Stourbridge Area Action Plan October 2013 Contents Dudley Contact Information 2 General Information 3 Council 1 Introduction 5 2 Vision 7 Stourbridge 3 Policies 10 3.1 Encouraging Sustainable Development 10 Area 3.2 The Stourbridge Townscape 10 Action 3.3 Delivering Development in Stourbridge 18 Plan - 3.4 Stourbridge's Green Infrastructure 24 October 3.5 Stourbridge's Historic Environment 36 2013 4 Key Areas of Change 45 4.1 Opportunity Sites 45 5 Delivery, Monitoring and Review 57 Appendices 1 Glossary 65 2 Delivery Framework 70 3 Opportunity Sites - Implementation Framework 76 4 Saved UDP Policies to be superseded 79 3 Policies Map 81 Contact Information 2 Dudley Contact Information For further information about this document, please contact: Council Planning Policy Section, Directorate of the Urban Environment (DUE), Stourbridge Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, 4 Ednam Road Dudley, Area West Midlands DY1 1HL Action Tel: 01384 81 4081 or 01384 81 6810 Plan E-mail:
[email protected] - October 2013 General Information 3 General Information Dudley The Stourbridge Area Action Plan (AAP) and other Local Development Framework documents are, or will be made available on request in large copy print, audio version, Council Braille or languages other than English. If you require the document in one of these formats please contact: Stourbridge Planning Policy Team, Directorate of The Urban Environment, Dudley MBC, 4 Ednam Road Dudley, DY1 1HL or tel 01384 816810 or email:
[email protected] Area Arabic Action Plan - October 2013 Bengali Chinese General Information Urdu Punjabi Gujarati 4 Dudley Council Stourbridge Area Action Plan - October 2013 1 Introduction 5 1 Introduction Dudley 1.0.1 Stourbridge, on Dudley Borough's south-west fringe, is a popular and attractive Town Centre close to open countryside, including the Clent Hills and Kinver Edge.