Halton Local Plan 2014-2037 May 2019
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Halton Local Plan 2014-2037 Delivery and Allocations Local Plan (incorporating Partial Review of the Core Strategy) (Regulation 19) Proposed Submission Draft May 2019 Halton Delivery and Allocations Local Plan 2018-38 Proposed Submission Draft 2019 FOREWORD I would like to thank you for taking the time to take part in this consultation on Halton Borough Council’s Local Plan. This document builds upon and supports the sustainable growth strategy for the area set out in the adopted Core Strategy. It includes consultation on the Revised Core Strategy policies and the Delivery and Allocations Local Plan. This document will seek to find and allocate the most sustainable sites to provide new housing and jobs, without these our local economy cannot grow and prosper and without the right infrastructure of all types to support that growth, our communities will not thrive. Because of this, the plan is about more than just finding sites to build on. It is also about identifying where building shouldn’t happen at all or where particular care must be taken. Its policies protect what is important to local people such as parks and playing pitches, Conservation Areas and Local Wildlife Sites. The development management policies need to be flexible enough to respond to legislative and market changes, whilst allowing the Council to strive for excellence in all development that arises from the proposals it makes decisions upon. Cllr Hignett iii Halton Delivery and Allocations Local Plan 2018-38 Proposed Submission Draft 2019 CONTENTS FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................ iii CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................................. iv 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 7 2. HALTON’S STORY OF PLACE ........................................................................................................11 3. VISION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ..........................................................................................25 4. POLICY FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................................................28 5. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS .........................................................................................................31 6. EVIDENCE BASE ...........................................................................................................................34 7. Part 1: CORE STRATEGY (Revised Policies) ..................................................................................36 [Strategic] CS(R)1: Halton’s Spatial Strategy ............................................................................. 38 CS2: Presumption In Favour Of Sustainable Development (Policy deleted) ............................. 41 [Strategic] CS(R)3: Housing Supply And Locational Priorities ................................................... 41 [Strategic] CS(R)4: Employment Land Supply ........................................................................... 46 [Strategic] CS(R)5: A Network Of Centres ................................................................................. 51 [Strategic] CS(R)6: Green Belt ................................................................................................... 54 [Strategic] CS7: Infrastructure Provision ................................................................................... 55 CS8: 3MG (Policy deleted) ........................................................................................................ 56 CS9: South Widnes (Policy deleted) ......................................................................................... 56 CS10: West Runcorn (Policy deleted) ........................................................................................ 56 CS11: East Runcorn (Policy deleted) ......................................................................................... 56 [Strategic] CS12: Housing Mix ................................................................................................... 57 [Strategic] CS(R)13: Affordable Housing ................................................................................... 59 [Strategic] CS(R)14: Meeting The Needs Of Gypsies, Travellers And Travelling Showpeople .. 62 CS(R)15: Sustainable Transport ................................................................................................. 64 CS16: The Mersey Gateway Project (Policy Deleted) ............................................................... 65 [Strategic] CS(R)17: Expansion of Liverpool John Lennon Airport ............................................ 65 [Strategic] CS18: High Quality Design ....................................................................................... 67 [Strategic] CS19: Sustainable Development And Climate Change ............................................ 69 [ Strategic] CS20: Natural And Historic Environment ............................................................... 71 [Strategic] CS21: Green Infrastructure ...................................................................................... 74 [Strategic] CS22: Health And Well-Being .................................................................................. 77 [Strategic] CS23: Managing Pollution and Risk ......................................................................... 79 [Strategic] CS24: Waste ............................................................................................................. 84 [Strategic] CS25: Minerals ......................................................................................................... 85 [Strategic] CS26: Unallocated Land In Urban Areas .................................................................. 90 Part 2: Delivery and Allocations ............................................................................................................91 iv Halton Delivery and Allocations Local Plan 2018-38 Proposed Submission Draft 2019 8. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................91 [Non-strategic] ED1: Employment Allocations ......................................................................... 91 [Non-strategic] ED2: Employment Development ..................................................................... 94 [Non-strategic] ED3: Complementary Services and Facilities within Employment Areas ........ 96 9. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................97 [Non-strategic] RD1: Residential Development Allocations ..................................................... 97 [Non-strategic] RD2: Gypsy & Travellers (Allocations) ........................................................... 104 [Non-strategic] RD3: Dwelling Alterations, Extensions, Conversions and Replacement Dwellings ................................................................................................................................................. 106 [Strategic] RD4: Greenspace Provision for Residential Development .................................... 108 [Non-strategic] RD5: Specialist Housing ................................................................................. 111 [Non-strategic] RD6: Primarily Residential Areas ................................................................... 114 [Strategic] RD7: Custom and Self Build Housing ..................................................................... 115 10. CONNECTIVITY ..........................................................................................................................117 [Part strategic] C1: Transport Network and Accessibility ...................................................................117 [Non-strategic] C2: Parking Standards .................................................................................... 122 [Non-strategic] C3: Delivery of Telecommunications Infrastructure ...................................... 124 [Strategic] C4: Operation of Liverpool John Lennon Airport .................................................. 126 11. HALTON’S CENTRES ...................................................................................................................129 [Non-strategic] HC1: Vital and Viable Centres ....................................................................................129 [Non-strategic] HC2: Retail and Town Centre Allocations ...................................................... 131 [Non-strategic] HC3: Primary Shopping Areas ........................................................................ 133 [Non-strategic] HC4: Shop Fronts, Signage and Advertising ................................................... 134 [Strategic] HC5: Commercial Leisure Developments and Cultural Facilities........................... 135 [Strategic] HC6: Community Facilities (including health facilities) ......................................... 137 [Non-strategic] HC7: Visitor Attractions ................................................................................. 139 [Non-strategic] HC8: Food and Drink ...................................................................................... 140 [Strategic] HC9: Mixed Use Area ............................................................................................