Dewsbury Riverside Vision by Spawforths

Dewsbury Riverside

Contents

Introduction Executive Summary Background, Objectives, Scope

The Vision The Vision in the Context of Dewsbury The Vision: High Level Masterplan Deswsbury Riverside Connectivity A Vision for Regeneration

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Key Benefits and Challenges Economic Impacts Infrastructure Green Belt Development Creating Market Appeal The Water Environment Land Assembly

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The Next Steps Delivery and Phasing 36 Planning and Regeneration Process 37

Conclusion Conclusion

The Vision: The River Corridor as a Focus for Regeneration

Dewsbury Town Centre

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Miller Homes and their masterplanning consultants, Spawforths have created a bold vision which uses the River Calder corridor as a catalyst for regeneration at Ravensthorpe and Dewsbury. Town Centre. The delivery of up to 4,000 new homes in an urban extension to the south of Dewsbury will be the driver for this regeneration. Both Miller Homes and Spawforths have extensive experience of working with a range of public bodies to deliver such large scale schemes. Miller Homes is a major national house builder with over eighty years experience. Miller Homes has a tradition of building family homes to the highest standards of quality and care for its customers. Miller Homes has experience of the project management and implementation of major developments throughout the UK. Most notably within the region, Miller Homes has accumulated expertise in the delivery of a major 2,500 new home urban extension to the east of Wakefield (City Fields) and associated delivery of the Wakefield Eastern Relief Road. The Dewsbury Riverside Vision builds on previous regeneration initiatives and masterplans for the area. The delivery of 4,000 new homes would create significant economic benefits which will be the catalyst for transformational change. The Dewsbury Riverside project will unlock brownfield and derelict sites, deliver the Ravensthorpe Relief Road,

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regenerate Dewsbury Town Centre, open up the waterfront, create a new centre for Ravensthorpe and deliver significant new housing. The Dewsbury South Urban Extension can deliver a mix of housing types and tenures and generate significant new benefits: • Enable the regeneration and urban renaissance of Dewsbury Town Centre and Ravensthorpe. • Provision of the Ravensthorpe Relief Road. • Create significant new job opportunities and £414.5m of new GVA in the area. • Create the critical mass to assist with enhancing Ravensthorpe Station and surrounding area. • Create a high quality housing environment. • There is the potential to accommodate a range of housing types and tenure, increasing choice and mix in the area and improving affordability. • Delivery of new Community Hubs.

• Delivery of landscape and environmental enhancements. • Creating a robust and defensible urban edge and new Green Belt boundary. This targeted intervention will tackle the long standing issues such as overcrowding, community cohesion, social exclusion and deprivation. The masterplan shows that the proposed scheme will radically change perceptions of the area through its green gateway and vibrant waterfront developments. The new mixed use schemes will create new employment opportunities with a broader employment offer. The neighbourhood and community facilities for the new housing scheme will tie into the existing Ravensthorpe community. Miller Homes are keen to deliver this significant opportunity which has substantial economic, social and environmental benefits for the local people and sub-region.

Introduction

Executive Summary

North Kirklees Strategic Development Framework 2008 by GVA Grimley

Dewsbury SDF 2010

South Dewsbury Urban Extension: Masterplan Framework, October 2012, Spawforths. Key Principle Highway Loop Potential Car Park Commercial/ Retail Provision Indicative Residential Blocks

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Existing Farm Buildings and Cottages Existing woodland Existing School Potential site for Primary School Proposed Community Hub Indicative location of public open space Proposed SUDs detention ponds/ swales etc.

