CD/REG/02 Schedule of Proposed Changes and Modifications to the Aligned Core Strategies Publication Version Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City - Schedule of Proposed Changes and Modifications to the Aligned Core Strategies Publication Version June 2013 This page is intentionally blank Schedule of Changes & Modification - Submission Version 2013 Introduction The following schedule details all proposed changes to the Greater Nottingham Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough & Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies since the publication in June 2012. • Those proposed changes that are purely typographical/grammatical corrections, updating of dates and status of documents or are making changes to the text to clarifying meaning without changing the context are set out in dark grey type. • Those changes which are more significant or are responding to comments from consultees are shown in bold . • For clarification, where text has been changed, deleted text is shown as struck through and additional text shown underlined . The changes which were as a result of the Government announcement on the preferred route for HS2 and the insertion of a proposed site at Toton have been subject to consultation in Broxtowe between 18 February and 3 April 2013. These changes are prefixed with the number M in the ref column, while all other changes that are proposed to the document are prefixed with the letter C in the ref column and have not yet been consulted upon. Further consultation will be undertaken on these changes and any others which are a result of the examination after the hearing sessions. 1 Schedule of Changes & Modification - Submission Version 2013 Reference Main Source of Ref point in doc section change Details Reason C1 Guide to this Intro and Officers Text will be updated when it comes to adoption. At this point (submission) the Updated document Section 1 text is to be removed. information C2 1.1.1 Intro and Consultee Change text at para 1.1.1: In response to Section 1 "… the next 15 years between 2011 and 2028 " consultee comments C3 1.1.2 Intro and Officers Text amended to read RS being revoked Section 1 "Previously, 5 authorities had been working to produce Aligned Core Strategies. However, following the election of the coalition government and their decision to abolish Regional Strategies, including the East Midlands Regional Plan, all the authorities have re-examined how they will meet their housing requirements and progress their Local Development Frameworks." C4 1.1.3 Intro and Officers Text amended to read RS being revoked Section 1 "Broxtowe, Erewash, Gedling and Nottingham City Councils have reviewed the evidence for the area’s objective assessment of housing needs, including full consideration of the Government’s 2008-based Household Projections. As a result of this exercise, the Councils have concluded that the housing provision, as proposed through the Regional Plan, is supported by available evidence, and remains the appropriate level of housing provision to plan for in the plan area . Broxtowe, Gedling and Nottingham City have therefore prepared this new aligned and consistent planning strategy for their part of Greater Nottingham which is referred to throughout this document as the plan area, and is shown on Map 1.1. Although Erewash Borough Council was is unable to publish its Core Strategy at the same time as the other Councils and has therefore as a result is proposing to published a separate Core Strategy slightly later in the summer, the methodology and outcome of the review of the evidence for the area’s objective assessment of housing needs is shared ." 2 Schedule of Changes & Modification - Submission Version 2013 Reference Main Source of Ref point in doc section change Details Reason C5 1.1.6 Intro and Officers Replace para 1.1.6 with the following new para Clarification Section 1 "Broxtowe, Gedling and Nottingham City Councils will outline their approaches to the more detailed delivery of the Aligned Core Strategies in subsequent Development Plan Documents As well as issues of strategic importance covering the whole plan area, the three Council areas making up the Aligned Core Strategies each has its own local issues and priorities (see sections 2.7 to 2.9). The policies of the Aligned Core Strategies have therefore been written in such a way as to address the strategic common issues, and provide a sufficiently flexible framework for subsequent Development Plan Documents, in which Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Councils will outline their locally distinct approaches to the more detailed delivery of the Aligned Core Strategies. " C6 1.1.11 Intro and Officers Add in missing word in 2nd sentence – "a key aim ... ” Legibility Section 1 C7 1.1.12 Intro and Officers Text amended to read RS being revoked Section 1 "The preparation of the Aligned Core Strategies have taken into account the Government’s East Midlands Regional Plan (2009), which was is the Regional Strategy (RS). However, on the 6th