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Rochford District Replacement Local Plan 2006 Rochford District Replacement Local Plan th Adopted 16 June 2006 Rochford District Council Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Cantonese Gujarati Spanish 如果你 需要 放大,盲 Si desea esta información impresa en letra grande, 文資訊或者不同語言的 Braille o en otro idioma, 版本請聯絡 01702 546 366 por favor llame al teléfono 01702 546 366 Urdu Portugese Caso necessite desta informação em impressão maior, em Braille ou noutra língua, por favor contacte 01702 546 366 Shona Kana uchida ruzivo, kana tsananguro iyi yakanyorwa nemavara makuru, kana kuthi yakanyorwa nerurimi rwemapofu, kana nerumwe rurimi, kana umwe mufauro sununguka kuti taurira parunare ronoti 01702 546 366 If you would like this information in large print, Braille or another language please contact 01702 546 366 Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Preface i ROCHFORD DISTRICT COUNCIL Head of Planning & Transportation SHAUN SCRUTTON BSc (Hons), Dip TP, MRTPI, IHBC, MBA, MCMI STATUS This document has been prepared in accordance with the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) and the various relevant subsequent statutory instruments. It was adopted by Rochford District Council on 27th April 2006 & came into effect on 19th May 2006. It now forms part of the development plan for the Rochford district. CREDITS This document has been prepared by the Planning Policy team at Rochford District Council. The work has been undertaken by: Andrew Meddle – Team Leader (Planning Policy) Monica Palmer – Senior Planning Officer Ian Borthwick – GIS Officer Judith Adams – Planning Assistant James Firth – Planning Assistant Sam Hollingworth – Planning Assistant Kay Tinson – Administrative Assistant CONTACTS If you have any queries regarding this document or other aspects of planning policy, please contact the Planning Policy team. Planning Policy Team 01702 318002 Rochford District Council Council Offices South Street Rochford Essex SS4 1BW [email protected] Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Foreword ii FOREWORD CLLR MICHAEL STARKE CHAIRMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMMITTEE I am very pleased to be able to write the foreword to the Replacement Local Plan which has now been adopted by the Council following more than three years of preparation, which included extensive public consultation, and much hard work by both Members and Officers alike. The Rochford District Replacement Local Plan will be valid for three years and it provides a good basis for working on the new Local Development Framework. It expands the range of policy issues to cover new aspects of the constantly evolving development scene, including environmental and social issues that are at the forefront of our concerns today. The main challenge facing the District is to balance the protection of the Green Belt against the identified need to provide new land for housing and for industrial development. People need houses to live in and industry is responsible for generating much of the wealth on which our prosperity is based; neither issue can be avoided. I believe, this Local Plan succeeds in presenting a proper balance between the different competing needs of the District, but in particular, through the application of Green Belt policies, will ensure the protection of the countryside in the District. MICHAEL STARKE CHAIRMAN – ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMMITTEE Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Contents RDRLP Rochford District Council Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Contents iii CHAPTER / CHAPTER / POLICY TITLE PAGES POLICY PREFACE i FOREWORD ii CONTENTS iii– vii 1 INTRODUCTION & CORE STATEGIES 1 - 18 CS1 Moving towards sustainable development 7 CS2 Protecting and enhancing the built and natural 8 environment CS3 Reducing the need to travel 9 CS4 Accessible and high quality housing and services 11 CS5 Encouraging economic regeneration 12 CS6 Promoting good design and design statements 13 CS7 Conserving and enhancing heritage 14 CS8 Retaining character of place 15 CS9 Emphasising the value of landscaping 17 CS10 Energy & water consumption 17 2 HOUSING 19 – 43 HP1 Overall housing provision 23 HP2 Housing site allocation 24 HP3 Density of development 25 HP4 Design statements 25 HP5 Infrastructure 26 HP6 Design and layout 28 HP7 Energy & water conservation 28 HP8 Affordable housing 31 HP9 Rural exceptions 31 HP10 Crime prevention 32 HP11 Flatted accommodation 33 HP12 Sheltered housing 34 HP13 Mobility housing 35 HP14 Backland development 35 HP15 Loss of dwellings 36 HP16 Sub-division of dwellings 36 Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Contents iv CHAPTER / CHAPTER / POLICY TITLE PAGES POLICY 2 HOUSING (cont.) 19 – 43 HP17 Living over the shop 37 HP18 Enclosure of grass verges 