Design Guide Part 3 - North York Moors National Park

SECTION 1INTRODUCTION11.1IntroductionBackgroundThe ‘Trees and Landscape’ Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) is the third ina series of SPDs that collectively form the North York Moors National ParkAuthority’s Design Guide. As the Design Guide expands, it will cover the mostcommon types of new development occurring in the National Park and includemore detailed advice on the following topics:Part 1:Part 2:Part 4:Part 5:General PrinciplesExtensions and Alterations to DwellingsThe Re-use of Rural BuildingsNew Agricultural BuildingsPart 3 – ‘Trees and Landscape’ should be read in conjunction with otherrelevant parts of the Design Guide.The Design Guide has been developed to provide practical advice and guidance onissues relating to new development and tree and landscape matters. It is intended foruse by designers, house builders and all those who promote new development andapply for planning permission within the National Park. It will be relevantto officers and Members of the Authority who guide and control development,but more widely, will also be of interest to anyone who wants to see greater care takenin the design of the landscape in new development proposals within the National Park.The Guide will be referenced when making decisions on planning applications andin providing general landscape and tree advice to prospective applicants.Each planning application submitted to the Authority will be judged on its ownmerits and against the policies of the Core Strategy and Development PoliciesDevelopment Plan Document (2008) and having regard to the design principles inParts 1 and 2 of the Design Guide (and in due course Parts 4 & 5).PPS7: Provides theGovernmentsobjectives for rural areasand makes explicitreference to thelandscape characterFootnotes:1 PPS 1 ‘Delivering SustainableDevelopment’ (DCLG 2005)2 PPS 7 ‘SustainableDevelopment in Rural Areas’(DCLG 2004)1.2Policy ContextThe importance of tree protection and good landscape design is supported in anumber of national, regional and local planning documents.National PolicyThe Government’s policy for design in the planning system is contained in PlanningPolicy Statement 1 1 , which states that a key objective for local planning authoritiesis to ensure that developments, ‘…are visually attractive as a result of goodarchitecture and appropriate landscaping’.DEVELOPMENT POLICY 19Additional design advice is also contained in Planning Policy Statement 7 2 , a keyobjective of which is, ‘To raise the quality of life and the environment in ruralareas’, which is achievable through the promotion of ‘ … good quality, sustainabledevelopment that respects and where possible, enhances local distinctivenessand the intrinsic qualities of the countryside’.4