Mid Sussex District Plan 2014 – 2031
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Mid Sussex District Plan 2014 – 2031 Adoption Version March 2018 List of Policies DP1: Sustainable Economic Development ............................................................................................. 23 DP2: Town Centre Development ............................................................................................................ 26 DP3: Village and Neighbourhood Centre Development .......................................................................... 28 DP4: Housing ......................................................................................................................................... 29 DP5: Planning to Meet Future Housing Need ......................................................................................... 32 DP6: Settlement Hierarchy ..................................................................................................................... 34 DP7: General Principles for Strategic Development at Burgess Hill ........................................................ 37 DP8: Strategic Allocation to the east of Burgess Hill at Kings Way ......................................................... 39 DP9: Strategic Allocation to the north and north-west of Burgess Hill ..................................................... 42 DP10: Strategic Allocation to the east of Pease Pottage ........................................................................ 47 DP11: Strategic Allocation to the north of Clayton Mills, Hassocks ......................................................... 51 DP12: Protection and Enhancement of Countryside ............................................................................... 55 DP13: Preventing Coalescence .............................................................................................................. 57 DP14: Sustainable Rural Development and the Rural Economy ............................................................. 58 DP15: New Homes in the Countryside ................................................................................................... 59 DP16: High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ......................................................................... 60 DP17: Ashdown Forest Special Protection Area (SPA) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC) .......... 61 DP18: Setting of the South Downs National Park ................................................................................... 63 DP19: Sustainable Tourism .................................................................................................................... 64 DP20: Securing Infrastructure ................................................................................................................ 65 DP21: Transport ..................................................................................................................................... 66 DP22: Rights of Way and other Recreational Routes ............................................................................. 68 DP23: Communication Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 69 DP24: Leisure and Cultural Facilities and Activities ................................................................................ 70 DP25: Community Facilities and Local Services ..................................................................................... 71 DP26: Character and Design .................................................................................................................. 73 DP27: Dwelling Space Standards ........................................................................................................... 74 DP28: Accessibility ................................................................................................................................. 74 DP29: Noise, Air and Light Pollution ....................................................................................................... 76 DP30: Housing Mix ................................................................................................................................. 78 DP31: Affordable Housing ...................................................................................................................... 80 DP32: Rural Exception Sites .................................................................................................................. 81 DP33: Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople .......................................................................... 82 DP34: Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets ................................................................................. 85 i DP35: Conservation Areas ..................................................................................................................... 86 DP36: Historic Parks and Gardens ......................................................................................................... 87 DP37: Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows ................................................................................................ 88 DP38: Biodiversity .................................................................................................................................. 89 DP39: Sustainable Design and Construction .......................................................................................... 91 DP40: Renewable Energy Schemes ....................................................................................................... 92 DP41: Flood Risk and Drainage ............................................................................................................. 93 DP42: Water Infrastructure and the Water Environment ......................................................................... 94 Appendix A: Housing Trajectory .......................................................................................................... 107 Appendix B: List of evidence base documents..................................................................................... 108 Appendix C: Saved Local Plan Policies ............................................................................................... 115 Appendix D: Glossary .......................................................................................................................... 116 List of Figures Figure 1: Main destinations of Mid Sussex residents commuting to jobs outside the district ..................... 5 Figure 2: Main locations of non-residents commuting to jobs inside Mid Sussex ...................................... 5 Figure 3: Mid Sussex Economic Context ................................................................................................ 12 Figure 4: Mid Sussex Environmental Constraints ................................................................................... 13 Figure 5: Key Diagram ............................................................................................................................ 14 Figure 6: Strategic allocation to the east of Burgess Hill at Kings Way (Policy DP8) ............................... 41 Figure 7: Strategic allocation to the north and north-west of Burgess Hill (Policy DP9) ........................... 46 Figure 8: Strategic allocation to the east of Pease Pottage (Policy DP10) .............................................. 50 Figure 9: Strategic allocation Land north of Clayton Mills, Hassocks (DP11) .......................................... 54 This Plan was adopted by Mid Sussex District Council on xxxx ii Chapter 1: Background 1.1 This District Plan has been prepared in the context of the Localism Act and the National Planning Policy Framework. It reflects the aspirations of Central Government and the District Council to give local people more ownership and control over the planning of their area so that development is viewed positively to help communities maintain a high quality of life, increase economic prosperity and protect the environment to meet current needs and the needs of future generations. 1.2 The Plan sets out a vision for how Mid Sussex wants to evolve and a delivery strategy for how that will be achieved. It supports the National Planning Policy Framework’s ‘presumption in favour of sustainable development’. As such, it sets out broad guidance on the distribution and quality of development in the form of ‘higher level’ strategic policies. It also provides the framework for all subsequent planning documents, including Neighbourhood Plans. The District Plan covers the period up to 2031 and will replace the majority of the Mid Sussex Local Plan adopted in 2004. The Local Plan policies that will continue to apply are listed in Appendix C. 1.3 The District Plan does not apply to that part of the District within the South Downs National Park. The South Downs National Park Authority is preparing its own Local Plan for that area. 1.4 Mid Sussex is fully covered by Town and Parish Councils, and a particular feature of the Plan is the desire of the District Council to involve Town and Parish Councils in its preparation and delivery. It is vital that there is local influence over where and what development happens, and the infrastructure that is provided over the next 17 years. The Plan encourages all Town and Parish Councils, individually or working together in clusters, to prepare and maintain up-to-date local Neighbourhood Plans as envisaged in the Localism Act and the National Planning Policy Framework. These