Hyndburn Borough Council Local Plan Development Management
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Hyndburn Borough Council Local Plan Development Management DPD Publication version (Regulation 19) Cabinet draft - August 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 6 2. General Considerations ................................................................................... 10 Policy GC1: Presumption in favour of sustainable development ................................... 10 Policy GC2: Infrastructure, Planning Obligations & CIL ................................................ 12 Policy GC3: Planning Enforcement .............................................................................. 15 3. The Economy & Town Centres ....................................................................... 18 Policy DM1: Employment Development ....................................................................... 19 Policy DM2: Employment Strategies ............................................................................ 23 Policy DM3: Town Centre Development ....................................................................... 25 Policy DM4: Retail Frontages ....................................................................................... 29 Policy DM5: Hot Food Takeaways ............................................................................... 31 4. Community Infrastructure ............................................................................... 34 Policy DM6: Delivering Schools and Early Learning ..................................................... 35 Policy DM7: Cultural and Community Facilities ............................................................ 38 Policy DM8: Public Houses .......................................................................................... 40 Policy DM9: Telecommunications ................................................................................ 41 5. Housing ............................................................................................................. 46 Policy DM10: New Residential Development ................................................................ 47 Policy DM11: Open Space Provision in New Residential Development ........................ 50 Policy DM12: Affordable Housing ................................................................................. 53 Policy DM13: Development of Housing within Residential Gardens ............................. 56 Policy DM14: Housing with Care for Older People and People with Disabilities ........... 58 Policy DM15: Gypsy and Traveller Sites ...................................................................... 60 Policy DM16: Housing Standards ................................................................................. 62 6. Environment (Natural and Built Environment) .............................................. 66 Policy DM17: Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows .......................................................... 67 Policy DM18: Protection and Enhancement of the Natural Environment ...................... 70 Policy DM19: Protected Species .................................................................................. 74 Policy DM20: Flood Risk Management and Water Resources...................................... 77 Policy DM21: Protection of Open Spaces ..................................................................... 82 Policy DM22: Heritage Assets ...................................................................................... 84 Policy DM23: Demolition of Buildings in Conservation Areas ....................................... 88 Policy DM24: Contaminated or Unstable Land & Storage of Hazardous Substances ... 90 Development Management DPD – Publication Cabinet draft (Reg. 19) – August 2016 3 Policy DM25: Pollution Control ..................................................................................... 92 7. Environment (Design and Quality) ................................................................. 96 Policy DM26: Design Quality and Materials .................................................................. 97 Policy DM27: The Control of Advertisements ............................................................. 102 Policy DM28: Shop Fronts and Security Shutters ....................................................... 104 Policy DM29: Environmental Amenity ......................................................................... 107 Policy DM30: Wind Energy ......................................................................................... 110 Policy DM31: Waste management in all new development ........................................ 115 8. Accessibility and Transport .......................................................................... 120 Policy DM32: Sustainable Transport, Traffic and Highway Safety .............................. 121 Policy DM33: Sustainable Transport Infrastructure ..................................................... 126 9. Rural Issues .................................................................................................... 130 Policy DM34: Development in the Green Belt and Countryside Area .......................... 131 Policy DM35: Farm Diversification & Local Food Networks ........................................ 135 Policy DM36: Equestrian Development ...................................................................... 137 Implementation and Monitoring .......................................................................... 142 Guidance Notes .................................................................................................... 145 GN1: Open space in new residential development (policy link DM11) ........................ 147 GN2: Affordable housing (policy link DM12) ................................................................. 151 GN3: Materials and colour (policy link DM26) ............................................................... 159 GN4: Advertisements (policy link DM27) ....................................................................... 163 GN5: Shop front design (policy link DM28) ................................................................... 167 GN6: Wind turbine proposals (policy link DM30) .......................................................... 173 GN7: Waste management (policy link DM31) ................................................................ 179 GN8: Car parking, access standards and transport assessment/travel plan thresholds (policy link DM32) ........................................................................................................... 183 GN9: Agricultural, forestry and other occupational dwellings (policy link DM34) ..... 191 GN10: Distances between development and trees (policy link DM17) ........................ 195 DM DPD Policy Maps ........................................................................................... 199 Development Management DPD – Publication Cabinet draft (Reg. 19) – August 2016 4 Section 1 Introduction Development Management DPD – Publication Cabinet draft (Reg. 19) – August 2016 5 1. Introduction 1.1. This Development Management Development Plan Document (DM DPD) will, once adopted, form part of the new Local Plan for Hyndburn1. It is being produced in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. This ‘Publication’ version forms part of the statutory consultation required under Regulation 19 of the 2012 Regulations, and follows earlier rounds of consultation held in May 2012 (Issues and Options), November 2012 (Preferred Options), and February 2016 (Consultation Draft). 1.2. Following these earlier rounds of consultation the Council considers this ‘Publication’ version to be the final version of the document that it plans to submit to the Secretary of State, in line with Regulation 22 of the 2012 Regulations. Any representations made during this final statutory consultation period will be submitted alongside this DM DPD and associated documents for consideration by a Planning Inspector at an Examination in Public in 2017. Purpose of the document 1.3. The primary purpose of this DM DPD is to set out the detailed policy framework that will be used for the determination of planning applications in Hyndburn. The policies contained within the DM DPD provide further detail to the strategic policies set out in the Council’s Core Strategy (adopted in January 2012). They should also be read alongside other policies in the Hyndburn Development Plan, as set out below. The Development Plan in Hyndburn 1.4. The Town and Country Planning Act2 requires that planning applications should be determined in accordance with the policies of the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. For clarity, in Hyndburn the development plan currently comprises the following documents: the Hyndburn Core Strategy (adopted 2012) the Accrington Area Action Plan (adopted 2012) saved policies from the Hyndburn Local Plan (adopted 1996) including the Proposals Map; and the Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste planning documents 1.5. The adoption of the DM DPD and a future Site Allocations DPD (which will identify and allocated areas of land for specific types of development and infrastructure) will fully replace the saved policies from the 1996 Local Plan and the corresponding Proposals Map and complete the new Local Plan for Hyndburn. The Development Management DPD 1 Other documents forming the new Local Plan include the Core Strategy (adopted 2012), the Accrington Area