SD005 Richmondshire Local Plan Submission Core Strategy
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Richmondshire Local Plan Submission Core Strategy Consultation Statement April 2012 Contents 1.0 Introduction: Consultation under Regulation 18 2.0 Stages of Consultation 2.2 Plan Our Future 1 2.3 Issues and Options (Nov 2009) 2.4 Preferred Strategy (Jun/Jul 2010) 2.5 Local Strategy Statement (Feb/Mar 2011) 2.6 Sub Area Strategies and Core Policy CP14 (Sept/Oct 2011) 3.0 Sustainability Appraisal Consultation 3.1 Who was consulted 3.2 How they were consulted 3.3 What they said and the Council’s response 4.0 Appendices Appendix 1: Plan Our Future 2 Issues & Options Consultation Report Appendix 2: Plan Our Future 3 Preferred Core Strategy Consultation Statement Appendix 3: Local Strategy Statement Consultation Statement Appendix 4: Area Strategies and CP14 Consultation Statement Appendix 5: Sustainability Appraisal Comments 2 1.0 Introduction 1.1 This statement describes how Richmondshire District Council has undertaken community participation and involvement in connection with the production of the Core Strategy. As such, the statement is prepared in accordance with Regulation 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 which requires that the Local Authority, in the preparation of a local plan, must notify each of the specified bodies/persons of the plan being prepared and invite them to make representations about the plan and its content. 1.2 Changes to the plan making system were introduced in March 2012 with the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The previous system of Local Development Frameworks (LDF) has now been replaced by a Local Plan and the Submission Core Strategy reflects this change. However, reference to the LDF still appears throughout the Consultation Statements as that was the document title at that time. 2.0 Stages of Consultation 2.1 There have been 5 stages of public consultation in the plan preparation process. x Plan Our Future 1 (March-May 2009) x Plan Our Future 2 (November 2009) x Plan Our Future 3 Preferred Core Strategy (June-July 2010) x Local Strategy Statement (February–March 2011) x Area Strategies and Core Policy CP14 (September to October 2011) The full reports to the last four consultations can be found as Appendices to this document. Plan Our Future 1 2.2 The original ‘Plan Our Future’ consultation took place in March/May 2009 and involved a variety of different consultation methods including: a questionnaire, website responses, town centre events and a telephone survey in order to provide information on how people felt about specific issues in five identified sub-areas (A66, Centre, The Garrison, Lower Wensleydale and Upper Dales). Provocative posters were also produced to advertise the ‘Plan Our Future’ process. This work formed a scoping exercise to gain an understanding of the issues within Richmondshire. Work on Plan Our Future 1 was subsequently abandoned in favour of ‘Issues & Options’ in line with the emerging LDF process, which was the form of plan preparation at that time. Plan Our Future 2 Issues and Options 2.3 The Issues and Options consultation took place during November 2009 and papers consisted of ten separate topic papers covering settlement hierarchy; three area strategies; scale and distribution of development; economy; environmental assets; housing; infrastructure and climate change. The papers were circulated to over 300 interested individuals and organisations as well as being publicised in the Council’s Curlew newspaper, which was distributed to 24,000 homes and businesses and supported by 3 public 3 meetings. Further detail of this consultation can be found in Appendix 1 of this document. Plan Our Future 3 Preferred Strategy 2.4 The Preferred Strategy document was a single, comprehensive document which set out the strategic options for the plan area. Public consultation was undertaken June/July 2010 and 422 individuals were invited to participate in the consultation and 4 public meetings were held. Further detail of this consultation can be found in Appendix 2 of this document. Local Strategy Statement 2.5 The Local Strategy Statement took forward the discussion of strategic issues for the plan area and the overall context for the preparation of the plan. This additional stage of plan preparation took place during February/March 2011 and was considered necessary because of the expected revocation of Regional Spatial Strategies (RSS) through the Localism Act. Further detail of this consultation can be found in Appendix 3 of this document. Sub Area Strategies and Core Policy CP14 2.6 Consultation took place on the Area Strategies and a new Core Policy CP14 concerning ‘Control and release of sites for development’ in September/October 2011. This document was produced in anticipation of changes to the plan making system and additional features such as Neighbourhood Planning and the draft NPPF. It was recognised that the Council needed to adapt its approach to ensure that there were no delays in being able to assess the suitability of individual site proposals and to steer the direction of growth around the main towns. 3.0 Sustainability Appraisal Consultation Who was consulted? 3.1 Copies of the Preferred Core Strategy Sustainability Assessment (July 2010) were sent to the four SA/SEA statutory consultees and to the Planning Inspectorate and Town and Parish Councils. Other consultees were notified by letter of the documents availability. How they were consulted? 3.2 The Preferred Core Strategy Sustainability Assessment (SA) was produced for consultation alongside the Preferred Core Strategy. Consultation was carried out over the same six week period from 14th June to 31st July 2010. The SA was also made available on the Council’s website. What they said and the Council’s response 3.3 There were three comments relating to the SA. These comments and the Council’s response to them can be found at Appendix 5. The main comment from Natural England queried compliance with SEA. 4 APPENDIX 1 Richmondshire District Council Local Development Framework Core Strategy Issues and Options Plan Our Future 2 Consultation Responses June 2010 APPENDIX 1 Report of Consultations on Core Strategy and Strategic Policies : Issues And Options Report of Consultations on Core Strategy and......................... 1 Strategic Policies : Issues And Options .................................... 2 1. Introduction............................................................................ 4 2. How Did We Consult?............................................................ 5 3. Consultees ............................................................................. 6 4. What Did They Say? .............................................................. 7 4.1 Achieving Sustainable Communities – Settlement Hierarchy.....7 SC1: Localities in the Local Development Framework area .........................................7 SC2 - the Joint Principal Town of Richmond/Catterick Garrison...................................8 SC3: Leyburn the Local Service Centre........................................................................9 SC4: Service Settlements...........................................................................................10 SC5 – Shaping the future of Small Settlements..........................................................11 SC6 – Exceptional Development in Small Settlements...............................................12 SC7: Settlement Hierarchy Levels..............................................................................13 SC8: distributing development sustainably .................................................................14 4.2 Achieving Sustainable Communities in the Central Area..........16 C1 Key Features of the Central Area..........................................................................16 C2 Area Wide Issues..................................................................................................17 C3 Shaping Richmond’s future ...................................................................................17 C4 The Future of the Catterick Garrison Area ............................................................19 C5 The Enhanced Joint Principal Town of Richmond and Catterick Garrison ............20 C6 Service Settlements ..............................................................................................21 C7 Smaller Settlements..............................................................................................23 C8 Relationships within the rest of the District............................................................24 4.3. Achieving Sustainable Communities In The Lower Wensleydale Area 25 LW Key features of the Lower Wensleydale Area. .....................................................25 LW2 Area wide issues ................................................................................................25 LW3 Leyburn the Local Service Centre ......................................................................26 LW4 Service Settlement .............................................................................................27 LW5 Small Settlements ..............................................................................................28 LW6 Strategic Options................................................................................................29 4.4 Achieving Sustainable Communities in North Richmondshire.30 NR1 The North Richmondshire Area ..........................................................................30 NR2 Area wide issues