Cannock Chase Local Plan Local Plan (Part 1) 2014
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CANNOCK CHASE LOCAL PLAN LOCAL PLAN (PART 1) 2014 PREFACE Cannock Chase Council Rugeley Town Centre Area Action Plan (Pre-Publication Draft) Cannock Chase Local Plan Local Plan (Part ) 204 Preface The Local Plan is a development plan document produced under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended to help shape the way in which the physical, economic, social and environmental characteristics of Cannock Chase District will change between 2006 and 2028. Rugeley Town Centre Area Action Plan Development Plan Document (2010) Local Plan Part 1 brings together the former emerging Core Strategy and Rugeley Town Centre Pre-PublicationArea Action PlanDraft into one document. The first section of Local Plan Part 1 therefore provides the context and process for setting strategic and development management policy for the District, Cannockwith the secondChase sectionLocal Developmentproviding the moreFramework detailed policy context for Rugeley Town Centre. TheLocalRugeley Plan PartTown 2 willCentre identifyArea site specificAction allocationsPlan is produced as well asby thethe variousPlanning standardsPolicy to beUnit of Planningapplied inServices order to helpat Cannock deliver theChase strategicCouncil. policy. PartTo 2 orderwill alsofurther help addresscopies Birmingham’sor for further information:housing needs should this be necessary following further evidence gathering, either by identifying further capacity within the plan period or safeguarding land for development beyond Writethe planto: period. In addition, Part 2 will safeguard sites for potential development beyond the plan period to help meet future District needs. Part 2 will be informed by a review of the Green Belt Planningto be undertakenPolicy in full consultation with stakeholders. Should any further Area Action Plan be PlanningconsideredServices appropriate for the District this will also be undertaken within Part 2. Local Plan policy Cannockwill also Chasebe elaborated,Council where justified, by Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD). PO Box 28 Local Plan Part 1 is produced by the Planning Policy Unit of Planning Services at Cannock Beecroft Road Chase Council. To order further copies or for further information: Cannock StafWritefs to: Planning Policy, Planning Services, Cannock Chase Council WS1PO1 Box1BG 28, Beecroft Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 1BG Email:Email:[email protected] [email protected] Phone: 01543 462621 Phone:Website:01543 http://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/planningpolicy462621 Website: http://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/planningpolicy This document can be provided in Braille, on audio cassette tape/disk, large print and in the following languages on request to Cannock Chase Council on 01543 462 621. Bengali, Gujarati, Chinese, Urdu, Punjabi and Polish. CONTENTS Section - Core Strategy Executive Summary 06 .0 Introduction 14 2.0 District Profile 20 3.0 Vision 32 4.0 District Wide Objectives 36 5.0 Strategic Approach 86 6.0 Area Implications 91 7.0 Policies 104 Policy CP1 - Strategy 105 Policy CP2 - Developer Contributions for Infrastructure 106 Policy CP3 - Chase Shaping - Design 107 Policy CP4 - Neighbourhood-Led Planning 109 Policy CP5 - Social Inclusion and Healthy Living 110 Policy CP6 - Housing Land 112 Policy CP7 - Housing Choice 114 Policy CP8 - Employment Land 116 Policy CP9 - A Balanced Economy 119 Policy CP10 - Sustainable Transport 121 Policy CP11 - Centres Hierarchy 124 Policy CP12 - Biodiversity and Geodiversity 126 Policy CP13 - Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 128 Policy CP14 - Landscape Character and Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) 129 Policy CP15 - Historic Environment 131 Policy CP16 - Climate Change and Sustainable Resource Use 133 8.0 Monitoring 136 Section Appendices a Infrastructure Delivery Plan 147 B Housing Trajectory 148 C Replacement of Saved Policies 150 D Evidence Base 155 e Glossary 162 2 CANNOCK CHASE LOCAL PLAN . LOCAL PLAN (PART 1) 2014 Section 2 - Rugeley Town Centre Area Action Plan Executive Summary 174 .0 Background 176 2.0 Town Centre Profile 180 3.0 Vision and Objectives 183 4.0 Strategic Policy 184 Policy RTC1 - Regeneration Strategy 184 Policy RTC2 - Town Centre Land Uses 188 Policy RTC3 - Urban Design Principles 191 5.0 Site Policies 196 Policy RTC4 - Aelfgar Centre/Former Squash Courts, Taylors Lane 196 Policy RTC5 - Market Street Garages 201 Policy RTC6 - Rugeley Market Hall/Bus Station and Surrounding Area 204 Policy RTC7 - Land at Wellington Drive 211 Policy RTC8 - Leathermill Lane/Trent and Mersey Canal Corridor 217 6.0 Public Realm Enhancements and Transport Policies 226 Policy RTC9 - Public Realm 226 Policy RTC10 - Transport 230 Policy RTC11 - Flood Alleviation Measures 234 7.0 Monitoring Framework Including Plan Objectives and Indicators 236 Section 2 Appendices 2A List of Town Centre Public Car Parks and Number of Spaces 239 2B List of Sites Included in Earlier Editions and Now Deleted from the Plan 240 2C Historic Urban Character Areas 241 3 SECTION . CORE STRATEGY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Executive Summary Introduction The Local Plan will help shape the way in which the physical, economic, social and environmental characteristics of Cannock Chase District will change between 2006 and 2028. It provides one of the means of delivering the objectives and programmes of the Chase Community Partnership. Public consultation was undertaken in 2006, 2007 and 2008 to encourage debate on the appropriate range of issues to be considered and options for addressing them. From these a clear steer was given for setting a Vision, Objectives and a Strategic Approach. These consultations were followed in summer 2009 by a public consultation on preferred options which developed potential policy areas and indicated accompanying infrastructure requirements. The plan was refined by further consultation with key stakeholders in autumn 2009 and a pre-publication draft was published for consultation in 2010. A draft Local Plan was issued for consultation in August 2012, taking account of national changes in planning legislation and policy and reflecting local updates in evidence. The Proposed Submission (2013) Local Plan was published and available for formal representations from the 14th February-28th March 2013. It was submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination in May 2013. The hearing sessions were held from the 24th-27th September 2013. Following the hearings, main modifications to the plan (to respond to issues raised) were published for formal representations from the 6th November-18th December 2013. The Inspectors Report finding the Local Plan (Part 1) sound and legally compliant (with modifications to the plan) was published on the 14th February 2014. Cannock Chase Council resolved to adopt the Local Plan (Part 1), with modifications, on the 11th June 2014. District Profile The District Profile sets out the key features of the District to inform the vision, objectives and strategy. Cannock Chase District lies within Southern Staffordshire on the northern edge of the Black Country. At the heart of the District lies the nationally significant Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and around 60% of the District is designated Green Belt, testament to its strategic role as part of the West Midlands rural-urban fringe. The District acts as a strategic link between wider Staffordshire and the West Midlands urban area. Vision The Vision provides a view on how Cannock Chase District may look at the end of the plan period and develops the visions set by the Chase Community Partnership and Cannock Chase Council. It has three main strands, social, economic and environmental and is elaborated by more localised visions for each area of the District. District-wide Objectives Objectives are central to pointing the way to meeting the Vision. The intent of each Objective is fully described and justified, forming a substantive part of the plan. In turn the Objectives are cross referenced to a limited suite of Strategic Policies which each support more than one Objective in order to help ensure a fully integrated plan, reflecting the inter-related nature of the Objectives. 6 CANNOCK CHASE LOCAL PLAN . LOCAL PLAN (PART 1) 2014 To Manchester NOT TO SCALE Rugeley A51 West Coast Mainline to London Brereton A51 A460 A34 Rawnsley Hednesford Cannock Wimblebury Heath Hayes A5190 A4601 A460 A5 Norton Canes M6 Toll A34 Little Wyrley M6 To Lichfield Key Diagram District boundary CP6 Safeguarded site CP11 Cannock strategic sub-regional centre Built-up area To Birmingham/London CP7 Area of search for Gypsies, travellers and travelling showpeople CP11 Town centre Churchbridge junction improvements accommodation CP11 District centre Chase rail line improvements CP8 Strategic high quality employment area CP11 Local centre CP1 Green Belt CP8 Potential extension of CP12, CP13 SAC & SSSI CP6 Strategic housing site Kingsword Lakeside if required CP12 SSSI CP6 Urban Extensions for housing CP9 Hatherton Canal Restoration CP14 Cannock Chase AONB CP6 Strategic development allocation in Lichfield District CP14 Forest of Mercia * SECTION - CORE STRATEGY 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Strategic Approach Within the District the Strategy is to ‘Focus development across the existing settlements of Cannock / Hednesford / Heath Hayes, Norton Canes and Rugeley / Brereton, developing service provision to meet existing balances in housing across the District’. Its effect is to aim to broadly cater for development in urban areas in the following