Hambleton Local Plan Local Plan Publication Draft July 2019 Hambleton...a place to grow Foreword iv 1 Introduction and Background 5 The Role of The Local Plan 5 Part 1: Spatial Strategy and Development Policies 9 2 Issues shaping the Local Plan 10 Spatial Portrait of Hambleton 10 Key Issues 20 3 Vision and Spatial Development Strategy 32 Spatial Vision 32 Spatial Development Strategy 35 S 1: Sustainable Development Principles 35 S 2: Strategic Priorities and Requirements 37 S 3: Spatial Distribution 41 S 4: Neighbourhood Planning 47 S 5: Development in the Countryside 49 S 6: York Green Belt 54 S 7: The Historic Environment 55 The Key Diagram 58 4 Supporting Economic Growth 61 Meeting Hambleton's Employment Requirements 61 EG 1: Meeting Hambleton's Employment Requirement 62 EG 2: Protection and Enhancement of Employment Land 65 EG 3: Town Centre Retail and Leisure Provision 71 EG 4: Management of Town Centres 75 EG 5: Vibrant Market Towns 79 EG 6: Commercial Buildings, Signs and Advertisements 83 EG 7: Rural Businesses 85 EG 8: The Visitor Economy 89 5 Supporting Housing Growth 91 Meeting Hambleton's Housing Need 91 HG 1: Housing Delivery 93 HG 2: Delivering the Right Type of Homes 96 HG 3: Affordable Housing Requirements 100 HG 4: Housing Exception Schemes 103 HG 5: Windfall Housing Development 107 HG 6: Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople 109 Hambleton Local Plan: Publication Draft - Hambleton District Council 1 6 Supporting a High Quality Environment 111 E 1: Design 111 E 2: Amenity 118 E 3: The Natural Environment 121 E 4: Green Infrastructure 124 E 5: Development Affecting Heritage Assets 127 E 6: Nationally Protected Landscapes 130 E 7: Hambleton's Landscapes 132 7 Infrastructure and Community Services 135 CI 1: Infrastructure Delivery 135 CI 2: Transport and Accessibility 139 CI 3: Open Space, Sport and Recreation 143 CI 4: Community Facilities 147 8 Environmental and Resource Management 150 RM 1: Water Quality and Supply 150 RM 2: Flood Risk 153 RM 3: Surface Water and Drainage Management 156 RM 4: Air Quality 158 RM 5: Ground Contamination and Groundwater Pollution 161 RM 6: Minerals and Waste 165 RM 7: Renewable and Low Carbon Energy 166 Part 2: Site Allocations 169 9 Allocations 170 Development Requirements 170 10 Northallerton Area 174 Northallerton and Romanby 174 Brompton 186 11 Thirsk Area 189 Thirsk and Sowerby 189 Carlton Miniott 199 Dalton 202 South Otterington 205 12 Bedale Area 208 Aiskew and Bedale 208 Crakehall 215 West Tanfield 218 Burneston 221 Leeming Bar 224 2 Hambleton Local Plan: Publication Draft - Hambleton District Council 13 Easingwold Area 232 Easingwold 232 Huby 237 Stillington 240 14 Stokesley Area 243 Stokesley 243 Great Ayton 251 Appendices A Monitoring 255 B Replacement of Development Plans 259 C Key Infrastructure Requirements 260 D Local Green Space 261 E Open Space, Sport and Recreation Standards 270 Glossary 272 Document Information 286 Hambleton Local Plan: Publication Draft - Hambleton District Council 3 Foreword The Publication Draft of the Hambleton Local Plan is a key milestone in planning Hambleton’s future up to 2035, as a place to grow. The Council Plan (2015-19) establishes four key priorities: Driving Economic Vitality; Enhancing Health and Wellbeing; Caring for the Environment, and Providing a Special Place to Live. The Local Plan will be pivotal to delivery of these. It includes a long term vision, objectives and strategic policies that reflect the Council’s corporate ambitions. Hambleton needs to grow to ensure that our communities remain vital and sustainable. We need new homes to ensure that young people have opportunities to stay in the district. We also need to address our needs as an ageing population by ensuring we are developing homes which support and enable people to live in their homes for longer. We have a thriving local economy and we need to make sure that we continue to provide opportunities for new businesses to develop and existing ones to grow. The Local Plan makes provision for land to accommodate the homes and jobs that are needed within Hambleton up to 2035. It also supports the provision of associated infrastructure such as shops, community facilities, transport, open space, sport and recreation, health and education. This will help to ensure that our towns and villages remain vibrant and sustainable. The Plan also looks to protect and enhance our countryside, historic environment and the unique character of our market towns and villages, helping to protect what is special about Hambleton. The Local Plan will help to ensure that development takes place in a planned and coordinated way so we get the right kind of development in the right place. Its policies will be the key tool for determining planning applications. The Plan makes clear where development is acceptable and provides certainty for local communities, developers and businesses wishing to expand or locate within the district. We value the input that you have given to help shape this document and feel with your help that we have chosen the right approach for Hambleton. Councillor David Webster Portfolio Holder for Planning iv Hambleton Local Plan: Publication Draft - Hambleton District Council 1 Introduction and Background The Role of The Local Plan 1.1 Planning law requires that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with The Development Plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. 