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Preferred Options Joint Core Strategy and Development Management Policies Development Plan Document Preferred Options Tameside Local Plan January 2013 Page | 2 Content 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2 Policy Context and Framework ........................................................................................................ 8 3 Tameside – A Spatial Portrait ........................................................................................................ 13 4 The Vision ...................................................................................................................................... 37 5 Strategic Objectives ....................................................................................................................... 38 6 The Tameside Preferred Spatial Strategy and Key Diagram ......................................................... 44 7 Tameside’s Key Strategic Sites ..................................................................................................... 50 8 Core Strategy Policies.................................................................................................................... 67 9 Development Management Policies ............................................................................................... 86 10 Implementation ............................................................................................................................. 111 11 Monitoring .................................................................................................................................... 112 Appendix 1: Evidence Base Information .............................................................................................. 113 Appendix 2: Strategic Sites Borough-wide Plan .................................................................................. 116 Appendix 3: Issue & Options - 3 Spatial Options ................................................................................. 117 Page | 3 1 Introduction 1.1 Tameside Council is preparing a new Local Plan (this was previously referred to as the Local Development Framework). It will consist of a portfolio of documents that set out the borough’s spatial plan, guiding development up to 2029 and addressing issues that are relevant to the Borough. The first part of the Local Plan will be the Joint Core Strategy and Development Management Policies Development Plan Document (from here on referred to as the ‘Core Strategy’). This is the most important document in the Local Plan because it will establish the vision, broad spatial strategy, strategic objectives, core and development management policies for Tameside and a monitoring framework to assess how successful the plan is. 1.2 The other Local Plan documents will follow on from the Core Strategy, principally the Site Allocations Development Plan Document but also a suite of Supplementary Planning Documents to provide more detailed guidance to help applicants make successful planning applications. Figure 1 sets out the structure of the Local Plan. Figure 1: Tameside’s Local Plan 1.3 In creating the local plan documents it is important to reflect the spatial elements of the Borough’s Economic Strategy and the revised Community Strategy to help create a joined- up sustainable future for the Borough. The Economic Strategy is the Council’s response to the current economic context and the challenges faced in developing a resilient Tameside across the social, economic and environmental spectrum. The Community Strategy sets out the broader aims and objectives for Tameside over the ten years from 2012. The Local Plan can be seen as the delivery mechanism that directs development to the most sustainable locations, enables the population to access opportunities, tackles climate change, and protects and enhances the natural and built environments. Production of the Core Strategy 1.4 The process of creating a Core Strategy (or any Development Plan Document) is dictated by law through the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) and the associated Page | 4 Regulations. These outline the stages, as broadly illustrated in Figure 2, the local planning authority must follow in order to ensure a robust Core Strategy is produced. 1.5 Between February and April 2012 the Council prepared and consulted on the Core Strategy Issues and Options Report; the first stage in the plan ‘making’ process. This set out the key challenges and issues facing Tameside and how the Core Strategy might approach them. A key part of this document was to put forward three alternative spatial strategies broadly setting out where development might go. This stage of the Core Strategy process is now complete, with comments received during the public consultation collated and fed into this Preferred Options stage, where considered appropriate. The consultation resulted in 68 responses which are set out in the summary response document that can be downloaded from the Council’s website (www.tameside.gov.uk/plan). Figure 2: Production of the Core Strategy 1.6 Following the public consultation of this Preferred Options stage, the Council will produce a draft Core Strategy (called the Proposed Submission Core Strategy) which will be ‘published’ for public comment prior to it being examined in public by a planning inspector from the Planning Inspectorate. Any comments the public or organisations have on the draft document must be submitted as ‘written representation’ to the planning inspector who will consider them during the public examination. Assuming the planning inspector finds the Core Strategy ‘sound’ the Council will then adopt the Core Strategy. The Test of Soundness 1.7 As the Core Strategy progresses towards its examination in public, the Council needs to be confident that the Tameside Core Strategy is ‘sound’; as this will be one of the first ‘tests’ of the examination, together with Duty to Cooperate and legal compliance. 1.8 In assessing the ‘soundness’ of the plan the examiner will judge it against the following criteria, as outlined in the NPPF: Positively prepared – the plan should be prepared based on a strategy which seeks to meet objectively assessed development and infrastructure requirements, including unmet requirements from neighbouring authorities where it is reasonable to do so and consistent with achieving sustainable development; Justified – the plan should be the most appropriate strategy, when considered against the reasonable alternatives, based on proportionate evidence; Effective – the plan should be deliverable over its period and based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic priorities; and Consistent with national policy – the plan should enable the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies in the Framework. 1.9 Prior to submitting the Core Strategy to the examiner, the Council will undertake a ‘soundness’ test, as produced by the Planning Advisory Service (http://www.pas.gov.uk/pas/aio/85673) which will be submitted with the Core Strategy. Page | 5 The Preferred Options Stage 1.10 There have been numerous changes to the planning system since the introduction of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) and the 2004 Regulations: Planning Act 2008; Amended Regulations 2008; Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009; Amended Regulations 2009; Localism Act 2011; and New Planning Regulations 2012. 1.11 Under the current 2012 Regulations the Preferred Options and it’s consultation is part of the Regulation 18 Stage. 1.12 The Preferred Options document further develops the Core Strategy using the evidence base and emerging research, the ‘issues and options’ work, the Economic Strategy, the Community Strategy, Greater Manchester strategies and initiatives, and dialogue with a wide range of partners. This has led to setting out the following plan elements in more detail: The vision; The preferred spatial strategy; Strategic objectives; Core policies; Development management policies; Identification of strategic sites; and An approach to monitoring. Figure 3: Content of the Preferred Options Document Page | 6 Consultation 1.10 The Preferred Options aims to build on this initial ‘issues & options’ consultation by engaging with the Council’s broad ranging stakeholders. This varies from councillors, individual members of the public, community groups, public sector bodies and statutory bodies through to private companies and developers. This will help shape the direction of the Local Plan and the future of the borough. Sustainability Appraisal 1.11 The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of the Preferred Options is a separate assessment that tests the environmental, social and economic impacts of the emerging Core Strategy. A sustainability appraisal report accompanies this Preferred Options Paper and sets out the assessment of the plan elements in more detail. This incorporates the statutory requirements of the European Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive. 1.12 The SA primarily focuses on the Strategic Objectives, Preferred Spatial Strategy, Strategic Sites and the Core Strategy and Development Management Policies. Under each of these sections an overview of the SA is given, outlining the relevant primary SA comments for that proposal. Habitat Regulations Assessment 1.13 The Habitat Regulations Assessment is a statutory requirement under European Legislation and assesses
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