Baginton and Bubbenhall Neighbourhood Plan
(4) 3.0 Vision and Objectives
Pool Cottages, Baginton
Village Green, Bubbenhall
3.1 The themes, vision and objectives below have been developed using the feedback from the neighbourhood plan survey that was carried out in each Parish in early 2015 and the informal consultation carried out in 2016.
Key Themes
3.2 The following themes have been drawn from
the submitted forms from the communities of Baginton and
Bubbenhall during the early, informal stage of public consultation
in 2014:
1. Housing
2. History
3. Greenbelt and parish boundaries
4. Services
5. Assets and amenities
6. Road traffic
7. Commercial / industrial development and employment
Vision
To build upon the history and the existing high
quality environment of the two villages and their surroundings
and through structured continual improvement provide
increasingly sustainable, safe, healthy and enjoyable places
for people to live, work and visit.
Objectives
Objective 1. Housing
To ensure the provision of a diverse range of
sustainable homes that meet identified needs and are
sympathetic to the individual character of each village.
Objective 1 may be approached differently by each Parish.
Social need and national policy demands a substantial increase
in house building therefore each Parish must have
a strategy in place that supports
residential developments that enhance
the Parish.
BagintonhousingsurveyofFeb2008identifiedtheneedfor17newhomes(rent
x12, shared ownership x5). Baginton Parish Council has
undertaken a new housing survey in
2015 which indicates a
need for one house, substantially
down on the 2008 survey. Nevertheless, the Parish Council
supports sustainable development of a modest number of new
housing within thevillage.
Bubbenhall has been designated by Warwick District Council
as a category 3 village with potential
for some infill housing as
relevant areas and land becomes
available. There are several possible
sites for one or two
houses within the village
boundaries. One 1960s dwelling has been rebuilt on the footprint
of the original house, and there are several barnconversions.
Objective 1 will be delivered through NDP Policies
BAG1, BAG2, and BUB1.
Objective 2. History
To preserve and enhance the existing Conservation
Areas and historic features of Baginton and Bubbenhall by
ensuring future development is proportionate to the size and
character of the two Parishes.
Both parishes have areas of
special architectural and historic
interest designated as 'conservation areas'.
Objective 2 has been written with the aim of supporting policies
that will prevent insensitive over development of the
Parishes:
Objective 2 will be delivered through NDP Policies BAG3
and BUB2.
Objective 3. Green Belt and Landscape Character and
Natural Environment
To retain and protect green belt designations (as
amended by the emerging Local Plan as necessary) and Parish
boundaries across the Neighbourhood Area, maintaining the role
of the Green Belt in preventing coalescence of urban areas and
encroachment into countryside and to protect, preserve and
enhance the natural environment.
The justification here is to prevent the villages being
merged with neighbouring urban areas through development in the
greenbelt or political manipulation of the current
administrative boundaries. It is essential that the
rural character of these small villages is
preserved by maintaining the
green belt to protect
against urban sprawl. Specifically, the Gateway proposal has
been rejected by the Secretary of State and is now subject to
the outcome of the Local Pan examination.
Objective 3 will be delivered through NDP Policies G1,
G2, G3 and BAG4.
Objective 4. Services
To ensure that service provision meets the needs and
demands of the individual communities across the full age
range of the population and seek ways of improving
on the current
provision within each Parish
or as a shared
service provision across the two Parishes.
The need to provide adequate
services to meet the needs
of adiverse community was mentioned
in a number of survey responses.
Objective 4 will be delivered through NDP Policies
BAG4, BUB3, BAG5 and BUB4.
Objective 5. Assets and Amenities
To review, and
consider the value
of assets and amenities
across the parishes and
propose how these can be improved or added to for the benefit
of residents. Identify opportunities for sharing existing or
creating new assets andamenities.
Over the years, the parishes have built up some excellent
assets and amenities and these should be maintained and enhanced
to the benefit of residents.
Objective 5 will be delivered through NDP Policies
BAG4, BAG5, BUB3 and BUB4.
Objective 6. Road Traffic
To work in partnership with other agencies to
progressively reduce the adverse impacts of road traffic on
residents and the environment.
The adverse impact of increasing traffic volumes on health,
safety environment and quality of life is a major concern
expressed by residents.
Objective 6 will be delivered through NDP Policies G4
and BAG6.
Objective 7. Commercial / Industrial Development and
Employment
To ensure that
existing businesses operate
in an
environment that promotes
their important community role, and to support new rural
enterprises, appropriate small businesses and home working,
provided they do nothave an unacceptable
impact on local residential amenity and the natural or
historic environment.
The Parishes are primarily
residential areas with agriculture
and small businesses scattered
through the area. Existing businesses include, Bubbenhall
Quarry, a golfclub,Middlemarch Business
Park, Aeroproducts,farms and plant
nurseries/garden centres, childcare, Coventry Airport,
pubs, clubs, hotel, a shop/post office, etc. There is be an
increasing trend for people to work from home and a suitable
infrastructure isrequired.
Objective 7 will be delivered through NDP Policy G5 and BAG7.
