Key topics to cover

1. The need for a new local plan

2. Key changes from the last version

3. The proposed housing number

4. What the proposed IPS can’t do

5. What the proposed IPS can do

6. How to engage in the consultation

7. Key documents and points to note

1. Why do we need a new local plan?

a) Current plan adopted in 2012 before introduction of NPPF

& IWC making decisions under ‘presumption in favour’

since 2018 due to no 5 year land supply and lack of

delivery;

b) A new plan means new policy tools to improve

consistency and certainty in decision making - benefit to

the public and applicants;

c) Consultation on draft IPS now, further consultation on

final version of IPS in Spring 2022 before submitting to

Government for examination in public

15 year plan period is 2023 to 2038

2. Key changes from the last version

What are the main changes from the 2018 Draft IPS?

a. Proposed reduction in housing number of 25% to a deliverable total;

b. Removal of garden settlement areas of search;

c. No allocated sites outside of new settlement boundaries;

d. ‘Hard’ settlement boundaries so removal of support in principle for new sites

that are immediately adjacent;

e. Unallocated sites coming forward in rural areas will be expected to be

predominantly affordable housing via Rural or First Homes exception sites;

f. Revised housing mix policy to provide more of the types of homes that

island people need;

g. New policy to promote brownfield and steer unplanned development

towards it;

h. Policies adapted to respond to recovery and lessons learnt from pandemic

3. The proposed housing number

Housing number in the adopted Core Strategy is 520dpa (7,800

across 15 year plan period);

ii.

The housing number in the last IPS was 641dpa (9,615) using

Government calculation.

iii.

Government calculation currently stands at 668dpa (10,020)

iv.

Proposals in Planning White Paper saw increase to

1,045dpa

(15,675) - although not now being progressed;

v. Draft IPS proposes 486dpa (7,290);

486 is an average of all 15 year plan periods in the last

20 years - clear and evidence based

4. What the proposed IPS can’t do…

Based on the island realistic housing number of 486dpa and to

enable justification at public examination, evidence shows us

that the IPS will be unable to:

a. Only allocate brownfield land;

b. Exclude greenfield land;

c. Only plan for affordable housing;

d. Pick and choose sites using an inconsistent approach

that undermines our delivery argument

5. What the proposed IPS can do! (Part 1)

Not just about the number - what can the plan do as

currently drafted?

•

98% of allocated homes are within primary (87%) and secondary

(11%) adjusted settlement boundaries;

•

60% of allocated homes are on previously developed land, including

key public sector sites Camp Hill and Newport Harbour;

•

72% of allocated homes on greenfield land are already in the planning

system as either applications or pre-app;

• All allocated sites are over

10 units so have to deliver on site

affordable homes, meaning over 1,500 across plan period in addition

to those already with permission

5. What the proposed IPS can do! (Part 2)

• Requiring a minimum 10% biodiversity net gain from all development;

• Support for the creation of a Dark Skies Park in the south west of the Island.

• Over 25 Local Green Spaces are included

• Only around 1 per cent of the Island is allocated for residential and

employment land;

•

30 hectares of land is allocated across six different sites for employment

use;

• Reinvigorating our High Streets working alongside the ongoing success of

Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) projects in Newport and Ryde, enable town

centres to be flexible;

• Over 8 miles of new cycle track are proposed, including proposals to

complete the West Wight to Newport pedestrian and cycle greenway;

6. How to engage in the consultation

a) 9 week public consultation started on 30

July running until 1 October; (statutory

minimum is 6 weeks)

b) New consultation portal to make

commenting on the plan easier via