Adopted Stowmarket Area Action Plan - Mid Suffolk District Council

Stowmarket Area Action PlanStowmarket South - Land off Farriers Road and Poplar Hill, Concept Statement(Pegasus Urban Design for Construct Reason and E W Durrant and Son, 2010).Previously known as “Stowmarket South Development Brief” (March 2010).Stowmarket North - Land off Mill Lane, Concept Statement (Stowmarket Mill LaneDevelopment Ltd, 2010). Previously known as “Stowmarket Mill Lane DevelopmentBrief” (March 2010).Conservation Area: An area of special architectural and/or historical interest, the characteror appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance. It is a recognition of thevalue of a group of buildings and their surroundings and the need to protect not justindividual buildings but the character of the area as a whole.Contaminated Land: Land that may have been polluted or harmed in some way makingit unfit for safe development and usage unless cleaned.Controlled Parking Zones: This is an area where on-street parking is controlled. Parkingis only permitted is designated parking bays for certain periods of time, and the remainedof the kerbside space can be controlled subject to restrictions. The main aim is todiscourage commuter and long-stay parking by people from outside an area.Convenience Goods: Retail stores selling everyday essential items, such as food andnewspapers.Cordon Sanitaire: Protected / buffer zone e.g. to keep residential areas away fromnuisances such as noise, fumes, smells from industrial or commercial premises.Core Strategy for Mid Suffolk: Part of Mid Suffolk's Development Plan, which sets outthe vision and strategic spatial objectives for the development of the District. The CoreStrategy was adopted on 4th September 2008 after it was found 'sound' by an independentInspector appointed by the Secretary of State.County Wildlife Site (CWS): CWS designation is non-statutory but is recognition of asite's high value for wildlife with many sites being of county and often regional or nationalimportance for wildlife.Countryside Villages: These are villages identified in Mid Suffolk's Core Strategy (2008)where only types of development specified in Policy CS2 may take place.Cultural Facilities: These include building or structures where a wide range of culturallyrelated activities can be held on one-off or a regular basis. These include: leisure,recreation and sports facilities; arts and entertainment and museum facilities; village hallsand other community venues; open space for amenity, recreation, sport, play areas andallotments; streets, footpaths, bridleways and picnic areas; visually important open space.Curtilage: The area of land surrounding a building that is within the property's boundaries.Mid Suffolk Stowmarket Area Action Plan (February 2013)121