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Gawsworth Neighbourhood Development Plan Gawsworth Neighbourhood Plan 2020-2030 Contents 1 Foreword . 5 Figure A: Designated Neighbourhood Plan Area Map . .8 2 Introduction . .9 Gawsworth: an Overview . .10 Figure B: Green Belt Boundary Map . .11 The Gawsworth Landscape . 12 Built Character and Design . 13 Gawsworth Today . .14 3 Consultation . 17 4 Vision and Objectives . 20 Figure C: Infill Boundary Map . .22 5 Development Policies . .23 G1 Development . .24 G2 Gawsworth Village Design Guidance . 26 G3 Conversions of Farm Buildings . 28 G4 Sustainability . .28 G5 Wildlife Friendly Development . 29 Figure D: Nature Conservation Interests Map . 30 G6 Gawsworth Setting . .31 G7 Business Development . 32 G8 Community Facilities . 32 G9 Telecommunications . 33 G10 Surface Water Management . 34 6 Environment Policies . 35 Figure E: Tree Preservation Orders Map . .36 E1 Trees and Hedgerows . .37 E2 Green Spaces . .38 E3 Dark Skies . 39 Figure F: Local Green Spaces Map . 40 Figure G: Street Lighting Map . 41 E4 Heritage Assets and Conservation Areas . 42 E5 Locally Valued Heritage Assets . 43 Figure H: Gawsworth Conservation Area Map . .44 Figure I: Macclesfield Canal Conservation Area Map . 45 Figure J: Local Plan Site Allocations Map . 46 7 LPS15 Policies . 47 L1 Employment Land . .48 8 Transport Policies . 49 T1 Sustainable Transport . .50 2 Contents T2 Public Rights of Way . 51 Figure K: Public Rights of Way Map . .52 10 Aspirations . .53 Aspiration 1 Footpaths and Bridleways . 54 Aspiration 2 Pavements . 54 Aspiration 3 Cycle Routes . 54 Aspiration 4 Parking . 54 Aspiration 5 Road Safety . .54 Aspiration 6 The A536 . 54 Aspiration 7 Sustainability . .54 Aspiration 8 Green Action Plan . 54 11 Appendices . .55 Appendix A Local Green Space Justification . 56 Appendix B Listed Buildings and Monuments . .57 Appendix C Locally Listed Buildings . .62 Appendix D Locally Valued Heritage Assets Justification . .63 3 Gawsworth4 Park Foreword Gawsworth Neighbourhood Plan 5 1 Foreword What is the Gawsworth Neighbourhood Plan? 1 .1 In March 2012 the Government published the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) with immediate effect, which was updated in July 2018 . This legislation replaced the former planning regulations with a new planning rulebook which puts localism at the heart of future planning . In April 2012 regulations governing Neighbourhood Planning came into force . 1 .2 Neighbourhood Plans allow a community to set out a vision for an area and planning policies for the use and development of land . 1 .3 All Neighbourhood Plans must: • have appropriate regard to national planning policy • contribute to sustainable development • be in general conformity with strategic policies in the development plan for the local area • be compatible with EU obligations and human rights requirements 1 .4 A Neighbourhood Plan must be compatible with national policies and with the policies in the authority’s local plan . The Cheshire East Local Plan which is the new Development Plan for Cheshire East was adopted in 2017, and will guide development up to 2030 . This neighbourhood plan is to run for the same period as the Cheshire East Local Plan, expiring in 2030 . 1 .5 The Cheshire East Local Plan has allocated a strategic site at Congleton Road (LPS15) which is allocated for 300 houses and 5 hectares of employment land . The site lies in the parish of Gawsworth, but due to its close proximity to Macclesfield, Cheshire East has attributed the housing numbers to the figures for Macclesfield. This development represents the largest housebuilding programme in the parish in over half a century, increasing the population of Gawsworth and presenting new challenges and new opportunities . 1 .6 Adjacent to LPS15 is an area of safeguarded land (LPS19) . Strategic site LPS17 at Gaw End Lane, Lyme Green lies partly within Gawsworth and has permission for 310 houses and the South Macclesfield Development Area (SMDA) is adjacent to the parish boundary on the east side of Congleton Road . 1 .7 The Cheshire East Local Plan Part Two - Site Allocations and Development Policies Document (SADPD) will allocate the remaining sites needed for future development and set out further detailed planning policies to be used when considering planning applications . The First Draft SADPD consultation ran from 11 September - 22 October 2018 . 1.8 In the draft SADPD Gawsworth Village is designated as an ‘infill village’. Infill villages 6 do not have a settlement boundary, have no allocated development sites and are within the open countryside. Limited infilling will be supported within the village infill boundaries subject to certain criteria. The areas of the Parish outside the infill boundary and the strategic sites are classed as open countryside. Outside the strategic site near Macclesfield the parish is almost entirely washed over in Green Belt . (see Figure B) 1 .9 The Gawsworth Neighbourhood Plan was produced following a resolution to undertake a Plan at the Parish Council Meeting of 10 November 2015 . A steering group was formed who consulted and listened to the community on a range of issues that influence the well-being, sustainability and long term preservation of the parish. Every effort has been made to ensure that the vision, aims, objectives and policies of the Gawsworth Neighbourhood Plan reflect the views of the majority of the local residents, whilst having regard to local and national policies . 