The Submission Draft of the Dronfield Neighbourhood Plan
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DRONFIELD Neighbourhood Plan 2016 - 2034 Submission Draft 15b Prepared by Dronfield Town Council Dronfield Town Council ii Contents Dronfield: Neighbourhood Plan Table of Contents ■ WHAT IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN? 5 TRANSPORT & ACCESS 25 5. PROPOSED DRONFIELD CHARACTER 44 HOW DOES A NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN THE PLAN AIMS 26 BUILIDINGS AND STRUCTURES OF LOCAL 5 HERITAGE INTEREST. FIT INTO THE PLANNING SYSTEM? BACKGROUND 26 HOW IS THE PLAN STRUCTURED? 5 Traffic Management and Congestion 26 6. PROPOSED LOCAL GREEN SPACES 49 ABOUT DRONFIELD 6 Sustainable Transport 27 7. EVIDENCE BASE REFERENCES 51 HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 7 Cycling and Walking 27 IN DOCUMENT TEXT THE PLAN’S AIMS & OBJECTIVES 8 Car Parking 28 GLOSSARY 51 COMMUNITY ASSETS 9 ECONOMY 29 OBJECTIVES 10 THE PLAN AIMS 30 MAPS BACKGROUND 10 BACKGROUND 30 MAP 1 DRONFIELD NEIGHBOURHOOD 52 Health 10 Town Centre 30 PLAN: PLAN AREA Education 10 Shop Frontages in the Town Centre 31 MAP 2 GREEN BELT BOUNDARIES 53 IN THE ADOPTED LOCAL PLAN (2005) Services 10 Shopping Hubs 32 Assets of Community Value 12 Hot Food Takeaways 32 MAP 3 TOWN CENTRE 54 Businesses and Employment 33 MAP 4 CONSERVATION AREAS 55 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 13 MAP 5 LISTED BUILDINGS 56 14 THE PLAN AIMS HERITAGE 35 MAP 6 PROPOSED LOCAL GREEN SPACES 57 BACKGROUND 14 THE PLAN AIMS 36 MAP 7 PROPOSED LEA BROOK VALLEY 58 Green Belt 14 BACKGROUND 36 GREEN CORRIDOR 14 36 Landscape Character Historic Buildings MAP 8A PROPOSED DRONFIELD 59 Green and Blue Infrastructure 16 Dronfield Character Buildings and 37 CHARACTER BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Local Green Spaces 17 Structures of Local Heritage Interest OF LOCAL HERITAGE INTEREST 38 Trees and Woodlands 18 Conservation Areas MAP 8B PROPOSED DRONFIELD 60 Design 39 CHARACTER BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OF LOCAL HERITAGE INTEREST HOUSING & INFRASTRUCTURE 19 (CENTRAL AREA) THE PLAN AIMS 20 APPENDICES 41 MAP 9 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA 61 BACKGROUND 20 1. SPECIALIST CONSULTEES 41 Housing Allocation 20 2. ASSETS OF COMMUNITY VALUE 41 MAP 10 PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK 62 Windfall Housing Development 20 3. RETENTION OF IMPORTANT 41 Housing Mix. 21 COMMUNITY ASSETS Housing Affordability 23 4. LISTED BUILDINGS 42 Infrastructure Needs 23 Developer Contributions 24 Dronfield: Neighbourhood Plan Foreword iii FOREWORD I would like to welcome you to the I would like to thank everyone who attended the Neighbourhood Plan for Dronfield Town. numerous Steering Group meetings and consulta- It reflects the hard work of the Dronfield tion events during the preparation of the Draft Plan ITown Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group, and as well as the funding bodies Locality and Awards the commitment of the Town Council to make for All. I would especially like to thank all the Dronfield a great place to live, work and visit. residents who have participated and community groups, in particular, the Dronfield Civic Society A neighbourhood plan is a document written by and Lea Brook Valley Project. Without their help, the community that sets out planning policies input and support, this Plan could not have been for an area. It is used to determine planning developed or reflect the views of the community. applications and other planning decisions affecting that area. Through it, we will seek to ensure Thank you that Dronfield gets the right amount and type of Councillor Angelique Foster development and in the right place Chairman of the Neighbourhood Plan The Plan will now be ‘Submitted’ to North East Steering Group Derbyshire District Council where it will undergo Leader of Dronfield Town Council a further six-week period of consultation prior to an independent examination. If it successfully passes this stage, a referendum (paid for by the Government) will be held in which all residents in the town will be asked whether or not they support the adoption of the Plan. 4 What is it? Dronfield: Neighbourhood Plan Dronfield: Neighbourhood Plan What is it? 5 4 What is it? Dronfield: Neighbourhood Plan Dronfield: Neighbourhood Plan What is it? 5 The Neighbourhood Plan Area covers the whole of Dronfield Parish What is a as shown on Map 1. Neighbourhood Plan? A neighbourhood plan is a planning document. It is THE PLAN part of the Government’s How does a these are the ‘saved’ policies from the approach to planning 2005 Adopted North East Derbyshire neighbourhood plan 7-2 to give local people District Local Plan. A revised North influence on how their fit into the planning East Derbyshire Local Plan, which will area develops – for system? replace the saved policies of the 2005 example, the location Plan, is being developed; the evidence of new housing, shops • The intention of the Localism base and the policies contained within and employment