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Newhaven N e 0 w 03 Neighbourhood Plan haven to 2 2017–2030 Final Version Newhaven Town Council | August 2019 Foreword To quote a well-known saying “the one Plan needed to address. Their support (and thing we can be certain of is change” and invaluable local knowledge) has been a great Neighbourhood Planning gives a wonderful help to us in seeking to produce a plan that opportunity for local people to have a say fully reflects the aspirations of local people. about how their local area will change over the coming years, such as what special areas need New housing is inevitable and important to protection, how employment opportunities can ensure that everyone in our community has be ensured and where new homes can go. a place to live. The Neighbourhood Plan however, is about far more than just housing. Since 2014 we have been asking residents, It sets out how Newhaven can be the best it businesses and organisations about what can be through the provision of employment, they think makes Newhaven special and what improvement of the town centre, better could be improved. Your feedback received transport links, protected and improved from consultation events have where possible recreation spaces, the protection of natural been incorporated into this Neighbourhood assets and creating an environment that Plan to ensure it has been shaped by the local supports healthy living and well-being. community, for the local community. By producing a Neighbourhood Plan, we are Producing a Neighbourhood Plan is not for the not only going to be able to influence how the faint-hearted and requires real commitment town will grow and change over the coming from the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group, years, but as a Town Council we also will which in Newhaven’s case has been made up receive enhanced Community Infrastructure of residents and Councillors who have given Levy from future developments. This can then their time freely. They have met regularly over be invested into Newhaven, to improve and the production period, researching evidence create community facilities that people tell us and bringing together all the threads of that they need. information to help produce the Plan. This Plan is your Plan. It seeks to make your Earlier on in the Neighbourhood Plan process, town a place where you can enjoy living, a residents’ focus group met regularly to give working, playing in and be proud of. us their ideas on what the major issues are in the town and what they felt the Neighbourhood Newhaven Town Council Newhaven Neighbourhood Plan Contents Section 1 General Plans Background to Neighbourhood Planning ........................01 General Plan 1 - Neighbourhood Plan Area ....................04 Neighbourhood Planning - A Description ........................01 General Plan 2 - Areas of Archaeological Interest ...........16 The Neighbourhood Plan in Context ...............................02 General Plan 3 - Newhaven in Context ...........................17 Scope of Newhaven Neighbourhood Plan ......................03 General Plan 4 - Extent of the Town Centre ....................29 Why Newhaven Needs a Neighbourhood Plan ...............05 General Plan 5 - Eastside and its land uses ....................56 Producing the Newhaven Neighbourhood Plan ..............06 General Plan 6 - Surface, fluvial and tidal flood risk .......83 Achieving Sustainable Development ...............................07 Sustainability Appraisal (incorporating Strategic Proposal Plans Environmental Assessment) ............................................08 Proposal Plan 1 - Shopping Areas and Frontages ..........33 Habitat Regulations .........................................................09 Proposal Plan 2 - Historic Plots ......................................38 Section 2 Proposal Plan 3 - Shop Front Components ....................39 Proposal Plan 4 - Land around Avis Way ........................46 Consultation and Engagement Events ............................10 Proposal Plan 5 - Denton Island ......................................48 Regulation 14 Consultation .............................................13 Proposal Plan 6 - Eastside and the Enterprise Zones ....58 Section 3 Proposal Plan 7 - Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve .............64 Our Neighbourhood - A Sense of Place ..........................14 Proposal Plan 8 - Formal and informal open space and Historical Perspective ......................................................15 local green spaces ..........................................................76 Key Facts about Newhaven ............................................18 Proposal Plan 9 - Lewes Road Recreation Ground ........79 Section 4 Proposal Plan 10 - Environmental Designations .............85 Vision and Objectives ......................................................22 Proposal Plan 11 - Town Centre Gateways .....................91 Objectives ........................................................................24 Proposal Plan 12 - Newhaven Development Boundary 102 Proposal Plan 13 - Newhaven’s Former Police Station, Section 5 South Road ...................................................................107 Planning Policies .............................................................28 Proposal Plan 14 - Housing Sites on Eastside ..............109 Section 6 Proposal Plan 15 - Robinson Road Depot ....................112 The Town Centre .............................................................29 Proposal Plan 16 - Housing Sites in Town Centre .........114 Proposal Plan 17 - Former Lewes District Council Offices Section 7 ........................................................................................116 Local Economy, Tourism and Employment .....................42 Proposal Plan 19 - Old Conservative Club ....................118 Section 8 Eastside ...........................................................................55 Tables Section 9 Table 1 - Tasks in making a Neighbourhood Plan ...........06 Table 2 - Distribution of Planned Housing .......................99 Transport, Sustainable Movement and Access ...............67 Table 3 - Distribution of Development Section10 (housing and employment) ............................................104 Public Open Space, Sports and Recreation Facilities ....73 Table 4 - Projects financed through CIL/ Section 11 Enterprise Zone Funding ...............................................121 Natural Environment and Biodiversity .............................81 Figures Section 12 Figure 1 - Gateway Feature .............................................89 Good Quality Design and Image .....................................88 Section 13 Housing ...........................................................................96 Section 14 Monitoring, Review and Implementation .......................119 Newhaven Neighbourhood Plan 1. Background to Neighbourhood Planning Neighbourhood Planning - A Description 1.1 Neighbourhood Planning is a relatively new way of planning for local areas. It was established through the Localism Act 2011 and gives communities the right to decide how their local area is going to grow and change over the coming years. 1.2 The process helps manifest ‘placemaking’, a powerful idea that the places we live, work and play belong to us all and that local people must be involved in all aspects of shaping the communities in which they live. 1.3 Government states in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2018 that a Neighbourhood Plan gives the community “power to develop a shared vision for their area” (NPPF para 29). Government acknowledges that local people are best placed to understand what the issues and challenges are in their local area and by producing a Neighbourhood Plan can set out how problems can be improved upon and needs met. 1.4 Neighbourhood Plans cannot be used as a tool to prevent development, but can shape, direct and help to deliver sustainable development by influencing local planning decisions helping to guide inevitable change. Newhaven Neighbourhood Plan | 01 The Neighbourhood Plan in Context 1.5 Neighbourhood Planning forms part of the planning system and it is required by law to fit into ‘higher level’ planning policy. In the case of Newhaven Neighbourhood Plan, the higher tier policies are to be found in the following documents: National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2012 (updated 2018)1 1.6 This document sets out the Governments planning policies for England and how these should be applied. It provides the framework within which local authority prepared plans including Local Plans and Neighbourhood Plans can be produced. The Newhaven Neighbourhood Plan has been produced in the context of the 2012 document and this approach is supported by government advice. It has been considered appropriate however to also refer to the updated version of the NPPF in the Plan, given that it provides the latest government advice that will be applied locally, in tandem with the Neighbourhood Plan on its adoption. Lewes District Local Plan Part 1: Joint Core Strategy 2016 1.7 This is the District Council’s primary planning document, which is a strategic level plan for the whole district. It allocates levels of housing growth to settlements in the district and it contains large scale site allocations. It was adopted by both the District Council and South Downs National Park Authority in 2016. 1 This Plan has been produced in the context of the NPPF 2012 and accompanying Planning Practice Guidance. A revised NPPF was published on 24th July 2018. The transitional arrangements for
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