Miller Homes and their masterplanning consultants, Spawforths have created a bold vision for Dewsbury Riverside as a sustainable project to deliver regeneration and transformational change for Dewsbury, which will refocus the town around the canal and riverside, enhance connectivity through highway and rail infrastructure improvements and create 4,000 plus new homes. Background

Objectives

This vision builds on the earlier studies and masterplans for regeneration, including the North Kirklees Strategic Development Framework (2008) and the Dewsbury Strategic Development Framework (2010). The North Kirklees SDF includes a masterplan for South Dewsbury, which integrates smaller masterplans for Saville Town, Thornhill Lees, Scout Hill and Ravensthorpe, These principally focus on a new centre for Ravensthorpe, improved housing offer, better linkages to the River Calder and exploitation of the riverside location. It advocates a better relationship between industry and housing as well as improvements to the railway station and surrounding area.

This vision therefore sets out a bold new indicative masterplan for Dewsbury Riverside, building on previous work with the following key objectives: • The regeneration and urban renaissance of Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe through housing delivery of sufficient quantity to generate transformational change. • To rejuvenate Dewsbury Town Centre through creation of distinctive quarters, new linkages and reconnection with the Riverside. • To re-focus the central core of Ravensthorpe on the river and canal side to optimise the potential for economic growth through the re-use of existing natural assets. • To address all sectors of market demand and affordable housing need in south Dewsbury • To enhance the level of service provision and recreation and leisure opportunities.

Developing the Key themes, in 2012, Spawforths produced a Masterplan Framework for Miller Homes which proposed 2,500 new homes to the south of Thornhill Lees with improvements to Ravensthorpe rail station and new local centres and community hubs, set within a network of green links and corridors.

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• To open up the potential for the delivery of improved rail, road and pedestrian and cycle connections whilst extending and enhancing green corridors and linkages Scope This vision will set out the regeneration context before outlining ways in which market appeal could be created to harness transformational change and create realistic prospects for the delivery of 4,000 new homes. It will set out the rationale for the Dewsbury Riverside scheme by considering the key opportunities and constraints of connectivity, housing need, Green Belt allocations and flood risk. A high level vision for the scheme will set out options for delivery and outline the potential regeneration impacts of the scheme, before concluding with a summary of regeneration benefits.

Introduction

Background, Objectives, Scope

Creating Market TheAppeal Vision

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Riverside corridor Red Line for Potential Residential Development

The Vision in the Context of Dewsbury

The Vision

Dewsbury Riverside is a key element of the regeneration plans for Dewsbury and runs from Ravensthorpe through to Dewsbury Town Centre.

The aim is to regenerate Dewsbury to the benefit of residents, employers, investors and visitors, whilst positioning Dewsbury as a quality place to attract new investors, employment opportunities and housing. The scheme aims to reduce future forecast congestion in Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe and deliver environmental improvements. It will reinstate Dewsbury as a place of economic and cultural activities in the Leeds City Region. In its wider context, the project will act as a catalyst for further investment and development across the Leeds City Region. As well as being accessible through a range of transport modes, including bus and rail routes, the area benefits from its close proximity to the Town Centre and contains a number of key environmental assets, including attractive waterfront settings that can potentially be opened up through the urban extension and regeneration of previously developed sites. The waterfront in Dewsbury creates an attractive and positive aspect to the area.

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The vision for Dewsbury Riverside is to deliver transformational change and investment in this area and create a high quality gateway. The key element being to drive forward the economy in the region, enhance the residential offer, regenerate the Town Centre, improve the environment, create excellent transport connectivity and improved access to employment opportunities. The redevelopment of the area will accelerate the urban renaissance of Dewsbury and enhance the connectivity between the existing communities and the environment beyond. Through opening up access to the waterside and surrounding area, new active leisure opportunities could be provided within Dewsbury, promoting healthy living and an improved environment. In addition, new river frontage would create enhanced land and property values and increased inward investment into the area and provide a catalyst for cultural activities. The renewal of Dewsbury would help the town to achieve its economic growth aspirations over the coming decades.

