to deliver homes in the short term. It would also mean changes to the Green Belt.
KEY IMPACTS?
It scores well on housing and wellbeing, economy and transport and infrastructure, but would have an impact on parts of the Green Belt and on some areas of the countryside outside the Green Belt.