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Morpeth Neighbourhood Plan Referendum Version The Morpeth Neighbourhood Plan Morpeth Pegswood Hebron Hepscott Mitford THE MORPETH NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 2011 - 2031 Referendum Plan www.themorpethneighbourhoodplan.org.uka PREFACE Neighbourhood Plans: Neighbourhood Plans are part of the Government’s reforms allowing local communities to express their priorities with a view to managing change rather than responding to developer pressures. Since the launch of the Morpeth Neighbourhood Plan (MNP), which covers Morpeth, Hebron, Hepscott, Mitford and Pegswood, a large number of residents and stakeholders have identified issues and concerns and taken part in two phases of consultation and very many volunteers have been directly active in researching, and drafting this Plan. Following a consultation exercise in autumn 2013, a draft MNP was prepared with a vision, objectives and policies for managing change in the Plan area for the next two decades. This draft Plan was the subject of a further consultation exercise in January - March 2015, which involved a leaflet giving an overview of the Plan document being distributed to all households in the Plan area. Amendments were made to the Draft Plan taking into account comments received from statutory consultees, other consultees and local residents to produce a Submission Draft Plan which was the subject of further publicity conducted by the County Council. An Independent Examination has been undertaken on the Submission Draft Plan. The Independent Examiner recommended that, subject to a number of modifications being made to policies in the Plan, it meets the ‘basic conditions’ and may proceed to referendum. The County Council considered those recommendations and resolved to accept all modifications proposed by the Examiner. This document is the final modified version of the Plan which will be put to local referendum in 2016. Planning Policies and Community Actions: A ‘neighbourhood plan’ is a plan that sets out policies and proposals in relation to the development and use of land in the whole, or a particular part, of a neighbourhood area. Within this document such land use policies are identified as Planning Policies. Development proposals in the plan area will be determined in accordance with the planning policy framework of the MNP, strategic and national planning policies and any other material consideration. The proposed planning policies of the MNP are intended to meet plan objectives and help realise the vision for the plan area and its communities. Planning Policies are set out in Part A of this document. The MNP also includes wider community actions than those directly relating to the use and development of land. These measures are intended to encourage action and influence decisions taken by relevant bodies to achieve the vision and objectives of the MNP. It is acceptable to include such matters within a neighbourhood plan as they will also help to meet plan objectives and to realise the vision of the plan. These are identified as Community Actions within this document and carry the reference prefix ‘CA’. Whilst community actions are important, in legal terms only the planning policies of the MNP have ‘statutory weight’. The Local Planning Authority will only have regard to the adopted planning policies of the MNP when determining planning applications. It will be the responsibility of the town and parish councils and other appropriate bodies to take forward the community actions. A community action that forms part of an integrated package of policies and proposals and sits within a neighbourhood plan, and which has been the subject of community consultation, is likely to be given greater status by relevant bodies when it comes to securing support and possible funding. Community Actions are set out in Part B of this document. After each planning policy and community action the relevant objectives are identified. b FOREWORD This Morpeth Neighbourhood Plan is our plan for land use in our area – Morpeth and the parishes of Hebron, Hepscott, Mitford and Pegswood, prepared by volunteers and local residents. Morpeth Town Council and the four parish councils are indebted to all the volunteers who gave so unstintingly of their time to help us fulfill our ambition to have a Neighbourhood Plan for the area. Over the next couple of decades, we can expect the population of Morpeth to grow by well over 20% and this Plan helps determine where and how that development will take place. The Plan’s Vision is that our town remains vibrant and our villages retain their individual character so that our new residents identify themselves as part in our communities and our existing residents continue to be proud of where we live. The Plan is designed to enable us to shape the development of our communities over the next two decades without loss of their special and distinctive character. Nic Best, Mayor of Morpeth, 2014-2015 View across Morpeth town centre c Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 2 A VISION FOR THE MORPETH NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN AREA ..................................................................... 3 2.1 ABOUT MORPETH, HEBRON, HEPSCOTT, MITFORD AND PEGSWOOD ....................................................................... 3 2.2 PLANNING CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 VISION STATEMENT ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 3 PLAN OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 8 3.1 THE PLAN OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLAN OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES ......... 9 3.3 THE STRATEGY TO DELIVER A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY ..................................................................................... 10 Part A - Planning Policies 4 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES ..................................................................................................... 13 4.2 DESIGN PRINCIPLES ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.3 SETTLEMENT BOUNDARIES ......................................................................................................................................... 15 5 RURAL SETTING, SENSE OF PLACE AND LOCAL IDENTITY (ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE) ....... 19 5.2 LANDSCAPE AND WILDLIFE CORRIDORS ................................................................................................................... 19 5.3 LOCAL GREEN SPACE, PROTECTED OPEN SPACE AND ALLOTMENTS ...................................................................... 20 5.4 LOCAL WILDLIFE SITES (LWS) .................................................................................................................................. 22 5.5 ENHANCEMENT OF HERITAGE ASSETS ....................................................................................................................... 23 6 LOCAL ECONOMY ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 6.2 MORPETH TOWN CENTRE........................................................................................................................................... 27 6.3 PEGSWOOD VILLAGE CENTRE ..................................................................................................................................... 31 6.4 ECONOMIC STRATEGY ................................................................................................................................................. 31 7 HOUSING ....................................................................................................................................................................... 35 7.2 HOUSING REQUIREMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 35 7.3 LOCATION OF NEW HOUSING ...................................................................................................................................... 36 7.4 A RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES, SIZES AND TENURES ................................................................................................. 38 7.5 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ............................................................................................................................................... 40 7.6 INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ........................................................................................... 41 8 GETTING AROUND (TRANSPORT) ....................................................................................................................... 42 8.2 ROAD NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS ............................................................................................................................. 42 8.3 ALLEVIATION OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION .................................................................................................................... 43 8.4 TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS
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