East Ayrshire Council East Ayrshire Local Plan Volume 1 Quality | Equality | Access | Partnership | Access | Equality | Quality 2 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Foreword

Since the adoption of the last East Ayrshire Local Plan in April 2003, there has been substantial developer interest in East Ayrshire, generated largely by improved communication links between Kilmarnock and the Glasgow conurbation through the recent upgrading of the A77 to motorway status. Increased developer interest has, in particular, been evidenced by a rapid take up and development of housing sites. In order to respond positively to increasing development demands, the Council has therefore made a conscious decision to prepare an early alteration to the local plan, to reflect changing circumstances and to provide an adequate supply of development land to meet anticipated demands to 2017 and beyond. In this regard, the Council has now produced the East Ayrshire Local Plan 2010 which fully reflects and respects the provisions of the new Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan. Production of both documents in tandem has ensured full co-ordination of strategic and local development planning in the area and will provide a strong, positive and proactive planning base for future development throughout East Ayrshire in the years to come. As with the adopted local plan 2003, this local plan aims to actively promote and enhance the economic, social and physical environment of East Ayrshire as a means of improving the quality of life of all residents of the area. The plan has been designed, in particular, to help achieve the aims and aspirations of the Council’s Community Plan, especially with regard to the improvement of opportunities and the environment. In addition, the plan identifies a range of development sites for housing, industry and other uses to meet future anticipated demands and provides the Council’s policy and physical framework for future development throughout the authority area. I very much welcome the production of the local plan and acknowledge, with thanks, the efforts of all those involved in its preparation. I feel sure that all users of the planning system will benefit greatly from the information contained in the local plan and that the approach to new development advocated in the document will be of long term benefit to East Ayrshire as a whole.

Councillor Douglas Reid Leader of the Council

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 3 (iii) Minerals 23 Contents Minerals Profile 23 Policy Context 23 Executive Summary 6 Strategic Planning Context 23 Prime Objectives of the Local Plan 23 The Strategic Approach 6 Mineral Development Strategy 23 Stabilising Population Levels 6 Encouraging Economic Development 6 Investing in Communities 24 Improving Accessibility 7 5 (i) Investing in Housing 24 Developing Strong andVibrant Communities 8 Housing Profile 24 Safeguarding and Enhancing the Quality of the Built and Natural Environment 8 Policy Context 24 Assessment of the Plan 8 Strategic Planning Context 24 Prime Objective of the Local Plan 26 1 Introduction 9 East Ayrshire Housing Land Allocations 26 Format of the Local Plan 9 Housing in the StrategicExpansion Locations 28 Provisions of the Local Plan 10 Affordable Housing 29 Monitoring and Review 10 Community Care Housing 30 Social Rented Housing 30 The Development Strategy 11 Non-Permanent Dwellings 30 2 Enabling Development 30 The European, National and Local Context for the Plan 11 Housing in the Countryside 30 National Policy and Guidance 11 Master Plans and Design Statements for The Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan 12 Larger Scale Housing Developments 31 The East Ayrshire Community Plan 13 Housing Development Strategy 31 The Strategic Aims ofthe Local Plan 14 (ii) Investing in Retailing & Town Centre Activities 32 The General Development Strategy 15 Retail and Town CentreActivity Profile 32 Creating Successful Communities 16 Policy Context 32 3 Strategic Planning Context 32 Creating SuccessfulCommunities Profile 16 Prime Objective of the Local Plan 32 Policy Context 16 East Ayrshire Retail Requirements 32 Strategic Planning Context 16 Kilmarnock Town Centre and the Kilmarnock Prime Objectives of the Local Plan 17 Town Centre Strategy 32 Provision of Essential Infrastructure 17 Cumnock Town Centre and Cumnock Town Developer Contributions 18 CentreRenewal Strategy 34 Creating SuccessfulCommunities Strategy 19 Other Town Centres 35 Out of Town Centres 35 Investing inthe Economy 20 4 Retail and Town Centre Activities (i) Business and Industry 20 Development Strategy 35 Business and Industry Profile 20 (iii) Investing in Community Facility and Policy Context 20 Service Infrastructure 36 Strategic Planning Context 20 Community Facility and Service Infrastructure Profile 36 Prime Objectives of the Local Plan 21 Policy Context 36 Business and Industry Strategy 21 Strategic Planning Context 36 (ii) Tourism 22 Prime Objective of the Local Plan 37 Tourism Profile 22 Provision of Leisure,Cultural and Sporting Facilities 37 Policy Context 22 Renewable Energy 37 Strategic Planning Context 22 Telecommunications 37 Prime Objective of the Local Plan 22 Community Facility and Service Infrastructure Tourism Development Strategy 22 Development Strategy 38

4 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 (iv) Investing in Waste Management 38 Glossary of Terms 50 Waste Management Profile 38 Policy Context 38 Local Plan Schedules 56 Strategic Planning Context 38 Schedule 1: 56 Prime Objective of the Local Plan 39 Schedule 2: 56 Existing Waste Management Facilities 39 Schedule 3: 57 Future Waste Management Requirements 39 Schedule 3: 58 Waste ManagementDevelopment Strategy 39 Schedule 3: 59 6 Investing in Transportation Schedule 4: 59 and Access 40 Schedule 5: 59 Schedule 6: 59 Transportation and Access Profile 40 Schedule 6: 60 Policy Context 40 Schedule 7: 60 Strategic Planning Context 40 Schedule 8: 61 Prime Objective of the Local Plan 41 Schedule 9: 61 Transport Assessmentsand Appraisals 41 Transportation Components of the Kilmarnock APPENDIX 1: Town Centre Strategy and Cumnock East Ayrshire Community Plan Themes and Aims 62 Town Centre Regeneration 42 Improving Community Safety 62 Transport Development Strategy 42 Promoting Lifelong Learning 62 Protecting the Environment 43 Improving Health and Wellbeing 62 7 Delivering Community Regeneration 62 Environment Profile 43 Policy Context 43 APPENDIX 2: Strategic Planning Context 44 Sites of Local Nature Conservation Interest 63 Prime Objective of the Local Plan 44 (i) Built Heritage 45 APPENDIX 2(a): (ii) Townscape and Design 45 Sites of National and Local Nature Master Plans andDesign Statements 45 Conservation Interest 64 (iii) Natural Heritage 46 Sites of International Importance 46 APPENDIX 3: Sites of National Importance 46 Agricultural Land Classification 66 Sites of Local Interest 46 (iv) Landscape and the Rural Environment 46 APPENDIX 4: Green Networks 47 East Ayrshire Local Plan: Action Programme 67 (v) Environmental Protection 47 Flooding 47 Contaminated Land 47 Water Quality 47 Environment Development Strategy 48 8 Monitoring, Evaluation and Review 49

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 5 The Strategic Approach The Local Plan has been firmly placed in the context of Executive Scottish Ministers’ National Planning Framework and all current national planning advice and guidance produced by the Scottish Government and also fully respects and reflects Summary the provisions of the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan. In this regard, the local plan is specifically geared towards: Overall Aims and • stabilising the population of Ayrshire in 2025 at current (2005) levels; Objectives of the Plan • encouraging and facilitating economic development; The East Ayrshire Local Plan • improving accessibility both within, and to 2010 has been designed opportunities outside, Ayrshire; specifically to help achieve, • developing strong and vibrant communities; and in land use terms, the vision of • safeguarding and enhancing the quality of the built the Council’s Community Plan, and natural environment. which is to ensure that: ‘East Ayrshire will be a place with strong, vibrant communities where everyone has a good quality of life and access to opportunities, choices and high quality services which are sustainable, accessible and meet people’s needs.’

In this regard, the Local Plan has adopted a primary strategic aim which aspires: ‘to promote sustainable development, to maximise the economic potential Stabilising Population Levels of East Ayrshire and to improve In order to halt population decline and to help sustain local the quality of life of its residents.’ communities, the Council has adopted the principal objective of the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan, to stabilise the population of East Ayrshire by 2025 at current (2005) levels. The local plan aims to achieve this objective by: • providing an adequate supply, range and type of housing sites throughout East Ayrshire’s communities to meet all future anticipated needs and requirements; • creating living and working environments of the highest possible quality for all residents of the area, in order to help retain population and attract new inward investment; and • facilitating appropriate and sympathetic residential development within the countryside in order to help stem rural population decline.

