The following is important if you wish to influence what happens in your village, here is your opportunity.
Introduction
Below you will find items sent to PVA for distribution to the community to allow you to have a say in how the village can be shaped for the future through design ideas, new housing, infrastructure and environment.
Please do contribute to the New Design Code and/or the call for wider sites as this will affect all of us living in Prestwood as well as future generations.
Last updated 2/8/22
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Statement of Consultation From Buckinghamshire Council
Guidance:
The following statement of consultation has been received from Bucks Council by the PVA committee. This summarises the findings to date and information relating to the Local Plan from Buckinghamshire.
Click on title below to open up the detail of the letter. There is a link at the bottom of the letter which will take you to the full website.
Statement of Consultation From Buckinghamshire Council
From:
Directorate for Planning, Growth & Sustainability
Planning Policy Team
Buckinghamshire Council
Queen Victoria Road
High Wycombe
HP11 1BB
planningpolicyteam.bc@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
tel: 01296 383698
Statement of Consultation
Dear Consultee,
Publication of the Statement of Consultation for the Local Plan for Buckinghamshire Attitudes Survey Buckinghamshire Council has issued a Statement of Consultation report on the Attitudes Survey “Help Shape the Future of Buckinghamshire” published from the 29th of November 2021 to the 13th of February 2022. This is now available on our website.
The Statement of Consultation summarises the key findings and sets out the Council’s response, this includes comments received from residents, organisations, key stakeholders and Duty to Cooperate bodies.
The Statement of Consultation can be viewed online on our webpage
at: www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/local-development-plans- info/buckinghamshire-local-plan/
Yours sincerely
Charlotte Morris
Planning Policy Team Leader
Directorate of Planning, Growth and Environment
Help Us Shape a New Design Code for Buckinghamshire
The following has been received by Prestwood Village Association from Buckinghamshire Council:
Guidance:
We would encourage you to engage in this request as it will allow the community of Prestwood to have a say in how you would like the village to develop now and into the future.
The link you need is www.bucks.place shown below within the request letter.
There are two points to note when you go onto the site:
1. Use the menu to find out more or to tag a location to comment on. This may show along the top of the site or as an icon on the top right depending on your browser width. (We have noticed that laptops may show the mobile/tablet version of the website).
2. On ‘Tag a location’ the area you need to select for Prestwood is ‘The Missendens’. this will display a map where you can tag and make your comment.
3. The Home of 2050 option is another area where comments are being sought relating to both home and outside space development.
4. Click on the box below to read the detail.
Help Us Shape a New Design Code for Buckinghamshire
Directorate for Planning, Growth & Sustainability
Buckinghamshire Council
The Gateway
Gatehouse Road
Aylesbury
HP198FF
bucks.place@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Help Us Shape a New Design Code for Buckinghamshire
Dear Consultee,
Shape Buckinghamshire’s streets, buildings and public spaces of the future.
We are working to create a Design Code for Buckinghamshire. This is a set of rules and design principles for buildings, streets and public spaces which developers will need to follow. We need your input to help us to create the design code, which will contain design rules for:
- Street design
- Walking and cycling
- Green spaces and trees
- Spaces for water and nature
- Cycle storage
- Storage for waste and recycling containers
- E-car and e-cycle charging
- Car parking
- Safe streets and public spaces
Once we’ve completed the Buckinghamshire Design Code we will test it before we conduct a formal public consultation. We will then consider formally adopting the Design Code as the official guidelines we will use to help us determine planning applications.
It’s quick and simple to get involved.
Please visit www.bucks.place and follow these three steps:
Tag
Find your local area on our interactive map. Zoom into the street, public space or building you want to talk about, or key in the postcode
in the search box. Then click +Tag and follow the instructions on the screen to add your idea, comment or suggestion.
Type
Tell us what you think by typing a few words. We’re interested to know:
- Is this a good place for children to live?
- Are there enough places for children to play in this area?
- Could I get around easily in a wheelchair?
- What obstacles are there if you were pushing a pushchair?
- Is it easy to cross the street?
- Are there enough trees?
- Do children have a safe walking route to school?
- Are there obstacles for people who are walking and cycling such as missing pavements?
- How could new developments in this place be better in the future?
