NORTH LANARKSHIRE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Proposed Plan Policy Document FOREWORD The Local Development Plan sets out the Policies and Proposals to achieve North Lanarkshire’s development needs over the next 5-10 years. North Lanarkshire is already a successful place, making This Local Development Plan has policies identifying a significant contribution to the economy of Scotland the development sites we need for economic growth, but we want to make it even more successful through sites we need to protect and enhance and has a more providing opportunities to deliver new housing for our focussed policy structure which sets out a clear vision for growing population, creating a climate where businesses North Lanarkshire as a PLACE with policies ensuring the can grow and locate and where opportunities for leisure development of sites is appropriate in scale and character and tourism are enhanced. and will benefit our communities and safeguard our environment. We will ensure that the right development happens in the right places, in a way that balances supply and demand We will work with our partners and communities to for land uses, helps places have the infrastructure they deliver this Plan and a more successful future for need without compromising the environment that North Lanarkshire. defines them and makes North Lanarkshire a distinctive and successful place where people want to live, work, visit and invest. Councillor James Coyle Convener of Planning and Transportation Local Development Plan Policy 3 Executive summary The North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan is the land use planning strategy for North Lanarkshire. A strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim. The long-term aim is to increase sustainable growth and regeneration, and to improve places in support of our new Corporate Vision. The Plan looks to achieve this through 7 policies used to determine applications for planning permission. The 5 principal policies are Purpose of Place to ensure the right development happens in the right places Layout of Development to achieve a form of development that makes places more distinctive Amount of Development to achieve a balance of supply and demand for land uses Contributions to Infrastructure to help places have the infrastructure they need Environmental Qualities to ensure development does not compromise the environment The 2 thematic policies are Promoting Development to contribute to successful, sustainable places Locations and Infrastructure Protecting Assets and to contribute to resilient, sustainable places Development Constraints The strategy is rooted in the character area aspiration that the Purpose of Place policy identifies for each part of North Lanarkshire. With any application for planning permission the starting point is to locate the character area on the Promote map. Then the 5 PLACE policies will be used to operate the plan’s presumption in favour of sustainable development. The Promoting and Protecting thematic policies will be then be applied. Development sites or infrastructure improvements which may affect an application site are shown on the Promote map. Assets or other constraints on development which may affect an application site are shown on the Protect map. Local Development Plan Policy 5 Contents Introduction & vision Introduction What the proposed plan is ............................................................................................................10 How the plan is laid out .................................................................................................................. 11 Other parts to the plan ................................................................................................................... 12 Vision North Lanarkshire profile................................................................................................................14 Planning policy context ..................................................................................................................16 Spatial strategy ................................................................................................................................18 Principal & Thematic policies Principal policies Purpose of Place (PP) .......................................................................................................................22 Layout of Development (LD) .........................................................................................................32 Amount of Development (AD).......................................................................................................23 Contributions to Infrastructure (CI) .............................................................................................34 Environmental Qualities (EQ) ........................................................................................................37 Thematic policies Promoting Development Locations and Infrastructure (PROM) ...........................................39 Protecting Assets and Development Constraints (PROT) .......................................................44 Area strategies & appendices Area strategies Summary ...........................................................................................................................................52 Ravenscraig Regeneration Area .....................................................................................................54 Airdrie Local Area Partnership .......................................................................................................58 Bellshill Local Area Partnership ......................................................................................................64 Coatbridge Local Area Partnership ...............................................................................................70 Cumbernauld & Kilsyth Local Area Partnership......................................................................... 74 Motherwell Local Area Partnership ..............................................................................................80 Northern Corridor Local Area Partnership ..................................................................................84 Wishaw Local Area Partnership .....................................................................................................90 Appendices Index of Appendices ........................................................................................................................95 Local Development Plan Policy 7 INTRODUCTION & VISION Introduction What the proposed plan is How the plan is laid out Other parts to the plan Vision North Lanarkshire profile Planning policy context Spatial strategy Local Development Plan Policy 9 Local Development Plan Policy INTRODUCTION What the Proposed Plan is This Proposed Plan is a significant stage in the statutory It is called a Proposed Plan because the process Within three months of the end of the consultation process of replacing the current North Lanarkshire Local of replacing the existing Local Plan with a Local period objections to the Proposed Plan will be sent, Plan with a Local Development Plan. The Proposed Plan Development Plan has not yet finished. Consultation along with the Plan, for Examination by Scottish is the Council’s view as to what the Local Development will last eight weeks. It is the final opportunity to Government Reporters. The Examination period takes Plan will be. It identifies opportunities for development comment on policies and sites. Only comments made 6-9 months and concludes with the Council receiving and sets out policies for the development and use using the official form can be considered. The form for a Report of Examination. Adoption of the plan takes of land. commenting is available on the Council’s website at place within three months of the receipt of the Report of northlanarkshire.gov.uk/planconsultation Examination. Adoption of the Local Development Plan is therefore anticipated between November 2018 and February 2019. Consultation Examination Adoption January-March 2017 October 2017 - May/August 2018 November 2018-February 2019 10 INTRODUCTION How the plan is laid out The plan is in three sections. The first section covers what The middle section is about the policies. There are The final section has community strategies showing what the plan is about, what its vision is, and how it works. five principal policies relating to the plan strategy the plan means for the Local Area Partnership areas and and two policies relating to the themes of promoting appendices giving further detail on policy guidance and developments and protecting areas. contact information. Introduction and Vision Principal and Thematic Policy Area Strategies and Appendices Introduction Principal policy Area strategies What the plan is Purpose of Place Ravenscraig Regeneration Area How the plan is laid out Layout of Development Airdrie Local Area Partnership Other parts to the plan Amount of Development Bellshill Local Area Partnership Contributions to Infrastructure Coatbridge Local Area Partnership Vision Environmental Qualities Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Local Area Partnership North Lanarkshire profile Motherwell Local Area Partnership Planning policy context Thematic policy Northern Corridor Local Area Partnership Spatial strategy Promoting Development Locations and Infrastructure Wishaw Local Area Partnership Protecting Assets and Development Constraints Appendices Purpose of Guidance List of