6 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Encouraging Economic Development Improving Accessibility A strong and vibrant business and industrial base is seen as In order to provide an improved, integrated and sustainable an essential pre-requisite to the creation of successful transport infrastructure and to promote the development of communities within East Ayrshire. In order to help achieve stronger communication links with Ayrshire, the Glasgow an effective economy throughout East Ayrshire’s conurbation and national strategic transportation networks, communities, the local plan the plan: • directs all strategic business and industrial • supports the upgrading of the A77 south of developments to sites within Kilmarnock and Kilmarnock, including upgrading and improvement of Cumnock / Auchinleck areas; the Bellfield Interchange; • identifies and safeguards suitable business and • encourages the development of the A76 Trunk Road industrial locations throughout East Ayrshire’s as a first class strategic route, including provision of a communities; by-pass for Mauchline; • directs major office developments to Kilmarnock and • seeks improvement of strategic road links to the M74 Cumnock; through improvements of the A70 and A71 roads; • encourages the development of rail freight based • seeks improved passenger rail services between industries at appropriate locations on the rail network; Kilmarnock and Glasgow, and the establishment of new passenger rail halts at Mauchline, Hurlford • encourages farm diversification, diversification of the and Cumnock and at Altonhill and Queens Drive rural economy and the development of appropriate in Kilmarnock new rural businesses and industries; In order to help address the threat posed by climate change, • encourages working from home subject to certain to reduce energy consumption and to reduce CO2 emissions criteria being met; and caused by road traffic, the plan also • promotes sympathetic and appropriate tourism related • promotes the transportation of freight by rail rather development in local communities and throughout the than by road; rural area.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 7 • promotes development of the local cycle and footpath The Council also aims, through the local plan, to ensure that networks and the creation of improved and further developers contribute to the creation of successful links with national cycle and footpath routes; and communities and high quality new developments by: • ensures that new developments are easily accessible • requiring that appropriate levels of service and, wherever possible, adequately served by a range infrastructure are provided within new residential of different modes of transport. developments; • requiring that developers of new retail and Developing Strong and commercial leisure developments make appropriate Vibrant Communities contributions to help facilitate improvements to the environmental quality of the public realm; and In order to make East Ayrshire a desirable location within which people would wish to live and work, the Council • requiring that developers of new residential recognises that local communities must be of the highest developments provide adequate community facilities quality and provided with a full range of services and and amenities to meet the needs of local residents facilities to support local populations and to cater for the living within each new development proposed. needs of all residents and visitors to the area. To achieve The Council also requires prospective developers of these objectives, the local plan aims, in particular; larger scale developments, particularly those residential • to provide an adequate supply of effective housing developments in the strategic expansion locations identified land and associated leisure, recreational, community in the local plan, to produce Master Plans and will also request and other facilities and services to meet anticipated developers to produce design statements to accompany their demand; and development proposals, as considered appropriate. • to strengthen and improve the viability and vitality of the retail and economic base of East Ayrshire. Safeguarding and Enhancing the Quality In order to achieve these aims, the local plan: of the Built and Natural Environment The Council is committed to protecting, conserving and • directs all major future residential, economic and enhancing the character, appearance and amenity of the retail development to Kilmarnock; East Ayrshire communities and their rural settings, especially • promotes as a priority, the regeneration of the former as regards their landscape quality and the built and natural Coalfield Area communities; environment. The local plan therefore aims: • encourages the reuse of brownfield redevelopment • to protect, preserve and, where appropriate, enhance sites and existing properties for new development all built and natural heritage resources requiring purposes; conservation; • directs development meeting particular identified • to protect, preserve and enhance the landscape needs to specific development opportunity sites; and character and appearance of the area; • requires all new developments to be of the highest • to prepare Article 4 Directions for Conservation Areas; quality of design and in keeping with the character • to encourage appropriate and sensitive forest, and appearance of the area in which they are located. woodland and tree management throughout the area; • to develop, improve and enhance those areas of land despoiled by past coal and other mineral extraction; • to prepare and implement Environmental Improvement Action Plans for particular identified areas; and • to establish and protect a Green Network for East Ayrshire. Assessment of the Plan As an integral part of the plan preparation process, all of the aims, strategies, policies and proposals contained within the local plan have been made the subject of a full Sustainability Appraisal which accompanies the Local Plan as a separate supporting document.

8 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 1 Introduction

1.1 What will East Ayrshire be like in 2017? The East Ayrshire Community Plan has a vision for East Ayrshire, stating that: ‘East Ayrshire will be a place with strong, vibrant communities where everyone has a good quality of life and access to opportunities, choices and high 1 quality services which are sustainable, accessible and meet people’s needs.’ 1.2 The Community Plan itself is a blueprint as to how Introduction the Council and its partners will work towards achieving that vision. In turn, the East Ayrshire Local Plan will play a key role in ensuring that the vision of the Community Plan is achieved in land use terms. Its main purpose is to encourage and guide future development, including housing, shops, offices, schools and other community facilities, to the right locations and to ensure that such developments are designed and laid out to the highest standards. 1.3 Houses, offices and shops, are not generally provided by the Council. However, the Council is determined to work in partnership with developers and investment companies to ensure that East Ayrshire grows and prospers. The confidence to enable companies to invest in East Ayrshire must come from the Local Plan. Format of the Local Plan 1.4 The local plan has been produced in a three volume format, as follows: Volume 1: Introduction and Strategic Approach 1.5 Volume 1 of the plan addresses the various planning issues facing East Ayrshire on a subject by subject basis, providing a broad profile of each subject discussed and its national and strategic planning context. The main aims and objectives of the plan relating to each subject are identified and a series of development strategies set out, detailing how these particular aims and objectives can best be achieved. Volume 2: Strategic and General Development Management Policies 1.6 Volume 2 of the plan sets out, again on a subject by subject basis, those strategic and general policies designed to implement the development strategies formulated in Volume 1 of the document and to provide a policy base for making informed decisions on planning applications. Volume 2 also lists all major development proposals programmed by the Council and other public agencies and bodies and makes recommendations to relevant parties to follow certain stated courses of action to help achieve the objectives of the plan.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 9 Volume 3: Development Strategies - Development Strategies Settlement and Rural Area (denoted by DS in the plan) set out the Council’s Development Opportunities approach to achieving the aims of the local plan. Strategic Policies - Strategic Policies indicate how the 1.7 Volume 3 of the plan identifies, on a series of maps, Council will address key development issues and those Housing, Business and Industry, and meet strategic planning objectives. Miscellaneous Opportunity Sites that are required to meet future demand in the local plan period to 2017. General Policies - General Policies indicate the In those settlements identified in the Ayrshire Joint attitude of the Council to new development on a topic Structure Plan as Strategic Expansion Locations (ie by topic basis and act as a guide for the management the communities of Kilmarnock, Cumnock / of development. The policies are designed to be Auchinleck, Stewarton and Mauchline) the broad flexible and adaptable to change, in order to be scale and direction of future, longer term development responsive to future development opportunities as beyond the local plan period to 2025 have also been they arise. indicated on the local plan maps pertaining to the Proposals - Proposals detail the committed settlements concerned. development intentions of the Council, other public 1.8 The Council has made every possible effort to ensure agencies or private developers. that the development opportunity sites identified in Recommendations - The Council itself may not be in Volume 3 of the plan are effective and deliverable. a position to implement some developments However, it is accepted that a number of sites proposed. In these circumstances, recommendations identified may be subject to certain development are made to other bodies asking them to take action constraints, particularly with regard to flood risk, in accordance with the Plan. transport impacts and ground conditions which require detailed site investigation and analysis and which Each of the aims, strategies, policies, proposals and cannot be adequately assessed or quantified by the recommendations of the plan have been give unique Council as part of the local plan preparation process. reference numbers to aid comprehension of the In this regard, potential developers of any of the document and to facilitate their assessment in development sites identified should satisfy themselves strategic environmental and socio-economic terms. that ground conditions are suitable for the particular development proposed, that adequate measures can Assessment of the Plan be taken to mitigate any potential flood risk and that the transport impacts of their particular developments 1.11 As an integral part of the plan preparation process, are acceptable to the Council as Roads Authority. They all of the aims, strategies, policies and proposals should also note that the inclusion of a development contained within the document have been made the opportunity site in the plan does not remove the subject of a full Sustainability Appraisal. The appraisal requirement to obtain all other necessary consents, process has comprised both a comprehensive Strategic authorisations or licences required under associated Environmental Assessment of the plan, carried out to environmental protection or other legislation. meet the statutory provisions of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Scotland) 1.9 A series of schedules and appendices is attached to Regulations 2004 and the Environmental Assessment the plan, supplementing the information contained in (Scotland) Act 2005, and a non statutory assessment the document, and a glossary of terms is also of all local plan provisions in socio-economic terms. provided. In the interests of clarity and openness, a The Sustainability Appraisal itself, accompanies the schedule of those development opportunity sites local plan as a separate supporting document. identified in the plan which are in Council ownership have also been included in the document. Monitoring and Review Provisions of the Local Plan 1.12 The provisions of the local plan will be regularly monitored and reviewed to keep it relevant and up-to- 1.10 The local plan identifies a series of aims, strategies, date. In order to assist in this process, an Action Plan policies, proposals and recommendations which, has been produced, setting out a proposed programme together, are intended to help meet the Council’s as regard the implementation of the specific proposals vision described in Paragraph 1.1 above and to contained in the document. This Action Plan is provide for future appropriate, sympathetic and reproduced as Appendix 4 of the plan, and it is sustainable development throughout East Ayrshire. proposed that the Action Plan itself will be monitored Aims - The Aims of the plan have been formulated to on an annual basis, allowing the Council to regularly help achieve the aspirations of the Council to promote assess the degree to which individual proposals of the sustainable development, to improve natural and built plan are being implemented and achieved. amenities for residents and visitors and to regenerate communities.