Consequently, it would enhance the effectiveness of previous and ongoing investment to revitalise Dewsbury Town Centre, as well as providing the opportunity to help support and enable housing growth. In addition, the redevelopment of Dewsbury offers the opportunity to develop the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s road network, improving connectivity and access to neighbouring communities and the Town Centre. It would also allow the coordination of public transport services in the area, enabling better access to employment opportunities across the District and Leeds City Region as a whole. Through such sustainable redevelopment, Dewsbury Riverside will deliver economic, social and environmental benefits and improve the quality of life for its local population and beyond.

The Vision

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Indicative Strategic Highway Connections Strategic Highways interventions to enable re-connection of urban areas. Existing Strategic Highway connections to Motorway Network

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The Vision

The delivery of 4,000 new homes will create new opportunities to realise long held ambitions for regeneration in Dewsbury Town Centre.

Background The Dewsbury Strategic Development Framework (2010), set out three “Big Moves” for the centre as a key part of the vision. These were: • Distinctive town quarters • A new high Street on Long Causeway • Reconnecting the centre. A number of projects were set out under these headings: Distinctive Town Quarters • A business incubator • Enhance the evening economy • College relocation • Re-use of empty space • Identify potential development sites • New public realm strategy on long causeway • Enhance architectural heritage New High Street on Long Causeway • New uses • Urban Park • Ideas Generator

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• Enhanced cultural facility in the Town Hall and Walsh Building Reconnecting the Centre • Leisure routes • Movement and connectivity • Neighbourhood gateways Reconnecting the centre of Dewsbury to its river has many advantages. The river could become the new urban park, with new housing, cafes restaurants, business centres and leisure walks. If the focus of the early stages of regeneration shifts towards the river this would enable:

and the top of Saville Road would take traffic away from the river frontage allowing these spaces to become more pedestrianised and animated. • The Victorian mills on Mill Street East are a positive asset for regeneration and these would be on an important route. • Extending the pedestrian focussed development of Long Causeway into the Minster precincts, opens up the town centre to the existing residents of Savile Town and beyond.

• Reorganisation of traffic routes around the centre of Dewsbury to take traffic away from Aldhams Road and Rishworth Road, This would reconnect Dewsbury Minster with the Town Centre. • Relocation of the bus station would create a potential site for residential development • Re-routing town centre traffic around Mill Street East and West

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The Vision

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Miller Homes and Spawforths have created a vision for an urban extension to the south of Dewsbury. This vision sees the delivery of 4,000 plus new homes which will create sufficient economic impetus to deliver new roads, rail and pedestrian and cycle infrastructure, regenerate Dewsbury Town Centre and the Riverside and begin to positively connect the new homes to a realigned central core of Ravensthorpe which focuses on the Riverside and canal. The proposed Dewsbury South urban extension has the capacity for around 4,000 new homes, alongside community facilities, open space, new schools and local centre in order to create a sustainable community. There is the potential for further residential development as part of the Dewsbury Riverside project through the regeneration of brownfield sites and mixed use developments adjacent to the riverside in Ravensthorpe and Dewsbury Town Centre. It is anticipated that in addition to the new local centre which has been located to tie into the heart of the existing Ravensthorpe settlement (to promote cohesion between the new and existing communities), there will be other smaller local centres, close to housing to support walkable neighbourhoods. For this quantum of development we anticipate that there will be a need for one new secondary school and three primary schools as well as other community facilities such as healthcare

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facilities and community centres. Existing green links and corridors will be extended through the proposed residential site and these will connect the green space infrastructure. The green links could also accommodate pedestrian and cycle routes, with an emphasis on safe routes to school. Sustainable urban drainage features will create further amenity for the open space as well as creating new habitat for links to promote diversity of wildlife species. Relocating the rail station to a new riverside plaza will offer more destinations for passengers on the trans-pennine route with the potential to take advantage of major transport infrastructure improvements in the form of HS3. In addition to the new rail plaza, a site has been identified within the flood plain which has an existing underpass under the rail line. This site could be utilised as car parking to serve the new rail station.

