Core Strategy December 2012
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Core Strategy December 2012 Further information can be found at www.sstaffs.gov.uk A Local Plan for South Staffordshire Core Strategy Development Plan Document Adopted 11th December 2012 South Staffordshire Council Contents Page Structure of Strategic Objectives, Core and Development Policies i 1. Introduction 1 2. A Spatial Portrait of South Staffordshire 13 3. Issues and Challenges facing South Staffordshire 21 4. Vision for South Staffordshire 29 5. Strategic Objectives 37 6. The Spatial Strategy 41 7. Environmental Quality 65 8. Housing 107 9. Economic Vibrancy 127 10. Community Safety 171 11. Health and Wellbeing 175 12. Children and Young People 183 Appendices Appendix 1 – Delivery and Monitoring Framework 185 Appendix 2 – Saved Policies replaced by the Core Strategy 197 Appendix 3 – Sustainable Community Strategy Themes and Spatial Issues 203 Appendix 4 – Housing Supply and Trajectory 205 Appendix 5 – Parking Standards 207 Appendix 6 – Space About Dwelling Standards 215 Appendix 7 – Glossary 221 Maps Page 1. Regional Context Map 13 2. South Staffordshire District in Context 19 3. Locality Structure 28 4. Key Diagram 44 5. Settlement Hierarchy 48 6. Key Diagram Locality Area 1 53 7. Key Diagram Locality Area 2 53 8. Key Diagram Locality Area 3 54 9. Key Diagram Locality Area 4 54 10. Key Diagram Locality Area 5 55 11. Locations with Renewable Energy Potential 87 12. South Staffordshire College (Rodbaston) 141 13. Wolverhampton (Halfpenny Green) Airport 167 South Staffordshire Local Plan Structure of Strategic Objectives, Core and Development Policies The Spatial Strategy Strategic Objective 1 To protect and maintain the Green Belt and Open Countryside in order to sustain the distinctive character of South Staffordshire. Strategic Objective 2 To retain and reinforce the current pattern of villages across South Staffordshire, and in particular protect and retain the important strategic gaps between existing settlements in order to prevent the coalescence of settlements. National Policy 1: The Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development Core Policy 1: The Spatial Strategy Policy GB1: Development in the Green Belt Policy GB2: Land Safeguarded for Longer Term Needs Policy OC1: Development in the Open Countryside Beyond the West Midlands Green Belt Environmental Quality Strategic Objective 3 To protect and improve South Staffordshire's environmental assets. Strategic Objective 4 To protect, conserve and enhance the countryside, character and quality of the landscape and the diversity of wildlife and habitats. Strategic Objective 5 To protect, conserve and enhance the historic environment and heritage assets and ensure that the character and appearance of the District’s Conservation Areas is sustained and enhanced through management plans and high quality design. Core Strategy DPD Adopted December 2012 i South Staffordshire Local Plan Strategic Objective 6 To ensure that all new development is sustainable, enabling people to satisfy their basic needs and enjoy a better quality of life, without compromising the quality of life of future generations. Strategic Objective 7 To reduce the effect of society on the environment, and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Core Policy 2: Protecting and Enhancing the Natural and Historic Environment Policy EQ1: Protecting, Expanding and Enhancing Natural Assets Policy EQ2: Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation Policy EQ3: Conservation, Preservation and Protection of Heritage Assets Policy EQ4: Protecting and Enhancing the Character and Appearance of the Landscape Core Policy 3: Sustainable Development and Climate Change Policy EQ5: Sustainable Resources and Energy Efficiency Policy EQ6: Renewable Energy Policy EQ7: Water Quality Policy EQ8: Waste Policy EQ9: Protecting Residential Amenity Policy EQ10: Hazardous and Environmentally Sensitive Development Core Policy 4: Promoting High Quality Design Policy EQ11: Wider Design Considerations Policy EQ12: Landscaping Core Policy 5: Infrastructure Delivery Policy EQ13: Development Contributions Core Strategy DPD Adopted December 2012 ii South Staffordshire Local Plan Housing Strategic Objective 8 To ensure the delivery of a minimum of 644 decent homes for members of the community including the provision of affordable homes which match in type, tenure and size the needs of the residents of South Staffordshire and to meet the needs of an ageing population. Core Policy 6: Housing Delivery Policy H1: Achieving a Balanced Housing Market Policy H2: Provision of Affordable Housing Policy H3: Affordable Housing Rural Exception Sites Policy H4: Delivering Affordable Housing Policy H5: Specialist Housing Accommodation Policy H6: Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Economic