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<strong>Core</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong> <strong>Options</strong>About 23% of town centre retail provision for Dorset (excluding Bournemouth and Poole) iscontained in the four largest Christchurch and East Dorset centresChristchurchChristchurch Town Centre: 14,000 sqm:Highcliffe: 2,650 sqmBarrack Road: 313 sqmPurewell: 270 sqmChristchurch Retail Warehouses: 22,189 sqmEast DorsetWimborne: 8,800 sqm (not including Waitrose)Ferndown: 17,000 sqmVerwood: 3,400 sqmTransport and AccessibilityEast Dorset is one of only two districts that has no railways.Christchurch has two main line railway stationsThe Natural Environment4.15 The natural environment of Christchurch and East Dorset is diverse and of high quality,including large areas of open countryside, a number of internationally important nature conservationsites, the coast, harbour, cliffs, areas of wet and dry heath, river valleys and the Cranborne Chaseand West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.4.16 A significant constraining factor is the presence of internationally protected heathlands. Theprotection of the heaths has a significant impact on the distribution of housing development withinthe area. New housing should not be built within 400m of a protected heath and all housing within5km should help fund the provision of Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace. This puts significantlimits on the potential for future growth of some key settlements in the area, including, Christchurch,St Leonard's and St Ives, Three Legged Cross, Ferndown/West Parley, Corfe Mullen, Verwood andWest Moors.Climate Change4.17 A network of rivers flow through East Dorset District to Christchurch and the harbour. Alongthese corridors and in valleys in the chalk uplands settlements are subject to flood risk, as shownby the Strategic Flood Risk Assessments. The extent of areas affected by flood risk will increaseover time due to the effects of climate change with increased seasonal rainfall and rising sea levels.The location of future housing development and other forms of development will be severelyconstrained by flood risk. There will be areas which cannot be developed for housing and areaswhich will require mitigation measures to reduce flood risk.<strong>Core</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong> <strong>Options</strong> September 29th, 2010 Christchurch and East Dorset Council Meetings31

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