Download: New Local Plan
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Warwick District 2011-2029 Adopted September 2017 Contents 1 Introduction, Vision and Objectives ......................................................7 Introduction 7 Issues 10 Vision, Strategy and Objectives 12 2 Development Strategy .......................................................................... 15 Strategic Policies 15 STRATEGIC POLICY DS1 Supporting Prosperity ....................................................................... 15 STRATEGIC POLICY DS2 Providing the Homes the District Needs ........................................... 15 STRATEGIC POLICY DS3 Supporting Sustainable Communities ............................................... 16 STRATEGIC POLICY DS4 Spatial Strategy ................................................................................. 17 Policies and Proposals 17 DS5 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development ...................................................... 18 DS6 Level of Housing Growth .................................................................................................. 18 DS7 Meeting the Housing Requirement .................................................................................. 19 DS8 Employment Land ............................................................................................................ 19 DS9 Employment Sites to be Allocated ................................................................................... 20 DS10 Broad Location of Allocated Housing Sites .................................................................... 21 DS11 Allocated Housing Sites .................................................................................................. 22 DS12 Allocation of Land for Education .................................................................................... 26 DS13 Allocation of Land for a Country Park ............................................................................ 26 DS14 Allocation of Land for a Community Stadium and associated uses ............................... 27 DS15 Comprehensive Development of Strategic Sites ............................................................ 27 DS16 Sub-Regional Employment Site ...................................................................................... 29 DS17 Supporting Canalside Regeneration and Enhancement ................................................ 30 DS18 Green Belt ...................................................................................................................... 31 DS19 Review of the Local Plan ................................................................................................ 32 DS20 Directions for Growth South of Coventry ...................................................................... 33 DS21 Safeguarded Land ........................................................................................................... 34 DS22 Former Police HQ, Leek Wootton .................................................................................. 35 DS23 Land for outdoor sports and recreation in Kenilworth .................................................. 36 3 Prosperous Communities .................................................................... 37 Overarching Policy 37 PC0 Prosperous Communities ................................................................................................. 37 The Economy 38 2 EC1 Directing new employment development ....................................................................... 39 EC2 Farm Diversification .......................................................................................................... 41 EC3 Protecting Employment Land and Buildings .................................................................... 41 Retail and Town Centres 43 TC1 Protecting and Enhancing the Town Centres ................................................................... 44 TC2 Directing Retail Development .......................................................................................... 45 TC3 Safeguarding Existing and Potential Retail Floorspace .................................................... 46 TC4 Chandos Street Town Centre Development Allocation, Royal Leamington Spa Town Centre ................................................................................................................................................. 46 TC5 Providing for Shopping Growth in Royal Leamington Spa Town Centre .......................... 47 TC6 Primary Retail Frontages .................................................................................................. 47 TC7 Secondary Retail Areas ..................................................................................................... 48 TC8 Warwick Café Quarter ...................................................................................................... 49 TC9 Royal Leamington Spa Restaurant and Café Quarter ....................................................... 49 TC10 Royal Leamington Spa Area Action Plan (AAP) ............................................................... 50 TC11 Warwick Town Centre Mixed Use Area .......................................................................... 50 TC12 Protecting Town Centre Employment Land and Buildings ............................................. 51 TC13 Protecting the Residential Role of Town Centres ........................................................... 51 TC14 Protecting Residential Uses of Upper Floors .................................................................. 52 TC15 Access to Upper Floors in Town Centres ........................................................................ 52 TC16 Design of Shopfronts ...................................................................................................... 52 TC17 Local Shopping Facilities ................................................................................................. 53 TC18 Farm Shops ..................................................................................................................... 55 Culture, Leisure and Tourism 55 CT1 Directing New Meeting Places, Tourism, Leisure, Cultural and Sports Development ..... 56 CT2 Directing New or Extended Visitor Accommodation........................................................ 57 CT3 Protecting Existing Visitor Accommodation in Town Centres .......................................... 58 CT4 Extensions to Tourism, Cultural or Leisure Facilities in Rural Areas ................................ 58 CT5 Camping and Caravan Sites .............................................................................................. 59 CT6 Warwick Castle and St Mary’s Lands, Warwick ................................................................ 59 Major Sites in the Economy 60 MS1 University of Warwick ..................................................................................................... 61 MS2 Major Sites in the Green Belt .......................................................................................... 61 4 Housing .................................................................................................. 64 Overarching Policy 64 H0 Housing .............................................................................................................................. 64 3 New Housing 64 H1 Directing New Housing ....................................................................................................... 64 Inclusive and Mixed Communities 67 H2 Affordable Housing ............................................................................................................ 67 H3 Affordable Housing on Rural Exception Sites..................................................................... 70 H4 Securing a Mix of Housing .................................................................................................. 72 H5 Specialist Housing for Older People ................................................................................... 73 H6 Houses in Multiple Occupation and Student Accommodation .......................................... 74 H7 Meeting the Accommodation Needs of Gypsies and Travellers ........................................ 76 H8 New Gypsy and Traveller Sites ........................................................................................... 77 H9 Compulsory Purchase of Land for Gypsy and Traveller Sites ............................................. 77 Rural Housing 78 H10 Bringing forward Allocated Sites in the Growth Villages ................................................. 78 H11 Limited Village Infill Housing Development in the Green Belt......................................... 78 H12 Housing for Rural Workers ............................................................................................... 79 H13 Replacement Dwellings in the Open Countryside ........................................................... 80 H14 Extensions to Dwellings in the Open Countryside ........................................................... 80 H15 Custom and Self-build Housing Provision ........................................................................ 81 5 Sustainable Communities .................................................................... 83 Overarching Policy 83 SC0 Sustainable Communities ................................................................................................. 83 Built Environment 83 BE1 Layout and design ............................................................................................................