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Settlement Hierarchy East Northamptonshire Council Planning Services (Planning Policy) RURAL NORTH, OUNDLE AND THRAPSTON PLAN: SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY – DEFINING CATEGORY A AND B VILLAGES 22 January 2009 If you would like to receive this publication in an alternative format (large print, tape format or other languages) please contact us on 01832 742000. East Northamptonshire Council Page 2 of 28 RURAL NORTH, OUNDLE AND THRAPSTON PLAN: SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY – DEFINING CATEGORY A AND B VILLAGES Version 3.0, 22 January 2009 Author: Michael Burton, Senior Planning Policy Officer Document Version Control Author (Post holder title) Senior Planning Policy Officer Type of document (strategy/policy/procedure) Procedure – Methodology and analysis Version Number 3.0 Document File Name J:\Planning Policy & Conservation\Policy & Conserv\Local Development Framework\RNOTP\Post hearings\Settlement Hierarchy\DEFINING CAT A&B VILLAGES FINAL 220109 Issue date January 2009 Approval date and by who (SMT / committee) Document held by (name/section) Planning Services (Planning Policy) For internal publication only or external also? Internal only / internal and external * delete as appropriate Document stored on Council website or Eunice / Website * delete as appropriate Eunice? Next review date Summer 2011 Change History Issue Date Comments NB: Draft versions 0.1 - final published versions 1.0 Consultees Internal External e.g. Individual(s) / Group / Section e.g. Stakeholders / Partners /Organisation(s) Distribution List Internal External e.g. Individual(s) / Group / Section e.g. Stakeholders / Partners /Organisation(s) Links to other documents Document Link Rural North, Oundle and Thrapston Evidence Base/ supporting information Plan Additional Comments to note East Northamptonshire Council Page 3 of 28 RURAL NORTH, OUNDLE AND THRAPSTON PLAN: SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY – DEFINING CATEGORY A AND B VILLAGES Version 3.0, 22 January 2009 Author: Michael Burton, Senior Planning Policy Officer Contents Page Executive summary 5 Corporate outcomes 5 1.0 Introduction 6 1.1 Settlement Hierarchy – Background 6 1.2 Defining Smaller Service Centres 7 1.3 Defining Category A and B villages 8 2.0 Developing policy in respect of Category A and Category B 9 villages 2.1 Rationale for the decision to define separate Category A and 9 Category B villages 3.0 Methodology – By what means have Category A and Category B 10 villages been identified? 3.1 Availability of services – earlier studies (2003-5) 10 3.2 Availability of services – 2008 update 11 4.0 Analysis of rural services survey update 13 4.1 Changes to local services since 2003 13 4.2 Classification of settlements by overall sustainability and 14 population score (Appendix 1) 4.3 Qualitative analysis – detailed assessment of villages scoring three 16 or more, but classified as Category B villages in the submission RNOTP 4.4 Qualitative analysis – detailed assessment of those open 19 countryside “settlements” identified as falling within Category B score 4.5 Qualitative analysis – Luddington in the Brook 19 4.6 Qualitative analysis – Blatherwycke 20 5.0 Conclusions – key findings of Category A and B village analysis 22 5.1 Developing a settlement hierarchy and robust methodology, in 22 respect of Category A and B villages 5.2 Analysis of the results of the 2008 rural services/ sustainability 22 survey update 5.3 Recommendations 23 Appendix 1 – RURAL SURVEY OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES 24 (updated autumn 2008) Appendix 2 – VILLAGE RANKINGS (autumn 2008) 27 East Northamptonshire Council Page 4 of 28 RURAL NORTH, OUNDLE AND THRAPSTON PLAN: SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY – DEFINING CATEGORY A AND B VILLAGES Version 3.0, 22 January 2009 Author: Michael Burton, Senior Planning Policy Officer Executive summary The settlement hierarchy in the January 2008 submission Rural North, Oundle and Thrapston Plan (RNOTP) was developed in parallel with the emerging North Northamptonshire Core Spatial Strategy (CSS). The designation of Oundle, Thrapston and King’s Cliffe as service centres was confirmed in the adopted CSS (June 2008) and these settlements are therefore excluded from this study. The proposed designation of additional service centres in the RNOTP (Policy 1) has been made with reference to: • Market Towns and Rural Regeneration (Entec, DOC305) • “Design for the Future” discussion papers (ENC, DOC402-406) • Baker Associates study (DOC308) The CSS (paragraph 3.14) requires settlement boundaries and “Restraint villages” to be defined in the DPDs being prepared by the District Councils. This has been utilized as the policy basis for the decision to designate Category A and Category B settlements in the RNOTP. The Independent Examination of the submission RNOTP identified a need to develop a more robust