Huddersfield Road becomes badly traffic congested through Ravensthorpe. The fine urban grain of residential streets form multiple junctions with Huddersfield road slowing the traffic stream. Vehicles park outside the small businesses which are located here adding to the problem. The vision offers an opportunity to address this issue by the provision of a new relief road which could run through the development site, starting at Low Mill Lane and looping back onto Calder Road. This route could potentially connect to the proposed local centre. Lower order roads, cycle paths and green routes could connect into the existing highway infrastructure and together with the bypass could extend bus routes and public transport corridors through the site and into Dewsbury Town Centre.

The Vision

A Vision for Regeneration

Key Benefits and Conclusion Challenges

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Vision Benefits

1,230 jobs

£414.5m of additional Gross Value Added (GVA)

£18.4m of first occupation expenditure

1,230 sustainable new jobs

An additional 660 jobs in the local economy creating £9.7m of GVA per annum

9,700 9,700 construction jobs

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Essential Infrastructure to support the Objectives of Kirklees MDC and Northern Powerhouse

Provision of the Ravensthorpe Relief Road

A commitment to local employment initiatives

Economic Impacts

The relationship between economic performance in an area and housing is complex, however having the right quantity, quality and balance of housing in an area is necessary for economic growth. The development of the Dewsbury Riverside scheme can therefore support local economic growth, both through direct job creation through the construction phase of the scheme, but also the increased population will create sustainable local jobs through increased demand for goods and services, plus further direct job creation through the new local retail centre. Accend and Spawforths have undertaken a preliminary Economic Impact Assessment of the residential part of the Dewsbury Riverside scheme (Dewsbury South Urban Extension), including construction of the houses, relief road, schools and local retail centre. It includes both the short term construction related employment and the sustained employment and both the direct and indirect economic impacts of these, including GVA.

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This concludes that: • During the construction phase around 9,700 FTE jobs will be created. • 1,230 long term permanent jobs will be created in the local economy. • Over a 25 year period during and post construction the Dewsbury South Urban Extension will inject £414.5 million of GVA into the local economy. • The occupants of the homes are likely to spend £18.4m on new goods and services on first occupation. • 660 jobs will be created indirectly in the local economy creating £9.7m of GVA per annum. Other aspects of economic impact which are difficult to quantify are:

Although these are difficult to quantify in monetary terms, they are of significant benefit to local residents, as well as to the sub-region and region as a whole.They deliver significant benefits in transport infrastructure, add value in changing perceptions of areas make an area more attractive to investment, through to stimulating regeneration and addressing deprivation in the local neighbourhoods. The next stage of the Economic Impact Assessment is for Accend and Spawforths to consider the other aspects of the Dewsbury Riverside project which includes the renaissance of Dewsbury Town Centre, Ravensthorpe and the Riverside regeneration.

• Transport improvements • Creating market appeal and image enhancement • Regeneration and community benefits • Environmental benefits

Key Benefits

The potential economic benefits from delivery of the Dewsbury Riverside project are significant, with net additional local job creation through the construction phase of 9,700 FTE person years of employment and an economic impact in the long term through creation of 1,230 sustainable new jobs and making a GVA contribution over 25 years of £414.5m

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Infrastructure A key element of this vision is the development of new road, rail, cycle and pedestrian infrastructure to provide “safer cleaner greener streets and spaces”.

Node 3-4 The proposed highway skirts the existing established woodland, but would result in the loss of some existing community woodland. It is anticipated that the loss of any existing vegetation could be compensated elsewhere on the residential site.

Node 2 This could use existing highway infrastructure on Low Mill Lane.

Node 4-5 This is existing highway infrastructure, but with a new junction a new rail plaza could be located here.

Node 3 A new bridge crossing the river and the railway will connect Ravensthorpe to the new residential development. The new bridge could become a landmark for the area. The advantage of route 1-3 is that it retains a substantive development parcel at “a” and reduces its impact on the attractive river and canal frontage of land parcel “b”.

