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1 Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals Telephone: F: E: abcdefghijklmnopqrstu Mr Alan Leslie Planning & Development North Lanarkshire Council Fleming House 2 Tryst Road Cumbernauld G67 1JW Our ref: LDP May 2011 Dear Mr Leslie THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT PLANNING) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2008 NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL- NORTH LANARKSHIRE LOCAL PLAN NOTICE: REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION - ISSUE NO:- 15A (HOUSING LAND SUPPLY) AND 15.2 (ALTERNATIVE HOUSING LAND SUPPLY SITES) I am writing regarding the North Lanarkshire Local Plan which was submitted to DPEA on the 22 September 2010 for examination by Scottish Ministers. Under Regulation 22 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Planning)(Scotland) Regulations 2008 the appointed Reporters can request, by way of notice, further information in connection with the examination. This letter is a notice under Regulation 22. Please find enclosed the Reporters interim conclusions on the overall housing land supply. You will note that the Reporters are considering whether further housing land allocations in the Cumbernauld housing sub market area are necessary. The Reporters are seeking information on any constraints in the relevant settlements that might preclude allocating the further housing sites put forward to the council in the unresolved representations (listed in the attached annex). The Reporters would like to request the information listed below for, Auchinloch, Banton, Chryston, Croy, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, Mollinsburn, Moodiesburn, Muirhead, Queenzieburn and Stepps: a) A map of the Secondary School and Primary School catchments 4 The Courtyard, Callendar Business Park, Falkirk, FK1 1XR au=rrtmmr=c^ihfoh= abcdefghij abcde abc a

2 b) The Council s assessment of the maximum number of additional new dwellings each Secondary School and Primary School roll would be able to accommodate in its catchment. c) Any known capacity limitations regarding the water supply and wastewater treatment works serving the above settlements. d) Any over-riding transport constraints relating to the above settlements e) Any other capacity or other constraints, including environmental constraints, that in the Council s opinion would preclude or limit the allocation of further housing sites in the above settlements. f) Any other information obtained during earlier stages of community engagement which provides evidence of the community response to the suggested allocation of any of the sites listed in the Annex. Please acknowledge receipt of this letter and send the requested information to me by 14 July I will also be writing to those making representations for further sites in the Cumbernauld housing sub market area, the relevant community council and nearby occupiers. These letters and any replies we receive should be posted on the council s website. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything you would like to clarify. Yours sincerely BRIAN ARCHIBALD Development Plan Officer Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals 4 The Courtyard, Callendar Business Park, Falkirk, FK1 1XR au=rrtmmr=c^ihfoh= abcdefghij abcde abc a

3 NORTH LANARKSHIRE LOCAL PLAN EXAMINATION OVERALL HOUSING PROVISION INTERIM CONCLUSIONS Introduction 1. The North Lanarkshire Local Plan was submitted to the Directorate of Planning and Environmental Appeals on 22 September 2010 for examination by Scottish Ministers. The purpose of the examination is to consider the representations made to the local plan when it was placed on deposit by the council. 2. The Reporters appointed to carry out the examination, held a hearing into the matter of housing land supply on 16 th February 2011 and invited the Council and Homes for Scotland to take part. The adequacy of the housing land supply allocated in the local plan had been questioned in a number of representations. Following the hearing, both parties submitted more information. 3. The conclusions regarding the overall housing land supply have implications for how the Reporters will consider the site specific representations for additional housing sites. The Reporters may also need more information to assess the merits of any additional housing sites. 4. This background paper is a summary of the interim conclusions that the Reporters have reached based on the information before them. It has been released so that any party who is asked for further information can understand the context for any request. Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan 5. The structure plan has a base date of Scottish Ministers approved it in It splits the private sector housing requirement into two periods, and It splits North Lanarkshire Council area into three housing sub market areas (HSMA in the tables): Cumbernauld (including Auchinloch, Banton, Chryston, Croy, Kilsyth, Mollinsburn, Moodiesburn, Muirhead, Queenzieburn and Stepps); Airdrie and Coatbridge; and Motherwell. The local plan has to generally comply with the structure plan. The structure plan requirements are as set out in table 1 below, and relate to the number of houses to be built in the specified periods on land which is allocated for housing development.

4 Table 1 Structure plan private sector land supply requirements HSMA Total Required Total Required Total Required Cumbernauld Airdrie & Coatbridge Motherwell North Lanarkshire The Reporters are aware that the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Joint Strategic Development Plan is currently being prepared and is hoped to be approved by A local development plan for North Lanarkshire could be adopted by It is therefore likely that the structure plan and this local plan will be replaced before the end of the plan period in However, any review of the current structure plan s strategy or assumptions is a matter for the new strategic development plan and is not a matter that the Reporters can consider in their examination of this local plan. Progress since The Reporters have been provided with information regarding the number of houses already constructed in the three housing sub market areas. This is shown in table 2 below. Table 2 Private sector house completions by housing audit year (April 2004 to March 2010) HSMA 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 Total Cumbernauld Airdrie & Coatbridge Motherwell North Lanarkshire In Cumbernauld housing sub market area, the actual construction rate has only achieved 72% of the planned annual construction rate. In the two other housing sub market areas annual construction rates have exceeded or are on target to meet the planned rate for the first part of the structure plan period ( ), as shown in Table 1 above. North Lanarkshire Local Plan 9. The local plan has three components for the provision of new housing. Policy HCF 2A1 sites are sites that were in the established land supply in the council s 2008 Housing Land Audit. Policy HCF 2A2 sites are new land allocations being