methodology and evidence base for the designation of Network Villages (RNOTP Policy 1(4)) as Category A and B settlements. This study addresses this matter through: • Updating and enhancing 2003/4 rural services study in order to identify sustainability of individual villages • Identification of thresholds for Category A and B villages, and smaller settlements classified as “open countryside” • Qualitative assessment of the suitability of those villages with particular environmental sensitivities to accommodate additional development • Recommendation of possible changes to submitted RNOTP paragraphs 4.5-4.6 in respect of Category A and B villages Corporate outcomes The study contributes to the following corporate outcomes: • Good reputation with customers and regulators • Good quality of life in East Northamptonshire – cleaner, safer, prosperous, healthier and sustainable • Effective partnership working • Strong community leadership • Knowledge of our customers and communities East Northamptonshire Council Page 5 of 28 RURAL NORTH, OUNDLE AND THRAPSTON PLAN: SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY – DEFINING CATEGORY A AND B VILLAGES Version 3.0, 22 January 2009 Author: Michael Burton, Senior Planning Policy Officer 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Settlement Hierarchy – Background 1.1.1 Policy 1 of the submitted Rural North, Oundle and Thrapston Plan (RNOTP) defines a four tier hierarchy of settlements: • Policy 1(1) – Oundle and Thrapston are defined as Rural Service Centres in the adopted North Northamptonshire Core Spatial Strategy (CSS), Policy 1 • Policy 1(2) – King’s Cliffe is defined as a Local Service Centre in adopted CSS Policy 1 • Policy 1(3) – Nassington and Warmington are defined as “Smaller Service Centres” in RNOTP Policy 1 • Policy 1(4) – Other villages in the Plan area (listed in paragraphs 4.5-4.6) are defined as “Network Villages” 1.1.2 This issue was extensively explored during the RNOTP Examination Hearing sessions (October 2008). During the Hearing sessions, the Inspector raised concerns about the evidence base and methodology for the Council’s decisions to: • Designate only Nassington and Warmington as Smaller Service Centres and exclude other large villages, e.g. Brigstock, Easton on the Hill, Islip and Woodford • Sub-divide Policy 1(4) Network Villages into Category A and B villages 1.1.3 The Inspector accepted in his letter (31 October 2008) that additional evidence submitted during the Examination Hearing sessions was sufficient to justify the Council’s decision to define Nassington and Warmington as Smaller Service Centres (Policy 1(3). In his letter, the Inspector stated that he is “now satisfied with regard to the justification for the choice of the smaller service centres, but this is not the case with regard to the distinction between category A and B network villages” (paragraph 13). 1.1.4 Given that the Inspector has requested that further evidence gathering and analysis be undertaken to demonstrate how decisions have been taken in order to define Category A and Category B villages, this study will focus upon identifying the distinction between these two classes of network villages (Policy 1(4)). While data has been gathered for all villages in the Plan area (with the exception of King’s Cliffe) in order to visually show how the sustainability of individual settlements may be assessed across the RNOTP area as a whole, it is not considered to be necessary for the designation of smaller service centres to be reviewed. 1.1.5 This document therefore provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the process by which Category A and B villages have been identified. The study aims to assess whether the designation of individual Category A and B villages is the most appropriate in all circumstances, or whether these should be re-designated to take account of this additional, updated evidence. East Northamptonshire Council Page 6 of 28 RURAL NORTH, OUNDLE AND THRAPSTON PLAN: SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY – DEFINING CATEGORY A AND B VILLAGES Version 3.0, 22 January 2009 Author: Michael Burton, Senior Planning Policy Officer 1.2 Defining Smaller Service Centres 1.2.1 Through the “Design for the Future” consultation phase (2004-5) the following larger villages in the RNOTP area were considered as possible service centres in addition to Oundle, Thrapston and King’s Cliffe: • Barnwell • Brigstock • Easton on the Hill • Nassington • Warmington • Woodford 1.2.2 Oundle, Thrapston and King’s Cliffe are excluded from this study, as their roles are already defined by adopted CSS Policy 1. Additional service centres in the rural area where development will be focused were designated in submission RNOTP Policy 1, in accordance with CSS Policy 1. The assessment was initially based upon the level of services in villages in the RNOTP area as at 2003/4 and, the relationships between
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