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Node 4 A new junction for Calder Road which provide access to the residential site.

Node 5-6 This is a proposed new section of highway running along the river frontage The advantage of a highway along this side of the river is that it leaves the opposite south facing side of the river (land parcel “d”) for pedestrian friendly uses, thereby animating the waterfront. Node 6-7 This comprises a new bridge over the

river and re-connection to Huddersfield Road at point 7, thereby completing a Bypass of Huddersfield Road Node 5-8 This section of existing highway could be reconfigured with lower traffic volumes and speeds, providing opportunities longer term for a reconfigured local centre along this route to the river. Nodes 1-9 could form the new Ravensthorpe Relief Road. This could be phased and delivered as nodes 1-5, with an existing connection in place to Node 8 . Subsequently Nodes 5-7 could be delivered, as a second phase. Nodes 9-11 follow existing highway from Forge lane to Saville Road connecting with an existing ring road around Dewsbury Town Centre. Re routing traffic east and west along Mill Street East and Mill Street West and forming bridge link across the river could potentially take vehicles out of the centre of Dewsbury and allow the centre to become more pedestrian focussed.

Key Challenges

Node 1 Node 1 is the green gateway to the site overlooking the adjacent nature reserve. Simple changes in priority and alignment of existing highway infrastructure could form the first leg of a bypass of Huddersfield Road. The fine urban grain of the terraced streets with multiple junctions and parked cars, on Huddersfield Road currently create congestion and increase journey times into central Dewsbury.

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Green Belt Development The housing needs of Kirklees is putting severe pressure on the local authority to review the Green Belt. Dewsbury Riverside is a unique opportunity to positively use the Green Belt and meet the housing need and regenerate the area.

is a unique opportunity to meet the housing need and economic growth aspirations whilst delivering significant regeneration benefits for the area.

• To check the unrestricted sprawl of large built up areas; • To prevent neighbouring towns merging into one another; • To assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment; • To preserve the setting and special character of historic towns; and • To assist in urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land.

Paragraph 83 of The Framework considers that Green Belt boundaries can change “in exceptional circumstances”. Such a circumstance exists through the significant need to provide housing in Kirklees, and the need for regeneration and renewal in Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe. The aspirations to revitalise the area, which stem from the Housing Market Renewal programme, North Kirklees Strategic Development Framework and the now revoked Regional Spatial Strategy provide the context for Green Belt change, inward investment and urban renaissance.

The plan opposite illustrates that Kirklees is enveloped by the West Yorkshire Green Belt which is placing a significant pressure and obstacle to housing delivery. Within the Kirklees, Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and Calderdale area over the next fifteen years approximately 170,000 new homes need to be provided. To meet the housing need and economic growth aspirations Kirklees will need to review the Green Belt. Dewsbury Riverside

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coalescence of neighbouring towns, and will not encroach on the countryside nor affect the setting and special character of an historic town.

Key Challenges

The National Planning Policy Framework (The Framework) explains that there are five purposes of including land within the Green Belt, which is:

The development of this site will not have a significant impact on any of the reasons for the Green Belt designation in the area. The new Green Belt boundaries will be drawn to provide a long term robust boundary. The development will not result in the

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The entrance from Junction 25 of the M62 via Mirfield is attractive and creates a green gateway to the area. From this route the site is approached through a green corridor culminating in a nature reserve and canal on the site boundary. The townscape of the route is attractive with many Victorian and older buildings as heritage assets.