10 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 2 The Development Strategy

The European, National and Local Context for the Plan 2.1 In preparing its development strategy to 2017 the 2 Council is required to take account of European legislation, national planning policies, advice and guidance, the provisions of the Ayrshire Joint The Structure Plan and other statements of commitment by the Council or its partners. Development 2.2 The Government’s commitment to sustainable development has been of fully reflected in the preparation of the East Ayrshire Local Plan. Strategy The Council is keen to promote sustainable forms and patterns of development while conserving natural resources and protecting and enhancing the environment and this approach is a central component of the plan. National Policy and Guidance 2.3 Although many documents have been considered in the preparation of the plan, there are three documents at a national level that have been particularly important in shaping the local plan’s development strategy: • The National Planning Framework • People and Place: Regeneration Policy Statement; and • Choosing our Future: Scotland’s Sustainable Development Strategy

The National Planning Framework and East Ayrshire. Planning Requirements • to strengthen strategic transport corridors with Ireland and the Continent; • to improve links with Scotland’s central belt; • to cluster export orientated industries along transport corridors; • to promote regeneration and economic diversification in small towns; • to develop cultural, business and activity based tourism; and • to improve environmental quality in the former mining areas

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 11 The Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan People and Place: Regeneration 2.5 The Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan was approved by Policy Statement and East Ayrshire Scottish Ministers in November 2007. By law, the local plan must conform to the Structure Plan. Planning Requirements 2.6 The structure plan has five key objectives • to pursue opportunities for regeneration with a regional impact across Ayrshire, particularly within (i) to stabilise the population of Ayrshire in 2025 at the Coalfield Area and Kilmarnock Town Centre. current (2005) levels (SP1); • to ensure that the status of regeneration projects is (ii) to support measures that encourage economic reflected in the priorities of delivery agencies. development underpinned by a sustainable population (SP2); • to work with the Community Planning Partnership in Ayrshire to foster a more strategic approach to (iii) to seek improved accessibility both within, and to regeneration which links effectively with local and opportunities outside, Ayrshire (SP3); regional economic opportunities. (iv) to develop strong and vibrant communities by realising their potential for regeneration and growth and through the promotion of appropriate development in rural areas (SP4); and (v) to safeguard and enhance the quality of the Choosing Our Future: Scotland’s environment (SP5). Sustainable Development Strategy 2.7 Whilst meeting strict guidelines for sustainable and East Ayrshire. development and taking into account the provisions of the National Planning Framework, the structure plan Planning Requirements requires East Ayrshire Council: • investing substantially in public transport • to provide for integrated and complimentary and rail infrastructure; development within the Core Investment Area • improving the quality of our green space and and to promote it as the primary focus for all streetscape; major development; • environmental regeneration of the most deprived • to support an appropriate scale of residential, neighbourhoods; business and environmental action in the Investment Corridors; • moving away from our dependence on landfill in the treatment of waste and investing in recycling; • to support Service Centres as the primary foci for development in Investment Corridors; • protecting communities from flooding; • to provide for an appropriate level of • using Strategic Environmental Assessment to development commensurate with capacity to identify and mitigate potential impacts of accommodate growth in Local Communities; development on biodiversity, soil, water, air, and landscapes etc; • to support Rural Areas through measures that • reducing greenhouse gas emissions and getting seek to diversify the rural economy and more energy from renewable sources; facilitate new rural business and industry. • providing more affordable housing and improving the existing housing stock; and • improving the energy efficiency of buildings.

2.4 The preceding boxes outline the national context within which the local plan development strategy has been prepared.

12 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 2.8 The structure of the settlement hierarchy, as it relates The East Ayrshire Community Plan to East Ayrshire, is provided in Table 1 below: 2.9 The East Ayrshire Community Plan is the most Table 1: East Ayrshire Local Plan important strategic operational document produced by Settlement Hierarchy the Council. It sets down in four themes and associated Action Plans what the Council and its partners will do: Local Plan Settlement Hierarchy • to promote social justice and inclusion; Core Investment Area • to ensure effective community engagement in Major town – Kilmarnock the planning and development of local services; Local Communities – Hurlford*, Crookedholm*, • to succeed in joint working and engaging people; Crosshouse*, Knockentiber+ • to ensure quality and accessibility; and Glasgow Link Corridor • to deliver continuous improvement and best value. Service Centre – Stewarton 2.10 The East Ayrshire Local Plan is designed to manage and allocate sufficient land in the right places so that Local Communtities – Kilmaurs*, Fenwick+, Dunlop+ new development is of the required standard and is in Other Communities – Laigh Fenwick, Lugton, accord with the aims of the Community Plan. Waterside (by Kilmarnock), Moscow 2.11 Of the four themes identified as part of the Community Irvine Valley Corridor Plan, the theme of ‘Delivering Community Regeneration’ is of particular relevance to the local Service Centre – Galston plan. Through the Delivering Community Regeneration Local Communities – Darvel+, Newmilns+ Action Plan, the Council is committed to: Other Communities – Priestland • regenerating town centres and villages, and dealing with rundown areas; Cumnock Link Corridor • growing and supporting new and existing Service Centres – Cumnock, Auchinleck businesses, including the social economy; Local Communities – Catrine*, Drongan*, Logan / • developing employability initiatives, including Lugar+, Mauchline*, Muirkirk+, New Cumnock+, within the social economy; Ochiltree +, Sorn+ • growing tourism and increasing visits and Other Communities – Burnside, Coalhall, Cronberry, participation in cultural and leisure activities; Hayhill, Leggate/Connel Park/Bank Glen, Rankinston Sinclairston and Skares, • promoting transport solutions, particularly for rural areas, ensuring that good quality Doon Valley Corridor affordable choices are available; Service Centre – Dalmellington • supporting the provision of sustainable housing Local Communities – Bellsbank+, Dalrymple*, Patna* solutions; Other Communities – Burnton, Hollybush, Polnessan, • protecting, conserving and enhancing the Skeldon Mills, Waterside natural environment; Key • mitigating against and adapting to the negative effects of climate change; * Local Community with significant development • supporting parents and carers, communities, opportunities. service providers and agencies to break +Local Community with small scale development intergenerational cycles of poverty, inequality opportunities. and poor outcomes in and through the early years Note: Limited development may be considered acceptable in the ‘Other Communities’ listed above, 2.12 A full list of the Community Plan themes and aims is as considered appropriate. provided in Appendix 1 of the local plan.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 13 The Strategic Aims of the Local Plan 2.13 The local plan has an important role to play in achieving all of the Community Plan themes and aspirations detailed above as well as achieving the wider objectives set down in the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan and all relevant national documents. To this end, the local plan has adopted a single primary strategic aim which is: ‘to promote sustainable development, to maximise the economic potential of East Ayrshire and to improve the quality of life of its residents.’ 2.14 This primary aim is, in turn, supported by a series of more specific, related aims which endeavour to balance the need for development against the need to 2.15 In order to help achieve the primary and other conserve the unique character of the area. These strategic aims of the local plan, a general aims are: development strategy has been adopted by the Council relating to the whole of East Ayrshire. This (i) to stem out migration and maintain resident general strategy is detailed below. However, in order populations at, or about, current levels (AIM1); to provide more detailed strategic guidance and (ii) to maintain and improve the integrity, vitality and advice a series of topic based Development Strategies viability of the area settlements and their rural has also been formulated and these are contained in settings (AIM 2). the individual chapters within Volume 1 of the plan. (iii) to facilitate the expansion and diversification Both the general and topic based strategies detailed in of the East Ayrshire economy and to maximise the plan are supplemented and supported by a series the economic potential of the area for industrial, of strategic and general development policies which business, commercial and tourism development are set out, again on a topic by topic basis, in Volume (AIM3); 2 of the document. (iv) to protect, conserve and enhance the character, appearance and amenity of East Ayrshire, especially as regards its landscape quality, the built and natural environment and areas of natural heritage and built heritage importance (AIM 4); (v) to maximise benefits to the area by promoting an improved and integrated transportation infrastructure and promoting the development of stronger communication links with the national strategic road and rail networks (AIM5); (vi) to provide an adequate supply of effective housing land and associated leisure, recreational, community and other facilities and services to meet anticipated demand (AIM6); (vii) to strengthen and improve the viability and vitality of the retail and office base of East Ayrshire (AIM7); 2.16 The local plan has been specifically designed to create (viii) to promote appropriate development in rural successful communities and to help achieve the areas (AIM8); and highest quality of development on the ground. The plan is also designed specifically to ensure that a full (ix) to address the threat posed by climate change, to range of services and facilities is provided to support encourage the more efficient use of resources, to local populations and to cater for the needs of all reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions residents and visitors to the area. Chapter 3 in Volume and to facilitate the development of renewable 1 of the local plan describes the particular approach sources of energy (AIM9) adopted by the Council to achieve these goals.

