Greater Nottingham Broxtowe Borough Gedling Borough Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies Part 1 Local Plan Adopted September 2014 Contact Details: Broxtowe Borough Council Foster Avenue Beeston Nottingham NG9 1AB Tel: 0115 9177777 [email protected] www.broxtowe.gov.uk/corestrategy Gedling Borough Council Civic Centre Arnot Hill Park Arnold Nottingham NG5 6LU Tel: 0115 901 3757 [email protected] www.gedling.gov.uk/gedlingcorestrategy Nottingham City Council LHBOX52 Planning Policy Team Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG Tel: 0115 876 3973 [email protected] www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/corestrategy General queries about the process can also be made to: Greater Nottingham Growth Point Team Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG Tel 0115 876 2561 [email protected] www.gngrowthpoint.com Alternative Formats All documentation can be made available in alternative formats or languages on request. Contents Working in Partnership to Plan for Greater Nottingham 1 1.1 Working in Partnership to Plan for Greater Nottingham 1 1.2 Why the Councils are Working Together 6 1.3 The Local Plan (formerly Local Development Framework) 6 1.4 Sustainability Appraisal 9 1.5 Habitats Regulations Assessment 10 1.6 Equality Impact Assessment 11 The Future of Broxtowe, Gedling and Nottingham City in the Context of Greater Nottingham 13 2.1 Key Influences on the Future of the Plan Area 13 2.2 The Character of the Plan Area 13 2.3 Spatial Vision 18 2.4 Spatial Objectives 20 2.5 Links to Sustainable Community Strategies 23 2.6 Links to Other Strategies 24 2.7 Broxtowe Spatial Portrait / Local Distinctiveness 24 2.8 Gedling Spatial Portrait / Local Distinctiveness 28 2.9 Nottingham City Spatial Portrait / Local Distinctiveness 30 The Delivery Strategy 35 Section A: Sustainable Growth 35 Policy A: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development 36 Policy 1: Climate Change 38 Policy 2: The Spatial Strategy 44 Policy 3: The Green Belt 56 Policy 4: Employment Provision and Economic Development 59 Policy 5: Nottingham City Centre 66 Policy 6: Role of Town and Local Centres 71 Policy 7: Regeneration 76 Section B: Places for People 81 Policy 8: Housing Size, Mix and Choice 82 Policy 9: Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople 88 Policy 10: Design and Enhancing Local Identity 90 Policy 11: The Historic Environment 93 Policy 12: Local Services and Healthy Lifestyles 96 Policy 13: Culture, Tourism and Sport 99 Policy 14: Managing Travel Demand 101 Policy 15: Transport Infrastructure Priorities 105 Section C: Our Environment 109 Policy 16: Green Infrastructure, Parks and Open Space 110 Policy 17: Biodiversity 115 Section D: Making it Happen 119 Policy 18: Infrastructure 120 Policy 19: Developer Contributions 123 Section 20: Key Monitoring Indicators 126 Appendices 129 Appendix A Strategic Site Schedules and Plans 131 Appendix B Critical Infrastructure Requirements 221 Appendix C Housing Trajectories 227 Appendix D Summary of Sustainable Community Strategies 235 Appendix E Saved Policies from Adopted Local Plans 239 Glossary 261 Key Diagram 279 Policy 11: The Historic Environment 93 Policy 12: Local Services and Healthy Lifestyles 96 Policy 13: Culture, Tourism and Sport 99 Policy 14: Managing Travel Demand 101 Policy 15: Transport Infrastructure Priorities 105 Section C: Our Environment 109 Policy 16: Green Infrastructure, Parks and Open Space 110 Policy 17: Biodiversity 115 Section D: Making it Happen 119 Policy 18: Infrastructure 120 Policy 19: Developer Contributions 123 Section 20: Key Monitoring Indicators 126 Appendices 129 Appendix A Strategic Site Schedules and Plans 131 Appendix B Critical Infrastructure Requirements 221 Appendix C Housing Trajectories 227 Appendix D Summary of Sustainable Community Strategies 235 Appendix E Saved Policies from Adopted Local Plans 239 Glossary 261 Key Diagram 279 Working in Partnership to Plan for Greater Nottingham 1.1 Working in Partnership to Plan for Greater Nottingham 1.1.1 Greater Nottingham is made up of the administrative areas of Broxtowe, Erewash, Gedling, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Councils, and the Hucknall part of Ashfield Council. These authorities, with the support of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire County Councils, have been working together to produce an aligned set of policies and principles on how the city region can develop between 2011 and 2028. 1.1.2 Previously, 5 authorities1 had been working to produce Aligned Core Strategies. However, following the election of the Coalition Government and their decision to abolish Regional Strategies, including the East Midlands Regional Plan, all the authorities re-examined how they will meet their housing requirements and progress their Local Plans. 