It has taken some time to get the Consultation Draft on-line as there have been plenty of late amendments to evidence documents to consider.
The consultation went live on 1st July 2014 and there is a drop in shop at 25, Swan Lane, Guildford in which everyone can inspect documents, make comments and give feedback.
It is worth stepping back from any debate about whether we like the plan and recognising the huge amount of work put in by officers and Councillors (especially Councillor Juneja who has the lead for the Local Plan). It is easier to criticise the documents than to prepare them.
We have criticised elements of the Evidence Base and some of the shortcomings have led to some issues in the policies and narrative.
Stepping back from the documents and looking afresh, it is evident that the Local Plan may be too general in places and not enough about Guildford and our specific issues.
All of that notwithstanding, we should thank officers and Councillors for their hard work.
Here are the documents (and there are a lot of them). The Guildford Society slides from the fifth talk in its Local Plan series will be provided on a separate post on this website and at www.guildfordsociety.org.uk.
The Draft Local Plan
- DraftLocalPlan-StrategyAndSites____Strategic_Policies_and_Appendices_A_to_F
- DraftLocalPlan-StrategyAndSites___Site_allocations_20_to_125_web_version
- DraftLocalPlan-StrategyAndSites__Appendix_G_maps_web_version_Albury__Fairlands
- DraftLocalPlan-StrategyAndSites__Appendix_G_maps_web_version_Four_Acre_Stable__Keogh_Barracks
- DraftLocalPlan-StrategyAndSites__Appendix_G_maps_web_version_Ripley__Worplesdon
- DraftLocalPlan-StrategyAndSites__Appendix_G_maps_web_version_Worplesdon_Wisley
Three ‘Topic’ Papers (issued on 17th July 2014)
- Topic_Paper_Housing
- Topic_Paper_Infrastructure_and_Delivery
- Topic_Paper_Green_Belt_and_the_Countryside
The Evidence Base (at the Consultation launch on 1st July 2014)
We have grouped these according to our own approach. There is no such grouping in the Draft Plan nor on the GBC Website: http://www.guildford.gov.uk/evidencebase
The Vision and Priorities
Although the Council’s Corporate Plan (2013-2016) will have run its course when the Plan is due to be adopted, it forms a significant part of the basis of the vision and strategy in the Draft Local Plan:
Constraints (Issues to be addressed AND/OR impacting on Development)
Infrastructure Baseline
Town Centre Vitality and Viability Report
Access & Transport
Guildford Town Movement Strategy
- GTAMS-ExecReport_apr2014
- GTAMS-ScenarioAnalysisAndInterventions_apr2014
- GTAMS-StrategyReport_apr2014
- GTAMS-VisionObjectivesBaselineAndBAU_apr2014
Growth Options and Scenarios
- OGSTAR_SCC_Jan_2014_GrowthOptionsScenarios
- OGSTAR_SCC_Jan_2014_GrowthOptionsScenarios_Addendum_Jul2014
Green Belt & Countryside Reports
- Volume_II_GBCS
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_A1
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_A4
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_B6
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_C1
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_C2
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_E1
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_E21
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_E22
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_E23
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_E24
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_H1
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_H2
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_J2
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_J3
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_K2
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_K5
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_K6
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_K7
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Land_Parcel_K9
- Volume_II_GBCS_APP_III_Sustainability_Assessment_Key
- Volume_II_GBCS_New_ADD_17_04_2014
- Volume_II_GBCS_New_ADD_APP_1_Green_Belt_Purposes_Schedule
- Volume_II_GBCS_New_ADD_APP_2_Green_Belt_Sensitivity_Map
- Volume_II_GBCS_New_ADD_APP_3_ECA_Schedules
- Volume_II_GBCS_New_ADD_APP_4_ECA_Mapping
- Volume_II_GBCS_New_ADD_APP_5_Sustainability_Walking_Distances
- Volume_II_GBCS_New_ADD_APP_6_Sustainability_Schedules
- Volume_II_GBCS_New_ADD_APP_7_Residential_Capacity
- Volume_II_GBCS_New_ADD_APP_8_PDAs_for_Urban_Areas
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI__FrontCover
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Chilworth
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_East_Horsley_and_West_Horsley_(North)
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Effingham
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Fairlands
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Flexford
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Normandy
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Ockham
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Peasmarsh
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Pirbright
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Ripley
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Send
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Send_Marsh_Burntcommon
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Shalford
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_West_Clandon_North_and_South
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_West_Horsley_(South)
- Volume_III_GBCS_APP_VI_Wood_Street_Village
- Volume_V_GBCS___17_04_2014
- Volume_V_GBCS__Note_from_Lead_Member_for_Planning_and_Governance
- Volume_V_GBCS__Section_17_Adjoining_Borough
- Volume_V_GBCS__Section_18_Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty
- Volume_V_GBCS__Section_19_Countryside_Beyond_the_Green_Belt
- Volume_V_GBCS__Section_20_Major_Previously_Developed_Sites
