Proposed Submission: Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy

- 2028). However in keeping with existing and past strategic approaches tothe area, it maintains an emphasis on economic development, concentratingdevelopment on previously developed land in the Gravesend/Northfleet urbanarea and continuing to promote Ebbsfleet as a mixed use development. Thisis consistent with the South East Plan spatial strategy, the National PlanningPolicy Framework, the sub-regional approach to the Kent Thames Gatewayand the plans of neighbouring local authorities. It is also consistent with theprinciple of Localism promoted by the national Government whereby top-downtargets are abolished in favour of locally developed targets. It is on this basisthat the vision, strategic objectives and policies set out in this document havebeen developed and tested through the sustainability appraisal.1.5 Format of the Core Strategy1.5.1 The first part of the Core Strategy assesses Gravesham'scharacteristics, challenges and opportunities. This is followed by the spatialvision for the Borough to 2028 and the strategic objectives to achieve thevision. A key diagram is included after the strategic objectives to show themain elements of the strategy, including a number of opportunity areas. Thereis also a table which shows which Core Strategy policies will achieve each ofthe strategic objectives. This is followed by policies relating to the location andamount of development. A number of borough-wide policies are thenincluded. All the policies will be subject to monitoring and review as set out inappendix 5 and there is a separate section on this. An infrastructure deliveryschedule has been produced which lists all known infrastructure requirementsfor the key sites and overall development in the Borough as well as otherknown infrastructure coming forward in the Core Strategy period (seeAppendix 4). As infrastructure requirements are likely to change over time,this schedule is a living document which will be periodically reviewed andupdated. It will also be the starting point from which the Council identifies itspriorities for the Community Infrastructure Levy. Whilst over time theCommunity Infrastructure Levy may provide significant contributions toinfrastructure delivery, it is intended to fill the funding gaps that remain onceexisting sources of funding have been taken into account.10