Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 1 Contents Page Number 1 Background 12 Introduction 13 2 Vision and Strategic Objectives 23 A Vision for Aylesbury Vale to 2033 24 3 Strategic 29 Sustainable development of Aylesbury Vale 30 Sustainable strategy for growth and its distribution 32 Settlement hierarchy and cohesive development 37 Green Belt 43 Infrastructure 46 Previously developed land 54 Delivering through neighbourhood planning 55 Monitoring and review 57 4 Strategic Delivery 60 Aylesbury – Delivery of a Garden Town 61 South Aylesbury 72 South west Aylesbury 76 Aylesbury north of A41 80 Aylesbury south of A41 86 Berryfields, Aylesbury 90 Kingsbrook, Aylesbury 93 Ardenham Lane, Aylesbury 98 Land at Thame Road, Aylesbury 100 PO Sorting Office, Cambridge Street, Aylesbury 101 Land at junction of Buckingham Street and New Street, Aylesbury 103 Oaklands Hostel, Aylesbury 105 Hampden House, Aylesbury 106 Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 2 Land north of Manor Hospital, Aylesbury 107 Rabans Lane, Aylesbury 108 Salden Chase 109 Delivering growth at strategic settlements, larger and medium villages 115 Delivering the allocated sites – at strategic settlements 117 Buckingham 118 Haddenham 123 RAF Halton, near Wendover 125 Winslow 127 Delivering the allocated sites – at larger villages 129 Steeple Claydon 130 Stone 132 Whitchurch 133 Delivering the allocated sites – at medium villages 134 Cuddington 135 Ickford 137 Maids Moreton 138 Marsh Gibbon 140 Newton Longville 141 Quainton 142 Delivering sites at smaller villages 144 Assessing proposals at other settlements 145 The need for new employment land 146 Provision of new employment land 146 Town, village and local centres to support new and existing communities 148 Aylesbury town centre 152 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites 161 5 Housing 163 Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 3 Affordable housing on open market sites 164 Affordable housing on rural exception sites 167 Rural workers dwellings 169 Replacement dwellings in the countryside 175 Self/custom build housing 176 Housing mix 177 Dwelling sizes 180 6 Economy 181 Employment 182 Other employment sites 184 Provision of ancillary facilities for employees in business, industrial and warehousing developments 186 Development outside town centres 188 Shop and business frontages 190 Tourism development 192 Tourist accommodation 193 Agricultural development 196 Silverstone Circuit 197 7 Transport 200 Sustainable transport vision 201 Supporting and protecting transport schemes 203 Delivering transport in new development 205 Vehicle parking 207 Footpaths and cycle routes 208 Electric vehicle infrastructure 209 8 Built Environment 210 Heritage assets 211 Design of new development 218 Protection of the amenity of residents 219 Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 4 Density of new development 220 9 Natural Environment 221 Protected sites 222 Biodiversity and geodiversity 224 River and stream corridors 227 Landscape 228 Pollution, noise, contaminated land and air quality 232 Local green spaces 236 Best and most versatile agricultural land 237 Trees, hedgerows and woodlands 238 10 Countryside 240 Conversion of rural buildings 241 Equestrian development 245 Renewable energy 250 Protection of public rights of way 254 11 Detailed Infrastructure 255 Green infrastructure 256 Sport and recreation 260 Community facilities 262 Flooding 263 Water resources 268 Telecommunications 270 12 Glossary 272 13 Policies Maps 284 Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 5 Policies Page Number S1 Sustainable development for Aylesbury Vale 30 S2 Spatial strategy for growth 34 S3 Settlement hierarchy and cohesive development 42 S4 Green Belt 44 S5 Infrastructure 48 S6 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople provision 52 S7 Previously developed land 54 S8 Neighbourhood plans 55 S9 Monitoring and review 59 D1 Delivering Aylesbury Garden Town 69 D-AGT1 South Aylesbury 74 D-AGT2: South west Aylesbury 78 D-AGT3: Aylesbury north of A41 83 D-AGT4 Aylesbury south of A41 88 D-AGT5: Berryfields 92 D-AGT6: Kingsbrook 96 D-AYL032 Ardenham Lane, Aylesbury 98 D-AYL073 Land at Thame Road/Leach Road, Aylesbury 100 D-AYL052 PO Sorting Office, Cambridge Street, Aylesbury 101 D-AYL059 Land at junction of Buckingham Street and New Street, Aylesbury 103 D-AYL077 Oaklands Hostel, 3 Bierton Rd, Aylesbury 105 D-AYL063 Hampden House, Aylesbury 106 D-AYL068 Land north of Manor Hospital, Bierton Rd, Aylesbury 107 D-AYL115 Rabans Lane, Aylesbury 108 D-NLV001 Salden Chase 110 D2 Proposals for non-allocated sites at strategic settlements, larger villages and medium villages 115 D-BUC043 Land west of AVDLP allocation BU1 Moreton Road, Buckingham 119 D-BUC051 West Buckingham, land bound by Brackley Road and