Appendix 1 Land Allocations Local Plan

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Dover District Council 18 Land Allocations Local Plan Adopted 2015 3.2 The above requirements need to be adjusted to take account of the strategic allocations made in the Core Strategy, housing completions since 2006 and the stock of unimplemented permissions. Table 3.1 sets out the residual amount to be allocated in this Plan in each part of the District after taking account of these factors. 3.3 The Core Strategy figure of 1,200 dwellings for the Rural area, is not distributed to particular settlements in the hierarchy, nor divided into rural north or rural south. Policy CP1 of the Core Strategy sets out a Settlement Hierarchy which details the general role of individual settlements. The second half of the hierarchy provides the general basis for the distribution of development across the rural area and is reproduced in Table 3.2. Settlement Type Local Centre Village Hamlet Function Secondary focus for development in the rural area; suitable for a scale of development that would reinforce its role as a provider of services to its home and adjacent communities Tertiary focus for development in the rural area; suitable for a scale of development that would reinforce its role as a provider of services to essentially its home community All other settlements in the rural area; not suitable for further development unless it functionally requires a rural location Town/Village Ash Capel-le-Ferne Eastry Shepherdswell Wingham Alkham, East Langdon, East Studdal, Elvington,Eythorne, Goodnestone, Kingsdown, Great Mongeham, Lydden, Nonington, Preston, Ringwould, Ripple, St. Margaret's, Staple, West Hougham, Woodnesborough, Worth All other settlements Table 3.2 Extract of Settlement Hierarchy from the Adopted Core Strategy 2010 Site Selection Process 3.4 This Plan has been prepared following two public participation stages. After a 'call for sites' in 2005, public engagement on the Preferred Options took place in 2008. This Plan was then put on hold until the Core Strategy was adopted in 2010. As a significant time had lapsed, the District Council undertook another call for sites in 2010 and a further public engagement exercise for the new sites in 2010 (this was called the 'Interim Consultation'). 3.5 In 2008/9 the District Council produced a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). This assessment considered all the sites that had been submitted by landowners and developers to the Council for consideration for development as part of the Local Plan. As part of the initial assessment process the SHLAA screened the sites against a list of criteria based on national policies and size. These included designations
Dover District Council Land Allocations Local Plan Adopted 2015 19 such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Heritage Coast, national and European nature conservation sites and areas within Flood Zone 3. All sites less than 0.17Ha were excluded from the SHLAA. 3.6 Building on the assessment for the SHLAA and with input from specialists in conservation and heritage, ecology and highways (KCC), a more in depth analysis of every site has been undertaken. Sustainability Appraisal (SA) has been used to help identify issues, test options and identify the preferred option that forms the basis of this Plan. Further details are contained within the SA Report. Kent Downs Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB) 3.7 The Kent Downs AONB, covers substantial parts of the south of the District. The AONB is an area of high scenic quality with statutory protection in order to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of their landscapes (See NPPF, para 115). Consideration must be given not only to the impact development could have on the AONB, but also the impact on the setting of the AONB. The AONB is particularly a constraint to development in the settlements where the boundary is immediately adjacent to the existing built development. In Capel-le-Ferne, Kingsdown, Lydden, and St.Margaret's there are very limited development opportunities that would not damage the setting of the AONB or the character of the village itself. The villages of Alkham and West Hougham are located entirely within the AONB, and although this does not restrict development entirely, it is a key factor which must be taken into account as part of the assessment of sites. In general, the Plan has sought to avoid making allocations in the AONB, except where they are small-scale where they are well related to the existing settlement and there are no other viable options. Where allocated they need to be sensitively designed, appropriate to the location, and in accordance with the adopted Kent Downs Management Plan and its supporting guidance (e.g the Kent Downs Landscape Design Handbook). Heritage Coast 3.8 Where the AONB meets the coast it has been designated a Heritage Coast. The national purposes of Heritage Coast designation includes to conserve, protect and enhance the natural beauty of the coasts, their marine flora and fauna, and their heritage features. Flood Risk 3.9 To the north east of the District, from an area covering the northern part of Deal and Sandwich up to the boundary line with Thanet, there are large areas at risk from tidal flooding (Flood Zone 2 and 3). The Environment Agency are improving the sea defences at both Deal and Sandwich, which will reduce the likelihood of flooding. Flood Zone 3, which equates to those areas at greatest risk of flooding, is divided into Flood Zone 3a and Flood Zone 3b. The Council has applied the sequential test to site approach, as set out in paragraph 100 of the NPPF, to avoid where possible flood risk to people and property. Sites which are located within Flood Zone 3b, the functional floodplain, have been considered unsuitable given the risk to human life of flooding. 3.10 The areas at risk of flooding in Sandwich and Deal are tidal, in contrast to the areas in Dover which are fluvial from the River Dour. The Core Strategy recognised that the River Dour is a central, but underplayed, structural feature of the town. Core Strategy Policy DM18 reflects the need and desire to improve the prominence of the River for any development proposals which affect the setting of the River.
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