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Kirdford NDP
Policy DS.2 – Encouraging quality design
All new development in the Plan Area will be required to meet the appropriate
standards of design, construction, layout and local distinctiveness as set out within
the Kirdford Village Design Statement and the principles set out as an informative to
Policy SD.1 of this Plan wherever relevant.
Proposals throughout the Plan Area should be domestic in scale and sensitive to their
rural setting. They should adopt design, materials and landscaping in keeping with
the local vernacular unless an acceptably high standard of alternate or contemporary
design can be demonstrated, enabling the development to accord with the aim of this
policy as well as policies elsewhere within this Plan.
Reasoned Justification
In developing its Village Design Statement, the community recorded the architectural
vernacular of the built environment and referenced typical existing elemental design details
and materials. It also recognised the ability of and criteria for ‘modern’ insertions of
sympathetic scale, harmonising materials, planting and respect for context and energy
conservation – such design guidance being applicable to housing and commercial buildings.
Conformity reference: National Planning Policy Framework 2012- Section7-Requiring good
design; Kirdford Village Design Statement. Chichester District Local Plan – ‘Saved Policy BE 12’.
Policy DS.3 – Provision of Off-road Parking
Intention
The NDP identified that provision of inadequate off-road parking in previous development
results in severe problems of access and pedestrian safety, especially in a dark village setting.
This policy seeks to guide applicants and those managing planning applications, to ensure that
adequate provision is made in development proposals.
Policy DS.3 – Provision of Off-road Parking
Wherever possible, development proposals should include provision for adequate offroad
vehicle parking spaces to facilitate unimpeded road access for other road users,
including motor vehicles and pedestrians.
Proposals that do not demonstrate adequate off-road parking will not be supported in
instances where the Local Planning Authority identify that additional on-street
parking will be detrimental to highways safety or impede access for public transport,
emergency vehicles or any other service vehicles. This policy applies to all proposals
within the SPA as well as the wider Plan area.
Reasoned Justification
The reduction of Public Transport provision in the rural area has resulted in residents being
more dependent on private vehicle transport. Such dependency requires appropriate parking
provision in developments both within the settlement area and equally in the wider Parish
areas, where narrow lanes do not facilitate off-road parking without causing a safety hazard to
other road users. Whilst development proposals should address the need for a reduction in
reliance on the use of private vehicles wherever possible, in such circumstance where this is not
viable appropriate on site provision to suit individual property shall be provided.
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