Shoreham Harbour Joint Area Action Plan
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SHOREHAM HARBOUR JOINT AREA ACTION PLAN OCTOBER 2019 1 Contents List of policies ............................................................................................ 2 3 Area-wide policies ................................................................ 28 List of maps ................................................................................................ 2 3.1 Objective 1: Climate change, energy and sustainable building ....................................................................................................................................... 28 1 Introduction ............................................................................ 4 3.2 Objective 2: Shoreham Port ......................................................................... 36 1.1 What is the Joint Area Action Plan (JAAP)? ........................................... 4 3.3 Objective 3: Economy and employment ............................................... 40 1.2 Where is the Shoreham Harbour Regeneration Area? ................... 4 3.4 Objective 4: Housing and community .................................................... 42 1.3 Who has prepared the plan?.......................................................................... 7 3.5 Objective 5: Sustainable travel ................................................................... 44 1.4 Why has the plan been prepared? ............................................................. 7 3.6 Objective 6: Flood risk and sustainable drainage ............................ 48 1.5 How has the plan been prepared? ............................................................. 7 3.7 Objective 7: Natural environment, biodiversity and green 1.6 How was the community involved? ........................................................... 8 infrastructure ......................................................................................................... 52 1.7 What is the status of the JAAP? ................................................................... 8 3.8 Objective 8: Recreation and leisure ......................................................... 61 1.8 European policy ..................................................................................................... 8 3.9 Objective 9: Place making and design quality .................................. 65 1.9 National policy ....................................................................................................... 9 4 Character area proposals ..................................................... 73 1.10 Sub-regional policy ...........................................................................................10 4.1 Character Area 1: South Quayside ........................................................... 73 1.11 Local policy .............................................................................................................12 4.2 Character Area 2: Aldrington Basin .......................................................... 79 1.12 Shoreham Harbour policy ..............................................................................14 4.3 Character Area 3 – North Quayside and South Portslade .......... 89 2 Spatial strategy ..................................................................... 16 4.4 Character Area 4 – Portslade and Southwick Beaches ................. 99 2.1 What is the vision for Shoreham Harbour? .........................................16 4.5 Character Area 5 – Fishersgate and Southwick ............................. 103 2.2 What are the objectives of the regeneration project? ..................17 4.6 Character Area 6 – Harbour Mouth ...................................................... 111 2.3 What is proposed in the plan? ....................................................................20 4.7 Character Area 7 – Western Harbour Arm........................................ 117 2.4 What are the constraints in the regeneration area?.......................25 5 Delivery and implementation ........................................... 132 1 List of policies List of maps Policy SH1: Climate change, energy and sustainable building ........... 34 Map 1 - Location of Shoreham Harbour ................................................. 5 Policy SH2: Shoreham Port ..................................................................... 39 Map 2 - Shoreham Harbour Regeneration Area..................................... 6 Policy SH3: Economy and employment ................................................. 41 Map 3 - Character areas .......................................................................... 21 Policy SH4: Housing and community .................................................... 43 Map 4 - Regeneration proposals ............................................................ 23 Policy SH5: Sustainable travel ................................................................ 47 Map 5 - Planning constraints ................................................................. 24 Policy SH6: Flood risk and sustainable drainage .................................. 50 Map 6 – CA1: South Quayside ................................................................ 71 Policy SH7: Natural environment, biodiversity and green Map 7 - CA2: Aldrington Basin ............................................................... 78 infrastructure ........................................................................................... 58 Map 8 – CA3: North Quayside and South Portslade ............................ 88 Policy SH8: Recreation and leisure ........................................................ 64 Map 9 – CA4: Portslade and Southwick Beaches .................................. 98 Policy SH9: Place making and design quality ....................................... 69 Map 10 – CA5: Fishersgate and Southwick ......................................... 102 Policy CA1: South Quayside .................................................................... 75 Map 11 – CA6: Harbour Mouth ............................................................ 110 Policy CA2: Aldrington Basin .................................................................. 85 Map 12 – CA7: Western Harbour Arm ................................................. 116 Policy CA3: South Portslade and North Quayside ................................ 94 Policy CA4: Portslade & Southwick Beaches ....................................... 100 Policy CA5: Fishersgate and Southwick ............................................... 108 Policy CA6: Harbour Mouth .................................................................. 113 Policy CA7: Western Harbour Arm....................................................... 128 Policy SH10: Infrastructure Requirements .......................................... 135 2 INTRODUCTION 3 1 Introduction 1.1 What is the Joint Area Action Plan 1.2 Where is the Shoreham Harbour (JAAP)? Regeneration Area? 1.1.1 The Shoreham Harbour Joint Area Action 1.1.4 The plan contains: 1.2.1 Map 1 shows the location of Shoreham Plan (JAAP) is a strategy for the a long-term vision, objectives and Harbour. It is between the coastal regeneration of Shoreham Harbour and strategy for the Shoreham Harbour resorts of Brighton and Worthing, on the surrounding areas. It includes proposals Regeneration Area Sussex coast in south-east England. The and policies for new housing and harbour is around 55 miles from London themed area-wide policies on: employment generating floor-space; and 30 miles south of Gatwick Airport. and for upgraded flood defences, . climate change, energy and 1.2.2 Map 2 shows the boundary of the recreational and community facilities, sustainable building regeneration area. It stretches around 3 sustainable travel, environmental and . Shoreham Port miles from the Adur Ferry Bridge in green infrastructure improvements. economy and employment Shoreham-by-Sea through to Hove 1.1.2 An area action plan is a type of local . housing and community Lagoon. It is bounded to the north by plan for an area of significant change. sustainable travel the West Coastway railway line, and to The JAAP sets a planning policy . flood risk and sustainable drainage the south by the River Adur and the framework to guide development and English Channel. The A259 runs east- . natural environment, biodiversity investment decisions within the west through the regeneration area. and green infrastructure Shoreham Harbour Regeneration Area 1.2.3 Shoreham Harbour straddles the local up to 2032. recreation and leisure authority boundary between Adur . place making and design quality 1.1.3 The plan builds on and complements the district (within West Sussex) and the City Adur Local Plan (2017) and the Brighton proposals for seven character areas, of Brighton & Hove. The regeneration & Hove City Plan Part One (2016). including four allocations for new area includes parts of Shoreham-by-Sea, Planning applications within the development Kingston-by-Sea, Southwick, Fishersgate, regeneration area must comply with the an outline of how the Shoreham Portslade-by-Sea and Hove. strategy and policies in the JAAP, as well Harbour Regeneration Project will be as the relevant local plans, unless delivered, monitored and material considerations indicate implemented otherwise. 4 Map 1 - Location of Shoreham Harbour 5 Map 2 - Shoreham Harbour Regeneration Area 6 1.3 Who prepared the plan? 1.4 Why was the plan prepared? 1.5 How was the plan prepared? 1.3.1 The plan was prepared by the Shoreham 1.4.1 The regeneration of Shoreham Harbour 1.5.1 There were four stages to preparing the Harbour