Rolleston-on-Dove NP - Submission Version

<strong>Rolleston</strong> on Dove Neighbourhood Plan
Justification
4.13 The Neighbourhood Plan process has not identified an overwhelming urge to only accommodate
the needs of local people or those with a local connection. Equally however, it has been strongly
felt by the community that <strong>Rolleston</strong> on Dove is not an appropriate location for significant growth
in housing that will make a major contribution to accommodating the wider housing needs of
East Staffordshire borough. <strong>Rolleston</strong> on Dove is a village and lacks the services to support such
growth.
4.14 Whilst categorised as a Strategic Village in the emerging Local Plan, it is not considered by the
Parish Council or the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group that <strong>Rolleston</strong> on Dove performs this
function in the way that the Strategic Villages should do, as envisaged by the Local Plan
Preferred Option. The principal reason for this is that the village lacks the full range of services
which are required to serve a wider rural catchment area. Also, some of the key services it does
have are at capacity and are therefore unable to serve significant further growth.
4.15 Indeed, <strong>Rolleston</strong> on Dove’s proximity to Burton on Trent has inevitably had the effect of
restricting its growth and the growth of services in the village. People from the wider catchment
look to Burton on Trent for many of their basic services, not to <strong>Rolleston</strong> on Dove. This is shown
by the map in Figure 4.1.
Figure 4.1: Map of <strong>Rolleston</strong> showing physical separation from Burton m Trent
Source: East Staffordshire Borough Council
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