Key Challenges

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Key Challenges

Flood Risk Key Existing Settlement 1 in 100 yr Flood Zone 1 in 1000 yr Flood Zone River

Water Environment

The plan opposite shows that Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe are on the River Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigation, which is an area at risk from 1 in 100 year and 1 in 1000 year flood events. The proposed residential development site is at low risk from flooding and is therefore considered sequentially preferable for development from a flood risk perspective. The site can therefore assist in housing-led regeneration and economic investment. Whilst the river poses a not insignificant constraint in terms of flooding, it also presents great opportunities in terms of creating a new riverside environment which will attract in new business users. The river and canal frontage can bring further opportunities for leisure and recreation by connecting to existing green corridors. The river itself can provide opportunities for renewable energy, lowering the carbon footprint of the new development and embedding sustainable principles.

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In terms of townscape, a river frontage offers the opportunity to create a unique new focus for Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe. There is adequate area within the residential site to provide Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDS), and use can be made of the existing watercourses to optimise the attenuation within the site. Utilising standard practice 12% of the total site area has been allocated for SUDs measures and interventions. This level of provision has proved acceptable on other similar sites to enable surface water run off to achieve greenfield run off rates with an allowance built in for climate change and predicted increases in rainfall.

greenfield rates, will not exacerbate flooding to the wider catchment,. Taking the above into consideration, it can be demonstrated that there are no significant constraints to the site which would preclude delivery of the site and there are no issues which prevent delivery of the site from a flood risk and drainage perspective We understand that at this point in time, the Environment Agency are in the process of finalising the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment and the flood risk extents may be redefined. Flood risk and flood mitigation will be key considerations when the masterplan is considered in more detail.

SUDs interventions will be designed to work with the site topography and will assist in the establishment of habitat and wildlife corridors In accordance with The Framework it is considered that Dewsbury South site is not affected by flooding and subject to the attenuation of runoff to existing

Key Challenges

The site borders the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation Canal. Whilst this presents a potential constraint in terms of flood risk, the many benefits of the river and canal side location in terms of place making, creating leisure opportunities and increased connectivity, greatly outweigh the negatives.

Land Titles Key Land under the control of Miller Homes Land owned by Kirklees Council Land in other ownership

Land Assembly Miller Homes and Kirklees Council control the land identified for the residential site. Therefore, in essence there are only two landowners necessary to deliver the residential site. The Dewsbury South Urban Extension is therefore available in accordance with The Framework.

Key Challenges

Miller Homes and Kirklees Council control the Dewsbury South Urban Extension. Therefore, there are only two landowners for the delivery of a 4,000 home sustainable urban extension to Dewsbury. There are however a number of third party land ownerships along the route of the Ravensthorpe Relief Road. Initial assessments have been undertaken on the alignment of the road to seek to reduce the number of parties that would be affected. Some of the land under the control of Miller Homes and Kirklees Council is currently allocated for residential use or Protected Open Land in the Unitary Development Plan. There are therefore areas of the Dewsbury South Urban Extension which can be commenced in the short term, whilst recognising the enhanced benefits of the overall scheme.

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The Vision

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Illustrative Phasing Plan Key Residential Development Rail Infrastructure Priority Regenration Projects Secondary Regeneration Projects Potential Highway Connections

Phasing Miller Homes and Spawforths recognise that within an overarching Masterplan Framework, any strategic mixed use urban extension which requires major infrastructure will have to be developed on a phased basis. This is a recognised way to provide early development value in order to fund high front-end development costs.

Miller Homes has accumulated expertise in the delivery of major schemes, most notably in West Yorkshire at Wakefield East/City Fields and associated delivery of the Wakefield Eastern Relief Road. Given the scale of the site, we anticipate the site being delivered through up to six sales outlets addressing three distinct value bands (i.e. higher, middle and lower value markets) and each coming forward at a rate of approximately 35 units per annum (i.e. over 200 dwellings per year when all outlets are open). On the basis that part of the site is allocated in the current UDP for housing and another part as Protected Open Land we consider that it is reasonable

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for the development to commence in 2017 from two outlets and for this to ramp up to four outlets (following the adoption of the Local Plan) in 2019 and six outlets by 2021. Based on what is currently known about the site and the proposed scheme, and the assumptions above, we anticipate that the scheme could deliver a maximum of 2,600 homes in the 15 year plan period and in the region of 1,400 homes beyond the plan period. It is not unusual for strategic urban extensions such as this to take over 20 years to develop out and hence to last beyond the Plan period. However, it is important for a scheme of this scale where significant infrastructure decisions will need to be made early in the life of the project, for there to be certainty about the overall project, including both the overall scale of development and the consequential scale of the infrastructure requirements.