14 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 The General Development Strategy (i) directs all major strategic residential, retail and economic related developments to the major town of Kilmarnock and promotes the development of the necessary transport and service infrastructure required to facilitate the developments concerned; (Development Strategy DS1); (ii) promotes improved accessibility to Scotland’s central belt, Ayrshire’s Gateway Locations, the M74 and the south; (Development Strategy DS2); (iii) encourages appropriate and sympathetic development which contributes positively to rural and farm diversification throughout the rural area (Development Strategy DS3); (iv) promotes the former Coalfield Areas as a national regeneration priority (Development Strategy DS4); (v) encourages the redevelopment and reuse of brownfield land and vacant, derelict and underutilised existing buildings for new development purposes (Development Strategy DS5); (vi) directs development meeting particular identified needs to specific development opportunity sites (Development Strategy DS6); (vii) safeguards and protects sensitive rural areas from inappropriate development (Development Strategy DS7); and (viii) requires all new developments to be of the highest quality of design and in keeping with the character and appearance of the area in which they are located (Development Strategy DS8). Note: The inclusion of a development opportunity site in the plan does not remove the requirement for developers to obtain all other necessary consents, authorisations or licenses required by associated environmental protection or other legislation.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 15 3 Creating Successful Communities

Creating Successful Communities Profile 3.1 The profile of East Ayrshire in relation to creating 3 successful communities is characterised by: • high levels of demand for residential Creating development placing considerable pressure on existing service infrastructure and community facilities in certain areas; Successful • contributions currently being sought from developers of residential sites for the Communities provision of appropriate sporting, leisure and recreational facilities through the Council’s Sports, Leisure and Recreation Fund; and • provision of public art within developments being encouraged through the Council’s current ‘Percent for Art’ policy. Policy Context 3.2 The policy context for this section is provided by: • Scottish Government Circular 1/2010: Planning Agreements • Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan Strategic Planning Context 3.3 The Ayrshire Structure Plan requires the Council to allocate land to stabilise the population in 2025 at 2005 levels. In doing so, it is estimated that approximately 7,300 new houses will require to be built in East Ayrshire in identified locations during the local plan period to 2017. 3.4 The Structure Plan also sets out the guiding principles for sustainable development and specifically states that: • developers will be expected to mitigate the significant adverse impacts of their developments and to ensure the costs involved are not borne locally; and • where new developments are proposed, developers will be expected to contribute towards overcoming any existing infrastructure constraints. 3.5 The Council considers it imperative that all new developments should be of the highest quality and integrate fully with both any existing or proposed developments within the area. In this regard, all developers will be required to provide the

16 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 infrastructure necessary to service their developments, part of the Q&SIII Investment Programme, it will be either individually or in conjunction with other undertaking its multi million pound Irvine Bay developers, and to ensure that all necessary Improvement Scheme project which will significantly community or other facilities are put into place in improve river and coastal water quality and the water order to service residents or other users of the environments in both East and North Ayrshire. The developments concerned. Improvement Scheme has taken consideration of proposed development with both Councils and Prime Objectives of the Local Plan involves the construction of a new storm sewer running from the centre of Kilmarnock to the 3.6 The Council aims to ensure that developers contribute Gatehead Tanks. Additional storage at this site will to the creation of successful communities and high hold storm water prior to a controlled release to the quality new developments by: treatment works. The new pipeline continues to run • requiring that appropriate levels of service from the Gatehead Tanks, through North Ayrshire, to infrastructure are provided within new connect with the Meadowhead Waste Water residential developments in order to meet the Treatment Works near Irvine. programme of development identified in the 3.9 Scottish Water has also undertaken a study of the water Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan; network in the Kilmarnock area which has provided • requiring developers of new retail and baseline information. A subsequent study carried out commercial leisure developments to make scenario modelling for Kilmarnock to investigate the appropriate contributions to help facilitate impact of proposed new local plan greenfield release improvements to the environmental quality of developments on the water supply network and to the public realm; and determine whether all new and existing properties within the town would receive an adequate security of • requiring that developers of new residential supply and at an adequate level of service. The study developments provide adequate community concluded that, in general terms, new greenfield facilities and amenities to meet the needs of release sites in Kilmarnock can be developed without local residents living within each new resulting in any unacceptable significant adverse development proposed. impact on the water supply network. 3.10 Scottish Water is required under Ministerial Direction Provision of Essential Infrastructure to provide new strategic capacity in terms of water (i) Provision of Water and and waste treatment works to meet the needs of Sewerage Infrastructure developers as they arise. Funding is not, however, available to provide improvements to local 3.7 The Council is aware that the existing water and infrastructure which remain the responsibility of sewerage infrastructure of East Ayrshire may not be individual developers, although Scottish Water may able to cope with the levels of construction necessary make a contribution. When preparing their to retain population at 2005 levels, as required by the development proposals for the short and medium Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan. In order to deliver the term, all developers, either individually or collectively, rate of residential development as identified in the are therefore advised to design their infrastructure structure plan, developers are strongly encouraged to requirements, bearing in mind any future long term work in partnership with Scottish Water, the Council development requirements they may have in the area. and, where appropriate, with other developers in Early consultation with Scottish Water is order to deliver the water and sewerage infrastructure recommended to identify any such requirements. required to service their individual developments and to ensure that new development in accord with the plan is progressed timeously. 3.8 The current situation relating to sewerage provision in East Ayrshire is described in Scottish Water’s investment plan for the period 2006 to 2010, this period representing the first four years of its current capital programme, Quality and Standards III (Q&SIII) which also extends to cover the period 2010 to 2014. Scottish Water recognises that there are currently sewerage infrastructure constraints in East Ayrshire within the Irvine Valley Sewer catchment area (ie in the communities of Darvel, Newmilns, Galston, Hurlford, Crookedholm, Kilmarnock, Fenwick, Kilmaurs, Knockentiber, Crosshouse and Gatehead). Scottish Water has announced that, as

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 17 3.11 In general terms, the provision of water and sewerage undertaker. Other than in exceptional circumstances, infrastructure is an integral component of all they will also be required to provide, or contribute residential and other development throughout East towards the cost of providing, new or improved Ayrshire. It is therefore considered that essential non- community facilities or amenities, or to supplement strategic water and sewerage infrastructure designed existing provision, where these are required as a to serve a development and which would not have consequence of the development being proposed, on been necessary but for the development, should be its own, or as a result of the cumulative impact of provided directly by the particular developer development in the area. The plan also includes concerned. It is not considered appropriate that such policies setting out the circumstances in which service provision should be funded by developer developer contributions will be sought from wind farm contributions as described below. and minerals operators. (ii) Provision of Other Service Infrastructure 3.14 Where financial contributions are agreed with the Council in lieu of direct facility or amenity provision, 3.12 As with the provision of water and sewerage the sums payable will be index linked to British infrastructure, the provision of all other essential, non Construction Standard Index (BCSI) to the date of strategic service infrastructure such as gas, electricity, agreement. Facilities that are to be provided directly telecommunications and certain roads and by the developer will require to be provided either transportation infrastructure designed to serve a within the period of the local plan, on completion of development and which would not be necessary but the development or, in exceptional circumstances, for the development should be provided in full by the before the development begins. particular developer concerned. Developer contributions will not be used by the Council to fund 3.15 Developer contributions, where required, will be such infrastructure provision. sought through planning conditions or, where this is

not feasible, planning or other legal agreements, Developer Contributions where the tests in Circular 1/2010 are met. The General Principles contributions sought will relate in scale and kind to the development proposed and its individual or 3.13 The local plan sets out ambitious proposals for the cumulative effects. future development and regeneration of East Ayrshire. Aligned to these proposals is the need to provide 3.16 The Council has identified community and other adequate infrastructure to serve all new developments public facilities that are likely to require to be provided and facilities and amenities to meet the needs of local or improved in settlements in the core investment populations. Developers will require to provide service area and the investment corridors to meet the infrastructure essential for their development where increased demand resulting from the new this is not provided by the relevant statutory developments proposed in the plan. It has also

