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Contents Page - Issue 57 - New Sites - Chapelhill, Clackmannan



1. Schedule 4

2. Representations

TMS Planning and Development Services for Brian Edwards
(CLDP161a)

3. Supporting Documents

CD062 Review of Green Belt in Clackmannanshire (August 2012)
CD070 Decision Notice 07/00027/FULL [attached]
SD42 TMS Planning and Development Services for Brian Edwards
(CLDP161a) - Location Plan [attached]
SD43 TMS Planning and Development Services for Brian Edwards
(CLDP161a) - Supporting Information [attached]

































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Issue 57 New Sites - Chapelhill, Clackmannan
Development Plan
reference:
Proposed new housing site Reporter:
Body or person(s) submitting a representation raising the issue
(including reference number):

TMS Planning and Development Services for Brian Edwards (CLDP161a)

Provision of the development
plan to which the issue relates:
Clackmannan Housing Proposals
Planning Authoritys summary of the representation(s):

Maintain that their client's land at Chapelhill, Clackmannan ought to be
released for housing development as an additional site to serve a niche
housing market.

Questions the deliverability of Proposed LDP allocated housing sites and
maintains there is not enough effective housing land allocated in the proposed
plan. By implication this will mean that the plan will not meet its underlying
social, community and economic requirements or benefits from new housing
development.

It is unclear whether the land lies in the Green Belt since the plan is unclear
on any map.

Modifications sought by those submitting representations:

The site at Chapelhill Farm, delineated on the map below, should be
contained within the Clackmannan settlement boundary and allocated for
residential development as per the supporting statement and documents.


Summary of responses (including reasons) by Planning Authority:

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The LDP Designated Sites Map shows that the land around the southern
perimeter of the Clackmannan urban area is Green Belt. Chapelhill, which is
covered by the Green Belt designation, and lies abutting the Lookaboutye
Brae also lies within designated countryside. The proposed allocation of this
site for development is therefore contrary to Policies SC23 'Development in
the Countryside - General Principles' and SC24 'Residential Development in
the Countryside' in the Proposed LDP and would likely result in unacceptable
impact and permanent change that is harmful to the countryside setting of
Clackmannan and its rural quality.

The proposed site allocation does not warrant an alteration to the settlement
boundary of Clackmannan.

The physical setting of Clackmannan, the former county town and historic
settlement, currently has a special sense of place and attractive physical
setting, especially when viewed from the flat carse land south of the village.
Panning from the high ridge where the ancient tower house of Clackmannan
Tower stands on Kingseat Hill along the rooftops and south facing buildings in
the existing village to the eastern parts of the Main Street presents a setting
that warrants conserving.

The representation presents a mixed message in so far as it claims for a niche
or specialist type of housing at Chapelhill, for up to 4 eco-home units, that is
not readily provided for elsewhere in the LDP but then makes a case for
mainstream housing land release that can serve the social and economic
needs of the locus.

The Proposed LDP does not indicate any urban expansion of Clackmannan
but rather seeks to protect the setting of the town. Land is allocated for 55 new
homes at Helensfield, Clackmannan and it is not considered appropriate or
necessary for housing to be developed as part of an urban expansion at
Chapelhill, with the urban boundary so altered.

A planning application for 5 new homes at Chapelhill (07/00027/FULL)
(CD070) was refused on 29th March 2007 for the following reasons:
1. The proposed development is within the countryside as defined by the
Clackmannanshire Local Plan 2004. As the proposed development is
unrelated to a countryside activity, the development is contrary to the
Clackmannanshire and Stirling Structure Plan, Policies ENV3 and H6 and
Clackmannanshire Local Plan Policy EN18. Approval of the development
would set an undesirable precedent for development in the
Clackmannanshire countryside.
2. The proposed development is on land defined as prime agricultural land in
the Clackmannanshire Local Plan 2004. As the proposed development
would result in the permanent loss of prime agricultural land and no
evidence has been submitted to indicate that lower quality land could not
reasonably be used, the development is contrary to Clackmannanshire and
Stirling Structure Plan Policy ENV7.
No evidence has been submitted to suggest that any circumstances have
materially changed since the refusal of planning permission in so far as a
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reasonable justification for development at this location might now be
acceptable. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

Reporters conclusions:

Reporters recommendations:

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