The Next Steps

Miller Homes has experience of the project management and implementation of major developments throughout the UK. Inevitably these schemes require long term commitment from landowners and developers and the management of infrastructure costs in relation to both on site and off site (mitigation) requirements.

Planning and Regeneration Process

Planning

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July 2015 Submission of Dewsbury Riverside Vision Document to Kirklees Council

Preparation of Local Plan by Kirklees Council

Draft Local Plan Consultation

Scope Stakeholder Engagement Undertake preliminary consultation with Kirklees Council and elected members Undertake preliminary consultation with key community groups Consult on Masterplan Options and work up Preferred Option

Submit Phase 1 Enabling Planning Application on land currently allocated Publication Plan Consultation

Submission of Local Plan to Secretary of State for Examination Examination in Public Publication of Local Plan Inspectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Report Adoption of Local Plan Submit Planning Application for Subsequent Phases

Undertake a series of consultations with key community groups

Funding and Delivery

Outputs

Prepare briefs for baseline technical assessments, (e.g. ecology, landscape, drainage, highways) Test viability of elements of key infrastructure through preparation of budget costs Completion of baseline technical assessments by Consultant Team Identify potential delivery partners

Viabilty test key elements of Masterplan Framework

Prepare Masterplan Options and test to arrive at Preferred Option

Liaise with Delivery Partners to explore delivery options Establish key criteria and apply for funding Produce Masterplan Framework

The Next Steps

Develop a Delivery Plan

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A Vision for Regeneration Conclusion

Dewsbury Riverside: Aspirations

Conclusion Regenerating Dewsbury Town Centre and Ravensthorpe around the waterfront and delivering new homes will deliver significant and transformational change and urban renaissance. The delivery of a large urban extension will be the catalyst and create a critical mass for a sustainable future for Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe.

The Dewsbury South Urban Extension can deliver a mix of housing types and tenures and generate significant new benefits: • Enable the regeneration and urban renaissance of Dewsbury Town Centre and Ravensthorpe. • Provision of the Ravensthorpe Relief Road. • Create significant new job opportunities and £414.5m of new GVA in the area. • Create the critical mass to assist with enhancing Ravensthorpe Station and surrounding area. • Create a high quality housing environment. • There is the potential to accommodate a range of housing types and tenure, increasing choice

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and mix in the area and improving affordability. • Delivery of new Community Hubs • Delivery of landscape and environmental enhancements. • Creating a robust and defensible urban edge and new Green Belt boundary. This targeted intervention will tackle the long standing issues such as overcrowding, community cohesion, social exclusion and deprivation.

environmental benefits for the local people and sub-region. The aspiration for the creation of “an attractive riverside community, that is well served, linked to the surrounding countryside, enjoying easy access to the immediate opportunities in Dewsbury Town Centre and the wider City Region” set out in the North Kirklees Strategic Development Framework (2008) can finally be realised.

The masterplan shows that the proposed scheme will radically change perceptions of the area through its green gateway and vibrant waterfront developments. The new mixed use schemes will create new employment opportunities with a broader employment offer. The neighbourhood and community facilities for the new housing scheme will tie into the existing Ravensthorpe community. Miller Homes are keen to deliver this significant opportunity which has substantial economic, social and

Conclusion

The Dewsbury Riverside project will unlock brownfield and derelict sites, deliver the Ravensthorpe Relief Road, regenerate Dewsbury Town Centre, open up the waterfront, create a new centre for Ravensthorpe and deliver significant new housing.