39 HP19 Caravan parks 40 HP20 Gypsy sites 42 HP21 Planning Obligations 42 3 RURAL ISSUES 44 – 63 R1 Development within the Green Belt 46 R2 Rural Settlement Areas within the Green Belt 47 R3 Agricultural and forestry dwellings 50 R4 Temporary agricultural dwellings 51 R5 The extension of dwellings in the Green Belt 53 R6 The replacement or rebuild of existing dwellings in the 54 – 55 Green Belt R7 The extension of domestic gardens 56 R8 New agricultural buildings 58 R9 The re-use and adaptation of existing rural buildings & 59 – 60 farm diversification R10 New retail uses 61 R11 Hall Road cemetery 61 R12 New cemeteries 62 4 EMPLOYMENT 64 – 78 EB1 Existing sites & the allocation of new sites 71 EB2 Making the best use of available land 71 EB3 Non-conforming uses 72 EB4 Working from home 73 EB5 Design statements 75 EB6 Landscaping 75 EB7 Baltic Wharf 76 EB8 Essex Marina 77 Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Contents v CHAPTER / CHAPTER / POLICY TITLE PAGES POLICY 5 TRANSPORT 79 – 96 TP1 Sustainable transport 86 TP2 Traffic management 87 TP3 Traffic calming 87 TP4 Heavy lorry routes 88 TP5 Public transport 89 TP6 Safeguarding & the promotion of walking, cycling & 91 horseriding routes Walking and cycling TP7 Public car parks 92 TP8 Car parking standards 92 – 94 TP9 London Southend Airport 95 TP10 Aviation and noise 95 TP11 Area of Special Restraint 96 6 LEISURE & TOURISM 97 – 119 LT1 Rural issues 99 LT2 Public playing pitch provision 103 LT3 Cherry Orchard Jubilee Country Park 104 LT4 Public open space 105 LT5 New public open space 105 LT6 Private open space 106 LT7 Safeguarding open space 106 LT8 Indoor sports and leisure facilities 107 LT9 Children's play spaces 108 LT10 New play space provision 108 LT11 Leisure uses in shopping areas 109 LT12 Leisure development affecting shopping areas 109 LT13 Golf courses 110 LT14 Horse riding facilities 111 LT15 Water recreation facilities 112 LT16 Dry pits 113 LT17 Tourism 114 LT18 Rural tourism 115 LT19 New hotel accommodation 116 LT20 Touring caravans and tents 117 LT21 Sports causing noise or disturbance 118 LT22 Floodlighting 119 Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Contents vi CHAPTER / CHAPTER / POLICY TITLE PAGES POLICY 7 BUILDING CONSERVATION & ARCHAEOLOGY 120 – 127 BC1 Conservation Areas: General 122 BC2 Demolition within Conservation Areas 123 BC3 Alterations to Listed Buildings 124 BC4 Demolition of Listed Buildings 125 BC5 Development affecting archaeological sites 126 BC6 Development affecting regional, county and local 127 archaeological sites 8 NATURAL RESOURCES 128 – 147 NR1 Special Landscape Areas 130 NR2 Historic landscape 131 NR3 Tree protection 132 NR4 Biodiversity on development sites 134 NR5 European and International sites 137 NR6 Sites of Special Scientific Interest 138 NR7 Local Nature Reserves and wildlife sites 139 NR8 Other landscape features of importance for nature 140 conservation NR9 Species protection 141 NR10 Coastal Protection Belt 142 NR11 Development within flood risk areas 144 NR12 Sustainable drainage systems 145 NR13 Creation of intertidal habitats 147 9 SHOPPING, ADVERTISEMENTS & TOWN CENTRES 148 – 160 SAT1 New retail, commercial and leisure development 151 SAT2 District & local shopping centres & shops 151 SAT3 Rochford foodstore 152 SAT4 Non-retail uses within Primary Shopping Frontages 154 SAT5 Non-retail uses within Secondary Shopping Frontages 155 SAT6 Neighbourhood and village shops 156 SAT7 Servicing 157 Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Contents vii CHAPTER / CHAPTER / POLICY TITLE PAGES POLICY 9 SHOPPING, ADVERTISEMENTS & … (cont.) 148 – 160 SAT8 Shop Fronts: Design and security 158 SAT9 Advertisements: General district-wide policy 159 SAT10 Advertisements within Conservation Areas 159 SAT11 Advertisements: Visual clutter 159 10 UTILITIES, HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES 161 – 173 UT1 Foul and surface water requirements 164 UT2 Non-mains disposal of foul water and sewage 165 UT3 Renewable energy 167 UT4 Telecommunications development 169 UT5 Healthcare provision 171 11 POLLUTION 174 – 182 PN1 Potentially polluting uses 175 PN2 Contaminated land 176 PN3 Protection of water quality 177 PN4 Air quality 178 PN5 Noise generating development 180 PN6 Noise sensitive development 180 PN7 Light pollution 181 12 MONITORING 183 – 187 GLOSSARY viii - xxii PROPOSALS MAPS MAP MAP COVERAGE A The western part of Rochford District (including an inset covering Foulness) B The eastern part of Rochford District (including insets covering Hockley, Rayleigh & Rochford town centres) Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Chapter 1 Introduction & Objectives RDRLP Rochford District Council Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Rochford District Replacement Local Plan Chapter 1 Introduction
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