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Strumpshaw Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Basic Conditions Statement Strumpshaw Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Basic Conditions Statement Published by Strumpshaw Parish Council, October 2013 Contact: Strumpshaw Parish Clerk, Brandon House, Hemblington Road, Strumpshaw, Norwich, NR13 4NE email: [email protected] This document, the submitted Neighbourhood Plan and the other supporting documents are available through the strumpshaw.org website. Printed copies may be inspected via the Parish Clerk. Strumpshaw Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Basic conditions statement Executive Summary Strumpshaw Parish Council is a qualifying body. The Neighbourhood Plan Area covers the whole of the Strumpshaw Parish Council area, including Buckenham and Hassingham. There are no other neighbourhood plans covering the Neighbourhood Plan Area. The Strumpshaw Neighbourhood Plan (SNP) covers the period from 2013 to 2026. The SNP has been assessed as being generally compliant with the National Planning Policy Framework. Details of this assessment are in section 4 and the appendix. There are two planning authorities covering the Neighbourhood Plan Area: Broadland District Council and the Broads Authority. The SNP has been assessed as being generally compliant with both authorities’ core strategies. Details of these assessments are in section 6.1 and 6.2 as well as the appendix. A sustainability appraisal of the SNP has been carried out. Copies of the Sustainability Appraisal Report and supporting documents are submitted with the SNP. Section 5 of this Basic Conditions Statement gives more details. The SNP has been assessed in relation to the EU obligations for the Environment and Habitat and has been found to be generally compliant. Details are in section 7. Local people helping to shape local development Page 2 Strumpshaw Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Basic conditions statement 1. Introduction This Basic Conditions Statement has been prepared by a working group formed by Strumpshaw Parish Council. It is submitted with its supporting documents to Broadland District Council and the Broads Authority under s.15 (1) of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012. Neighbourhood Development Plans must meet the following basic conditions. (1) The examiner must consider the following— (a) whether the draft neighbourhood development plan meets the basic conditions, (b) whether the draft neighbourhood development plan complies with the provision made by or under sections 61E (2), 61J and 61L, (d) whether the area for any referendum should extend beyond the neighbourhood area to which the draft neighbourhood development plan relates, and (e) such other matters as may be prescribed. (2) A draft neighbourhood development plan meets the basic conditions if— (a) having regard to national policies and advice contained in guidance issued by the Secretary of State, it is appropriate to make the neighbourhood development plan, (d) the making of the neighbourhood development plan contributes to the achievement of sustainable development, (e) the making of the neighbourhood development plan is in general conformity with the strategic policies contained in the development plan for the area of the authority (or any part of that area), (f) the making of the neighbourhood development plan does not breach, and is otherwise compatible with, EU obligations, and (g) prescribed conditions are met in relation to the neighbourhood development plan and prescribed matters have been complied with in connection with the proposal for the neighbourhood development plan. Local people helping to shape local development Page 3 Strumpshaw Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Basic conditions statement (6) The examiner is not to consider any matter that does not fall within sub-paragraph (1) (apart from considering whether the draft neighbourhood development plan is compatible with the Convention rights). 2. Legal requirements This neighbourhood plan is being submitted by Strumpshaw Parish Council, which is a qualifying body. The plan proposal relates to planning matters (the use and development of land) and has been prepared in accordance with the statutory requirements and processes set out in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011) and the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012. The Strumpshaw Neighbourhood Plan (SNP) covers the period from 2013 to 2026. The end date coincides with the end date for the Joint Core Strategy which was adopted by Broadland District Council in March 2011. This SNP takes account of Norfolk County Council’s Mineral and Waste Core Strategy and Development Management Policies 2011, which was consulted during the drafting. The SNP does not cover nationally significant infrastructure or any other matters set out in Section 61K of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The SNP proposal relates to the Strumpshaw Neighbourhood Plan Area and to no other area. There are no other neighbourhood plans relating to that neighbourhood area. Local people helping to shape local development Page 4 3. Neighbourhood Plan area Following consultation by Broadland