PETERBOROUGH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK PETERBOROUGH CORE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT ADOPTED 23rd FEBRUARY 2011 Gillian Beasley Chief Executive PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL Town Hall Bridge Street Peterborough PE1 1HL Tel: (01733) 863872 Fax: (01733) 453505 February 2011 www.peterborough.gov.uk Peterborough City Council | Core Strategy DPD: Adopted 2011 Preface Preface This is the adopted Peterborough Core Strategy Development Plan Document. It was adopted by resolution of Peterborough City Council, in accordance with the provisions of section 23(5) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, on 23rd February 2011. 1 Peterborough City Council | Core Strategy DPD: Adopted 2011 Preface 2 Peterborough City Council | Core Strategy DPD: Adopted 2011 Contents PART A - SETTING THE SCENE 1 Introduction 7 1.1 The Local Development Framework 7 1.2 The Core Strategy 8 1.3 Adoption 9 2 Influences and Overarching Issues 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 National Context 12 2.3 Regional Spatial Strategies 12 2.4 Regional Economic Strategy 13 2.5 Sub-Regional Economic Strategy 14 2.6 Sustainable Community Strategy 14 2.7 Peterborough Local Transport Plan 15 2.8 Housing Strategy Statement 16 2.9 Climate Change Strategy 16 2.10 Strategic Service Development Plan 16 2.11 Other Strategies and Plans 17 2.12 Sustainability Appraisal 17 2.13 Habitats Regulations Assessment 18 2.14 Consultations and Stakeholder Involvement 18 2.15 Overarching Issues 19 3 Our Vision for the Future of Peterborough 23 4 Our Objectives 25 PART B - THE SPATIAL STRATEGY 5 The Spatial Strategy 29 5.1 Introduction 29 5.2 The Settlement Hierarchy and the Countryside 29 5.3 The Scale of Residential Growth 33 5.4 The Location of Residential Development 34 5.5 Peterborough Housing Trajectory 40 Peterborough City Council | Core Strategy DPD: Adopted 2011 Contents 5.6 Economic Scenarios 43 5.7 The Scale of Employment Growth 45 5.8 The Location of Employment Development 46 5.9 The City Centre 49 5.10 Urban Extensions 53 5.11 Regeneration 54 5.12 Regional Freight Interchange 58 PART C - THE CORE POLICIES 6 The Core Policies 63 6.1 Introduction 63 6.2 Meeting Housing Needs 63 6.3 Gypsies and Travellers 68 6.4 Environment Capital 70 6.5 Renewable Energy 73 6.6 Infrastructure 76 6.7 Developer Contributions to Infrastructure Provision 79 6.8 Transport 83 6.9 Retail 87 6.10 Urban Design and the Public Realm 91 6.11 The Historic Environment 94 6.12 Culture, Leisure and Tourism 97 6.13 Open Space and Green Infrastructure 100 6.14 Landscape Character 104 6.15 Biodiversity and Geological Conservation 107 6.16 Flood Risk 110 PART D - MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY 7 Implementation and Monitoring 115 Peterborough City Council | Core Strategy DPD: Adopted 2011 Contents PART E - APPENDICES Appendix A: Local Plan Policies to be replaced 145 Appendix B: Glossary 147 List of Policies Policy CS1 The Settlement Hierarchy and the Countryside 31 Policy CS2 Spatial Strategy for the Location of Residential Development 39 Policy CS3 Spatial Strategy for the Location of Employment Development 48 Policy CS4 The City Centre 51 Policy CS5 Urban Extensions 53 Policy CS6 Neighbourhood Regeneration 55 Policy CS7 Regional Freight Interchange 58 Policy CS8 Meeting Housing Needs 64 Policy CS9 Gypsies and Travellers 69 Policy CS10 Environment Capital 71 Policy CS11 Renewable Energy 74 Policy CS12 Infrastructure 77 Policy CS13 Developer Contributions to Infrastructure Provision 80 Policy CS14 Transport 84 Policy CS15 Retail 88 Policy CS16 Urban Design and the Public Realm 92 Policy CS17 The Historic Environment 95 Policy CS18 Culture, Leisure and Tourism 98 Policy CS19 Open Space and Green Infrastructure 102 Policy CS20 Landscape Character 104 Policy CS21 Biodiversity and Geological Conservation 108 Policy CS22 Flood Risk 112 List of Maps Map 1 The Key Diagram 61 Map 2 Landscape Character Areas 106 Peterborough City Council | Core Strategy DPD: Adopted 2011 Contents Peterborough City Council | Core Strategy DPD: Adopted 2011 Introduction 1 1 Introduction 1.1 The Local Development Framework 1.1.1 Peterborough is entering a period of great change. We need to plan for this in a way that meets the needs and aspirations of us all, both now and in years to come. 1.1.2 The Government has set up a system of plan-making that will allow us to do this. It is called the Local Development Framework, often referred to as, simply, the LDF. The LDF is not a single plan, but an overall term for a package, or portfolio, of separate documents. These separate documents may be prepared at different times and each one must pass through a number of stages before it can be adopted by the City Council as part of its LDF. 1.1.3 Figure 1 summarises