July 2010 the Secretary of State announced the revocation of Regional Strategies. On the 20th March 2013 the Secretary of State laid in Parliament a statutory instrument to revoke the Regional Strategy for the East Midlands. This came into force on 12th April 2013 as such the East Midlands Regional Plan no longer forms part of the Development Plan. However, it is Although Regional Spatial Strategies are in the process of being abolished it is the Councils’ view that much of the evidence base on which they East Midlands Regional Plan relied rely is still relevant. " 3 Schedule of Changes & Modification - Submission Version 2013 Reference Main Source of Ref point in doc section change Details Reason C8 1.1.13 Intro and Officers Text amended to read RS being revoked Section 1 "The Regional Plan covers the period to 2026, and sets out the number of new homes which will have to be built in each Council area, together with guidance on how to provide for new jobs and work places, and a ra nge of environmental matters. In addition, in March 2012 the government has published the National Planning Policy Framework which replaces Planning Policy Statements (PPSs);, Planning Policy Guidance notes (PPGs) and some circulars. These factors have This has been taken into account in the development of the Aligned Core Strategies." C9 1.1.15 Intro and Officers Delete "The ” for the Greater Nottingham Retail Study Consistency Section 1 C10 1.1.15 Intro and Officers Remove "Lowland Derbyshire Biodiversity Action Plan, 2011 ” Not considered Section 1 relevant to the plan area, other Derbyshire references retained as still appropriate as have cross boundary issues C11 1.3.4 Intro and Officers In the last line delete "guidance ” Under the new regs, Section 1 DPDs are policy and SPDs are guidance C12 1.3.4 & 1.3.8 Intro and Consultee Amendments to para 1.3.8 In response to Section 1 "Waste and Minerals Development Plan Documents will be prepared by consultee Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Counc il which comments and will need to be in conformity with the Regional Strategy (until it is result of the RS abolished). ” being revoked And move following text from para 1.3.8 to after 1.3.4 "tThe Development Plan Documents produced by the Councils will form the ‘Statutory Development Plan’ for the area when all are completed.” 4 Schedule of Changes & Modification - Submission Version 2013 Reference Main Source of Ref point in doc section change Details Reason C13 1.3.8 (new ref) Intro and Officers Amendment to paragraph 1.3.9 by deleting existing text and replacing Clarification Section 1 with the following text "It is the go vernment’s intention to allow local communities to also create their own local Neighbourhood Plans setting out how they wish their local area to develop. Provided such a plan, where produced, is in line with the National Planning Policy Framework, with th e strategic vision for the wider area set by the local authority in the Local Plan (including development needs), and with other legal requirements, local people will be able to vote on it in a referendum. If the plan is approved by a majority of those who vote, then the policies it contains take precedence over existing non -strategic policies in the Local Plan for that neighbourhood. The government has introduced a system of neighbourhood plans which can be produced by parish and town councils and designated neighbourhood forums in areas without parish councils. Government has set out legislation and regulations 1 on how Neighbourhood Plans must be prepared. Parish and town Councils or neighbourhood forums may choose to prepare such plans but must take account of national planning policy and be in general conformity with the strategic policies in the Local Plan 2 including any development requirements. The Neighbourhood Plan is subject to independent scrutiny and provided it meets certain tests including being in general conformity with strategic policies set out in the Local Plan, then it must be put to a local referendum to be decided by a majority vote. If the Neighbourhood Plan is adopted by the Council then it becomes part of the development plan for the area that will provide the basis for making planning decisions. " and add the following footnotes "1 Under the The Localism Act 2011 and the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 SI 2012 no. 637 " and "2 Strategic policies include all the policies contained in the Aligned Core Strategies together with other strategic policies set out elsewhere in the Local Plan to be determined by the individual Councils. " 5 Schedule of Changes & Modification - Submission Version 2013 Reference Main Source of Ref point in doc section change Details Reason C14 1.3.8 (new ref Intro and Consultee New section after neighbourhood planning paragraph In response to 1.3.9 & 1.3.13) Section 1 consultee “Minerals and Waste Development Plan Documents comments Joint Waste Development Plan Documents are being prepared by Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council.