Rushcliffe Rushcliffe Local Plan Borough Council Rushcliffe Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies Adopted October 2019 Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Sustainable Development 16 Policy 1 Development Requirements 16 3. Housing Development 19 Policy 2.1 Housing Allocation – Land rear of Mill Lane/The Old 24 Park, Cotgrave Policy 2.2 Housing Allocation – Land south of Hollygate Lane, 26 Cotgrave Policy 3.1 Housing Allocation – Land north of Rempstone 28 Road, East Leake Policy 3.2 Housing Allocation – Land off Lantern Lane, 30 East Leake Policy 4.1 Housing Allocation – Land off Nicker Hill, Keyworth 33 Policy 4.2 Housing Allocation – Land between Platt Lane and 34 Station Road, Keyworth Policy 4.3 Housing Allocation – Land south of Debdale Lane, 35 Keyworth Policy 4.4 Housing Allocation – Hillside Farm, Keyworth 36 Policy 5.1 Housing Allocation – Land north of Nottingham Road, 39 Radcliffe on Trent Policy 5.2 Housing Allocation – Land adjacent Grooms Cottage, 41 Radcliffe on Trent Policy 5.3 Housing Allocation – Land off Shelford Road, 42 Radcliffe on Trent Policy 5.4 Housing Allocation – Land north of Grantham Road, 43 Radcliffe on Trent Policy 5.5 Housing Allocation – 72 Main Road, Radcliffe on Trent 44 Policy 5.6 Housing Allocation – The Paddocks, Nottingham Road, 45 Radcliffe on Trent Policy 6.1 Housing Allocation – Land west of Wilford Road, 48 Ruddington Policy 6.2 Housing Allocation – Land south of Flawforth Lane, 49 Ruddington Policy 6.3 Housing Allocation – Land opposite Mere Way, 50 Ruddington Policy 6.4 Housing Allocation – Land north of Asher Lane, 51 Ruddington Policy 7 Housing Allocation – Land east of Church Street, 52 Cropwell Bishop i Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies Policy 8.1 Housing Allocation – Land between Butt Lane and 55 Closes Side Lane, East Bridgford Policy 8.2 Housing Allocation – Land south of Butt Lane, 57 East Bridgford Policy 9 Housing Allocation – Land east of Gypsum Way/ 59 The Orchards, Gotham Policy 10 Housing Allocation – Land north of Park Lane, 62 Sutton Bonington Policy 11 Housing Development on Unallocated Sites 65 within Settlements Policy 12 Housing Standards 67 Policy 13 Self-Build and Custom Housing Provision 71 Policy 14 Specialist Residential Accommodation 73 4. Employment Development 75 Policy 15 Employment Development 75 5. Climate Change, Flood Risk and Water Management 81 Policy 16 Renewable Energy 81 Policy 17 Managing Flood Risk 85 Policy 18 Surface Water Management 88 Policy 19 Development affecting Watercourses 90 Policy 20 Managing Water Quality 92 6. Green Belt and the Countryside 94 Policy 21 Green Belt 94 Policy 22 Development within the Countryside 96 7. Regeneration 101 Policy 23 Redevelopment of Bunny Brickworks 101 Policy 24 Redevelopment of former Islamic Institute, Flintham 102 8. Retail and Settlement Centres 104 Policy 25 Development within District Centres and Local 104 Centres Policy 26 Development within Centres of Neighbourhood 107 Importance Policy 27 Main Town Centre Uses Outside District Centres 109 or Local Centres. 9. Historic Environment 111 Policy 28 Conserving and Enhancing Heritage Assets 111 Policy 29 Development affecting Archaeological Sites 115 ii Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies 10. Community Facilities, Tourism and Leisure 117 Policy 30 Protection of Community Facilities 117 Policy 31 Sustainable Tourism and Leisure 119 11. Open Space and Recreational Facilities 122 Policy 32 Recreational Open Space 122 Policy 33 Local Green Space 125 12. Green Infrastructure and the Natural Environment 127 Policy 34 Green Infrastructure and Open Space Assets 128 Policy 35 Green Infrastructure Network and Urban Fringe 130 Policy 36 Designated Nature Conservation Sites 133 Policy 37 Trees and Woodlands 135 Policy 38 Non-Designated Biodiversity Assets and 137 the Wider Ecological Network 13. Health 140 Policy 39 Health Impacts of Development 140 14. Environmental Protection 142 Policy 40 Pollution and Land Contamination 142 Policy 41 Air Quality 145 Policy 42 Safeguarding Minerals 147 15. Infrastructure and Developer Contributions 149 Policy 43 Planning Obligations Threshold 149 Appendices 151 Appendix A Glossary 152 Appendix B Housing Trajectory 160 Appendix C Landscape Sensitivity Study: Wind Energy. 161 Development Appendix D Green Infrastructure 163 Appendix E Biodiversity Opportunity Areas 168 iii Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies 1. INTRODUCTION Rushcliffe Local Plan 1.1 The Rushcliffe Local Plan forms the statutory development plan for the Borough. The Local Plan has been prepared in two parts, the Part 1 – Core Strategy and the Part 2 – Land and Planning Policies (LAPP). The Council's aim is to produce a comprehensive planning framework to achieve sustainable development in the Borough. 