5 made in this local plan. The wording of the policies state that demand up to 2011 would be met by these two sources, and the sites concerned are listed in the Action Area Plans of the local plan. Policy HCF 2B relates to the three community growth areas, which are intended to meet a significant proportion of the demand between The council has provided the Reporters with information for the complete housing provision indicated in the local plan. This shows how many houses could be built on all of these sites. This is compared with the structure plan requirement in table 3 below. Table 3 Total Private Sector housing provision contained in the North Lanarkshire Local Plan HMSA Completed Land Allocated in Local Plan Total Provision Structure Plan requirement Cumbernauld Airdrie & Coatbridge Motherwell North Lanarkshire Effective Supply of Housing Land 11. However, the structure plan and Scottish Government planning policy do not just require that the total amount of housing land is adequate. The allocated housing land should also be effective. Effective housing land means housing land that is capable of being developed and the houses, which are constructed, can be available for occupation within whatever period is being considered. 12. There were differences of opinion between the council and Homes for Scotland regarding how this should be calculated and which sites would be effective. The council s assessment was more optimistic about the number of houses which could be completed. Using its figures for estimating the effective housing land supply between 2010 and 2018, and adding it to the completions already achieved between 2004 and 2010, the shortfall or surplus in the effective housing land supply allocated in the local plan is shown in table 4 below.

6 Table 4 Effective Private Sector Housing Supply Compared with the Structure Plan Requirement HSMA Completions Effective Supply Structure Plan Requirement Cumbernauld Airdrie & (537) Coatbridge Motherwell (684) North Lanarkshire Conclusion Shortfall/(Surplus) 13. Based on tables 3 and 4, the Reporters interim conclusion is that to ensure the local plan meets the housing requirements of the structure plan, additional effective housing land would be needed to be allocated in the Cumbernauld housing sub market area. As mentioned above, this area includes not just Cumbernauld, but also Auchinloch, Banton, Chryston, Croy, Kilsyth, Mollinsburn, Moodiesburn, Muirhead, Queenzieburn and Stepps. 14. If the 25% affordable housing policy were also applied, as sought by the council through Policy HCF 3, the total amount of land to be allocated would need to be increased further to secure sufficient private sector housing completions.

7 ANNEX CUMBERNAULD HOUSING SUB-MARKET AREA: SITES SUGGESTED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN UNRESOLVED REPRESENTATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE PROPOSED PLAN SUGGESTED SITE: REPRESENTATION RECEIVED FROM: Auchinloch: 00428: Burnbrae Road Stewart Milne Holdings 01555: Langmuirhead Road Dickie Homes Banton: 00257: Banton Mill J B Bennett Chryston: b: Lanrigg Holdings Cala Homes (West) Ltd 00676a: Lindsaybeg Road Cala Homes (West) Ltd 00548b: Lindsaybeg Road Philip C. Smith Commercials Ltd 01503: Main Street AWG Property & Taylor Wimpey 00676f: Millbrae Road (Phase 3) Cala Homes (West) Ltd 00676e: Millbrae Road (Phase 4) Cala Homes (West) Ltd 00676c: Gartferry Road (Phase1) Cala Homes (West) Ltd 00548a: Gartferry Road Philip C Smith Commercials Ltd 00676d: Gartferry Road (east) (Phase 2) Cala Homes (West) Ltd Croy: 03111: Drumglass Farm Mr J. Montgomery

8 Cumbernauld: 01478: Auchenkilns Holdings, Condorrat Hendersons Surveyors 00265a: Dullatur Road, Westerwood Walker Group (Scotland) Ltd (Muirfield Farm) 00265b: Eastfield Road & Dobbies Walker Group (Scotland) Ltd 03127: Luggiebank Quarry Mr Edward Wood 01636: Napier Road Ashtenne Industrial Fund Ltd 01817: Old Dullatur Road Dullatur Golf Club Kilsyth: 03022: Balcastle Farm Hendersons Surveyors & John Lynch Homes 00254: Craigmarloch Nurseries, Colzium G & A McFarlane 02986: South Barrwood Cottage Mr J Linn 00243: Wellshot/Auchinstarry Mr & Mrs A. Thomson 03110: Woodend Farm Mr R Chalmers & Bellisle Developments Ltd Mollinsburn: 01499: Adamswell Farm Mr J Dewar Moodiesburn: 01487: East of Stoneyetts, Gartferry Road Mr M. O Donnell 00299: Former Stoneyetts, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Hospital land, Gartferry Road 00371: West of Stoneyetts, Hallam Land Management Gartferry Road

9 Muirhead: 03009: Crowwood Golf Club land Crowwood Golf Club 00308: Station Road Dawn Homes 01560: Woodhead Farm (east) Upland Developments Ltd 01494a: Woodhead Farm (west) Cala Homes (West) Ltd Queenzieburn: 01660: Gavell Steading, Gavell Road Mr & Mrs Dunbar 00255: Land south of the A803 Road Haypark Properties 01819: Mill Road Duntreth Estates Stepps: 01559: Buchanan Business Park Catalyst Capital LLP 01553: Craigendmuir Farm, Cardowan University of Strathclyde 01494c: Gateside Cala Homes (West) Ltd 01494b: North Stepps Cala Homes (West) Ltd