District Council and the Broads Authority, the Neighbourhood Plan Area covering the whole of the Parish of Strumpshaw was approved on 25th January 2013. Map of the Neighbourhood Plan Area Strumpshaw Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Basic conditions statement 4. Relationship to the National Planning Policy Framework The SNP has been assessed in relation to the 12 core planning principles contained in paragraph 17 of the National Planning Policy Framework, March 2012 (NPPF). The appendix also contains an assessment of the individual policies within the SNP in relation to the NPPF. Principle 1: Planning should be genuinely plan led. The SNP has been developed by a working group established by Strumpshaw Parish Council. If the Neighbourhood Plan is approved by a Parish Referendum, it is intended to form part of the development plan for the area. (Section 2 of the SNP). Principle 2: Planning should not simply be about scrutiny, but instead be a creative exercise in finding ways to enhance and improve the places in which people live their lives. The SNP intends to improve community facilities, including a new community room and allotments, and a new small building attached to St. Peters’ church (POLICIES 4 and 10). It also intends to protect the attractive countryside and to maintain the separation of the built up core of Strumpshaw from those parts of the parish adjacent to Brundall and Lingwood (POLICIES 1 and 2). The Neighbourhood Plan protects key green features in the built up core of the parish (POLICY 6) and respects the need to avoid detriment to highway safety (POLICY 7). The Neighbourhood Plan states that new buildings should respect the vernacular design of current buildings in the parish (POLICY 5). Principle 3: Planning should proactively drive and support sustainable economic development to deliver the homes, business and industrial units, infrastructure and thriving local places that the country needs. Every effort should be made objectively to identify and then meet the housing, business and other development needs of an area, and respond positively to wider opportunities for growth. Plans should take account of market signals, such as land prices and housing affordability, and set out a clear strategy for allocating sufficient land which is suitable for development in their area, taking account of the needs of the residential and business communities; Local people helping to shape local development Page 6 Strumpshaw Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Basic conditions statement The Strumpshaw Parish Plan 2011, from which the SNP flowed, showed that there was a small demand for more bungalows and affordable housing within the settlement limits, and that the settlement limits should be maintained as they were in 2011 (Action plan items HOU 1, HOU 2 and HOU 3). The Parish Plan also adopted a policy to encourage new businesses for local people (Action plan EMP 1). These assumptions were considered again during the initial consultation for the SNP in April 2012. The overall response was that around half of consultees considered that there should be provision for some more housing, while around half felt that there should be no further housing in the parish (Consultation report page 4). There was a consensus at this consultation event that there should be opportunities for businesses for local people provided this did not require heavy lorries, fumes or noise (Consultation report page 5). These factors led to the drafting of objectives B4 and B5 in the Neighbourhood Plan, and then to POLICIES 3, 4 and 5. Principle 4: Planning should always seek to secure high quality design and a good standard of amenity for all existing and future occupants of land and buildings. POLICY 5 of the SNP aims to respect the vernacular design of current buildings in the parish, and should allow adequate space between buildings to retain the character of the parish. POLICY 6 aims to protect two key green features in the built up core of the parish, whilst POLICIES 1 and 2 aim to protect the attractive countryside in the parish and to maintain the separation of the built up core of Strumpshaw from those parts of the parish adjacent to Brundall and Lingwood. Principle 5: Planning should take account of the different roles and character of different areas, promoting the vitality of our main urban areas, protecting the Green Belts around them, recognising the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside and supporting thriving rural communities within it. The whole thrust of the SNP is to “recognise the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside” as well as “supporting thriving rural communities within it”. Most of the Local people helping to shape local development Page 7 Strumpshaw Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Basic conditions statement Neighbourhood Plan Area consists of Areas of Landscape Value, two Ancient Woodlands, and a Nature Conservation Area which includes a Ramsar area, two sites of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area. (SNP pages 4 and 5). POLICIES 1 and 2 aim to recognise the special nature of the Neighbourhood Plan area and to protect the rural parts of the area.
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