Meeting With Hellens – 13th January 2015
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MEETING 13 JANUARY 2015 HELLENS GROUP & RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
Present: Hellens: Gavin Cordwell-Smith, Brian Robe, Katie Rumble
Springwell Village Residents Association: Angela Templeman, Maureen Lambton, Liz Reid
- All agreed that the purpose of the meeting was for the SVRA to gather information – not a formal consultation
- GC-S described Hellens’ activities – developing and operating social housing, developing brown and green field sites, remediation.
- 700 houses have been developed on Teal Farm- planning consent has been granted for a further green field site
Other sites include Hetton-le-Hole and Stockton
Minimum 10% affordable housing is expected on sites
Hellens agreed to share their comments on the Sunderland SCHLAA
The Springwell Village site was purchased from Gair in May 2014
SPRINGWELL VILLAGE SITE: 30 acres transversed with a Public Right of Way
- WORK SO FAR:
- Appointed Landscape Architects – Southern Green – who have considered the village and green belt as a whole and how it may have evolved. Hellens felt there is no heart to the village – no natural centre
- A draft Visual Impact Assessment report has been produced
- Part of an ecology survey has been carried out
- PlusUD – Urban Design consultants have been appointed and produced a draft report on how the village has evolved, its key characteristics etc. options for developing the site (some including a new school) and for the site of the existing school site have been included
- GVA (Newcastle) has been appointed as Planning Consultants
- SCHOOL:
Meeting with Head. Hellens referred to her being advised against further contact
Hellens felt strongly that there is a need for a new school but accepted that residents
may well have a different view particularly if resiting was planned
They were convinced the school roll is set to fall to a level that would mean closure
- Sunderland Council – their response was that the proposed development does not accord with current policy
- FUTURE:
- Further ecology, Traffic Modelling and Environmental Impact Assessment
- PUBLIC CONSULTATION:
Proposed for next 2 months with another to follow 2-3 months later
There will be no public meeting
There will be a questionnaire asking residents for views on options– SVRA will have prior sight of this and can ask for inclusions – and will have access to results
The second consultation will include options for development
Hellens will produce a summary of their reports
Planning Application latter half of 2015
Hellens suggestions included: Public Realm area, Public Square, shops
- It was agreed that the Springwell Village Hall was the most appropriate venue for the consultation and that SVRA would consult residents and the Hall on date of consultation.