Queniborough Neighbourhood Plan 2019-2028 Referendum
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February 2021 Queniborough Neighbourhood Plan 2019-2028 Referendum Queniborough Neighbourhood Plan: Referendum Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 Neighbourhood Plans ............................................................................................. 1 The Queniborough Neighbourhood Area .............................................................. 1 Basic Conditions ...................................................................................................... 3 National Planning Policy Framework .................................................................. 3 Charnwood Local Plan ......................................................................................... 3 Excluded Development ........................................................................................ 4 Leicester & Leicestershire 2050: Our Vision for Growth ........................................ 4 Plan preparation .................................................................................................... 5 2. Sustainable Development ..................................................................................... 8 Key Issues ................................................................................................................. 8 Vision ....................................................................................................................... 9 Implementation ...................................................................................................... 9 3. Transport ............................................................................................................ 11 Highway Network ................................................................................................ 11 The Crossroads .................................................................................................. 12 Road Safety and Speeding Traffic .................................................................... 13 Parking ................................................................................................................ 14 Heavy Goods Vehicles........................................................................................ 15 Air Quality............................................................................................................ 16 Rail ......................................................................................................................... 16 Bus ......................................................................................................................... 16 Walking ................................................................................................................. 17 Cycling ................................................................................................................... 17 4. Green Spaces ..................................................................................................... 18 5. Services and Facilities ........................................................................................ 20 Retaining Services and Facilities ........................................................................... 20 Queniborough Post Office and General Store ..................................................... 21 S & J Newsagents and Traditional Sweet Shop .................................................... 21 Queniborough Village Hall ................................................................................... 21 Queniborough Scout Group ................................................................................. 22 Queniborough Neighbourhood Plan: Referendum Queniborough CofE Primary School .................................................................... 22 Public Houses ........................................................................................................ 22 Sport and Recreation ............................................................................................ 22 King George’s Field ............................................................................................ 23 Queniborough Cricket Club................................................................................ 23 Rearsby Road Playing Field ............................................................................... 23 Syston Rugby Football Club ............................................................................... 23 Shortfalls ............................................................................................................ 24 Mobile Network .................................................................................................... 24 Superfast Broadband ........................................................................................... 25 Infrastructure ......................................................................................................... 25 6. Countryside ........................................................................................................ 27 Countryside ........................................................................................................... 27 Landscape ............................................................................................................. 27 Local Landscape and Settlement Character .................................................... 27 Area of Separation ............................................................................................... 30 Green Infrastructure .............................................................................................. 30 Biodiversity ............................................................................................................ 31 River Wreake ...................................................................................................... 33 Local Wildlife Sites ............................................................................................. 33 Wildlife Corridors ................................................................................................ 33 Notable Species ................................................................................................. 35 Access to the Countryside ...................................................................................... 36 7. Housing .............................................................................................................. 38 Strategic Housing Requirement ........................................................................... 38 Housing Supply ..................................................................................................... 38 Charnwood Local Plan Review ............................................................................ 39 Local Housing Needs ............................................................................................. 39 Infill Housing .......................................................................................................... 40 Queniborough Lodge ............................................................................................ 40 Housing in the Countryside ................................................................................... 43 Residential Conversion of Rural Buildings ....................................................... 43 Housing Mix ........................................................................................................... 44 Queniborough Neighbourhood Plan: Referendum Accommodation for Older People ..................................................................... 46 Self-build and Custom Housebuilding .............................................................. 46 Affordable Housing ............................................................................................ 46 8. Heritage and Design ........................................................................................... 48 History ................................................................................................................... 48 Designated Heritage Assets .................................................................................. 49 Listed Buildings .................................................................................................. 51 Conservation Area .............................................................................................. 51 Non-designated Heritage Assets .......................................................................... 52 Locally Listed Buildings ..................................................................................... 52 Locally Valued Heritage Assets ......................................................................... 52 Design .................................................................................................................... 53 9. Flooding .............................................................................................................. 56 Flooding from Rivers ............................................................................................ 56 Surface Water Flooding ........................................................................................ 56 Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) ............................................................... 56 10. Renewable Energy .............................................................................................