18 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 identified a core area wide project for the Kilmarnock Contributions may be waived or reduced in Core Area and a corridor wide project for each of the exceptional circumstances, for example where the investment corridors. Where appropriate, individual council is satisfied that a development would have contributions may be pooled in order to achieve the exceptional development costs; would have particular delivery of the relevant facilities. Supplementary economic, social or other benefits; is enabling Planning Guidance sets out how the nature and level development, as defined in the plan; or where of contributions will be calculated and how pooled affordable housing is to be provided. contributions and funding for core area wide and investment corridor wide projects will be used. Creating Successful 3.17 New developments can impact significantly on a wide Communities Strategy range of existing services, facilities and amenities. These can include education infrastructure, In order to enable the creation of successful transportation infrastructure, community facilities, communities, the Plan: recreation and green space initiatives and, in some (i) seeks to ensure that appropriate water, cases, town centre improvement projects. The sewerage and other services infrastructure council’s Facilities Survey has identified locations required to serve new development is provided where existing deficiencies are likely to be (Development Strategy DS9); exacerbated by the effects of new developments proposed in the plan. Transportation infrastructure for (ii) encourages developers to work with Scottish which developer contributions will be sought, subject Water, either individually or collectively with to the provisions of Circular 1/2010, include key other developers as required, to provide the projects identified in the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan water and sewerage infrastructure required for and the council’s Local Transport Strategy. their developments (Development Strategy Contributions may also be directed towards the DS10); and funding of transport modelling exercises to assess the (iii) requires developers to provide, or to contribute to potential cumulative transport effects of developing the cost of providing or improving, local community strategic expansion locations. The education, infrastructure, facilities or amenities where these community and recreation facilities and green space are required as a consequence of the development initiatives that the Council considers likely to require being proposed, either on its own, or as a result of developer contributions are identified in the relevant the cumulative impact of development in the area settlement chapters in Volume 3 of the plan. Whether (Development Strategy DS11). developer contributions will be required for any particular development and, if so, their nature and scale, will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 19 4 Investing in the Economy

(i) Business and Industry Business and Industry Profile 4 4.1 The business and industry profile of East Ayrshire is characterised by Investing in • a decline in agriculture and traditional engineering, textile and extraction industries • under representation of service, technology and the Economy business industries The Investing in the Economy • pockets of high levels of deprivation and Section of the Local Plan unemployment addresses the following issues: • a legacy of brownfield and despoiled land generally unsuited for the needs of modern • Investing in Business companies and Industry; • increased commuting to the Glasgow conurbation. • Investing in Tourism; and • Investing in Minerals Policy Context Developments 4.2 The policy context for the business and industry section of the plan is provided by a variety of national planning policy and advice, particularly: • Scottish Planning Policy (SPP); • PAN 52 – Planning in Small Towns; and • PAN 73 – Rural Diversification. • PAN 84 – Reducing Carbon Emissions in New Development 4.3 In addition, the following documents are also relevant to the local plan: • The National Planning Framework • People and Place: Regeneration Statement by the Scottish Executive, and • Scotland’s Sustainable Development Strategy. Strategic Planning Context 4.4 The Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan requires East Ayrshire Council to safeguard, promote and enhance: • the strategic industrial / business sites at Kilmarnock North (Mosside), Rowallan and Moorfield; • Kilmarnock Town Centre as a business location; and • a bulk freight facility at Barony, Auchinleck

20 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 4.5 In addition it encourages consideration and limited 4.8 The Kilmarnock Town Centre Strategy, which was expansion, as opportunities allow, for industrial and approved in December 2005 but is currently under business development within the identified Service review, identifies two particular sites for office / Centres (Cumnock / Auchinleck, Stewarton, commercial development at Green Street (‘Top of the Dalmellington and Galston). Within all other Town’) and Holmquarry Road. Further sites with communities the structure plan recommends that an potential for office development have also been adequate supply of industrial and business land be identified at Strand Street and Park Street. However, identified to cater for locally based demand. Rural Class 4 business uses are also considered acceptable Diversification (eg the development of local quality uses within Kilmarnock town centre as a whole, as food initiatives) is also supported, provided it can be well as in other town centres throughout East Ayrshire. suitably accommodated and does not compromise the 4.9 In addition to the office sites identified in Kilmarnock environmental quality of the countryside itself. The town centre, Cumnock town centre has also been structure plan also supports proposals which expand identified as a suitable location for new retail and or consolidate higher educational and associated office developments as part of the Council’s plans for research and development facilities, thus contributing the regeneration of Cumnock Town Centre. to the growth of the knowledge economy throughout East Ayrshire. 4.10 Existing and potential industrial and business land and premises have been safeguarded, as appropriate, both within the East Ayrshire communities and in the rural area. A list of all effective Business and Industrial Development Opportunity Sites and those Miscellaneous Development Opportunity Sites with potential for industrial or business development is detailed in Schedule 1, in Volume 1 of the plan. Business and Industry Strategy In summary, the business and industry strategy of the local plan: (i) directs all strategic business and industrial developments to sites within Kilmarnock and Cumnock / Auchinleck areas (Development Prime Objectives of the Local Plan Strategy DS12) 4.6 Although the Council and its partners are committed (ii) identifies and safeguards suitable business and to developing the economy of East Ayrshire as a industrial locations within the Service Centres whole, the focus of the local plan, as it pertains to and throughout East Ayrshire’s communities business and industry, is: (Development Strategy DS13); • to capitalise on economic opportunities within (iii) directs major office developments to Kilmarnock the core investment area and those arising from and Cumnock (Development Strategy DS14) the extension of the M77 into Ayrshire; (iv) encourages the development of rail freight • to regenerate the economy of the Coalfield based industries at existing coal disposal points Communities; and and other appropriate locations on the rail network (Development Strategy DS15) • to stimulate the development of knowledge based industries and service sector (v) encourages development of the traditional rural development within East Ayrshire. activities of agricultural and forestry, farm diversification and diversification of the rural 4.7 Accordingly, the local plan safeguards those industrial / economy with other sensitive uses of land business sites that are easily accessible to the A77 / including the development of appropriate new M77. Preliminary investigations have been undertaken rural businesses and industries (Development to ascertain the means by which enhanced and more Strategy DS16) direct access from the A77 / M77 to the Rowallan Business Park and the adjacent Kilmarnock North (vi) encourages working from home subject to (Mosside) strategic business site can best be achieved. certain criteria being met (Development The provision of improved access and the development Strategy DS17), and of these industrial / business areas as a gateway feature (vii) assesses all business and industry proposals on for the town, would do much to promote the northern sites not specifically identified for such part of Kilmarnock as a premier business and industrial purposes against certain stated criteria location in the West of Scotland. (Development Strategy DS18)

