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Gilston Area Neighbourhood Plan for CONSULTATION DRAFT 1.1 September 19 Gilston Area Neighbourhood Plan FOR CONSULTATION DRAFT 1.1 HUNSDON EASTWICK AND GILSTON NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN GROUP Contents 1. Introduction to the Neighbourhood Plan .......................................................... 5 Why have a Neighbourhood Plan? ............................................................................................ 5 Designation of the Neighbourhood Area .................................................................................. 7 Plan Preparation Process ............................................................................................................ 9 Scope of the Plan ......................................................................................................................... 9 Evidence Base .............................................................................................................................10 Key Community Concerns ........................................................................................................ 10 2. Planning Policy Framework ................................................................................... 13 What is Sustainable Development? .......................................................................................... 13 National Planning Policy Framework ....................................................................................... 14 Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission .....................................................................16 East Hertfordshire District Plan ............................................................................................... 17 Harlow and Gilston Garden Town ............................................................................................ 21 The Gilston Area Concept Framework .................................................................................... 22 Summary .................................................................................................................................... 23 3. Local Context ............................................................................................................ 24 A Brief History of the Parishes and Villages ........................................................................... 24 Population and Socio-Economic Overview ............................................................................. 26 Landscape Setting and Relationship of Villages and Countryside ........................................ 28 Settlement Character ................................................................................................................ 29 Transport and Mobility Patterns ............................................................................................. 30 4. Vision and Objectives ............................................................................................ 34 Overview .................................................................................................................................... 34 Vision ......................................................................................................................................... 34 Objectives .................................................................................................................................. 35 5. Neighbourhood Plan Policies .............................................................................. 42 Overview .................................................................................................................................... 42 DRAFT 1.1 Gilston Area Neighbourhood Plan 1 A. Accommodating Growth .............................................................................. 44 AG1 - Promoting Sustainable Development ............................................................................ 44 AG2 - Creating a Connected Green Infrastructure Network ................................................. 47 AG3 - Protecting and Enhancing the Countryside Setting of New and Existing Villages ... 52 AG4 - Creating a New Country Park at Hunsdon Airfield and Eastwick Wood .................. 54 AG5 - Maintaining the Individuality of all Villages ................................................................ 57 AG6 - Securing Hertfordshire Village Character in the Design of the New Villages ........... 63 AG7 – Phased Delivery of Infrastructure ................................................................................. 65 AG8 - Infrastructure Parity for Existing Settlements ............................................................. 67 AG9 - Establishing a Partnership with the Community......................................................... 68 B. Delivering Quality Places ............................................................................... 70 Appropriate Landscape Design ............................................................... 70 LA1 - Landscape within the New Villages ............................................................................... 70 LA2 - Enhanced Landscape within the Existing Villages ....................................................... 73 Appropriate Design of the Built-Up Areas ............................................. 75 BU1 – Housing and Residential Neighbourhoods ................................................................... 75 BU2 - Village Cores/ Centres .................................................................................................... 77 BU3 - Employment Areas ......................................................................................................... 78 BU4 - Village Streets and Lanes ............................................................................................... 80 Heritage .................................................................................................... 82 H1 - Celebration of Existing Heritage Assets .......................................................................... 82 Community Assets ................................................................................... 84 C1 - Community Facility Provision .......................................................................................... 84 C2 - Community Ownership and Stewardship ....................................................................... 85 Mobility and Transport ........................................................................... 87 TRA1 - Sustainable Mobility ..................................................................................................... 87 TRA2 – Outstanding Connectivity ........................................................................................... 89 TRA3 - Minimising the Impact of Traffic and Transport Infrastructure on Existing Communities ............................................................................................................................. 90 TRA4 - Access to the Countryside ............................................................................................91 C. Improving the Existing Settlements ............................................................92 EX1 – Improving the Existing Settlements .............................................................................. 92 DRAFT 1.1 Gilston Area Neighbourhood Plan 2 6. Implementation and Delivery .............................................................................. 94 Planning Process ....................................................................................................................... 94 Community Engagement and Governance Strategy .............................................................. 94 7. Monitoring and Review ..........................................................................................95 Appendix 1 - Key Policies .............................................................................................96 East Hertfordshire District Plan - Policy GA1 The Gilston Area ............................................ 96 East Hertfordshire District Plan -Policy GA2 The River Stort Crossings .............................. 99 Appendix 2 - Harlow and Gilston Garden Town Vision .................................. 100 Harlow and Gilston Garden Town - Vision ........................................................................... 100 Appendix 3 – Policy Relationship ............................................................................ 102 Relationship between Neighbourhood Plan Policies, East Hertfordshire District Plan Policies and Gilston Area Concept Framework ..................................................................... 102 Produced with the technical support of URBAN Silence All photos and graphs ©URBAN Silence Digital base maps provided by Ordnance Survey under PSMA Licence granted to Eastwick and Gilston Parish Council DRAFT 1.1 Gilston Area Neighbourhood Plan 3 Table of Figures Fig. 1 - Neighbourhood Plan Area Boundary .................................................................................... 8 Fig. 2 - District Plan Policy GA1 and the Neighbourhood Plan Area ............................................ 12 Fig. 3 - Range and number of jobs in Late Victorian period as identified by the 1881 Census (Source: www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census) ................................................................................ 25 Fig. 4 – Housing development remained slow in Gilston and Eastwick throughout the Victorian and post-war periods (Source: www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census) .........................
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