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DONCASTER CORE STRATEGY CONSULTATION DRAFT October 2008 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY GLOSSARY THE ROLE OF THE LDF AND CORE STRATEGY KEY ELEMENTS DONCASTER’S CHARACTERISTICS AND ISSUES DONCASTER’S VISION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES BUILDING IN FLEXIBILITY IN THE CORE STRATEGY KEY DIAGRAM SPATIAL STRATEGY FOR DONCASTER a) SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY b) SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENT STRATEGY c) AREA SPATIAL STRATEGIES BOROUGH WIDE POLICIES a) HOUSING b) ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION c) SHOPPING, SERVICES AND TOWN AND DISTRICT CENTRES d) ENVIRONMENT d) ACCESS AND TRANPORTATION e) OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSE FORM APPENDICES - APPENDIX 1: PLANS - APPENDIX 2: IMPLENTATION, FLEXIBILITY, MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT - APPENDIX 3: OTHER POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND PLANS - APPENDIX 4: UDP POLICIES TO BE REPLACED BY CORE STRATEGY 1 DONCASTER CORE STRATEGY CONSULTATION DRAFT October 2008 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 1. Why this document is needed Doncaster’s Core Strategy is part of the new Local Development Framework (LDF), which will replace the Unitary Development Plan which was adopted in 1998. The Core Strategy will set out broadly how it is proposed that Doncaster will develop over the 16 year period from its adoption in 2010 to 2025. The LDF will be the spatial expression of the Borough Strategy. The Core Strategy will set out major planning strategy and policy and locations for different types of development like housing, offices, mineral working and waste treatment plants across the borough – to transform Doncaster into an ‘Eco Borough’ based on a range of sustainable development principles. Its sets the stage for more detailed Development Plan Documents which will follow and allocate sites for new development. The Core Strategy will also set strategic planning policy on a range of issues, for example: how environmental concerns for new development such as flood risk, biodiversity and green space provision will be addressed how much renewable energy major developments should generate required standards for energy efficient and environmentally aware construction levels of affordable housing required on new development sand, gravel and stone extraction waste management developer contributions, for example for training and transport plans Consultation to date: Consultation documents previously published are as follows: Core Strategy Issues and Options - June 2005 Core Strategy Preferred Options - December 2005 Core Strategy Further Options - August/September 2007 The Core Strategy Issues and Options were consulted on with key stakeholders and others between June and August 2005. 800+ organisations and individuals were asked for their views on a number of options set out under 32 key LDF issues. 103 responses were received and a summary of responses together with reasons for selection of Preferred Options is on the Council’s Web site. In addition in April 2003 a Key Issues Report (associated with the now superceded UDP Review) was the subject of extensive public consultation and 2 produced approximately 400 responses which have been taken into account in the preparation of the Core Strategy Options and Preferred Options. Core Strategy Preferred Options were consulted on in December 2005. Core Strategy Further Options were consulted on in August/September 2007 for the following reasons: New government guidance (including ‘Core Strategy Guidance’, Planning Advisory Service) in 2006 required approximate housing numbers and employment land quantities (‘quantums’) for different parts of the borough, plus more detail on Waste and Minerals to be added to the Core Strategy, along with relevant planning policies. Government indicated – in the emerging new Regional Spatial Strategy - that increased numbers of houses will be needed compared to the amount built in previous years to provide affordable housing and to provide for population changes such as more people living on their own, more people living longer and in-migration. These numbers increase pressure on the countryside and higher flood risk areas and these issues needed to be more fully aired. To give the public opportunity to have their say on the emerging new planning policies for the future of Doncaster - due to the importance of this new content and of issues emphasised by Sustainability Appraisal, such as flood risk, and issues arising from the previous round of public consultation on Doncaster Core Strategy Preferred Options – for example a representation for a strategic rail freight ‘inland port’ near Rossington. (Editing Note: for the final - publication/submission - document a concise summary of key issues raised through consultation will be inserted here) This Core Strategy consultation provides an opportunity to comment of the document before it starts the Examination in Public phase. This document brings together conclusions arising from the following: Sustainability Appraisal; Previous Core Strategy consultations, including key stakeholder workshops in June and November 2007 and Neighbourhood workshops in February 2008; Important new and updated evidence base, particularly: Updated Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Updated Economic Strategy, Logistics Study and Aviation Strategy Updated Employment Land Review as well as Doncaster’s new 2008 Local Area Agreement Priorities and emerging updated Borough Strategy. 2. What this document contains 3 The document contains proposed planning strategies and policies and seeks the public’s views on them, following on from previous consultations. In summary the document contains: SPATIAL STRATEGY FOR DONCASTER Broad locations where new housing should go, weighing up the full range of impacts including green belt, flood risk and public transport access. Key spatial priorities for different parts of the borough. BOROUGH WIDE POLICIES: HOUSING What is the overall housing land supply and how will it be phased What proportion of new housing should be affordable How will housing renewal programmes be supported How will the proportion of houses on previously developed ‘brownfield’ land be maximised Housing Mix Gypsies & Travellers Policy STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT Climate Change Approach including Renewable Energy, sustainable construction Flood Risk management including sustainable drainage Different types of waste development Green Infrastructure – habitat creation, public open space Minerals extraction (sand, gravel, stone) Countryside protection Environmental Design Quality ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION Broad locations where different types of jobs development should go, including: Logistics; Manufacturing; Airport related; Offices; Built leisure (inc tourism) New proposals for a major strategic rail freight distribution centre (‘Inland Port’) located South of junction 3 of the M18, near Rossington Office policy Town centre policy Retail centres hierarchy Town and District Centres SHOPPING, SERVICES AND TOWN AND DISTRICT CENTRES ACCESS AND TRANSPORTATION Robin Hood Airport and access to it Strategic road improvements Other improvements including public transport Safeguarding of rail and canal land Traffic management and transport plans 4 Developer contributions Air quality Access to the Moors OTHER COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE Education (inc Building Schools for the Future) Health Churches Prisons KEY DIAGRAM APPENDICES - Appendix 1: Other Policies, Strategies and Plans - Appendix 2: Implementation Plan - Appendix 3: Unitary Development Plan Polices to be replaced by the Core Strategy RESPONSE FORM As with the Core Strategy Preferred Options this document is accompanied by a Sustainability Appraisal. Comments are invited on the Sustainability Appraisal and the Core Strategy together. To inform the Core Strategy a number of new or updated evidence base documents are also on the LDF website and comment is invited on these along with the Core Strategy itself. These new/updated evidence base documents are: Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment, Strategic Flood Risk Assessment, Employment Land Review. 3. How to respond to this document Please use the response form provided towards the end of this document. Please return the response form to: LDF Team, Doncaster Council Directorate of Development FREEPOST NEA 196 Doncaster DN1 1BR Or by email, as an attached document to [email protected] For more information or to download copies of the document see the Local Development Framework web pages under Planning on the Doncaster Council website www.doncaster.gov.uk Do you have to comment on all the policies and strategies? No. You can choose which parts of the document to comment on, depending on those which you are interested in. 5 Do you need to repeat comments you have already made in previous LDF consultations? No. Previous comments have been logged and noted and have been taken into account. If however either the proposed policy or strategy has changed since the 2005 version of the Core Strategy Preferred Options or your response on the issue or strategy is different please comment. What are the standards against which the LDF documents will be assessed by the government’s planning inspector? In order for the Council to be able to adopt LDF documents they need to pass the LDF tests of soundness set by government. These require that documents are justified, effective and consistent with national policy. The test are summarised in more detail in the response form with this document. It would be helpful if you could make reference to the relevant test(s) of soundness in comments you make, if possible and