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 21 4.11 To enable the Council to deal effectively with all • the area’s cultural heritage focussed on business and industry matters that may arise during Robert Burns the life of the local plan, a comprehensive list of • tapping into tourist / visitor traffic passing policies is provided in Part 2 of the document. through East Ayrshire. (ii) Tourism 4.16 A Schedule of all those Miscellaneous Development Opportunity Sites with potential for tourism, leisure and recreational use is detailed in Schedule 2 of the Tourism Profile plan, to be found at the rear of Volume 1 of the plan. 4.12 The tourism profile of East Ayrshire is characterised by • a small number of significant tourist attractions Tourism Development Strategy • areas of high scenic quality and nature In summary, the tourism strategy of the plan: conservation interest containing little or no (i) promotes sympathetic tourism developments, tourism / visitor related infrastructure including a comprehensive range of tourist accommodation throughout the area Policy Context (Development Strategy DS19) 4.13 There is no specific national policy or guidance on the subject of tourism. However, salient points from Scotland’s Sustainable Development Strategy, SPP and PAN52; Planning for Small Towns, have been considered, as appropriate, in developing the tourism strategy. Strategic Planning Context 4.14 The strategic context for tourism is provided by the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan which: • promotes the development of tourism to increase the range, geographic spread and quality of accommodation, facilities, attractions and supporting infrastructure; • explores the potential offered by the natural environment in developing a Biosphere Reserve in the southern parts of Ayrshire; • safeguards and promotes the locations, landscape and buildings associated with Robert (ii) promotes the Doon and Irvine Valleys as Burns and seeks designation of these locations tourism gateways to East Ayrshire. as a possible World Heritage Site; and (Development Strategy DS20) • supports the development of outdoor access (iii) promotes Loch Doon and Glen Afton as tourist tourism, together with associated destinations (Development Strategy DS21) accommodation and infrastructure. (iv) promotes the Muirkirk Uplands and the River Prime Objective of the Local Plan Nith area for green tourism purposes (Development Strategy DS22); 4.15 The prime objective of the local plan insofar as tourism is concerned is to maximise the role that (v) promotes strategic cycle routes and footpath tourism can play in the regeneration of the local links with the national cycle and footpath economy and to increase visitor numbers based on: networks, (Development Strategy DS23) and • the area’s built and cultural heritage based on (vi) encourages and promotes tourism Dumfries House and Estate, Dean Castle developments based on the area’s built and Country Park, Loudoun Castle and Estate and cultural heritage, particularly in relation to the other historic properties in the area area’s association with Robert Burns, to Dumfries House and Estate, Loudoun Castle • the sustainable use and promotion of the and Estate and to other buildings or areas of landscape quality of the area and its associated significant historic, architectural or cultural nature conservation interest; importance (Development Strategy DS 24).

22 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 4.17 A comprehensive list of policies to enable the Council • to provide appropriate and accessible sources of to deal appropriately with all tourism related aggregates and other minerals to meet the development proposals that may arise during the life needs of the construction industry in East of the plan is provided in Volume 2 of the local plan. Ayrshire and adjoining authority areas. 4.24 It is recognised that, in order to comply with the (iii) Minerals provisions of SPP, the Council requires, in conjunction with North and South Ayrshire Councils and with the Minerals Profile full involvement of stakeholders in the aggregates industry, to identify a 10 year landbank of permitted 4.18 Other than opencast coal extraction there is little aggregate reserves within appropriate market areas. mineral activity within East Ayrshire. Opencast coal Because of the complex interrelationship of the extraction is addressed separately in the Adopted East Ayrshire and Glasgow conurbation aggregates market Ayrshire Opencast Coal Subject Plan and the local and lack of information relating to the quality and plan therefore deals specifically with all minerals other viability of aggregate reserves within East Ayrshire and that coal. Ayrshire as a whole, the mechanism for the 4.19 Existing mineral activity, other than opencast coal, in identification and analysis of the landbank is not yet East Ayrshire comprises: in place at the strategic level. Consequently, it has not been possible to reflect a landbank based approach to • sand and gravel extraction at Loudoun Hill, aggregate extraction at the local level, in the local near Darvel; and plan. A positive, criteria based policy approach to • hardrock extraction at Tincorn Hill, near Sorn aggregate extraction, reflecting the provisions of the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan, has therefore been It should be noted that a limited sand and gravel adopted by the Council in order to help meet the extraction at East Holmes, near Galston was only needs of the local construction industry and the needs permitted to facilitate tourist development proposals. of adjoining authority areas as considered appropriate. 4.20 Limestone and peat reserves also exist within the area but these are not worked commercially. Fireclay is Mineral Development Strategy worked alongside and in conjunction with opencast coaling extraction. In summary, the minerals strategy of the plan (i) restricts aggregate mineral extraction to existing Policy Context workings or at other locations in certain stated circumstances (Development Strategy DS25); 4.21 Planning advice and guidance is contained in Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) and PAN 50 and its associated (ii) prohibits commercial exploitation of peat annexes A, B, C and D controlling the Environmental reserves (Development Strategy DS26); Effects of Surface Mineral Working. (iii) protects economically important mineral resources from sterilisation by permanent Strategic Planning Context development (Development Strategy DS27); 4.22 The strategic context for minerals is provided by the (iv) ensures that mineral development proposals are Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan which: assessed against strict criteria in order to minimise any adverse impact on residents and • safeguards specialised and economically the environment (Development Strategy DS28); important mineral resources from sterilisation and by permanent development; and (v) ensures that mineral operators mitigate any • allows for the extraction of aggregate minerals adverse effects of their developments and make only in certain stated circumstances and a positive commitment to improving the subject to certain stated conditions. environment of any area affected by minerals operations and the amenity of residents Prime Objectives of the Local Plan (Development Strategy DS29). 4.23 The prime objectives of the local plan insofar as 4.25 A comprehensive list of policies to enable the Council minerals are concerned are: to deal effectively with all mineral development • to maximise the economic benefits that could proposals that may arise during the life time of the accrue to East Ayrshire through exploitation of plan is provided in Volume 2 of the local plan. the area’s mineral resources whilst protecting local residents and communities from the adverse effects of extractive operations and protecting the landscape and environmental amenity of the area; and

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 23 5 Investing in Communities

(i) Investing in Housing Housing Profile 5 5.1 The housing profile of East Ayrshire is characterised by: • an overall projected increase in the number of Investing in households; • high demand for new general needs and affordable housing, particularly in those Communities communities that are within commuting range of the Glasgow conurbation; The Investing in Communities Section of the Local Plan • a continued decline in household size; addresses the following issues: • high levels of vacant public sector homes and house demolitions in some areas. • Investing in Housing Policy Context • Investing in Retailing and Town 5.2 The policy context is provided by national planning Centres policy and advice particularly: • Investing in Community • Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) Facilities and Service • PAN44: Fitting New Houses into the Landscape Infrastructure • PAN68: Design Statements • Investing in Waste • PAN74: Affordable Housing Management • PAN76: New Residential Streets • PAN77: Designing Safer Places • PAN78: Inclusive Design • PAN79: Water and Drainage • PAN84: Reducing Carbon Emissions in New Development 5.3 The policy context is also informed by East Ayrshire Local Housing Strategy. Strategic Planning Context 5.4 In order to meet the key objectives of stabilising population in 2025 at 2005 levels and developing strong and vibrant communities, the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan calculates that approximately 12,150 houses of all types will need to be constructed in East Ayrshire. The Structure Plan allocates this housing construction requirement between the Core Investment Area, the 4 Investment Corridors in East Ayrshire and the rural area, as follows:

