Land East of Parsonage Lane, South Molton - North Devon District ...

1.0 IntroductionS1.1 The purpose of this Development Brief is to guide the future development of land eastof Parsonage Lane, South Molton. It should be used to inform the preparation of futuredetailed planning applications for the site and also as guidance by the Council whendetermining any such application.1.2 This Development Brief supplements the planning policies contained in the North DevonLocal Plan and will form a Supplementary Planning Document within the emerging LocalDevelopment Framework for North Devon. In particular, this Development Brief supplementsProposal SMO2d of the North Devon Local Plan, which allocates the land east of ParsonageLane, South Molton for residential development. A plan illustrating the location and extentof the site is attached at Appendix 1.1.3 In order to ensure the Development Brief considers the aspirations of the public and inaccordance with Government guidance in PPS12: Local Development Frameworks, andthe Statement of Community Involvement for North Devon, the Brief was informed by aperiod of public consultation and was subject to a Sustainability Appraisal.The Need for Housing1.4 The Devon Structure Plan set a requirement for North Devon to provide around 4900dwellings for the period 2001-2016. A total of about 570 dwellings need to be provided inSouth Molton over this period. It is not possible to provide all of these dwellings on previouslydeveloped land and therefore some will have to be provided on greenfield sites. Onesuch site is at land east of Parsonage Lane, South Molton.The Planning Policy Framework1.5 The Council has adopted this Development Brief as a Supplementary Planning Documentwithin the Local Development Framework for North Devon in order to supplement policieswithin the North Devon Local Plan, particularly Proposal SMO2d that directly relates to thesite.1.6 In accordance with Government Guidance in PPS12: Local Development Frameworks, theBrief was subject to a statutory period of consultation for 6 weeks. This consultation periodenabled the views of a wide range of individuals, organisations and other stakeholders tobe considered within the Development Brief. During this period of consultation, the briefwas advertised in the local newspaper and was available for inspection on the NorthDevon Council website, as well as in various other locations throughout the District. Apublic exhibition was also held in the South Molton Pannier Market together with a publicmeeting at the Methodist Hall to publicise the publication of the draft development brief.The Brief has also been subject to a Sustainability Appraisal.1.7 Proposal SMO2d of the Adopted North Devon Local Plan (2006) identifies the land eastof Parsonage Lane, South Molton as a site for residential development of up to 150dwellings.Land East of Parsonage Lane, South Molton (Proposal SMO2d) ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT BRIEF1.8 In addition to the site-specific requirements of Proposal SMO2d, the development of landeast of Parsonage Lane will also need to comply with a range of other planning policies atthe national, regional, county and local level and ensure that the necessary physical andsocial infrastructure is provided to support the development. The fundamental planningpolicy issues applying to the site are summarised at Appendix 2.RPS PlanningApril 2008