Proposed Submission: Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy

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5.14.24 An Eco Assessment for Kent Thameside was completed in 2010 tounderstand the potential for renewable and low carbon energy in the area andto identify how this could be realised. This made the following key points:• Consideration should be given to the renewable and low carbon heatpotential of the key sites and the town centre;• It highlights the opportunities where stand-alone low carbon andrenewable energy technologies might be exploited, e.g. wind energy;• There is the opportunity for a Kent Thameside microgenerationinitiative to promote the installation of small scale renewable energytechnology. Particular reference is made to the opportunity to create abiomass hub at Northfleet Embankment East as part of developmentproposals; and• It recommends that local standards exceeding or introduced inadvance of changes to the Building Regulations would not beappropriate and a Supplementary Planning Document on sustainabledesign and construction to facilitate the transition to zero carbon homes/ buildings should be produced instead.5.14.25 In relation to the final point, the Sustainability Appraisal recommendedthat the policy should include BREEAM and Code for Sustainable Homestargets, as well as water demand management.5.14.26 The evidence shows that the key sites and the town centre havepotential for incorporating renewable and low carbon technology. As a result,the Council's strategy is to require the key sites to consider the potential andinclude proposals for low carbon and renewable energy generation, includingcombined heat and power. This should be justified by the submission ofevidence.5.14.27 The Council also supports proposals for stand-alone decentralised,renewable or low carbon energy development. The pressure for suchdevelopment is likely to be in the rural area of the Borough and thesedevelopments can have an impact on landscape character, particularly in thenationally important Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. As aresult, proposals will need to take into account other policies in this plan, in182
particular the need to maintain the openness of the Green Belt and the policyrelating to Green Infrastructure.5.14.28 The Eco Assessment has identified the potential for a specificmicrogeneration initiative at Northfleet Embankment East. It is considered thatthe scale and mix of development proposed elsewhere may also provideopportunities. This is particularly the case where the development sites adjointhose in Dartford Borough or where development sites are close to existingresidential or commercial areas that can be integrated into a wider network.The Council intends to support the roll out of the national "Green Deal"initiative as an appropriate alternative to the microgeneration initiative. Thiscan be targeted towards areas and groups where wider carbon reduction andfuel poverty objectives can be achieved in a cost effective way. This will betaken forward through the Council's corporate approach to climate change.5.14.29 The introduction of local standards for reducing the carbon footprint ofnew buildings in advance of changes to the Building Regulations is notrecommended in the Eco Assessment but the Sustainability Appraisalcontradicts this advice. As outlined above, there are uncertainties about theforthcoming regulatory framework to achieve zero carbon standards and theissues are complex. In view of this, the Council is not seeking to introducelocal standards.5.14.30 The Council recognises that there may be other opportunities toreduce the carbon footprint of the Borough. It also includes potential initiativessuch as the creation of a Community Energy Fund whereby contributions fromdevelopers towards allowable solutions could be used for carbon reducinginitiatives in the Borough. Such initiatives include retrofitting existing homes.The Council will support such initiatives.5.14.31 The section above deals with operational carbon rather thanembodied carbon. Embodied carbon refers to the carbon emissions createdby the production of the building up to the point it comes into use. Operationalcarbon refers to carbon emissions resulting from the use of the building.Embodied carbon is not currently included in the national definition of zerocarbon. As such, it is inappropriate for this Core Strategy to include policy183
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Proposed Submission:Gravesham Local
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4.1 Sustainable Development .......
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1.2.3 When adopted, the Local Plan
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a focus for growth and regeneration
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• Working with partners to develo
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- 2028). However in keeping with ex
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Canal Basin12
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Kent. There is also a regular passe
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2.3 Settlement pattern2.3.1 Gravese
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2.3.8 Culverstone Green lies south
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2.5.3 In addition to the need to pr
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2.7.4 As well as contributing to th
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small scale, involving redevelopmen
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Gravesend riverfront26
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community. It will have started to
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• SO5 Create a mixed use communit
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3.3 Key DiagramFigure 2: Key diagra
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Opportunity AreaCS14 - Housing Type
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communities in Gravesend,Northfleet
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quality through the improvedprovisi
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• any adverse impacts of doing so
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Gravesham 10 . It seeks to make ful
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Table 3: Housing Land SupplyA) All
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ange of facilities. Most of the hou
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4.2.20 The distribution and amount
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Development DistributionTable 5: Di
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4.2.25 Development will be distribu
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4.3.3 This Core Strategy aims to tr
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Figure 3: Opportunity areas within
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4.4.1 The Northfleet Embankment and
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4.4.5 Swanscombe Peninsula East Riv
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under use classes B1, B2 and B8. In
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a multi-modal industrial and wareho
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Figure 5: Key site 1.3 Land East of
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Figure 7: Key site 1.5 Northfleet C
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4.5 Gravesend Riverside East and No
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Roundabout will also need to be con
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Basin was a maritime hub and, as su
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4.5.23 This sub-area includes the G
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B1c) with the latter providing arou
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Figure 10: Key site 2.1 Canal Basin
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4.6 Gravesend Town Centre Opportuni
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quality and range of supply whilst
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Rathmore Road link between Stone St
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4.6.25 As explained in Policy CS08,
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uilding in the Upper Windmill Stree
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has more potential as the upper gar
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4.7 Ebbsfleet (Gravesham) Opportuni
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the needs of the resident and dayti
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interest and are part of the Ebbsfl
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4.7.20 Development of the Key Sites
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Figure 15: Key site 4.1 Northfleet
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5.1.4 In recognition of the above f
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5.1.10 The context within which Gra
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Protection of existing employment s
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Centre, along with those areas with
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communications technology to facili
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5.2.3 This policy sets out the appr
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5.2.9 The local centres are identif
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Sequential Test and Impact Assessme
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Policy CS08: Retail, Leisure and th
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