Pre-Submission Local Plan
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February 2019 Contents 01. Introduction 11 Brentwood Local Plan 2016-2033 11 Plan-Making Process and Next Step 12 Duty to Cooperate 14 Evidence Base 14 Sustainability Appraisal 15 Habitats Regulation Assessment 15 Planning Policy Context 15 02. Borough of Villages 19 Introduction to Borough Profile 19 Location 19 Origin 20 Settlement Hierarchy 21 Our Story 25 03. Spatial Strategy – Vision and Strategic Objectives 35 Vision 35 Spatial Strategy Driving Factors 36 Spatial Strategy Overarching Aims 37 Strategic Objectives 38 Spatial Development Principles 42 04. Managing Growth 45 Managing Sustainable Growth 45 Health Impacts 51 Monitoring and Delivery 61 05. Resilient Built Environment 63 Future Proofing 64 Responding to Climate Change 66 Sustainable Construction and Resource Efficiency 67 1 Brentwood Borough Draft Plan | February 2019 Transport and Connectivity 92 Green and Blue Infrastructure 110 06. Housing Provision 123 Housing 123 Design and Place-making 147 Heritage 158 07. Prosperous Communities 169 Delivering Economic Growth 169 Retail and Commercial Leisure 185 Community Infrastructure 201 08. Natural Environment 207 Summary of Natural Assets 208 Protecting and Enhancing Natural Heritage 209 Promoting a Clean and Safe Environment 218 Green Belt and Rural Development 226 09. Site Allocations 243 Dunton Hills Garden Village Strategic Allocation 245 Strategic Housing Allocations 269 Housing Allocations 276 Strategic Employment Allocations 299 Employment Allocations 304 Appendices 309 Appendix 1: Local Development Plan Housing Trajectory 309 Appendix 2: Site Allocations 313 Appendix 3: Monitoring Framework 349 Appendix 4: Proposed changes to the Brentwood Policies Map 367 Appendix 5: Regularised Gypsy and Traveller Sites from Policy HP08 369 Appendix 6: Glossary 371 2 Policy Index STRATEGIC POLICY SP01: Sustainable Development 46 STRATEGIC POLICY SP02: Managing Growth 50 STRATEGIC POLICY SP03: Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) 52 STRATEGIC POLICY SP04: Developer Contributions 56 STRATEGIC POLICY SP05: Construction Management 58 STRATEGIC POLICY SP06: Effective Delivery of Development 60 POLICY BE01: Future Proofing 64 POLICY BE02: Sustainable Construction and Resource Efficiency 67 POLICY BE03: Carbon Reduction, Renewable Energy and Water Efficiency 71 POLICY BE04: Establishing Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Infrastructure Network 77 POLICY BE05: Assessing Energy Infrastructure 82 POLICY BE06: Improving Energy Efficiency in Existing Dwellings 83 POLICY BE07: Managing Heat Risk 84 POLICY BE08: Sustainable Drainage 85 POLICY BE09: Communications Infrastructure 88 POLICY BE10: Connecting New Developments to Digital Infrastructure 89 POLICY BE11: Strategic Transport Infrastructure 92 POLICY BE12: Car-Limited Development 99 POLICY BE13: Sustainable Means of Travel and Walkable Streets 100 POLICY BE14: Sustainable Passenger Transport 103 POLICY BE15: Electric and Low Emission Vehicle 104 POLICY BE16: Mitigating the Transport Impacts of Development 105 POLICY BE17: Parking Standards 107 POLICY BE18: Green and Blue Infrastructure 111 POLICY BE19: Access to Nature 115 POLICY BE20: Allotments and Community Food Growing Space 116 POLICY BE21: Protecting Land for Gardens 117 POLICY BE22: Open Space in New Development 119 POLICY BE23: Open Space, Sport and Recreational Facilities 120 3 Brentwood Borough Draft Plan | February 2019 POLICY HP01: Housing Mix 124 POLICY HP02: Protecting the Existing Housing Stock 127 POLICY HP03: Residential Density 128 POLICY HP04: Specialist Accommodation 129 POLICY HP05: Affordable Housing 131 POLICY HP06: Standards for New Housing 134 POLICY HP07: Provision for Gypsies and Travellers 140 POLICY HP08: Regularising Suitable Existing Traveller Sites 141 POLICY HP09: Safeguarding Permitted Sites 143 POLICY HP10: Sub-Division of Pitches or Plots 144 POLICY HP11: Proposals for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople on Windfall sites 146 POLICY HP12: Planning for Inclusive Communities 148 POLICY HP13: Creating Successful Places 149 POLICY HP14: Responding to Context 151 POLICY HP15: Permeable and Legible Layout 153 POLICY HP16: Buildings Design 154 POLICY HP17: Paving over Front Garden 155 POLICY HP18: Designing Landscape and the Public Realm 156 POLICY HP19: Conservation and Enhancement of Historic Environment 160 POLICY HP20: Listed Buildings 161 POLICY HP21: Conservation Areas 163 POLICY HP22: Local Heritage Assets 164 POLICY HP23: Scheduled Monuments and Archaeological Remains 167 POLICY PC01: Cultivating a Strong and Competitive Economy 172 POLICY PC02: Job Growth and Employment Land 174 POLICY PC03: Employment Land Allocations 177 POLICY PC04: Development and Expansion of Business Space 181 POLICY PC05: Employment Development Criteria 182 