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exception of the one policy (LP08), generally promote development within the existing<br />

Urban Areas of Addlestone, Chertsey, Egham/Englefield Green. It also continues to<br />

promote the continued protection of the Green Belt along with the maintenance and<br />

enhancement of the <strong>Borough</strong>’s employment base. Also, it sets a level of 25% for<br />

affordable housing on qualifying sites.<br />

Table 1- RBC Local <strong>Plan</strong> Policies<br />

No.<br />

Policy<br />

Location Policies<br />

LP01 Strategy for the Location of Development<br />

LP02 Housing Provision and Distribution<br />

LP03 Development in Addlestone Urban Area<br />

LP04 Development in Egham / Englefield Green Urban Area<br />

LP05 Royal Holloway UOL<br />

LP06 Development in Chertsey Urban Area<br />

LP07 Development in Virginia Water<br />

LP08 The former DERA site, Longcross<br />

Strategic Policies<br />

SP01<br />

SP02<br />

SP03<br />

SP04<br />

SP05<br />

SP06<br />

SP07<br />

SP08<br />

SP09<br />

SP10<br />

Green Belt Areas<br />

Affordable Housing<br />

Gypsy and Travelling Populations<br />

Provision and Retention of <strong>Infrastructure</strong> and Service<br />

Design<br />

Tourism, Recreation and Leisure<br />

Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area<br />

Employment Development<br />

Sustainable Transport<br />

Development and Flood Risk<br />

2.8 In terms of housing numbers, the Local <strong>Plan</strong> is not proposing to allocate any strategic<br />

sites with the exception of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) site<br />

at Longcross. Indeed the view has been taken that the current rate of housing<br />

completions coupled with the existing level of approved schemes adequately meets its<br />

proposed quantum of 161 units per annum.<br />

2.9 Being a key site with considerably less infrastructure provision than the existing Urban<br />

Area, the 123 hectare former DERA site is expected to require considerable<br />

infrastructure provision if it comes forward, as expected, to provide a new mixed use<br />

community. Originally a Ministry of Defence (MoD) research establishment for testing<br />

military vehicles, the site was decommissioned in 2001.<br />

2.10 All policies along with their alternatives have been assessed in terms to their<br />

contribution towards meeting the objectives of sustainable development along with their<br />

impact on the environment through a combined Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and<br />

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) which are available to view on the<br />

<strong>Council</strong>’s <strong>Plan</strong>ning website.<br />

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<strong>Runnymede</strong> IDP DRAFT – <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2013</strong>

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