- Volume_V_GBCS__Section_21_Major_Village_Expansions
- Volume_V_GBCS__Section_22_New_Settlement_at_Wisley_Airfield
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_IX_PDA_Urban_and_Villages
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_X_Insetting
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XI_Major_Village_Expansions
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XII_GBC_Settlement_Hierarchy
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XIII_Farncombe_Walking_Distances
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XIII_Sustainability_Schedule_PDAs
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XIV_Gomshall_Walking_Distances
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XIV_Shere_Walking_Distances
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XIV_Sustainability_Schedule_PDAs
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XV_K3_Sustainability_Schedule
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XV_K3_Walking_Distances
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XVI__Burntcommon_Walking_Distance_B14
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XVI_Burntcommon_Walking_Distance_B12_13
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XVI_Normandy_Flexford_Walking_Distance_H12
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XVI_Send_Walking_Distance_B16
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XVI_Sustainability_Schedules_PMDAs
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XVII_Key_Environmental_Designations
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XVII_Key_Local_Plan_Policies_Guildford
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XVII_Key_Local_Plan_Policies_Waverley
- Volume_V_GBCS_APP_XVII_Key_Local_Plan_Policies_Woking
Flood Risk Assessments
There are several documents on the Borough’s website (not directly copied here) which will inform constraints but which would require technical assessments of any strategy or proposed development: I have included the lnk to the GBC web page for any up to date documents
At the time of writing, the Flood Risk Assessment dates from 2010 (pre-dating the major flood event in 2013) and those documents are provided below:
- FRRM___2010
- FRRM__Vol_1_Guildford_SFRA__January_2009_Final
- FRRM__Vol_2_Guildford_SFRA_January_2009_Final
- FRRM_APP_B1_Boroughwide_SFRA_Extents
- FRRM_APP_B2_Boroughwide_Catchment_Boundaries
- FRRM_APP_B3_Boroughwide_Guildford_River_Defences
- FRRM_APP_B4_HydraulicModel__Section_Location_and_Extents_Overview
- FRRM_APP_B4_HydraulicModel_Map_1
- FRRM_APP_B4_HydraulicModel_Map_2
- FRRM_APP_B4_HydraulicModel_Map_3
- FRRM_APP_B4_HydraulicModel_Map_4
- FRRM_APP_B4_HydraulicModel_Map_5
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodZones_Map_0_Overview
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_1
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_2
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_3
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_4
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_5
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_6
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_7
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_8
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_9
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_10
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_11
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_12
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_13
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_14
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_15
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_16
- FRRM_APP_C_EAFloodzones_Map_17
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_0_Overview
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_1
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_2
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_3
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_4
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_5
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_6
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_7
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_8
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_9
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_10
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_11
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_12
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_13
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_14
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_15
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_16
- FRRM_APP_D_RiverFloodingDetail_Map_17
- FRRM_APP_E_FloodDepth_Map_0_Overview
- FRRM_APP_E_FloodDepth_Map_1
- FRRM_APP_E_FloodDepth_Map_2
- FRRM_APP_E_FloodDepth_Map_3
- FRRM_APP_E_FloodDepth_Map_4
- FRRM_APP_E_FloodDepth_Map_5
- FRRM_APP_E_FloodDepth_Map_6
- FRRM_APP_F_BasingstokeCanal_Map_0_Overview
- FRRM_APP_F_BasingstokeCanal_Map_1_Areas_liable_to_flood
- FRRM_APP_F_BasingstokeCanal_Map_2_Areas_liable_to_flood
- FRRM_APP_F_BasingstokeCanal_Map_3_Areas_liable_to_flood
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_0_Overview
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_1
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_2
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_3
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_4
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_5
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_6
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_7
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_8
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_9
- FRRM_APP_G_OtherFloodingSources_Map_10
Sites of Nature Conservation Importance
These survey reports date from 2004-2007; there should have been updated versions available in parallel with any review of green field sites and options.