Snap
You can also upload a photo directly from your smartphone or computer (optional) .
The Home of 2050
We would also like to know how you think the Home of 2050 could respond to changing lifestyles and climate change. You can find some
ideas and share your thoughts online on the Home of 2050 page (www.bucks.place/index.php?contentid=97)
Thank you for taking part in this important work for shaping the new Design Code for Buckinghamshire.
Kind regards
Rebecca Hart
Natural Environment Manager
Planning, Growth and Sustainability
Buckinghamshire Council
bucks.place@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Wider Call for Sites
Guidance:
This will feed directly into the development of the new Local Plan for Buckinghamshire (up to 2040), for consideration by the council. In order for new development sites to be sustainable and utilise ‘Brownfield’ sites before Green areas, the council is calling for any known or potential Brownfield sites to be submitted to the council via an online form by 11th September 2022.
Other information you will find in the site below includes a map and listing of all current reported sites.
The Link you will need is https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy/wider-call-for-sites-in-buckinghamshire/ which is within the letter below which can be access by clicking on the box below.
If you want to see a map of the area (you will need to zoom in on Prestwood) you can locate it here: Buckinghamshire Map.
Wider Call For Sites
Directorate for Planning, Growth & Sustainability
Planning Policy Team
Buckinghamshire Council
Queen Victoria Road
High Wycombe
HP11 1BB
planningpolicyteam.bc@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
01296 383698
14 June 2022
Wider Call for Sites
Dear Consultee,
The Council is beginning work on the new Local Plan for Buckinghamshire (LP4B). The LP4B will allocate sites for development in the period up to 2040 to meet the housing and economic development needs of Buckinghamshire.
We are keen to ensure that when new development takes place, it is sustainable and makes best use of available land. To achieve this, we have undertaken two ‘Call for Brownfield Sites’ consultations where we asked for previously developed land to be submitted for consideration. During this process, we received over 300 submissions of brownfield sites. A list and map of these sites can be found at: www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/brownfield-sites (editor this link has been updated)
Not all of the brownfield sites submitted to the council previously will be suitable, achievable and available, this will be assessed by the Council in the Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessments (HELAA).
Buckinghamshire Council is still committed to ‘Brown before Green’, however, based on what we currently understand our needs to be and an initial assessment of the brownfield sites submitted to us, it is important to also understand what further sites are available to ensure we have enough capacity to meet our future needs.
This means we are now undertaking a ‘Wider Call for Sites’ (including Greenfield sites) to gather a fuller understanding of the land available for development within Buckinghamshire. All of the sites that are submitted to us through this Call for Sites consultation, and the previous two Call for Sites consultations, will be technically assessed in the HELAA. This will assess sites for their suitability, availability and achievability (including viability) to accommodate development. To give you an indication on how this process will be undertaken, we have published our draft methodology which can be found at: www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/helaa
In addition to this, further information is available in government guidance about Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessments (HELAA) at :
www.gov.uk/guidance/housing-and-economic-land-availability-assessment
This Call for Sites is open from 13 June 2022 until 11 September 2022, although sites submitted after this may still be considered You can identify a site by using:
The online form or
Download a call for sites form.
Both are available to access at: www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/wider-call-for-sites Completed forms can be returned by email to
planningpolicyteam.bc@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
or by post to:
Call for Sites
Planning Policy
Buckinghamshire Council
Queen Victoria Road
High Wycombe
HP11 1BB
Thank you for taking part in this important work for the new Local Plan for Buckinghamshire.
Kind regards
Chris Schmidt-Reid
Planning Policy Team Leader
Planning, Growth and Sustainability
Buckinghamshire Council
One massive document but where are the plans so we can see what they have in mind for Prestwood so that we get a chance to object. All those words give no clue.
PVA Moderator: Hi Ray, there is not one massive document here. There are three documents or websites. At the moment Buckinghamshire council is starting this process, so it is not at a review stage. It is a call for ideas. There is a map in the last item: Wider call for sites. This is Buckinghamshire wide, so you need to zoom in to see what people have in mind. While rechecking this I can see that Buckinghamshire Council have also changed their website address since I published this! You need to go to here: https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy/call-for-brownfield-sites/ I have updated the article to contain the correct link.