Presentation from the public meeting to organise objections against planning plans for Grantham.

1. Welcome to
the meeting

2. Agenda
• GAAP and its implications
• How do we object?
• Open forum
• Next steps and offers of help
• Timeline
• End

3. What is the GAAP?
• The Grantham Area Action Plan (GAAP) will drive
regeneration and growth for the town and will serve as
a vehicle to deliver Grantham’s status as a Growth
Point. It sets out the Council’s vision for the town
together with objectives, a policy framework and
proposals to guide future development over the next
15 years up to 2026. It seeks to enhance Grantham’s
historic environment and improve the quality and
range of facilities and services available to residents
and businesses. The GAAP identifies and allocates sites
for specific types of development including
employment, retail, housing, open space and green
infrastructure networks and will play a key role in
delivering the future development requirements for
Grantham town.

4. The GAAP will result in:
A strong local economic focus that will provide high quality housing, employment and a strong
retail offer
New road infrastructure, which will assist in reducing traffic in the town centre enabling a traffic
calmed environment to be created
A vibrant and visually attractive town
An enhanced environment with striking architecture, spaces, waterways and green networks
An attractive shopping area with new retail and mixed use developments
A centre for strong community culture and historic environment
Improved accessibility, particularly for pedestrians and cyclists
The GAAP is based upon:
A number of background studies providing robust evidence to support the approach proposed
(see below)
A sustainability appraisal to make sure the approach will have the best environmental, social and
economic outcomes possible
Technical and viability assessments of key development sites
The preparation of the GAAP has involved consultation with the local community and other key
stakeholders not only on the overall policy approach of the GAAP but also specific proposals for
key development sites.

5. Key issues which are considered relevant to this plan include:
To direct development to locations which meets the strategic requirements set out by
the Core Strategy
Delivering housing, employment and retail requirements of the Core Strategy
Delivering Green infrastructure networks and protecting and enhancing existing open
spaces and meeting open space standards for new development
To identify the town centre as a focus for development including retail, mixed use
development, employment, housing and other other town centre uses
To avoid development in areas of high risk from flooding
To consider locations that have existing or potential infrastructure to support
development
To protect against detrimental impact on historic assets
The need for affordable housing.
House prices are relatively low compared to elsewhere in South Kesteven District and
the wider Lincolnshire area. Yet despite this, Grantham has relatively low levels of
owner occupancy and high rates of social housing and private sector renting. There is
a shortage of affordable housing compared to the level of demand.
By 2026, Grantham will be a vibrant and key economic centre in Lincolnshire. It will be
an economically, socially, environmentally and physically connected town.

6. Social housing Timescale
Total housing

7. Poplar Farm

9. Planned points of entry to the site
Beaumont Drive and Applewood Close

10. Potential other points of access in case of objection
Lynden Avenue / Vernon Avenue

11. Conservative estimates are
for 600 new houses to be
added to the daily
throughflow on the three
roads
Only points of access to the estate will be through
Stephenson Avenue, Cliffe Road and Hazelwood Drive

12. Objectives of note
Objective 7
• To locate development within Grantham where it will provide the
opportunity for people to satisfy their day-to-day needs for employment,
shopping, education and other services locally or in locations which
minimise the need to travel and where there are modes of transport
available in addition to the motor car.
Objective 9
• To conserve and enhance Grantham’s heritage, respecting historic
buildings and their settings, links and views.
Objective 10
• To provide a network of multi-functional green spaces which secures a net
gain in biodiversity, provides for the sporting and recreational needs of the
population, promotes healthy lifestyles and enhances the quality of the
natural and built environment.