the River Great Ouse 120 D-BUC046 Land off Osier Way (south of A421 and east of Gawcott Road) 121 D-HAD007 Land north of Rosemary Lane 123 Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 6 D-HAL003 RAF Halton 126 D-WIN001 Land to east of B4033, Great Horwood Road 127 D-SCD003 Land at Queen Catherine Road 130 D-SCD008 Land at Molly’s Folly/Molly’s Field, west of Addison Road 131 D-STO008 Land south of Creslow Way, Stone 132 D-WHI009 Holt’s Field, Whitchurch 133 D-CDN001 Land north of Aylesbury Road and rear of Great Stone House 135 D-CDN003 Dadbrook Farm 135 D-ICK004 Land off Turnfields 137 D-MMO006 Land east of Walnut Drive and west of Foscote Road 138 D-MGB003 Leopold Farm and area to the west 140 D-NLV005 Land south of Whaddon Road and west of Lower Rd, Newton Longville 141 D-QUA001 Land south west of 62 Station Road, Quainton 142 D-QUA0014-016 Land adjacent to Station Road, Quainton 143 D3 Housing development at smaller villages 144 D4 Housing at other settlements 145 D5 Provision of employment land 147 D6 Town, village and local centres to support new and existing communities 150 D7 Town centre redevelopment 159 D8 Aylesbury town centre 159 D9 Housing in Aylesbury town centre 160 D10 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites 161 H1 Affordable housing 166 H2 Rural exception sites 167 H3 Rural workers dwellings 173 H4 Replacement dwellings in the countryside 175 H5 Self/custom build housing 176 H6 Housing mix 179 H7 Dwelling sizes 180 E1 Protection of key employment sites 183 E2 Other employment sites 185 Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 7 E3 Ancillary uses on employment land 186 E4 Working at home 187 E5 Development outside town centres 189 E6 Shop and business frontages 190 E7 Tourism development 192 E8 Tourist accommodation 194 E9 Agricultural development 196 E10 Silverstone Circuit 198 T1 Delivering the sustainable transport vision 203 T2 Protected Transport Schemes 205 T3 Supporting transport schemes 205 T4 Delivering transport in new development 206 T5 Vehicle Parking 207 T6 Footpaths and cycle routes 208 T7 Electric vehicle infrastructure 209 BE1 Heritage assets 216 BE2 Design of new development 218 BE3 Protection of the amenity of residents 219 BE4 Density of new development 220 NE1 Protected sites 222 NE2 Biodiversity and geodiversity 225 NE3 River and stream corridors 227 NE4 The Chilterns AONB and setting 228 NE5 Landscape character and locally important landscape 231 NE6 Pollution, air quality and contaminated land 234 NE7 Local green space 236 NE8 Best and most versatile agricultural land 237 NE9 Trees, hedgerows and woodlands 239 C1 Conversion of rural buildings 243 248 C2 Equestrian development 248 Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 8 C3 Renewable Energy 252 C4 Protection of public rights of way 254 I1 Green infrastructure 258 I2 Sports and recreation 260 I3 Community facilities and assets of community value 262 I4 Flooding 265 I5 Water resources 268 I6 Telecommunications 271 Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 9 Tables Page Number Table 1 Spatial strategy for growth in Aylesbury Vale ..................................................................................................... 36 Table 2 Proposed settlement hierarchy and housing development .......................................................................... 38 Table 3 Pitch provision required in the district to accommodate Gypsies and Travellers ................................. 50 Table 4 Allocations to meet the needs for Gypsies and Travellers .............................................................................. 51 Table 5 Plot provision required in the district to accommodate Travelling Showpeople .................................. 52 Table 6 Potential allocations to meet the needs for Travelling Showpeople .......................................................... 52 Table 7 Housing delivery in the plan period ........................................................................................................................ 58 Table 8 Historic windfall completion rates on sites fewer than 5 dwellings ............................................................ 59 Table 9 Key employment sites ............................................................................................................................................... 183 Proposed Submission Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 10 Foreword Shaping the Vale’s future This is an important time for Aylesbury Vale, which like many places across the country will see significant development over the next two decades. Between now and 2033 more than 27,000 homes are set to be built within this area through this Plan. As well as additional housing, we’re confident this growth will bring more investment, employment