East Dorset Rural Area Profile Christchurch and East Dorset East Dorset Rural Area Profile
Core Strategy Area Profile Options for Consideration Consultation 4th October – 24th December 2010 East Dorset Rural Area Prepared by Christchurch Borough Council and East Dorset District Council as part of the Local Development Framework October 2010 Contents 1 Area Overview 2 2 Baseline Data 2 3 Planning Policy Context 3 4 Existing Community Facilities 4 5 Accessibility Mapping 5 6 Community Strategy Issues 5 7 Retail Provision 6 8 Housing 6 9 Employment 13 10 Transport 16 11 Core Strategic Messages 18 East Dorset Rural Area Profile Christchurch and East Dorset East Dorset Rural Area Profile 1 Area Overview 1.1 The rural area of East Dorset is made up of the villages and rural area outside of the main urban settlements of the the District, which form part of the South East Dorset Conurbation. 1.2 The villages can be divided into two types, the smaller villages of Chalbury, Edmondsham, Furzehill, Gaunt’s Common, Gussage All Saints, Gussage St Michael, Hinton Martell, Hinton Parva, Holt, Horton, Long Crichel, Moor Crichel, Pamphill, Shapwick, Wimborne St Giles, Witchampton and Woodlands and the four larger villages of Sturminster Marshall, Cranborne, Alderholt and Sixpenny Handley have a larger range of facilities. 1.3 The southerly villages from Edmondsham southwards to Holt and Pamphill are constrained by the South East Dorset Green Belt while the more northerly and easterly ones from Pentridge southwards to Sturminster Marshall fall within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 2 Baseline Data 2.1 The total population in the 2001 census for the smaller villages was 5,613.
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