1.2 The Rushcliffe Local Plan is a ‘folder’ of planning documents. Its contents are illustrated by the diagram below, which also indicates the relationship between the various documents that make up the Local Plan. A glossary explaining key planning terms and abbreviations is included in Appendix A to provide clarification. Local Plan Local Plan Part 1 – Core Strategy 1.3 The Core Strategy provides the overall spatial vision, objectives and strategy for the Borough to 2028. This includes setting out the level and location of new housing and employment land as well as the identification of a number of strategic allocations and policies. The Core Strategy was adopted in December 2014. All of its policies are defined as ‘strategic policies’. 1 Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies Local Plan Part 2 – Land and Planning Policies (LAPP) 1.4 The Local Plan Part 2 sets out the non-strategic development allocations and a number of detailed policies for managing new development, following on from the strategic framework set out in the Core Strategy. Together, both documents constitute the statutory development plan for the whole of the Borough and replace all former Local Plans1. The Local Plan Part 2 runs to 2028 to align with the plan period of the Core Strategy. It also takes appropriate account of relevant national policy and other requirements, including, most importantly, the 2012 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Duty to Cooperate 1.5 The Council has demonstrated through the adoption of the Core Strategy that it has actively and constructively engaged with other local authorities and public bodies when preparing the Local Plan. Although the Local Plan Part 2 does not address the same degree of strategic issues as the Core Strategy, the Council has still had to meet legal and soundness requirements in respect to the duty to co-operate. Sustainability Appraisal and Equality Impact Assessment 1.6 A Sustainability Appraisal has to be carried out as part of preparing the Local Plan Part 2. This assesses the environmental, economic and social impacts of the various policies and proposals included in the Local Plan Part 2 and the alternatives that were considered. It provides information on the relative sustainability of the alternatives and helped to identify the most sustainable options. However, the Sustainability Appraisal has been only one part of the process of deciding which policies and proposals are included in the Local Plan Part 2 and other factors may have meant that a less sustainable option has been chosen in certain cases. Habitat Regulations Assessment 1.7 In accordance with the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations (2017), a Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) of the Local Plan Part 2 has been completed. In order to determine whether an appropriate assessment of the Local Plan’s adverse effects on internationally protected nature conservation sites (including the potential Sherwood Forest Special Protection Area) was required, the HRA completed a screening of the Local 1 Rushcliffe Borough Local Plan Adopted 1996; Rushcliffe Non-Statutory Replacement Local Plan Adopted 2006 2 Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies Plan’s likely significant effects upon these sites. The HRA considered the previous HRAs pertinent to the HRA (including the HRA of the adopted Core Strategy, which ruled out any significant effects), identified the European sites that are likely to be affected by the Local Plan Part 2, the sensitivities of these sites, and the pathways through which the policies and allocations are likely to affect them. 1.8 The HRA concluded that Local Plan Part 2 is unlikely to significantly affect any internationally protected nature conservation site and therefore an appropriate assessment of adverse effects was not required. Equality Impact Assessment 1.9 The Local Plan Part 2 has been subject to an Equality Impact Assessment to ensure that it meets the needs of all members of the community. Undertaking Equality Impact Assessments allows local authorities to identify any potential discrimination caused by their policies or the way they work and take steps to make sure that it is removed. Equality Impact Assessments also allow for the identification of opportunities to promote equality. 1.10 A two stage approach to the Equality Impact Assessment has been undertaken. Firstly, the policies in the Local Plan Part 2 have been assessed for their relevancy to the characteristics protected by the Equality Act (age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, sex and sexual orientation). The second stage of the process has taken relevant policies and assessed the positive or negative impacts of them on these characteristics. Overall a number of recommendations were made regarding the relevant policies and changes made where appropriate. Spatial Vision and Objectives 1.11 The Local Plan’s ‘spatial vision’ is set already by the Local Plan 1: Core Strategy and is what Rushcliffe could look like if the aspirations of the Core Strategy are met. It is appropriate for this spatial vision to continue to apply to the Local Plan Part 2. The ‘spatial objectives’ to achieve this spatial vision are also set out in the Core Strategy and similarly apply equally to the Local Plan Part 2.