Vibrancy Strategic Objective 9 To meet local housing and employment needs, having regard to the Spatial Strategy for South Staffordshire, in a way that enables the existing villages within South Staffordshire to develop in a sustainable way that secures their future viability and prosperity, and supports the regeneration of rural communities and communities in neighbouring urban areas. Strategic Objective 10 To support the urban regeneration of the Black Country Major Urban Area by distributing new housing and employment growth within South Staffordshire in a way that supports existing local communities and in particular discourages out-migration from the Black Country Major Urban Area. Strategic Objective 11 To support the growth of a vibrant, prosperous and sustainable local economy; sustain, improve and enhance the vitality and viability of village centres and promote South Core Strategy DPD Adopted December 2012 iii South Staffordshire Local Plan Staffordshire as a tourist destination. Strategic Objective 12 To support thriving and sustainable communities by ensuring that local people enjoy access to jobs and key services such as social, health care, education, open space and recreation, cultural and other facilities. Strategic Objective 13 To reduce the need to travel, to secure improvements to public transport infrastructure and services and make it safer and easier for the community to travel to jobs and key services by sustainable forms of transport, such as public transport, walking and cycling. Core Policy 7: Employment and Economic Development Policy EV1: Retention of Existing Employment Sites Policy EV2: Sustainable Tourism Policy EV3: Canals and Canalside Development Policy EV4: South Staffordshire College (Rodbaston) Core Policy 8: Hierarchy of Centres Core Policy 9: Rural Diversification Policy EV5: Rural Employment Policy EV6: Re-Use of Redundant Rural Buildings Policy EV7: Equine Related Development Policy EV8: Agriculture Core Policy 10: Sustainable Community Facilities and Services Policy EV9: Provision and Retention of Local Community Facilities and Services Policy EV10: Telecommunications Core Policy 11: Sustainable Transport Policy EV11: Sustainable Travel Core Strategy DPD Adopted December 2012 iv South Staffordshire Local Plan Policy EV12: Parking Provision Core Policy 12: Wolverhampton (Halfpenny Green) Airport Policy EV13: Wolverhampton (Halfpenny Green) Airport - Approach to New Development Policy EV14: Wolverhampton (Halfpenny Green) Airport – Existing and Future Uses Community Safety Strategic Objective 14 To adopt a design-led approach to all new development to ensure that the distinctive character of the villages of South Staffordshire is maintained and enhanced and that attractive, well designed and safe places are created. Core Policy 13: Community Safety Policy CS1: Designing Out Crime Health and Wellbeing Strategic Objective 15 To improve the quality of outdoor and indoor leisure, sport and recreation facilities in South Staffordshire and ensure that each community has access to sufficient areas of green space and built facilities. Core Policy 14: Open Space, Sport and Recreation Policy HWB1: Protection of Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities Policy HWB2: Green Infrastructure Children and Young People Strategic Objective 16 Core Strategy DPD Adopted December 2012 v South Staffordshire Local Plan To support the needs of children and young people in South Staffordshire, ensure that provision is made for children’s play and that teenagers have access to leisure, sport and recreation and learning opportunities. Core Policy 15: Children and Young People Core Strategy DPD Adopted December 2012 vi South Staffordshire Local Plan List of Policies Policy Page Number National Policy 1: The Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development 43 Core Policy 1 – The Spatial Strategy for South Staffordshire 45 Policy GB1: Development in the Green Belt 60 Policy GB2: Land Safeguarded for Longer Term Needs 61 Policy OC1: Development in the Open Countryside Beyond the West Midlands 61 Green Belt Theme: Environmental Quality Core Policy 2: Protecting and Enhancing the Natural and Historic Environment 66 Policy EQ1: Protecting, Enhancing and Expanding Natural Assets 69 Policy EQ2: Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation 71 Policy EQ3: Conservation, Preservation and Protection of Heritage Assets 73 Policy EQ4: Protecting and Enhancing the Character and Appearance of the 75 Landscape Core Policy 3: Sustainable Development and Climate Change 79 Policy EQ5: Sustainable Resources and Energy Efficiency 81 Policy EQ6: Renewable Energy 85 Policy EQ7: Water Quality 89 Policy EQ8: Waste 91 Policy EQ9: Protecting Residential Amenity 92 Policy EQ10: Hazardous and Environmentally Sensitive Development 93 Core Policy 4: Promoting High Quality Design