Knowsley Replacement Unitary Development Plan - Knowsley Council

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY EC5: SOUTH PRESCOT ACTION AREA 1. Land in South Prescot is designated as an Action Area and is indicated on the Proposals Map. 2. The area is suitable for comprehensive re-development as follows: Area A - The Pirelli plant and adjacent former industrial land The redevelopment of this area shall take account of future development needs associated with the continued use of part of the site for copper cable and rod manufacture, and is also suitable for a range of new buildings to be used for Business, Industrial, and/or Storage/Distribution uses falling within Classes B1, B2 and/or B8 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987. Area B - The former Prescot Sewage works (northern portion), Carr Lane, Prescot This area is suitable for sports and recreation uses and/or open space/landscaping. Area C - Land bounded by Manchester Road, Station Road, the Liverpool/Wigan railway line, Warrington Road, and Steley Way This area is suitable for redevelopment for all or some of the following uses: Residential or Business uses falling within Classes C3 or B1 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, and a Park and Ride site. EXPLANATION EC5 6.31 The Council has identified an area of South Prescot as being suitable for mixed uses. The area includes three parcels of land which are indicated as parcel A, B and C on the Proposals Map. Much of the area was previously occupied by BICC Ltd in connection with the manufacture of copper cables and similar products. However, the BICC operations and other uses have contracted in the last twenty-five years, leaving large areas of vacant land. 6.32 The Council undertook a consultation exercise in the summer of 2002, during which the views of local people were sought on a range of options for the future development of the area. Whilst a mixture of views were expressed, the broad conclusion was that the area was in need of significant redevelopment. 6.33 The sites which are or could become available for development are all brownfield and suitable in principle for mixed-use redevelopment. However, to provide better access to the M57 (and therefore the strategic road freight network), the Council is seeking funding to construct a new link road. This would provide improved access from the area of Huyton Lane/Wood Lane/Liverpool Road, approximately along the current line of Carr Lane. Planning permission has already been granted for this new road. 6.34 The Council and its partners have also identified the need to improve Prescot station and facilities for buses in the area. It will seek funding (including where appropriate through the use of legal agreements with developers) to secure the necessary improvements. 6.35 Area A is partly vacant and partly occupied by Pirelli Ltd for industrial uses. Policy EC5 will allow the continuation of the existing Pirelli operations (possibly within a reduced area) and the redevelopment of the remaining areas for employment uses. Target growth sector uses (see figure 6.1) will be particularly encouraged in this location due to their future growth and employment creation potential. 6.36 Area B comprises the northern part of the former Prescot sewage works. It is proposed that the bulk of this part of the site will comprise sporting or recreational uses, landscaping or open space to provide a buffer between the proposed employment development in area A and the neighbouring public open space at “Browns Field”. Part of this parcel will also be occupied by the new road. 6.37 Area C comprises land which was vacated by BICC Ltd in the 1980s and which has subsequently remained vacant. This area is located adjacent to the new Cables Retail Park and also adjacent to Prescot station. 6.38 Area C would be suitable for residential development and outline planning permission has recently been granted for new housing across most of the site. In addition to the uses specified in the policy, part of area C has recently been subject to two alternative proposals for substantial retail development, to form an extension to Cables Retail Park. Planning permission was refused by the Council, partly due to the impact of the scheme on Prescot town centre. The developer appealed to the Secretary of State, who dismissed the appeals. POLICY LINKS Policy EC1 “Strategy for Provision of Employment Land” Policy T4 “Major Highway Schemes” Policy H1 “Strategic Housing Land Requirements and Supply” Policy H2 “Sites allocated for housing development” Policy DQ1 “Design Quality in New Development” Policy T6 “Ensuring a choice of travel to serve new developments” Policy T8 "Transport Assessments" Policy T9 “Travel Plans” Policy ENV1 “Control of Pollution in New Development” Policy ENV2 “Noise and Vibration” Policy ENV5 “Contaminated Land” POLICY EC6: TOURISM AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 1. Proposals for new tourist and cultural facilities, extensions to or redevelopment of existing facilities and ancillary facilities will be permitted, provided that they would: a) Not cause any unacceptable transport or environmental problems; b) Be of a scale and type which is compatible with other land uses in the surrounding area; and c) In the case of new facilities that could be located in a town centre or edge of town centre, a sequential approach to site selection has been undertaken, with suitable sites sought in town centres, edge of town centres, out of centre locations well served by public transport and only then other out of centre locations. Policy DQ2 “Security in the built environment” 60 KNOWSLEY REPLACEMENT UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Adopted June 2006 KNOWSLEY REPLACEMENT UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Adopted June 2006 61
