Focus Group Sessions29th January 2018

Ministry of Defence

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WELCOME

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Thank you for giving up your time to participate – this is your opportunity to shape the future for the St George’s site!

You are here today because you live in the surrounding communities and / or have expressed an interest in participating in our focus groups

How the sessions will work: • A brief update on where we are – 10 mins• Workshops - an interactive opportunity for you to

feed into our Master Planning – 1 hour 20 mins

Introducing our Joint Team

• Helen Briggs RCC Chief Executive

• Mark Bennett MOD (Defence Infrastructure Organisation)

• And of course your facilitators……

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Facilitators

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Officer Role

Andrew Edwards Head of Property Services

Roger Ranson Planning Policy Manager

Rachael Armstrong Planning Policy Officer

James FrielandNeil Tomlinson

Economic Dev. and Tourism ManagerSenior Highways Manager

Mark Bennett DIO Disposals

Helen Briggs Chief Executive

Ellie Lomas DIO Town Planner

Robert Clayton Head of Culture and Registration

Mark Andrews Deputy Director for People

Alban Henderson DIO Town Planner

St George’s Barracks

MOD and RCC working in partnership under a Memorandum of Understanding which is now available on our web site to bring the 300 hectare brownfield site forward for development - regardless of RCC involvement the site will be brought forward as a development site based on a need for new homes and a capital receipt for the MOD

We are working together to achieve the best possible future for the site

Today is about us hearing from you what you would like to see happen on the site on the assumption that:- a new village will be created- an area of the site will be safeguarded for minerals

extraction- We are keen to balance economic and housing growth

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“Designed to replicate a Rutland village community. The homes we will create will be at a density appropriate for the location and a mix of sizes to suit all needs.

There will be a range of affordable and quality homes and a range of tenures. The community will include affordable housing, social housing, retirement living, custom build and starter homes.

As appropriate the homes will aim to provide a non-estate environment and will include gardens, garages and sufficient off-street parking provision.

The design will aim to feature all aspects of a rural village such as a community hub, a pub, a post office, a village shop, a village green.

It will be supported by sustainable public transport, schools, superfast broadband, appropriate road infrastructure, leisure facilities and access to employment.”

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What we mean by Garden Village

SOME THINGS THAT WILL ASSIST WITH YOUR DELIBERATIONS

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Process & Timetable• High Level Master Plan – by 31st March 2018

• Detailed Master Planning – by 31st December 2018

• Planning application and process during 2019

• Delivery assuming approval commencing 2020/21

• All underpinned by Statutory Consultation and on-going stakeholder engagement

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All due diligence will be done

• Contamination

• Ecology, Heritage, Archaeology etc.

• Public rights of way

• Existing tenants

• Planning process

• Local Plan

• Neighbourhood plan

• Governance issues – Parish boundaries etc

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Minerals Safeguarded Area

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Safeguarded Areas

Site Boundary

Mineral Extraction

Listed Buildings

Minerals Extraction – best estimates

• Possibly 20 years before they get to the site

• 10 years to undertake the extraction

• The extraction will be East to West

• So potentially up to 30 years before extraction is complete

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Grade 2* Thor Missile Site

Protected

Will be consideredcarefully in the Master Planning

Will need to be protected with some interpretation

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Listed Part of the Site

Highways assessment

• Based on very early thinking – ‘Chicken & Egg’

• Will support / inform the master planning

• Reflects indicative timing and phasing

• Does not yet reflect minerals extraction plans

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Interactive workshops

• 1 hour and 20 mins to give you an opportunity to input into the master planning process

• Facilitators at each table to capture your input

• We understand that some of you do not want to see any development on the site but this is about understanding that development proposals are going to come forward and this is your opportunity to inform what those proposals might look like

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