Revised Deposit Plan - Wychavon District Council

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2.9.1. Green Belts are perhaps the most well known of planning policy tools used to shape and control urban form and growth. They are areas of open land which are protected from many forms of development. Areas of Green Belt land in the District are found to the north of Droitwich Spa and between Droitwich Spa and Worcester. The former has existed since the 1950’s whilst the latter was included as an extension in 1975. The land forms part of the wider West Midlands Green Belt which surrounds the Birmingham conurbation and Coventry and serves to prevent the unrestricted expansion of the conurbation, to prevent the coalescence of towns and villages around it and to safeguard the countryside from encroachment and to protect historic towns. 2.9.2. The general extent of the Green Belt is outlined in the County Structure Plan, although it is the role of the Local Plan to set precise boundaries. The Green Belt boundary is defined on the Proposals Map. 2.9.3. The protection of the Green Belt is an overriding planning consideration and there is a presumption against inappropriate development within it. The Policy outlines the types of development considered by national planning guidance (PPG2) to be appropriate within Green Belts. Appropriate land uses are those which for the most part would retain the openness of the Green Belt. Development which is necessary to the functioning of such land uses is also an appropriate type of development in the Green Belt. However, it is still important that the scale, location or design of buildings or structures does not impair the open character of the Green Belt. POLICY SR8 AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT RESTRAINT Areas of Development Restraint (ADR’s) are shown on the Proposals Map. Land identified as an ADR will be safeguarded and will not be released unless and until it is required for development in a future review of the Local Plan. 2.9.4. Planning guidance states that the essential character of Green Belts is their permanence and that their protection must be maintained as far as can be seen ahead. In other words, the guidance requires that Green Belt boundaries should be related to a time-scale which is longer than that normally used for other aspects of the Plan. To achieve this and to ensure the protection of the Green Belt for the longer term, the guidance advocates the “safeguarding” of land between the urban area and the Green Belt, which may be required to meet longer term development needs. The previous Local Plan identified a number of areas of safeguarded land or “Areas of Development Restraint” at Droitwich Spa and villages around the town, for this purpose. 2.9.5. Areas of Development Restraint (ADR’s) were previously identified in the Adopted Local Plan (1998) at Droitwich Spa, Fernhill Heath, Wychbold and Hartlebury. CSP Policy D41 requires that such ADR land be reviewed against the sustainability criteria set out Policies SD4 and SD5 as part of the Local Plan Review. 2.9.6. Droitwich ADR’s comprise a large greenfield site to the south of the main built up area of the town and a smaller area directly to the south-east of the urban area. Both ADR sites would comply with CSP Policy SD4 which seeks access to development by different modes to minimise the need to travel. Both ADR sites are also considered to comply with CSP Policy SD5 which aims to achieve balanced communities. Wychavon District Local Plan Revised Deposit (July 2003) Page 48 042
2.9.7. Fernhill Heath, Hartlebury and Wychbold have been rated as “very high” or “high” in the WDLP Review Village Accessibility Index with good bus services and a range of existing local facilities - see Annexe 2 of this document. The ADR sites are considered to be those where new development would contribute to minimising the need to travel and achieving balanced communities. 2.9.8. The existing ADR land has been retained for this Plan period to meet possible longer term development needs beyond 2011. It is not considered necessary, given current emerging Regional Guidance, to identify any further ADR land for this purpose this Plan period. 2.9.9. The development strategy of this Local Plan does not require greenfield land releases around Droitwich Spa to accommodate development within the period up to 2011. As a result of this, the existing Green Belt boundary remains unchanged in this Plan and the ADR land will be retained and will not be used to accommodate development unless and until it is required to do so in a future review of the Local Plan. POLICY SR9 STRATEGIC GAPS Within the areas defined as “Strategic Gaps” on the Proposals Map, proposals for new build development will not be permitted. 2.9.10. There are a number of areas of land within the District which fall outside of the Green Belt and yet serve as important open areas of land between areas of built development. Strategic Gaps are identified on the Proposals Map and are areas of land which prevent the coalescence of settlements or which separate distinct areas of development within or around a settlement and form part of its character. These are sensitive areas which should be kept open and free from development. Wychavon District Local Plan Revised Deposit (July 2003) Page 49 042 cont’d
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Page 27 and 28: • restructuring of the local econ
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5.2.32. The designation acknowledge
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development may be justified in the
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• a standard “occupancy” cond
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communities need access to a range
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facilities in its widest sense. Pub
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Toddler play area within 200m (1/8
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facilities as part of a larger mixe
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fall within the definition of “pr
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however, can generate significant l
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POLICY COM18 WATERWAYS Proposals to
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choice in how they make their journ
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more. This interaction gives each s
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?does not compromise the safety and
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passive surveillance. Where they ar
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and main habitable rooms) front the
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occupants can adapt them to their o
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a)privacy and overlooking of reside
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POLICY SUR7 SHOPFRONTS AND SIGNS Ap
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housing use for its storage can hav
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POLICY SUR8 ADVERTISEMENTS Consent
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e dependants of the occupants of th
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6.1. Introduction Section 6 - Econo
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ecognised that not all businesses,
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POLICY ECON4 B8 RELOCATION Four hec
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Diversification) and ECON6 (New Emp
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6.4.9. In this respect, new buildin
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POLICY ECON9 PACKHOUSES Outside of
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uildings, it is considered that lim
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POLICY ECON13 TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN
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Council employed the services of Ch
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POLICY ECON15 PRIMARY SHOPPING FRON
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POLICY ECON20 VISITOR ATTRACTIONS P
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the large numbers of visitors contr
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7.2.3. Sustainability Indicators fo
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7.3. Review 7.3.1. The Council will
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VILLAGE ACCESSIBILITY Wychavon Dist
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Ancient Monuments Cont’d... Paris
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Conservation Areas Wychavon Distric
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Supplementary Planning Guidance con
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Glossary Affordable Housing - for t
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Local Area for Play (LAP) - unsuper
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Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Proposals Map cont’d: ...........
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