related Act and neighbourhood planning is this emerging District Local Plan have development. for local people to have a greater been considered in preparing the say in how their area develops. Plan. The North East Derbyshire Local The Dronfield However, there are regulations which Neighbourhood Plan Plan (Publication Draft) was submitted (“the Plan”) provides a set must be adhered to in preparing a to the Secretary of State in May 2018 of objectives for the future neighbourhood plan. for independent examination; of the town and sets out All neighbourhood plans must meet • Not breach, and be otherwise certain defined planning a set of ’basic conditions’: compatible with, European Union and policies and proposals • Take account of national policies the European Convention on Human to achieve these aims. and advice contained in guidance Rights obligations; and It also sets out aims issued by the Secretary of State, • Not have a significant effect on a with suggested policies in particular, in the National Planning European Site (as defined in the for how the town may Policy Framework* & 7-1 (more Conservation of Habitats and develop in ways that meet commonly known as the NPPF). Species Regulations 2012 7-3) either identified local need and Given that submission will be prior to alone or in combination with other ensure Dronfield remains 24 January 2019, The Plan has been a great place to live, work plans or projects. developed with regards to the 2012 and visit. • Crucially, it is important to version of the NPPF.** understand that while a neighbourhood • Contribute to the achievement of plan can provide for more development * The terms “Dronfield”, “Town” and Dronfield Parish are used interchangeable. They all sustainable development; than that has been set out in an correspond to the Dronfield Neighbourhood Be in general conformity with the approved District Local Plan (in this Plan Area unless specifically stated otherwise. • strategic policies of the development instance North East Derbyshire Local ** Polices within the 2012 framework will still apply for examining plans submitted on or plan for the District of North East Plan), for the District, it does not allow before 24th January 2019 (NPPF para 214). Derbyshire. In the case of Dronfield, it to plan for less development. How is the plan structured? The Plan is divided into the do not form part of the formal • Policies and proposals to following sections: support the overall aims in each Dronfield Neighbourhood Plan. • ‘About Dronfield’: details topic area how the Neighbourhood Plan A large amount of background specifically relates to Dronfield information has helped in • ‘Delivering the Plan’: sets out and how it has been developed some of the main ways in which producing the Plan. What is known • ‘Dronfield Town the policies and proposals in the as ‘the evidence base’ includes a Neighbourhood Plan Themes Plan may be implemented. large number of documents that and Policies’ set out by topic: have been used to prepare it. The • A brief summary of the key There is also a series of main documents can be found at findings from consultation with appendices, including a glossary www.dronfield.gov.uk/ residents and stakeholders of terms explaining the more neighbourhood-plan.html • The key objectives of the Plan technical terms the Plan refers in each topic area to. The appendices contain • The brief introduction to the topic background information only and 6 The Area Dronfield:Dronfield: Neighbourhood bgfbgbgb Plan Dronfield: Neighbourhood Plan History and Objectives 7 About Dronfield Ancient origins and a popular place to live The town is situated within North of the name suggests that they the largest privately owned housing East Derbyshire District and perhaps also found open land which estate in Europe (“Gosforth Valley”), comprises the three communities was infested by drones and, for this when it was first built in the 1970s. of Dronfield, Dronfield Woodhouse reason, called the place Dranfield, At the time of the 2011 census, it had and Coal Aston; it is surrounded or, more familiarly, Dronfield. 9,388 dwellings and a population of by large areas of open countryside Dronfield was recorded in the 21,261, of whom 10,333 were male designated as Green Belt. It is Domesday Book. and 10,928 female. In total, 25.1% located in the valley of the River of the population was aged 65 or Drone and lies between the town of Evidence of the town’s medieval over and 16.1% was under the age Chesterfield and the city of Sheffield. origins can be found in the surviving of 16. The majority of the population The town covers an area of 3,457 cruck buildings, the parish church is in good health, educated and acres (13.99 km2) and is surrounded and the historic meandering economically active. by the neighbouring villages and street pattern of the town centre. hamlets of Unstone, Holmesfield, Dronfield’s population increased It is a popular place to live. In 2017, Barlow, Apperknowle, Hundall, dramatically in the post-war years CEBR (Centre for Economics & Marsh Lane and Eckington.