1 .10 The proposed Neighbourhood Area was consulted upon from 14 December 2015 to 1 February 2016 and was officially designated on 16 February 2016. The designated area covers the whole of Gawsworth Parish (see Figure A) 7 Figure A: Designated Neighbourhood Plan Area Map 8 Introduction Gawsworth Neighbourhood Plan 9 2 Introduction Gawsworth: an Overview 2 .1 Gawsworth is an historic Cheshire village on the eastern edge of the Cheshire Plain. Just five miles from Macclesfield, it is one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield Hundred. Gawsworth’s history goes back to the 1086 Doomsday Book, listed as “Gouesurde” and belonging to Earl Hugh of Chester . The population of Gawsworth was well recorded in the 19th century, and fluctuated between 567 and 847, it boomed in the 1950’s when it reached 1,093 and in 2013 the population was 1,705 . 2 .2 Gawsworth is a rural parish, with the majority situated within the Green Belt . It is the second largest parish in Cheshire by area despite its small population . The parish can be described as three areas, the centrally located main settlement area of Gawsworth Village, the Gawsworth Moss settlement area in the north of the parish, and the sparsely populated rural areas . There are two trunk roads running through the parish, the A536 connecting the Village and Moss areas, and the A523 in the rural east of the parish . 2 .3 It is noted that the centre of the village has shifted on at least two occasions as the village has evolved . The core of the village was originally centred around the Old Hall and Church, and later moved to the Gawsworth Crossroads, where many of the original amenities were sited . The centre is now considered to be in Longbutts Lane . 2 .4 Gawsworth is fortunate to be the home to twenty Listed Buildings . The authors of the Cheshire volume of the Buildings of England series stated: ‘There is nothing in Cheshire to compare with the loveliness of Gawsworth: three great houses and a distinguished church set around a descending string of pools, all within an enigmatic large-scale formal landscape.’ 2 .5 Gawsworth is home to three country houses, Gawsworth Old Hall, Gawsworth New Hall and Gawsworth Old Rectory, as well as a National Trust spinney, known as ‘Maggoty Wood’, where Samuel ‘Maggoty’ Johnson (1691-1773) one of England’s last professional jesters and a successful dance master and dramatist is buried . His resting place is a Grade II listed monument . The Church of St . James is a Grade I listed building dating back to 1430 . Gawsworth also has a Victorian Methodist Church on Dark Lane . 2 .6 The Elizabethan Pleasure Garden at Gawsworth Hall was set within an even larger park, extending for nearly 600 acres, whose boundaries and some of whose features can still be traced today . The park and garden provided a vast private enclave for the Fitton family, long resident at the Hall, which reached the height of its social and economic power during the reign of Elizabeth I . Where remains of these gardens survive, as at Gawsworth they take on national importance and should be preserved for future generations 2 .7 Gawsworth is home to a community shop, which was established following the 10 Figure B: Green Belt Boundary Map 11 closure of the privately run shop and post office. Located on Longbutts Lane, the shop is open daily and staffed by volunteers . The shop has recently expanded to incorporate a community hub . 2 .8 Gawsworth Primary School on Longbutts Lane has just over 200 pupils, aged 4-11 in 7 classes . The school underwent a major refurbishment in 2004 which vastly updated the facilities . 2 .9 Gawsworth Village Hall is owned by the Parish Council but run by a separate committee . It was built in 1953 and consists of a large hall and a smaller committee room . A renovation of the main hall took place in 2017 . The Scout Hall, next door to the Village Hall, was bought and paid for by Gawsworth Scouts . Both the Methodist Church and St James Church have community halls . 2 .10 The Harrington Arms, owned by Robinsons Brewery, is the village pub and a Grade II listed building. Once a farm house, and first licensed in 1710, the pub is full of character and offers a good selection of drinks and great food . The Rising Sun public house and hotel, located on Congleton Road, serves the Gawsworth Moss community . 2 .11 Gawsworth has an excellent park, in the centre of the village, managed by the Parish Council, with a football pitch, tennis court, table tennis and children’s play areas .
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