the basic components of an LDF. Figure 1 Local Development Framework (LDF) Structure 1.1.4 You will find a definition of all the terms used in this diagram, and other terms and abbreviations used throughout this document, in Appendix B. 1.1.5 Details of the specific documents that will make up Peterborough City Council’s LDF are set out in our Local Development Scheme (LDS). As the diagram explains, this is a project plan which sets out the programme for the preparation of the various Local Development Documents (LDDs). The LDS is updated from time to time to reflect the progress that has already been made in the preparation of documents; to roll-forward the timetable for preparation of each one; and to introduce new documents which the Council might wish to prepare. 7 Peterborough City Council | Core Strategy DPD: Adopted 2011 1 Introduction 1.1.6 All of the documents in the LDF are statutory, because they are prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, and the Regulations that accompany it. This gives LDDs legal status in any decisions about the way in which development takes place in Peterborough. 1.1.7 As the various documents that make up the City Council’s LDF are adopted, they will progressively establish both the strategy and the detail for the way in which Peterborough will develop over the coming years. They will replace the policies and proposals in the Peterborough Local Plan (First Replacement) and certain other plans that currently make up the ‘development plan’ for Peterborough. You will find more details about this in Appendix A. 1.2 The Core Strategy 1.2.1 One of the most important documents in the City Council’s LDF is this Core Strategy. As its name implies, it is a strategic document, establishing certain principles that are core to the way that the area develops in the longer term. It applies to the whole of the administrative area of Peterborough City Council. 1.2.2 The Core Strategy covers the period to 2026 and contains five main elements: An overall vision (sometimes referred to as a spatial vision) setting out how the area is expected to change over the plan period A set of strategic objectives outlining the main policy directions that need to be pursued in order to realise the vision A spatial strategy and a series of core policies for addressing the vision and objectives; these provide the basic structure for promoting development in some places, restricting it in others, informing and co-ordinating investment, and establishing the framework for detailed policies and proposals to be developed in subsequent documents of the LDF A key diagram, showing diagrammatically how different elements of the Core Strategy will apply to different locations An outline of the means of implementing the Core Strategy policies, together with a set of indicators and targets to provide a basis for monitoring that implementation 1.2.3 We have not included issues relating to minerals and waste in our Core Strategy. This is because planning for minerals and waste is a specialised subject area that can best be addressed over a wider geographical area. For that reason we are producing a separate Minerals and Waste Core Strategy, jointly with Cambridgeshire County Council, and covering both Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. That also includes detailed policies to be used in determining planning applications for minerals extraction and the development of waste management facilities. For the avoidance of doubt, it should be noted that all relevant policies in all adopted Development Plan Documents covering Peterborough will be used in reaching decisions on such applications. 1.2.4 Because the Core Strategy is strategic in nature, it does not set out detailed policies and it does not identify individual parcels of land for development or protection or improvement. It establishes certain principles which will form part of a ‘chain of conformity’. Subsequent development plan documents, prepared as part of the LDF, will provide greater levels of detail and are required by law to conform to the policies in the Core Strategy. 1.2.5 The Core Strategy is, itself, required to be in general conformity with the regional spatial strategy for the East of England. There are more details of this in paragraph 2.3.1 onwards. 8 Peterborough City Council | Core Strategy DPD: Adopted 2011 Introduction 1 1.3 Adoption 1.3.1 There are a number of steps that must be taken in the preparation of any LDD before it can be adopted by the City Council in its final form. The relevant Regulations allow a degree of flexibility but, in summary, for the Core Strategy, these steps are: Evidence gathering Consideration of evidence, issues and alternative options in consultation with stakeholders; leading to the preparation of Preferred Options Public participation