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Wycombe District Local Plan Regulation 19 Publication Version October 2017 Wycombe District Local Plan Local Plan – Regulation 19 Version October 2017 This page is left intentionally blank Wycombe District Local Plan Local Plan – Regulation 19 Version October 2017 Consultation on the Wycombe District Local Plan Publication version – 16 October to 27 November 2017 Wycombe District Council is consulting on the Wycombe District Local Plan Publication version (this document) from Monday 16 October 2017 to 11:59pm on Monday 27 November 2017. This document is being published under regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. This is the Local Plan which Wycombe District Council intends to submit under regulation 22 of these regulations, to the Planning Inspectorate for an independent examination. This means that all responses to the consultation will be sent to the Inspector to consider in the examination of the Local Plan. Comments, or representations made in writing at this stage should be more formal than previous consultations. We would encourage you to identify why the matter you raise causes the plan to be unsound (see below). To assist with this we have produced a form which is available (on the website, hard copies also available) to log your representations, to ensure we do not need to come back to you for clarification. A representation can also be in support of the Plan. If you wish to appear at the Examination, we would ask you to indicate this in your response at this stage and make clear you wish to “appear”. In order to reduce the administrative burden of processing comments, if many local people share the same view on a matter in the Plan, we would encourage you to send in a joint response with the names of those concerned appended, or a petition, rather than individual letters. This does not reduce the weight attached to the issues raised, but will affect your right to “appear” at the Examination. To be clear, anyone can attend the Examination, but only those who have stated that they wish to “appear” have the right to speak. More details of how to respond can be found on the Council’s website. i Wycombe District Local Plan Local Plan – Regulation 19 Version October 2017 Commenting on the Wycombe District Local Plan Publication version To make comments on the plan you can: Online Use our online response form at www.wycombe.gov.uk/consultations Download a response form at the same web address By mail By writing to Planning Policy Team, Planning and Sustainability, Wycombe District Council offices, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1BB By email to the Planning Policy Team at [email protected] By using a response form available at the Council Offices, your local library or information centre and posting it to Planning Policy Team, Planning and Sustainability, Wycombe District Council offices, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1BB Anyone can comment, please quote the paragraph or policy or map you are commenting on. The deadline for comments is 11:59pm on Monday 27 November 2017. When making a response to the consultation on the Local Plan we would encourage you to use the response form which will help the Inspector understand if you believe the Plan is or is not; Legally compliant Sound Complies with the Duty to Co-operate For more information on this see the guidance note that accompanies the response form. If you believe that the Local Plan does not meet one of the criteria above, you should state why and set out what modifications you believe will make the Local Plan legally compliant or sound. See the Statement of Representations on our website for full details. Find out more To find out more about the consultation you can: visit the website at www.wycombe.gov.uk/newlocalplan Email the Planning Policy Team at [email protected] Phone 01494 421158 In writing Planning Policy Team, Wycombe District Council, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, HP11 1BB ii Wycombe District Local Plan Local Plan – Regulation 19 Version October 2017 Alternative formats If you would like this document in another format please contact Wycombe District Council at the Council offices in High Wycombe. If you require the information supplied in a different language please come into the Wycombe District Council offices where we can arrange a translation or interpretation as appropriate. Due to cost implications we will not be able to translate this document in its entirety. However, it is possible for the required parts to be translated, or interpreted as appropriate. Please come into the Wycombe District Council offices. 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Zapraszamy do biura Rady Okręgowej Wycombe. iii Wycombe District Local Plan Local Plan – Regulation 19 Version October 2017 This page is left intentionally blank iv Wycombe District Local Plan Local Plan – Regulation 19 Version October 2017 Contents Consultation on the Wycombe District Local Plan Publication version – 16 October to 27 November 2017 ...................................................................................................... i Contents ................................................................................................................. v Table of figures ....................................................................................................... vi List of tables ......................................................................................................... viii List of Policies and Proposals ................................................................................. ix Foreword ................................................................................................................... xv Executive Summary ................................................................................................ xvii 1.0 Introduction and Context ...................................................................................... 1 2.0 Wycombe District – The Big Challenge .............................................................. 15 3.0 Our Vision and Strategic Objectives ................................................................... 19 4.0 The Strategy ....................................................................................................... 26 Achieving Sustainable Development .................................................................... 27 Where development will go: the Spatial Strategy................................................. 28 What development will be delivered ..................................................................... 42 How development will be delivered....................................................................... 70 5.0 What is proposed in Specific Areas .................................................................... 84 Introduction to this section .................................................................................... 84 5.1 High Wycombe area ....................................................................................... 87 5.2 Marlow .......................................................................................................... 153 5.3 Princes Risborough ...................................................................................... 163 5.4 Bourne End and Wooburn ............................................................................ 259 5.5 Rural Areas ................................................................................................... 274 6.0 Delivering the Strategy, Managing Development ............................................. 313 How this section works ....................................................................................... 313 Matters to be determined in accordance with national policy .............................. 318 Delivering Housing .............................................................................................. 319 Fostering economic growth and supporting local communities ........................... 340 Placemaking ....................................................................................................... 345 Technical Housing Standards ............................................................................. 377 Managing Development in the Green Belt and our Rural Areas ......................... 380 v Wycombe District Local Plan Local Plan – Regulation 19 Version October 2017 Safeguarded Land for Essential Infrastructure ................................................... 389 7.0 Monitoring and Delivery .................................................................................... 393 Appendices ............................................................................................................ 398 Appendix A. Glossary ......................................................................................... 399 Appendix B. Common Abbreviations .................................................................. 404 Appendix C. Settlement Hierarchy ...................................................................... 406 Appendix D. List of Housing