13. Implications

14. There is no planning for making the access to the
site better through highway development. The
only plan is to put more roads and identify the
potential for a cycle path (it is not clear where this
could legally and physically go)

15. There is NO planning for development of the infrastructure on the estates
There is NO planning for the allocation of any further informal open space
There are NO plans to amend the electricity provision on site
There is NO planning for improvement of the foul sewerage on the estate –
there are rumours that the sewerage system on the estate has been deemed
to be full for its present purpose.
Any information on this would be very useful.
There is planning for a three form entry school in this area which will cost £9
million to build.
It appears to use that looking at the plan this estate is planned to be built in
the 2016-2021 window yet there are minimal plans to develop the
infrastructure until the 2021-2028 window. We appear to be an afterthought

16. The arguments used by the residents of the Manthorpe Estate regarding the proposed development on the other side of the railway line and border
Biodiversity
• The current national planning policy framework for the
natural environment, countryside and landscape is set out
in PPS 1 (Delivering Sustainable Development), PPS7
(Sustainable Development in Rural Areas) and PPS 9
(Biodiversity and Geological Conservation). The policies are
aimed at sustainable development which protects and
enhances biodiversity, and provides for access to the
countryside.
• Grantham’s green infrastructure network comprises both
green spaces within urban areas, such as Wyndham Park,
and larger spaces in the countryside around the town, such
as Belton Park.

17. Heritage
• It is clear from reading a range
of documents that we should target the
proximity of the land to Belton House.
• English Heritage and National Trust have
objections to aspects of the plan.
• We should focus on the Belton House and
Park Setting Study and Policy Development
document commissioned by SKDC.

18. Highways
• Concerns expressed in original statement by
highways about suitability of roads
• Change in use of access roads
• Side roads being turned into main access
roads
• Safety of the roads in the winter
• Overload of the town’s roads

19. Planning objections
Object to this allocation. We consider that the
provision made for a reserve site at Grantham is GRAH1 (Land North of Peachwood
unnecessary and highly questionable whether it Close) is relatively close to Belton Park
could achieve its stated purpose. Request that the and development here could harm the
provision made for a reserve site be deleted. setting of and views from the
- Commercial Estates Group registered park and garden. This needs
to be identified as a key constraint and
carefully considered before the site is
brought forward. - English Heritage
Object to the allocation. The
Representor considers that the site is
subject to highway access constraints.
The development of the Site would also Object to the policy. Access is an issue and
have implications for the setting of distance from local services. Obviously
Belton House and Garden. Reserve sites expanding the area of GRAH2 would be
should enjoy the same qualities as preferable. - P and B Lely
primary allocations.
- Antony Asbury Associates

20. Planning supporters
Support the policy. It is Buckminster
Support the policy. We have noted with interest Estates' view that the proposed housing
that part of our clients' landholding (crosshatched) supply figures for Grantham are too finely
is included within the GAAP and has been identified balanced and that an additional reserve
as a reserve site for residential development. We site should be allocated. The Buckminster
support the identification of the land as potential Estate proposed through the SHLAA a
residential development land and will take housing site adjacent to 205 Bridgend
whatever actions are necessary to facilitate the Road/A52 Somerby Hill. By only having
early and effective release of the land for such uses one reserve site there is not enough
subject to all other general planning policies. contingency built into the GAAP. The land
- Trustees of Sir Thomas White’s Charity at Somerby Hill to be added as an
additional housing reserve site.
- Buckminster Estates

21. The land is owned by The Charity of Sir Thomas White whose trustees are duty bound
to maximise the potential of their investment. Therefore we can only expect that they
will push to sell the land for the maximum amount.

22. Grounds for objection
• Impact on landscape
• Highways
• Infrastructure
• Impact on Grantham Heritage
• Biodiversity
• Greenbelt vs Brownfield

24. How do we object?
• SKDC planning website
• Individual letters of
objection
• Collective letter of
objection

25. The planning website is difficult to navigate and use – you will need to
log into the site to do so as well. We advise that is easier to write
letters.
Individual letters need to be posted or emailed to the Planning Policy
& Partnerships department at South Kesteven District Council
A collective letter will show that we have widescale support within the
community – there were 250 comments on the whole plan in March
it would be a massive show of strength if we could massively outdo
that. It will only count as one letter but is an important statement to
make.
We have been advised that the council have called for people to
comment through the website but this is only to make it more
efficient for the planning policy department and they are happy for
us to use the other methods
It is important that we do use both of the other two methods and that
the individual letters are not round robins.

26. We cannot object
on grounds of:
• Impact on personal
circumstances
• House price values
• Objection to development
of the town

27. Timeline