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Somerby Parish Neighbourhood Plan Covering the Villages of Somerby, Pickwell, Leesthorpe, Burrough on the Hill and the Parish Countryside 2018-2036 Somerby Parish Neighbourhood Plan Covering the villages of Somerby, Pickwell, Leesthorpe, Burrough on the Hill and the Parish countryside 2018-2036 Pre-submission consultation draft, June 2019 0 Intentionally blank 1 CONTENTS CHAPTER TITLE PAGE Chapters and Appendices 2 Policies and Community Proposals index 4 FOREWORD 6 1.0 INTRODUCTION 7 1.1 Statutory compliance 7 1.2 National policy 8 1.3 National guidance 9 1.4 Sustainable development 10 1.5 Consultation process 11 2.0 LOCAL CONTEXT 13 2.1 History of Somerby Parish 13 2.2 Somerby parish in 2018 15 2.3 Challenges for the Parish 19 3.0 VISION AND OBJECTIVES 20 3.1 Vision 20 3.2 Plan objectives 20 4.0 SPATIAL STRATEGY – THE ‘WHOLE PARISH’ APPROACH 24 5.0 HOUSING AND RENEWAL 25 Introduction 25 5.1 Housing provision 25 5.2 Housing requirements and allocations 26 5.3 Limits to Development principles 28 5.4 Housing mix 32 5.5 Windfall sites 33 5.6 Long-term site selection criteria 34 5.7 Affordable housing 34 6.0 CHARACTER AND DESIGN 36 7.0 ENVIRONMENT 39 Introduction 39 Site-specific environmental policies 47 7.1 Local Green Spaces 47 7.2 Sites and Features of Environmental Significance 54 7.3 Important Open Spaces 58 7.4 Buildings and Structures of Local Historical Significance 63 7.5 Ridge and furrow 69 Parish-wide environmental policies 71 7.6 Area of Separation 71 7.7 Settlement Character 72 7.8 Local Landscape Character Areas 74 7.9 Important Views 77 2 7.10 Biodiversity and Wildlife Corridors 79 7.11 Trees, Hedgerows and Green Verges 81 7.12 Dark Skies and Tranquillity 81 7.13 Public Rights of Way 83 7.14 Environmental Considerations in Development 84 7.15 Renewable Energy Generation Infrastructure 84 7.16 Flood Risk 86 8.0 ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT 89 8.1 Description and Issues 89 8.2 Options 92 8.3 Economic Growth 92 8.4 Connectivity 94 8.5 Homeworking 95 8.6 Farm Diversification 95 8.7 Tourism and Visitors 96 8.8 Local Employment 97 9.0 TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE 98 9.1 Description and Issues 98 9.2 Options 99 9.3 Road Travel Road Safety and Parking 100 9.4 Farm Tracks 101 9.5 Parking Provision 102 9.6 Travel Packs 102 10.0 COMMUNITY FACILITIES 103 10.1 Description and issues 103 10.2 Options 104 10.3 Existing community facilities 105 10.4 New community facilities 106 10.5 Developer contributions 106 10.6 Communication and Engagement 106 11.0 MONITORING AND REVIEW 107 APPENDICES TITLE 1 Consultation Statement (to accompany submission draft) 2 Housing Completions and Approvals since 1990 3 Environmental Inventory 4 Shared use of Facilities and the ‘Whole Parish’ approach 5 Site Assessment of reserve site RSOM1 6 Design Guidance 7 Statutorily protected assets 8 Local non-designated heritage assets 9 Area of Separation 10 Local landscape character areas 11 Important views 3 POLICIES INDEX (CROSS-REFERENCED TO PLAN OBJECTIVES OF CHAPTER 3) Ref Description Plan Objectives addressed by this policy Page HOUSING AND RENEWAL HR1 Reserve site 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 27 HR2 Limits to Development 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13 29 HR3 Housing mix 1, 3 33 HR4 Windfall sites 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 33 HR5 Housing site selection criteria 1, 2, 6, 11, 13 34 HR6 Affordable housing 1, 3, 4, 29 35 CHARACTER AND DESIGN CD1 Building design principles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17 37 ENVIRONMENT ENV1 Local green spaces 2, 6, 8, 11, 12, 27, 28, 29, 30 54 ENV2 Sites & features of Env. significance 2, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14 54 ENV3 Important open spaces 2, 8, 11, 13, 27, 28, 29, 30 58 ENV4 Local non-designated heritage assets 2, 5, 8, 11, 12 67 ENV5 Ridge and furrow 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13 71 ENV6 Area of separation 2, 6, 7, 11, 13 72 ENV7 Settlement character 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 73 ENV8 Local landscape character areas 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13 76 ENV9 Important views 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 77 ENV10 Biodiversity and wildlife corridors 2, 11, 14, 15 80 ENV11 Trees, hedgerows and green verges 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15 81 ENV12 Dark skies and tranquillity 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 82 ENV13 Footpaths and bridleways 11, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30 84 ENV14 Biodiversity protection in new devs. 11, 13, 14 84 ENV15 Renewable energy infrastructure 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23 85 ENV16 Flood risk 11, 15, 18, 23 88 ECONOMY & EMPLOYMENT EE1 Business growth 6, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26 93 EE2 Connectivity 10, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 29 94 EE3 Homeworking 3, 6, 10, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25 95 EE4 Farm diversification 6, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25 96 EE5 Tourism and visitors 6, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 96 EE6 Local employment 15, 19, 20, 22, 25 97 TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE TI1 Traffic, road safety and parking 23, 24, 25 100 TI2 Farm tracks 15, 16, 19, 23, 25 101 TI3 Parking provision 11, 23, 24, 25 102 TI4 Travel packs 15, 25, 26 102 COMMUNITY FACILITIES CF1 Retention of existing facilities 27, 28, 29, 30 105 CF2 New community facilities 25, 27, 28, 29 106 CF3 Developer contributions 11, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30 106 4 COMMUNITY PROPOSALS (CP) INDEX Ref. Description Page CP1 Local non-designated heritage assets 68 CP2 Area of Separation 72 CP3 Biodiversity 80 CP4 Trees and green verges 81 CP5 Footpaths and bridleways 84 CP6 Flood risk 88 CP7 Visitor access and information 97 CP8 Business directory 97 CP9 Positive engagement (infrastructure) 100 CP10 Considerate parking 100 CP11 Parking and new housing development 101 CP12 Community right to bid 105 CP13 Spending priorities 106 CP14 Communication and engagement 107 SUPPORTING AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTS 1 General conformity and strategic objectives (NPPG 2019) 2 National Character Area 93 (Natural England) 3 A detailed investigation into the housing needs of Somerby (Midlands Rural Housing 2016) 4 Leicestershire Rural Economy Evidence Base (Rose Regeneration 2014) 5 East Leicestershire Rural Workspace Demand Study (S4W Ltd 2014) 6 Summary of Environmental Protections 7 Policy Maps folder (full size) Photographs supplied by Somerby Camera Club and Mr Mark Hamilton, with their permission and our thanks 5 FOREWORD This Neighbourhood Plan is a blueprint for how we, the community of the parish of Somerby, intend to shape our future. It describes how we want it to look and what it will be like to live here, work here and visit here over the years covered by the Plan. The most important thing about the Plan is that its roots are deeply embedded in the hopes, concerns and ideas that the community has so clearly articulated. It is the community’s Plan in more than one sense. The community has told us what it wants. But it is also the community, in the form of the very many volunteers who have given of their time, their skills and their commitment to where we live, who have made it happen. Given the complexity of the task, this is no mean achievement and one of which we should all feel proud. 397 people and 31 businesses completed questionnaires to inform this plan. There are national and local policy limitations on what a Neighbourhood Plan can do, however as far as permissible this Plan seeks to reflect the expressed wishes of parishioners. The core of the Plan is chapters 4 to 10 which detail our policies, each chapter with its introduction outlining the present situation and what we are trying to achieve. Formal Consultation (Regulation 14 Town and Country Planning, England, Neighbourhood Plan (general) Regulations 2012 Community participation in drafting this Neighbourhood Plan has been impressive. We are grateful for the many insights, suggestions and criticisms you have offered so far. They have prompted numerous changes in the draft already and this is the final formal residents’ consultation – lasting for 6 weeks from 1st June – so once again we kindly ask for your views. You can express them using the prescribed forms via the Somerby Parish Council website or by viewing a hard copy at Somerby shop, the Stilton Cheese Inn, or from members of the Neighbourhood Plan team in your village. Best regards Mary Anne Donovan Chair Somerby Parish Neighbourhood Plan Advisory Committee 6 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 STATUTORY COMPLIANCE 1.1.1 This document contains the Somerby Parish Neighbourhood Plan. It represents one part of the development plan for the Parish over the period 2018 to 2036, the other part being the Melton Borough Local Plan. 1.1.2 Melton Borough Council, as the local planning authority, designated a Neighbourhood Area for the whole of Somerby Parish including the settlements of Somerby, Burrough on the Hill, Pickwell and Leesthorpe on 21st December 2015 to enable Somerby Parish Council to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan has been prepared by the community through the Somerby Parish Neighbourhood Plan Advisory Committee. 1.1.3 The map below shows the boundary of the Neighbourhood Plan area, which is contiguous with the boundary of Somerby Parish. Figure 1: Designated Plan Area 1.1.4 This Neighbourhood Plan is prepared in accordance with the Town & Country Planning Act 1990, the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Localism Act 2011, the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 (as amended 2015), the National Planning Policy Framework 2018, and the Melton Local Plan 2018.
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