New Local Plan - Core Strategy - South …

1 Gloucestershire Local PlanCore Strategy2006 - 2027 South Gloucestershire Local plan : core Strategy adopted December 2013 2006 2 Contents Page1. Introduction 6 Planning for the future 6 National context 7 Partnership working 7 Developing the core Strategy 8 Strategy for development summary statement 10 2. Setting the scene (Spatial Portrait) 123. Key issues 154. Visions, strategic objectives and Strategy for development 20 Part 1 - General core Strategy Policies 5. High quality design & responding to climate change 31 High quality design 32 green infrastructure 37 Renewable and low carbon energy generation 41 Renewable or low carbon district heat networks 436.

2 Managing future development 46 Presumption in favour of sustainable development 47 Location of development 48 Infrastructure & developer contributions 527. Tackling congestion & improving accessibility 54 Strategic transport infrastructure 54 Improving accessibility 618. Managing the environment & heritage 64 Managing the environment & heritage 65 Minerals 699. Maintaining economic prosperity 72 Distribution of economic development land 74 Safeguarded areas for economic development 75 Non-safeguarded economic development sites 79 Town centres & retail 8010. Providing housing & community infrastructure 85 Distribution of housing 86 Housing density 89 Housing diversity 90 Affordable housing 92 Front cover: top: Prowse Close, Thornbury, middle: National Composites Centre, bottom: Severn Bridge, Gloucestershire Local plan : core Strategy adopted December 2013 2006 2027 3 Page Rural housing exception sites 96 Extra Care Housing 99 Gypsy & Traveller accommodation 100 Travelling showpeople 103 Community infrastructure & cultural activity 104 green infrastructure, sport and recreation standards 106 Part 2 - Spatial Strategy 11.

3 Introduction to part 2 11112. Communities of the North Fringe of Bristol Urban Area 113 Cribbs/Patchway New Neighbourhood East of Harry Stoke New Neighbourhood The University of the West of England 13. Communities of the East Fringe of Bristol Urban Area 12914. Yate and Chipping Sodbury 136 North Yate New Neighbourhood15. Thornbury 147 16. Rural areas 153 17. Severnside 158 18. Major infrastructure projects 165 Nuclear power stations in the Oldbury on Severn area 171 Severn Tidal Power 17619.

4 Implementation and monitoring 177 Appendices 1 Local plans and strategies 188 2 Replaced Local plan policies 1893 green Infrastructure Assets 1904 Extract from the Strategic Housing Market Assessment 1915 green infrastructure, sport and recreation standards 1926 Coal resources 1937 Coal mining legacy 1948 Nuclear safeguarding (consultation) zones 195 Glossary of Terms 196 Key Diagram 204 South Gloucestershire Local plan : core Strategy adopted December 2013 2006 4 List of PoliciesCS1 High quality design 32 CS2 green infrastructure 37CS3 Renewable and low carbon energy generation 41CS4 Renewable or low carbon district heat networks 43CS4a Presumption in favour of sustainable development 47CS5 Location of development ( Belt)

5 48CS6 Infrastructure and developer contributions 52CS7 Strategic transport infrastructure 54CS8 Improving accessibility 61CS9 Managing the environment and heritage 65CS10 Minerals 69CS11 Distribution of economic development land 74CS12 Safeguarded areas for economic development 75CS13 Non-safeguarded economic development sites 79CS14 Town centres and retail 80CS15 Distribution of housing 86CS16 Housing density 89CS17 Housing diversity 90CS18 Affordable housing 92CS19 Rural housing exception sites 96CS20 Extra care housing 99CS21 Gypsy and Traveller accommodation 100CS22 Travelling showpeople 103CS23 Community infrastructure and cultural activity 104CS24 green Infrastructure, sport and recreation standards 106CS25 Communities of the North Fringe of Bristol Urban Area 116CS26 Cribbs / Patchway new neighbourhood 120CS27 East of Harry Stoke new neighbourhood 124CS28 The University of the West of England 127CS29 Communities of the East Fringe of Bristol Urban Area 133CS30 Yate and Chipping Sodbury 139CS31 North Yate new neighbourhood 143CS32 Thornbury 149CS33 Housing opportunity 150CS34 Rural Areas 154CS35 Severnside 159CS36 Proposals for major infrastructure projects 165CS37 Nuclear related development Gloucestershire Local plan .

6 core Strategy adopted December 2013 2006 2027 5 Abbreviations AONB Area of Outstanding Natural BeautyAMR Authority Monitoring ReportBfL Buildings for LifeBREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment MethodCHP Combined Heat and PowerCIL Community Infrastructure LevyCS core StrategyD&A design and Access StatementDCLG/CLG Department of Communities and Local GovernmentDfT Department for TransportDPD Development plan DocumentDTLR Department of Transport, Local Government and the RegionsEC European CommunityGI green InfrastructureGTAA Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation AssessmentHCA Homes and Communities AgencyHGV Heavy Goods VehicleJLTP Joint Local Transport PlanM&WLP Minerals and Waste Local PlanMOD Ministry of DefenceNHS National Health ServiceNPS National Policy StatementPCT Primary Care TrustPPS Planning Policy StatementRFA2 Regional Funding Allocation/AdviceRSPB Royal Society for the Protection of BirdsRSS Regional Spatial

7 StrategyRT Rapid TransitS106 Section 106 AgreementSA Sustainability AppraisalSGC South Gloucestershire CouncilSGLP South Gloucestershire Local PlanSHLAA Strategic Housing Land Availability AssessmentSHMA Strategic Housing Market AssessmentSPD Supplementary Planning DocumentSuDS Sustainable Drainage SystemsUKBAP UK Biodiversity Action PlanUWE University of the West of EnglandWEP West of England PartnershipWoE West of EnglandSouth Gloucestershire Local plan : core Strategy adopted December 2013 2006 61. IntroductionPlanning for the Planning shapes the places where people live and work and the country we live in.

8 In South Gloucestershire we believe good planning should make a positive difference to our lives and help to deliver homes, jobs, and better opportunities for all, whilst balancing this against protecting and enhancing the District s high quality natural and historic environment, and conserving the countryside and open spaces. The Council has identified sustainable development as a core principle underpinning all the things we do, where sustainable development is defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own In South Gloucestershire planning, therefore, has a key role to play in the creation of sustainable communities communities that will stand the test of time, where people want to live, and which will enable people to meet their aspirations and potential.

9 Having up to date and effective statutory planning policies to direct the use and management of land and to make and decide planning applications is essential to create sustainable communities. The Council s approach is to set out how growth will be managed over the period up to 2027 through a locally driven growth Strategy . The document also includes a suite of planning policies which can be used for the management of development and in determining planning applications. Proposals which are acceptable in terms of the policies in the core Strategy and other documents in the Local plan , and which are in general consistency with national policy, therefore, represent sustainable development for South South Gloucestershire Local plan The Local plan for South Gloucestershire will comprise three documents.

10 The core Strategy is the key document forming the strategic component of the Council s new Local plan . It sets out a vision for the area based on evidence, community objectives and the detailed spatial Strategy for future development in South Gloucestershire to 2027. Also included are policies and programmes for the general location of new development, its type and scale, and the resources to deliver it, as well as the protection of what is valued about the area. The core Strategy replaces certain South Gloucestershire Local plan and Minerals & Waste Local plan policies. These are listed in Appendix 2. The adopted Joint Waste core Strategy sits alongside the core Strategy , see para The third document in the Local plan is the Policies, Sites and Places Development plan Document (DPD), which is also known as the Policies, Sites and Places plan .