DOA_07 Cathedral and North East Quarter Masterplan

Methodology

Total DOA housing provision

It is anticipated that the DOAs will contribute to around 85 per cent of city centre residential allocations over the plan period. This amounts to around 9,000 units or 40 per cent of total housing provision across the city. The pie chart illustrates the approximate spread of housing provision across all DOAs.

Policy HOU4 - Density of residential development

To ensure consistency across all DOAs, standardised density values have been applied to residential sites based on a range of contextual site criteria, the values of which have been derived from density bands within Plan Strategy Policy HOU4. The table highlights the methodology and rationale applied in deriving standardised densities to calculate approximate residential unit numbers on a site-by-site basis across each DOA. These are to be read in conjunction with density bands defined by Plan Strategy Policy HOU4 and have been informed by contextual site criteria.

Mixed use development

In addition to identifying residential sites, each DOA includes sites where a mix of uses are considered appropriate. For the purposes of this SPG, ‘mixed use development’ shall generally refer to these uses:

• Classes A1 or A2, shops or financial or professional services
• Classes B1 and B2, business and light industrial uses
• Class C1, dwelling houses
• Class C2, guest houses
• Class C3, residential institutions
• Class D1, community and cultural uses
• Hotels

Mitigating factors

The number of residential units specified in each DOA represents what can reasonably be anticipated to be delivered for the period up to 2035, having due regard to issues such as local context, patterns or scale of neighbouring buildings and the characteristics and constraints of each site (including topography, access and availability of infrastructure). The precise number of units that come forward within each DOA will ultimately be dependent on further evidence being provided at planning application stage, including site-specific assessments, the identification of any underlying site constraints and measures required to achieve quality residential environments.

Diagram illustrating general distribution of housing provision across all seven DOAs

The pie chart diagram shows the lion's share of housing provision is within DOA_02 East Bank.

Standardised densities table

This table outlines the five standardised densities used to calculate housing provision across all seven DOAs. Dwellings per hectare (DPH) are shown in columns 2 and 4.