Hyndburn Borough Council Local Plan Development Management
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Hyndburn Borough Council Local Plan Development Management DPD Proposed Adoption version (text only) – incorporating all modifications from the Inspector’s Report January 2018 Development Management DPD – proposed adoption version – January 2018 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 5 2. General Considerations ..................................................................................... 8 Policy GC1: Presumption in favour of sustainable development .................................................... 8 Policy GC2: Infrastructure, Planning Obligations & CIL ................................................................. 10 Policy GC3: Planning Enforcement ................................................................................................ 13 3. The Economy & Town Centres ....................................................................... 16 Policy DM1: Employment Development ....................................................................................... 17 Policy DM2: Employment Strategies ............................................................................................. 21 Policy DM3: Development of main town centre uses ................................................................... 22 Policy DM4: Retail Frontages ........................................................................................................ 27 Policy DM5: Hot Food Takeaways ................................................................................................. 28 4. Community Infrastructure ............................................................................... 32 Policy DM6: Delivering Schools and Early Learning ...................................................................... 33 Policy DM7: Cultural and Community Facilities ............................................................................ 36 Policy DM8: Public Houses ............................................................................................................ 38 Policy DM9: Telecommunications ................................................................................................. 40 5. Housing ............................................................................................................. 43 Policy DM10: New Residential Development ............................................................................... 44 Policy DM11: Open Space Provision in New Residential Development ........................................ 47 Policy DM12: Affordable Housing ................................................................................................. 50 Policy DM13: Development of Housing within Residential Gardens ............................................ 53 Policy DM14: Housing with Care for Older People and People with Disabilities .......................... 55 Policy DM15: Gypsy and Traveller Sites ........................................................................................ 57 Policy DM16: Housing Standards .................................................................................................. 59 6. Environment (Natural and Built Environment) .............................................. 63 Policy DM17: Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows ........................................................................... 64 Policy DM18: Protection and Enhancement of the Natural Environment .................................... 67 Policy DM19: Protected Species.................................................................................................... 71 Policy DM20: Flood Risk Management and Water Resources ...................................................... 74 Policy DM21: Protection of Open Spaces ...................................................................................... 79 Policy DM22: Heritage Assets ....................................................................................................... 81 Policy DM23: Demolition of Unlisted Buildings and Structures in Conservation Areas ............... 84 Development Management DPD – proposed adoption version – January 2018 2 Policy DM24: Contaminated or Unstable Land & Storage of Hazardous Substances ................... 86 Policy DM25: Pollution Control ..................................................................................................... 88 7. Environment (Design and Quality) ................................................................. 91 Policy DM26: Design Quality and Materials .................................................................................. 92 Policy DM27: The Control of Advertisements ............................................................................... 97 Policy DM28: Shop Fronts and Security Shutters .......................................................................... 99 Policy DM29: Environmental Amenity ........................................................................................ 102 Policy DM30: Wind Energy .......................................................................................................... 105 Policy DM31: Waste management in all new development ....................................................... 110 8. Accessibility and Transport .......................................................................... 114 Policy DM32: Sustainable Transport, Traffic and Highway Safety .............................................. 115 Policy DM33: Sustainable Transport Infrastructure .................................................................... 120 9. Rural Issues .................................................................................................... 124 Policy DM34: Development in the Green Belt and Countryside Area ........................................ 125 Policy DM35: Farm Diversification & Local Food Networks ........................................................ 129 Policy DM36: Equestrian Development ...................................................................................... 131 Implementation and Monitoring .......................................................................... 135 Table 10.1 – Local Plan 1996 policies to be saved beyond adoption of the DM DPD ........................................................................................................................ 135 Guidance Notes .................................................................................................... 137 GN1: Open space in new residential development (policy link DM11) ............ 138 GN2: Affordable housing (policy link DM12) ..................................................... 141 GN3: Materials and colour (policy link DM26) ................................................... 148 GN4: Advertisements (policy link DM27) ........................................................... 151 GN5: Shop front design (policy link DM28) ........................................................ 153 GN6: Wind turbine proposals (policy link DM30) .............................................. 158 GN7: Waste management (policy link DM31) ..................................................... 164 GN8: Car parking, access standards and transport assessment/travel plan thresholds (policy link DM32) ............................................................................. 168 GN9: Agricultural, forestry and other occupational dwellings (policy link DM34) 175 GN10: Distances between development and trees (policy link DM17) ............ 179 DM DPD Policy Maps ........................................................................................... 182 Development Management DPD – proposed adoption version – January 2018 3 Section 1 Introduction Development Management DPD – proposed adoption version – January 2018 4 1. Introduction 1.1. This Development Management Development Plan Document (DM DPD) forms part of the new Local Plan for Hyndburn1. It has been produced in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. 1.2. 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 1.3. 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) the Development Management DPD saved policies from the Hyndburn Local Plan (adopted 1996) including the Proposals Map (see Section 10 of this document); and the Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste planning documents 1.4. The adoption 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 1.5. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)3 sets