24 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Table 2: Structure Plan Housing Requirements • to apply the indicative targets identified in Table 2 of the structure plan without significantly Indicative departing from them and to achieve the Housing Target housing requirements of Table 3; Location 2005 to 2025 • to maintain a minimum five year effective Core Area 5700 housing land supply of housing land at all Glasgow Link Corridor 1500 times; Cumnock Link Corridor 3150 • to specify the sequence in which sites will be Irvine Valley Corridor 650 released for development taking into account Doon Valley Corridor 750 the phasing of any future infrastructure The Rural Area 400 investment; Total 12150 • to identity those sites where an appropriate mix of housing tenures and housing types, Source: Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan including affordable and special needs housing 5.5 Although indicative housing shortfalls for the core will be considered appropriate; and area and each of the investment corridors are • to give preference to the residential provided in the structure plan to 2017, corresponding development of sites within those communities to the time horizon of this local plan, the structure located on key public transport corridors and plan indicates that the shortfalls must be confirmed particularly along the rail lines to Glasgow. through more detailed local plan assessments and urban capacity studies. Accordingly, the indicative housing shortfall figures contained in the structure plan are provided for strategic guidance only. 5.6 The structure plan identifies specific locations for strategic expansion for the periods 2005 to 2012, 2012 to 2017 and 2017 to 2025. Insofar as East Ayrshire is concerned, all of the strategic expansion locations identified comprise greenfield sites, located in areas considered best able to stimulate the overall housing market, to provide opportunities for early land assembly and to upgrade service infrastructure. Four strategic expansion locations are identified in East Ayrshire as follows: 5.8 Insofar as possible, the local plan has addressed all of Table 3: Structure Plan Strategic Expansion Locations the various points detailed above. However, from the information available to the Council at the present time it has not been possible to specify any particular Strategic 2005 2012 2017 sequence in which the key housing sites identified in Expansion to to to the plan should be released for development. Location 2012 2017 2025 Total Kilmarnock (North West, 5.9 The structure plan also requires that master plans West and South) 700 1100 1000 3800 detailing how development will sit in the landscape and integrate with existing development are prepared Stewarton 100 200 100 400 for the major housing land releases. It also Mauchline 100 250 450 800 recommends that local planning authorities should Cumnock/ Auchinleck 100 250 150 500 seek financial and other contributions from developers to address any shortfall in infrastructure or to mitigate Source: Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan any adverse impact brought about by any new Note: As stated in Paragraph 74 of the Ayrshire Joint housing that is proposed. This issue has been Structure Plan, the Strategic Expansion Area releases specifically addressed in Chapter 3 of Volume 1 of the are in addition to the effective land supply and urban local plan. capacity opportunities identified in the current local plan. 5.10 In relation to housing development in the countryside, 5.7 The structure plan also requires the Council: and subject to appropriate development criteria being formulated in local plans, the replacement structure • to manage and programme any greenfield plan encourages new housing to meet the needs of housing land release so as not to prejudice agricultural and other rural business, new housing in development of brownfield land; existing rural communities, the re-use or redevelopment, as appropriate, of redundant buildings and the infilling of gap sites within existing housing groups.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 25 Prime Objective of the Local Plan East Ayrshire Housing Land Allocations 5.11 The prime objective of the local plan, insofar as 5.14 Based on the Indicative Housing Targets as detailed in housing is concerned, is to allocate, in accordance Table 2 above, it has been calculated, on a pro rata with the provisions of the replacement structure plan, basis, that the indicative housing target for East a sufficient supply and choice of housing land, Ayrshire as a whole, for the period 2005 to 2017, is together with any associated ancillary and service some 7290 houses. The targets for the Core Area, facilities, to meet all East Ayrshire housing needs to individual corridors and the rural area are shown in 2017, whilst taking into consideration future housing Table 4 below. land requirements to 2025. Table 4: Indicative Housing Targets 2005 to 2017 5.12 The local plan allocates specific areas of housing land to meet structure plan requirements to 2017. Indicative However, the structure plan identifies longer term Housing Target indicative housing targets to 2025. For general Location 2005 to 2017 information purposes only, the Council’s current Core Area 3420 preferred direction for longer term growth, relating to Glasgow Link Corridor 900 those settlements containing, or identified as, strategic expansion locations has also been indicated on the Cumnock Link Corridor 1890 local plan maps for the period 2017 to 2025. Irvine Valley Corridor 390 Doon Valley Corridor 450 The Rural Area 240 Total 7290

Source: Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan

Note: The Indicative Housing Targets in Table 4 have been abstracted on a pro-rata basis from the structure plan requirements detailed in Table 2 above. 5.15 A portion of these indicative housing targets has already been met through housing completions effected within the period 2005 to 2006 and 2006 to 2007 (423 and 808 houses respectively). In addition, a substantial portion of the target figures comprises those sites identified in the draft Housing Land Audit 2007 with remaining capacity for development (3153 houses). It has been calculated 5.13 The allocation of housing sites in the local plan has that an additional 2906 houses, over and above the specifically taken into consideration the following contributions made by recent completions and the factors: remaining capacity in the 2007 Audit, are required to • the impact of the M77 extension particularly on meet the identified 2017 overall housing targets of Kilmarnock and other communities in the the Structure Plan. This figure has been broken down Glasgow Link Corridor into its Core Area and Investment Corridor components in the ‘New Sites Required’ column of • constraints in water and sewerage infrastructure Table 5 below. provision and the ability of a site to overcome those constraints; 5.16 Table 5 below indicates on a core area / corridor basis, the number of houses for which land requires • the existence of any physical or topographical to be identified in the local plan to meet structure plan constraints; targets and the actual number of new houses for • the ability of a site to be integrated with the which sites are allocated in the document. The table settlement within which it is proposed and with also indicates the additional housing allocation, over the transport infrastructure to which it relates; and above the structure plan targets, which has been identified to meet both the strategic expansion • the ability and capacity of the landscape to requirements of the structure plan and the housing accommodate the size and scale of residential needs of local communities. (Issues relating to the development proposed; and strategic expansion location allocations are addressed • site availability and marketing constraints in paragraphs 5.17 to 5.20 below). Table 6 details the total number of housing development opportunity sites identified in each of the area settlements,

26 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 indicating the number and location of sites identified Table 6: Housing Land Allocations by Settlement from the 2007 draft Housing Land Audit and the number and location of new sites identified in the Existing New local plan for the first time. Audit Sites 5.17 Details of all individual Housing Development Location Sites Identified Total Opportunity Sites within the area settlements, sites Core Area identified in the rural area and those Miscellaneous Kilmarnock 1402 1908 3310 Development Opportunity Sites with potential for Hurlford 77 50 127 housing development are provided in Schedules 3(i), Crookedholm 27 50 77 (ii) and (iii) of the plan, respectively. It should be noted that the capacities of the sites identified by Crosshouse 5 150 155 community in Schedule 3(i) and in Volume 3 of the Total 1511 2158 3669 local plan alteration cannot be equated with the Glasgow Link Corridor numbers of houses detailed for each community in Stewarton 84 350 434 Table 6 below, the sites detailed in Schedule 3(i) and Volume 3 having been amended to reflect new Kilmaurs 32 140 172 consents granted and houses completed since the Dunlop 89 0 89 2007 Housing Land Audit was produced. Fenwick 50 26 76 5.18 In cases where a housing development opportunity Lugton 808 site has the benefit of planning permission, the Waterside K/K 11 0 11 capacity of the site reflects the actual number of Total 274 516 790 houses for which consent has been granted. Where a housing site does not have the benefit of a specific Cumnock Link Corridor consent, the site has been allocated an indicative Auchinleck 155 80 235 capacity, the capacity being based on a density of Burnside 0 20 20 development considered by the Council to be Catrine 67 121 188 appropriate to the particular location of the site in question. In this regard, the capacities of sites in Cronberry 044 central locations located close to transport Cumnock 219 395 614 interchanges have been based on a higher density of Drongan 62 175 237 development than sites in more peripheral locations. Hayhill 404 Table 5: Additional Sites Required and Identified Lugar 35 0 35 Mauchline 105 350 455 New New Muirkirk 12 58 70 Sites Sites Additional Location Required Identified Provision New Cumnock 33 35 68 Core Area 1363 2158 795 Ochiltree 8 27 35 Glasgow Link 401 516 115 Rankinston 4 10 14 Cumnock Link 909 1301 392 Sorn 16 26 42 Irvine Valley 80 205 125 Total 720 1301 2021 Doon Valley 218 280 62 Doon Valley Corridor Rural Area -65 0 65 Dalmellington 90 65 155 Total 2906 4460 1554 Dalrymple 46 65 111 Patna 33 145 178 Waterside 055 Total 169 280 449 Irvine Valley Corridor Darvel 76 53 129 Galston 122 132 254 Newmilns 9 20 29 Total 207 205 412 Rural Areas 272 0 272 Grand Total 3153 4460 7613