1.1.3 Broxtowe, Erewash, Gedling and Nottingham City Councils have reviewed the evidence for the area’s objective assessment of housing needs, including full consideration of the Government’s 2008-based Household Projections. As a result of this exercise, the Councils have concluded that the housing provision, as proposed through the Regional Plan, is supported by available evidence, and remains the appropriate level of housing provision to plan for in the plan area. Broxtowe, Gedling and Nottingham City Councils have therefore prepared this new aligned and consistent planning strategy for their part of Greater Nottingham which is referred to throughout this document as the plan area, and is shown on Map 1.1. Although Erewash Borough Council was unable to publish its Core Strategy at the same time as the other Councils and has therefore published a separate Core Strategy, the methodology and outcome of the review of the evidence for the area’s objective assessment of housing needs is shared. 1.1.4 The policy numbering in the Erewash Core Strategy remains the same as for the Aligned Core Strategies apart from Policy 5 which is omitted (as this does not directly relate to Erewash). Minor adjustments to the policies to make them more locally distinctive were made by Erewash for the submission of their Core Strategy, and the Inspector recommended some Main Modifications to the policies during the course of the Examination. However, the policies of the Erewash Core Strategy remain consistent with the Aligned Core Strategies, except for Green Belt where no Green Belt Review is anticipated in Erewash. 1 As only the Hucknall part of Ashfield District Council falls within Greater Nottingham, the Council will be determining the appropriate level and distribution of development for the District and will be producing their own Local Plan in due course and the Aligned Core Strategies does not include Ashfield. 1 1.1.5 Rushcliffe Borough Council is taking a different approach to determining housing figures for their Borough, and as a result they have produced their own Core Strategy. At the same time, all the Councils have continued to work together to ensure that planning policies of the Core Strategies are consistent across Greater Nottingham. Apart from the approach to housing numbers, this partnership working has resulted in a high degree of alignment between the Core Strategies. The following table sets out all the policies of these Aligned Core Strategies and whether they continue to have strong alignment with Rushcliffe’s Core Strategy. Rushcliffe Core Strategy Has this policy been Aligned Core Strategies Corresponding significantly amended policy to be more locally distinctive? Policy 1: Climate Change Policy 1 No Policy 2: The Spatial Strategy Policy 2 Yes Policy 3: The Green Belt Policy 3 No Policy 4: Employment Provision and Policy 4 Yes Economic Development Policy not included in Rushcliffe Core Policy 5: Nottingham City Centre Strategy Policy 6: Role of Town and Local Centres Policy 5 Yes Policy 7: Regeneration Policy 6 Yes Policy 8: Housing Size, Mix and Choice Policy 7 No Policy 9: Gypsies, Travellers and Policy 8 No Travelling Showpeople Policy 10: Design and Enhancing Local Policy 9 No Identity Policy 11: The Historic Environment Policy 10 No Policy 12: Local Services and Healthy Policy 11 No Lifestyles Policy 13: Culture, Tourism and Sport Policy 12 No Policy 14: Managing Travel Demand Policy 13 No Policy 15: Transport Infrastructure Policy 14 No Priorities Policy 16: Green Infrastructure, Parks Policy 15 No and Open Space Policy 17: Biodiversity Policy 16 No Policy 18: Infrastructure Policy 17 No Policy 19: Developer Contributions Policy 18 No 2 1.1.6 As well as issues of strategic importance covering the whole plan area, the three Council areas making up the Aligned Core Strategies each has its own local issues and priorities (see sections 2.7 to 2.9). The policies of the Aligned Core Strategies have therefore been written in such a way as to address the strategic common issues, and provide a sufficiently flexible framework for part 2 Local Plans, in which Broxtowe, Gedling and Nottingham City Councils will outline their locally distinct approaches to the more detailed delivery of the Aligned Core Strategies. 1.1.7 The first public stage in preparing this document was the Issues and Options consultation, which took place in the summer of 2009. This was followed by the Option for Consultation in February 2010 and later consultation in the summer of 2011 on a Housing Provision Position Paper and Policy 1: Climate Change. Responses to these earlier consultations have helped to shape the current version of the Aligned Core Strategies, which sets out how the Councils think their part of Greater Nottingham should develop over the plan period to 2028. 1.1.8 This document consists of three main parts, Section 1 introduces the concept of Aligned Core Strategies, Section 2 looks at the character of the plan area, now and in the future, setting out a ‘vision’ of what the area will look like in 2028 if the strategy in the Aligned Core Strategies is implemented, together with Spatial Objectives that set out the key principles by which this vision will be achieved.