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOWN CENTRES AND SHOPPING EXPLANATION EC6 TOURISM AS A DRIVER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Opportunities exist to further develop international tourism to the Borough, and Merseyside, through Liverpool John Lennon Airport. CHAPTER 7 6.39 Tourism is one of the country’s fastest-growing industries. In an area such as Knowsley, the term can be extended to include business and domestic visits and visits to architectural attractions, sports facilities, countryside, museums and any leisure facility that attracts visitors from outside the area. Its potential benefits include the creation of jobs, income for local businesses, environmental improvements and new social and leisure facilities, which benefit local people as well as visitors. TOURISM AND CULTURAL FACILITIES IN KNOWSLEY 6.40 The largest tourist attraction in Knowsley is Knowsley Safari Park. This major regional facility employs local people, provides business for local firms and attracts several hundred thousand visitors a year. The Council recognises that this major existing tourist attraction offers the foundation to foster the development of other local tourist facilities, by providing the basis for multi-purpose leisure trips. Prescot Clock and Watchmaking Museum and the National Wildflower Centre in Court Hey (Huyton) are also of outstanding, although more specialised interest. OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM/ CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 6. 41 Liverpool City has been awarded the status of European Capital of Culture for the year 2008. This is likely to stimulate significant interest in the whole of Merseyside as a destination for tourism and cultural visits. Knowsley MBC has also produced a Cultural strategy (see footnote 6 ). This will encourage more people to get involved in cultural, community and educational activities and events. The Council wishes to build on the success of existing tourist and cultural attractions in Knowsley, as well as accommodate the potential needs of new development. 6 Ref: Knowsley MBC Cultural Strategy 6.42 Potential new tourism and cultural developments might include the development of hotels serving the wider Merseyside area and attractions created by the diversification of the rural economy away from traditional farming. Developments that help to interpret the historic heritage of the Borough, such as the clock and watch making industry in Prescot, will also be encouraged. Knowsley’s open countryside has the potential to accommodate new sports, recreational and tourist facilities, although it should be noted that any development within the countryside will need to comply with policies in chapter 9 “Green Belt and the Rural Economy”. Uses that can be accommodated in a town centre or edge of town centre should be located there, as opposed to in the Green Belt. Certain tourism or cultural activities cannot be located in urban areas, however factors such as the impact on the character of the countryside and accessibility need to be taken into account. Wherever possible, previously developed land should be used in preference to undeveloped land. POLICY LINKS Policy G1 “Development within the Green Belt” Policy G4 “Rural Diversification” Policy T5 “Location of Major Traffic Generating New Development” Policy T6 “Ensuring a choice of travel to serve new development” Policy T9 “Travel Plans” Policy DQ1 “Design Quality in New Development” Policy DQ2 “Security in the built environment” STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES • To improve the provision of shopping, leisure and other uses normally associated with town centres consistent with local needs, whilst protecting and enhancing the viability and vitality of town, district and local centres in Knowsley. • To locate major new development where it is accessible by a choice of walking, cycling and public transport, thereby minimising the need to travel by car. INTRODUCTION 7.1 The provision of a good range of town centre uses is important to the Council’s wider regeneration objectives, helping to make the Borough a more attractive place to live, visit and work in. Uses which can typically appropriately be located in a town centre include shopping, financial and professional services, food and drink uses, business, hotels, residential uses, community (including health), cultural and religious uses, assembly and leisure (such as cinemas, concert, bingo and dance halls) and miscellaneous suitable uses such as laundrettes, beauty salons, photographic studios, and pharmacies. These uses are described in greater detail in Appendix 7 of the Plan. Town Centres and Shopping 7.2 The town, district and local centres are the most suitable locations to accommodate town centre uses, depending upon their size and the nature of the proposed use. For example, shops are suitable in all types of centre, but a larger shop such as a supermarket may only be suitable in a district or town centre. Similarly, a cinema is only likely to be suitable in a town centre due to the amount of traffic and disturbance such a use is likely to generate. An element of residential use is acceptable within town, district and local centres; however it should only form a minor element of the centre and should not undermine the vitality or viability of a centre. TOWN CENTRES AND SHOPPING WITHIN KNOWSLEY 7.3 The Borough of Knowsley includes three town centres, at Huyton, Prescot and Kirkby. These centres provide a range of shopping facilities, together with other employment, leisure, municipal and community uses which complement the shopping role of each centre. 7.4 Knowsley also contains three district centres, which are smaller than the town centres, providing a more limited range of shops and services. There is also a network of smaller “local centres” and shopping parades, which provide primarily convenience (food) shops and small-scale services (such as post offices and pharmacies) for small local catchment areas. 62 KNOWSLEY REPLACEMENT UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Adopted June 2006 KNOWSLEY REPLACEMENT UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Adopted June 2006 63
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