Surface Water Management Plan
This report dates from 2013
- Guildford_Surface_Water_Management_Plan_-_Draft_Report
- Guildford_Surface_Water_Management_Plan_-_Appendix_E_-_Action_Plans_for_Hotspots
- SW_Study_report_Ash_Rev_3
- SW_Study_Ash_Appendix_E_-_Action_Plans_for_Hotspots
- SW_Study_AshLodgeDrive_CatchmentBoundary
- SW_Study_AshStationArea_CatchmentBoundary
Habitats Regulation Assessment
This report dates from 2013
Land Uses
Objectively Assessed Need and Demand
Strategic Housing Market Area Assessment
- SHMA_GLHearn_ResponseToDetailedComments
- SHMA_GLHearn_ResponseToGeneralComments
- SHMA_Review_EdgeAnalytics_March2014
Affordable Housing Viability
Traveller Accommodation Assessment
- Traveller_Accommodation_Assessment_2012
- Traveller_Accommodation_Assessment_2012_BriefingNotes-and-FAQs
Retail and Leisure Study
Updated from 2006 reports which themselves were based on 2004 data
- RetailLeisure_Volume_1_2011
- RetailLeisure_Volume_2_2011_Appendices
- RetailLeisure_Volume_3_2011_HouseholdSurveys
Economic and Employment Need
no specific papers in the evidence base
Land Availability Assessments
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
- FULL_SHLAA_June_2014
- SHLAA_for_publication_1_May_2014 (partial update)
Traveller SHLAA
Employment Land Availability Assessment
Qualitative and Character Analyses
Sustainability Appraisal
Settlement Profiles and Hierarchy
Landscape Character Assessments (2007)
- Rural-Urban_Fringe_Assessment_-_Master_Copy
- Townscape_Assessment_Master_copy
- Rural_Assessment_Master_Copy
- Countryside_Character_Areas
Conservation Areas Character Assessments
- Charlotteville_Cons_App_1and2
- Charlotteville_Cons_App_3
- Charlotteville_Cons_App_4and5
- Charlotteville_Cons_App_6
- Charlotteville_Cons_App_6_maps-1
- Charlotteville_Cons_App_6_maps-2
- Charlotteville_Cons_App_6_maps-3
- Charlotteville_Cons_App_6_maps-4
- Guildford_town_centre_CAA
- Guildford_town-centre_CAA_Appendix_1_Character_Areas_map
- Guildford_town-centre_CAA_Appendix_1_Character_Areas_map_1
- Guildford_town-centre_CAA_Appendix_1_Character_Areas_map_2
- Guildford_town-centre_CAA_Appendix_1_Character_Areas_map_3
- Guildford_town-centre_CAA_Appendix_1_Character_Areas_map_4
- Pirbright_Area_Map_all_info_layers
- Pirbright_Area_Map_Article_4_buildings
- Pirbright_Area_Map_old_and_proposed_boundaries
- Pirbright_Conservation_Area_1973_Boundary
- Pirbright_Conservation_Area_Appraisal_book
- Pirbright_Map_1872_County_Series_Epoch_1
Open Space and Green Infrastructure (2006)
- OpenSpace___Main_Report
- OpenSpace_Appendix_1_Policy_Background
- OpenSpace_Appendix_2_S106_Contributions
- OpenSpace_Appendix_3_Map_of_Wards
- OpenSpace_Appendix_4_Survey_Sheets
- OpenSpace_Appendix_5_Consultation_Review
- OpenSpace_Appendix_6_Vision_for_Open_Space
- Appendix 7 available from GBC on CD
- OpenSpace_Appendix_8_Quantitative_Data
- OpenSpace_Appendix_9_Quantitative_Data_and_NPFA_Standards
- OpenSpace_Appendix_10_Qualitative_Data
- OpenSpace_Appendix_11_Discussion_of_Findings
- OpenSpace_Appendix_12_Proposed_Standards
- OpenSpace_Appendix_13_List_of_all_sites_audited