1.2 The Local Plan sets out a strategy for development that details how much land should be provided to accommodate new homes and jobs that are needed within Hambleton up to 2035 and where this will be located. It addresses the need for new homes and jobs alongside the need for associated infrastructure, such as shops, community facilities, transport, open space, sport and recreation, health and education. The Plan will set out protection and enhancement of the countryside, the historic environment and the unique character of our market towns and villages. The Plan also sets out the policy framework which will be used to determine proposals for development across the district and for enforcement purposes. The overall objective is to promote sustainable development. 1.3 The Plan consists of: Part 1: Spatial Strategy and Development Policies - A vision and objectives for the plan area containing both strategic policies to implement the strategy and detailed policies for determining development proposals. Part 2: Site Allocations - Sets out details of sites where the development needs identified in Part 1 will take place and the form they will take. Important Note: This plan should be read as a whole in conjunction with other relevant national and local planning policies. Where a policy indicates support for a proposal that meets certain requirements this will be subject to meeting the requirements of other relevant national and local planning policies in the context of material planning considerations. Some cross references have been included between policies within this plan, but they are not exhaustive; applicants should satisfy themselves that they have identified the policies which are relevant to their proposal for development. Relationship with other plans 1.4 Part of the North York Moors National Park is located within Hambleton, and for this area the National Park Authority is responsible for the preparation of its own Local Plan, which currently comprises the Core Strategy and Development Policies Document, adopted in 2008. A Local Plan is being prepared as a replacement for the Core Strategy and Development Policies document. 1.5 North Yorkshire County Council is the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority and has responsibility for determined all planning applications of this nature. North Yorkshire County Council is currently preparing a Joint Minerals and Waste Plan with City of York Council and the North York Moors National Park Authority, which will set out the policies against which Hambleton Local Plan: Publication Draft - Hambleton District Council 5 applications relating to minerals and waste will be assessed, including policies for the determination of oil and gas exploration including hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking. National Planning Policy Framework 1.6 The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. It was originally published in March 2012 and was revised in July 2018 and February 2019. The NPPF must be taken into account in the preparation of development plans including The Local Plan and is a material consideration in planning decisions. At the heart of the NPPF is a presumption in favour of sustainable development, which is central to both plan-making and decision taking. 1.7 The NPPF sets out three dimensions to sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental objectives for the planning system to deliver: An economic objective – to help build a strong, responsive and competitive economy, by ensuring that sufficient land of the right types is available in the right places and at the right time to support growth, innovation and improved productivity; and by identifying and coordinating the provision of infrastructure. A social objective – to support strong, vibrant and healthy communities, by ensuring that a sufficient number and range of homes can be provided to meet the needs of present and future generations; and by fostering a well-designed and safe built environment, with accessible services and open spaces that reflect current and future needs and support communities’ health, social and cultural well-being; and An environmental objective – to contribute to protecting and enhancing our natural, built and historic environment; including making effective use of land, helping to improve biodiversity, using natural resources prudently, minimising waste and pollution, and mitigating and adapting to climate change, including moving to a low carbon economy. 1.8 The Government states that these three components should be pursued in an integrated, mutually supportive way, looking at solutions which deliver multiple goals.