POLICY PC06: Supporting the Rural Economy 183 POLICY PC07: Retail and Commercial Leisure Growth 185 POLICY PC08: Retail Hierarchy of Designated Centres 187 POLICY PC09: Brentwood Town Centre 191 4 POLICY PC10: Mixed Use Development in Designated Centres 195 POLICY PC11: Primary Shopping Areas 197 POLICY PC12: Non-centre Uses 199 POLICY PC13: Night Time Economy 200 POLICY PC14: Protecting and Enhancing Community Assets 201 POLICY PC15: Education Facilities 203 POLICY PC16: Buildings for Institutional Purposes 206 POLICY NE01: Protecting and Enhancing the Natural Environment 209 POLICY NE02: Recreational Disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (RAMS) 213 POLICY NE03: Trees, Woodlands, Hedgerows 214 POLICY NE04: Thames Chase Community Forest 216 POLICY NE05: Air Quality 218 POLICY NE06: Flood Risk 220 POLICY NE07: Contaminated Land and Hazardous Substances 223 POLICY NE08: Floodlighting and Illumination 225 POLICY NE9: Green Belt 229 POLICY NE10: New Development, Extension and Replacement of Buildings in Green Belt 231 POLICY NE11: Established Areas of Development and Structures in the Green Belt 236 POLICY NE12: Previously Developed Land in Green Belt 237 POLICY NE13: Site Allocations in Green Belt 238 POLICY NE14: Agricultural Workers Dwellings 239 POLICY NE15: Re-Use and Residential Conversion of Rural Buildings 241 POLICY R01 (i): Dunton Hills Garden Village Strategic Allocation 252 POLICY R01 (ii): Spatial Design of Dunton Hills Garden Village 254 POLICY R01 (iii): Scheme Delivery and Management 259 POLICY R02: Land at West Horndon Industrial Estate 269 POLICY R03: Land North of Shenfield 271 POLICY R04: Ford Headquarters and Council Depot – Southern Site, Warley 274 POLICY R05: Ford Headquarters and Council Depot – Northern Site, Warley 274 POLICY R06: Land at Nags Head Lane, Brentwood 276 POLICY R07: Sow and Grow Nursery, Pilgrims Hatch 277 5 Brentwood Borough Draft Plan | February 2019 POLICY R08: Land at Mascalls Lane , Warley 278 POLICY R09: Land at Warley Hill, Warley 279 POLICY R10: Brentwood Railway Station Car Park, Brentwood 280 POLICY R11: Westbury Road Car Park, Brentwood 282 POLICY R12: Land at Hunter House, Brentwood 283 POLICY R13: Chatham Way Car Park, Brentwood 285 POLICY R14: William Hunter Way Car Park, Brentwood 286 POLICY R15: Wates Way Industrial Estate, Brentwood 288 POLICY R16: Land off Doddinghurst Road, Pilgrims Hatch 289 POLICY R17: Land off Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood 289 POLICY R18: Land off Crescent Drive, Shenfield 290 POLICY R19: Land at Priests Lane, Shenfield 292 POLICY R20: The Eagle and Child Public House, Shenfield 293 POLICY R21: Land South of Ingatestone, Ingatestone 294 POLICY R22: Land Adjacent to the A12, Ingatestone 295 POLICY R23: Brizes Corner Field, Kelvedon Hatch 297 POLICY R24: Land off Stocks Lane, Kelvedon Hatch 298 POLICY R25: Land North of Woollard Way, Blackmore 299 POLICY R26: Land North of Orchard Piece, Blackmore 300 POLICY E11: Brentwood Enterprise Park 302 POLICY E12: Childerditch Industrial Estate 304 POLICY E10: Codham Hall Farm 305 POLICY E13: East Horndon Hall 306 POLICY E08: Land Adjacent to A12 Slip Road, Ingatestone 307 6 List of Figures Figure 1.1: Document Structure 9-10 Figure 1.2: Consultation Process So Far 13 Figure 1.3: Local Plan Policy Context 18 Figure 2.1: Brentwood Borough Location 20 Figure 2.2: Brentwood Borough Settlements 21 Figure 2.3: Settlement Hierarchy 22-24 Figure 2.4: Regional Context 26 Figure 2.5: Metropolitan Green Belt 31-32 Figure 2.6: Our Story 33-34 Figure 3.1: Key Diagram 40 Figure 3.2: Growth Areas 41 Figure 3.3: Key Gateways 43 Figure 4.1: Annual housing requirement and supply buffer 49 Figure 4.2: Demonstrating Housing Provision 51 Figure 4.3: How to assess if a planning application requires to undertake an HIA and 55 the steps involved Figure 5.1: Areas to be covered in the sustainability statement and recommended 70 approach Figure 5.2: Energy Hierarchy 76 Figure 5.3: Brentwood Green and Blue Infrastructure Typology 111 Figure 5.4: Open Space Standards 121 Figure 5.5: Fields in Trust children’s Play Space Standards 122 Figure 6.1: Indicative Size Guide for Market Housing 125 Figure 6.2: Indicative Size Guide for Affordable Housing 133 Figure 6.3: Nationally Described Space Standard 136-137 Figure 6.4 Provision of Gypsy and Traveller Sites – A Sequential Approach 141 Figure 6.5: Protected Lanes in Brentwood 166 Figure 7.1: Brentwood in Regional Context 170 Figure 7.2: Brentwood and South East Local Enterprise Partnership 171 Figure 7.3: Brentwood Functional Economic Market Area 175 Figure7.4: Gross Employment Land Requirement Scenarios 176 7 Brentwood Borough Draft Plan | February 2019 Figure 7.5: Employment Land Need 176-177 Figure 7.6: Employment Site Allocations 177-179 Figure 7.7: Brentwood Designated Centres on the Retail Hierarchy 188-189 Figure