ROSSENDALE LOCAL PLAN Submission Version March 2019
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ROSSENDALE LOCAL PLAN Submission Version March 2019 P a g e | 1 Local Plan (Submission) March 2019 Contents Spatial Strategy ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Strategic Policy SS: Spatial Strategy .................................................................................................. 11 Strategic Policy SD1: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development ..................................... 13 Strategic Policy SD2: Urban Boundary and Green Belt ..................................................................... 14 Policy SD3: Planning Obligations ................................................................................................... 16 Chapter 1: Housing ............................................................................................................................... 18 Strategic Policy HS1: Meeting Rossendale’s Housing Requirement ................................................. 18 Policy HS2: Housing Site Allocations ............................................................................................. 19 Policy HS3: Edenfield ..................................................................................................................... 23 Policy HS4: Loveclough ................................................................................................................. 26 Policy HS5: Swinshaw Hall ............................................................................................................. 29 Policy HS6: Affordable Housing ..................................................................................................... 31 Policy HS7: Housing Density .......................................................................................................... 33 Policy HS8: Housing Standards ...................................................................................................... 34 Policy HS9: Private Residential Garden Development .................................................................. 35 Policy HS10: Open Space Requirements in New Housing Developments .................................... 36 Policy HS11: Playing Pitch Requirements in New Housing Developments ................................... 38 Policy HS12: Private Outdoor amenity space ............................................................................... 39 Policy HS13: House Extensions ..................................................................................................... 40 Policy HS14: Replacement Dwellings ............................................................................................ 40 Policy HS15: Rural Affordable Housing – Rural Exception Sites .................................................... 41 Policy HS16: Conversion and Re-Use of Rural Buildings in the Countryside ................................ 42 Policy HS17: Rural Workers Dwellings .......................................................................................... 43 Policy HS18: Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople ....................................................... 45 Policy HS19: Specialist Housing ..................................................................................................... 46 Policy HS20: Self Build and Custom Built Houses ......................................................................... 47 Chapter 2: Employment Growth and Employment .............................................................................. 49 Strategic Policy EMP1: Provision for Employment ........................................................................... 49 Policy EMP2: Employment Site Allocations .................................................................................. 51 Policy EMP3: Employment Site and Premises ............................................................................... 54 Policy EMP4: Development Criteria for Employment Generating Development ......................... 56 Policy EMP5: Employment Development in non-allocated employment areas ........................... 57 Policy EMP6: Futures Park ............................................................................................................ 58 P a g e | 2 Local Plan (Submission) March 2019 Policy EMP7: New Hall Hey ........................................................................................................... 59 Chapter 3: Retail ................................................................................................................................... 63 Strategic Policy R1: Retail and Other Town Centre Uses .................................................................. 63 Policy R2: Rawtenstall Town Centre Extension ............................................................................. 66 Policy R3: Development and Change of Use in District and Local Centres ................................... 67 Policy R4: Existing Local shops ...................................................................................................... 68 Policy R5: Hot Food Takeaways .................................................................................................... 69 Policy R6: Shopfronts .................................................................................................................... 70 Chapter 4: Environment ........................................................................................................................ 72 Strategic Policy ENV1: High Quality Development in the Borough .................................................. 72 Strategic Policy ENV2: Heritage Assets ............................................................................................. 74 Policy ENV3: Landscape Character and Quality ............................................................................ 78 Policy ENV4: Biodiversity, Geodiversity and Ecological Networks ................................................ 81 Policy ENV5: Green Infrastructure networks ................................................................................ 84 Policy ENV6: Environmental Protection ........................................................................................ 85 Policy ENV7: Wind Turbines .......................................................................................................... 87 Policy ENV8: Other forms of Energy generation ........................................................................... 92 Policy ENV9: Surface Water Run-Off, Flood Risk, Sustainable Drainage and Water Quality ........ 93 Policy ENV10: Trees and Hedgerows ............................................................................................ 96 Chapter 5: Leisure and Tourism ............................................................................................................ 98 Strategic Policy LT1: Protection of Playing Pitches, Existing Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities ............................................................................................................................................ 98 Policy LT2: Community Facilities ................................................................................................. 100 Policy LT3: Tourism ..................................................................................................................... 101 Policy LT4: Overnight Visitor Accommodation ........................................................................... 103 Policy LT5: Equestrian Development .......................................................................................... 104 Policy LT6: Farm Diversification .................................................................................................. 106 Chapter 6: Transport ........................................................................................................................... 108 Strategic Policy TR1: Strategic Transport ....................................................................................... 108 Policy TR2: Footpaths, Cycleways and Bridleways ...................................................................... 110 Policy TR3: Road Schemes and Development Access ................................................................. 112 Policy TR4: Parking ...................................................................................................................... 112 Monitoring .......................................................................................................................................... 115 Appendix 1: Parking Standards……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 117 P a g e | 3 Local Plan (Submission) March 2019 Appendix 2: Environmental Network Study Diagram ......................................................................... 122 Appendix 3: Glossary .......................................................................................................................... 123 Appendix 4: Housing Trajectory .......................................................................................................... 138 P a g e | 4 Local Plan (Submission) March 2019 Spatial Strategy 1 The Rossendale Local Plan seeks to promote sustainable housing and employment growth while protecting and enhancing the special valley and moorland setting of the Borough. The Plan will cover the whole of the Borough of Rossendale for the period 2019 to 2034 and will provide the statutory planning framework