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 27 5.19 The Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan sets out indicative Housing in the Strategic housing targets for the Core Area and the Investment Corridors which incorporate specific requirements Expansion Locations relating to identified Strategic Expansion Locations. In Strategic Expansion Locations order to meet the strategic expansion requirements of the plan for Kilmarnock, it has been necessary for the 5.23 The Structure Plan identifies a number of preferred Council to identify a Core Area housing land release of locations for strategic expansion within East Ayrshire, 437 houses over and above the structure plan’s own these comprising the North West, West and South indicative targets as Strategic Expansion Locations are parts of Kilmarnock and the communities of Cumnock required by the Structure Plan to be identified in / Auchinleck, Stewarton and Mauchline. Most of the addition to the effective land supply. In addition to individual sites identified as strategic expansion this allocation, the Council has also allocated sites for locations are capable of accommodating in excess of some 358 houses in the Core Area settlements of the number of houses required to meet structure plan Kilmarnock, Crosshouse, Crookedholm and Hurlford requirements to 2017. In such cases, the Council has in order to help meet essentially local requirements. programmed an appropriate portion of the capacity of the sites concerned for development beyond the local 5.20 Within the Cumnock Link Corridor, the bulk of the plan period, post 2017. The individual housing structure plan’s indicative housing target has been development opportunity sites comprising the met through strategic expansion location allocations in strategic expansion locations are detailed in Table 7 the Cumnock / Auchinleck and Mauchline areas. This below, together with the indicative capacities of the has resulted in the Council being able to make only sites concerned and their anticipated programmes for limited housing land allocations in other settlements development both pre and post 2017. located within the corridor. The same situation has occurred within the Glasgow Link Corridor where the Table 7: Strategic Expansion Locations bulk of the indicative target requirements of the structure plan have been met exclusively in Strategic Expansion Capacity Capacity Stewarton. In order to meet anticipated and realistic Locations 2005 - 2017 Post 2017 local housing requirements throughout an appropriate North West Kilmarnock range of settlements within these corridors, it has 319H Northcraig 500 100 therefore been necessary for the Council to identify housing land releases of 392 and 115 houses, West Kilmarnock respectively, for the Cumnock and Glasgow Link 318H Fardalehill 400 50 Corridors, over and above the structure plan’s own 320H Caprington 300 50 indicative targets. South Kilmarnock 5.21 In order to meet anticipated housing requirements in 317H Treesbank 350 50 the Irvine Valley and Doon Valley Corridors and to 321H Bridgehousehill 250 0 provide an element of choice in the corridor communities, the Council has identified housing land Stewarton releases of 125 and 62 houses, respectively, over and 354H Kilwinning Road 130 70 above the structure plan’s own indicative targets for 355H Draffen East 70 30 these areas. The indicative housing targets set by the 356H Dunlop Road 100 30 structure plan for the Rural Area have already been adequately met and exceeded by already consented Cumnock / Auchinleck sites or sites included in the 2007 Draft Housing 263H Auchinleck Road 250 80 Land Audit. No further rural housing land allocations 264H Rigg Road 100 20 have therefore needed to be made in the local plan. Mauchline 5.22 In summary, land for a total 7613 houses has been 335H Station Road 70 0 identified in the local plan. When added to the 336H Sorn Road 140 120 number of completions for the years 2005 to 2006 and 2006 to 2007 (423 and 808 houses 337H Ayr Road 110 40 respectively – see paragraph 5.15 above) the overall 363H Corrie Mains Farm 30 0 local plan allocation totals 8844 housing units, exceeding the structure plan target figure of 7290 by 1554 houses (21.3%). This over allocation is considered fully justified to meet the structure plan’s own strategic expansion location requirements while maintaining an appropriate range of housing sites in the area communities to meet local needs.

28 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Kilmarnock Expansion Locations programmed for development after this period. In order to enable the main developer at Mauchline to 5.24 In accord with Schedule 5 of the Structure Plan, five fund the early construction of a by-pass for the town, major greenfield sites have been allocated for future it is recognised that a programme of house building residential development to the North West, West and extending beyond both the structure and local plan South of Kilmarnock with a total capacity of 2050 period will be required. It is the intention of the houses. Of these, some 1800 units are programmed Council to enter into an agreement with the main for development between 2005 and 2017. A further developer at Mauchline to provide a degree of 250 units have been programmed for development certainty that expenditure incurred in providing a by- post 2017. pass will be recouped through the release of housing Other Strategic Expansion Locations beyond the period of the local plan itself. With specific regard to Stewarton, three sites have been identified 5.25 Two new Strategic Expansion Locations have been with a total capacity of 430 houses, 300 of which are identified in the Cumnock / Auchinleck area to the programmed for completion prior to 2017 and 130 north of Cumnock with a total of 350 units being between 2017 and 2025. programmed for development between 2005 and 2017. A further 100 units have been programmed between 2017 and 2025. With specific regard to Affordable Housing Cumnock, site 263H at Auchinleck Road, is the 5.27 The Council is keen to ensure that housing of a subject of an ongoing masterplanning process and is reasonable quality that is affordable to people on linked to the wider regeneration of Cumnock and its modest incomes is available throughout the East surrounding towns and the development of Dumfries Ayrshire communities and the Council’s Housing and House as a tourism destination. It is considered that Planning Services have been working jointly on this there is a need for a legal agreement to cover the issue. A comprehensive Housing Needs and Demand phasing and implementation of any agreed masterplan Assessment, including for affordable housing is due to for this particular area. Further information on this be completed soon. This will form the basis for matter is contained within the settlement profile of Supplementary Planning Guidance on affordable Cumnock in Volume 3 of the plan. housing with a view to inclusion in a local 5.26 In Mauchline, four new Strategic Expansion Locations development plan as soon as practicable. account for 350 units to 2017 with a further 160

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 29 Community Care Housing Housing in the Countryside 5.28 Much of the demand for Community Care Housing 5.32 As stated in the structure plan, housing in the can be met through the conversion of existing countryside is encouraged and facilitated, subject to properties. However, the local plan proposes that certain criteria being met. However, the Council is such demand could also be met by Registered Social anxious to ensure that residential development in the Landlords, in conjunction with the Council’s Housing countryside does not detract from the attractive rural Service, incorporating an element of Community Care setting of the area communities or contribute to the Housing within proposed affordable housing coalescence of settlements. Consequently the Council developments. Community Care Housing provision has defined a series of Settlement Protection Areas would be especially supported in locations close to around existing communities where future residential facilities such as shops, community facilities and development will be restricted only to those public transport routes. developments with a demonstrated site specific locational need. Areas of countryside located outwith Social Rented Housing these areas have been designated as Rural Diversification Areas where a wider range of 5.29 In addition to the need for affordable housing that has residential developments are supported, designed to been identified in certain communities, information encourage rural enterprise and help stem loss of from the waiting and transfer lists held by the population from, particularly, the remoter rural areas. Council’s Housing Service indicates that there is an increasing demand for new social rented housing throughout the East Ayrshire communities, particularly in the Cumnock and Doon Valley areas, brought about, primarily, by the demolition of unpopular public sector housing stock or public sector housing in the wrong locations. The Council recognise the need to replace the demolished stock with modern social housing and to re-provision the existing housing stock to meet this demand and will seek the assistance of Registered Social Landlords in helping achieve this objective. Non-Permanent Dwellings 5.30 The construction of non-permanent dwellings and the permanent siting and residential use of static caravans, especially on sites where appropriate service facilities may not be available, is not supported by the Council. The temporary siting of caravans may, however, be permissible in instances where the presence of a caravan is required for security purposes while a permanent dwelling is under construction. Enabling Development 5.31 A number of large listed or other significant traditional properties throughout East Ayrshire may, over the period of the local plan, succumb to neglect and decay. Successful rescue and re-use of such 5.33 Within both the Settlement Protection Areas and the properties can often be facilitated through the Rural Diversification Areas, as identified on the local introduction of an appropriate enabling development, plan maps, the Council will, subject to stated criteria the profits from which can exclusively be used to being met, be supportive of developments comprising conserve the property to which the enabling houses for agricultural workers, houses for workers development relates. In these circumstances a limited employed in forestry related or other appropriate rural enabling development of new housing may be industry or business enterprises, houses providing considered appropriate subject to independent essential staff accommodation for authorised rural financial assessment. developments and houses replacing existing dwellings which cannot economically be brought up to habitable standards through restoration or repair.

30 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 5.34 Outwith the identified Settlement Protection Areas in (ii) directs and limits all medium scale residential the areas designated as Rural Diversification Areas, a developments; wider range of residential development comprising • to Kilmarnock and the identified Service small scale developments related to existing groups of Centres; and houses, individual houses on areas of derelict or brownfield land and single or small scale • to those Local Communities with significant developments to facilitate the establishment of new development opportunities identified in the innovative businesses, will be considered acceptable. local plan (Development Strategy DS31); 5.35 In the Sensitive Landscape Character Areas identified (iii) directs most smaller scale developments which on the rural area map, the Council will give prime meet locally generated housing demand to consideration to landscape setting, design and all settlements denoted with a settlement material finish of any proposed residential boundary on the local plan maps (Development development to ensure that it is sensitive to the Strategy DS32); landscape character and appearance of the area in (iv) directs proposals for housing to locations within which it is proposed. the area settlements which maximise the efficient use of the existing transportation Master Plans and Design network, community facilities and other Statements for Larger Scale services (Development Strategy DS33); Housing Developments (v) identifies and promotes a wide range of marketable, well located and developable 5.36 The Council may, at its discretion, require prospective housing sites throughout the area settlements, developers of housing sites with a capacity of 50 or to meet requirements to 2017 (Development more units, to prepare detailed master plans in Strategy DS34); respect of their developments, in accordance with PAN67 and PAN68. Designs statements in accord (vi) reserves certain areas for specific types of with PAN68 will also be requested for all housing housing to meet identified needs (Development sites identified in the plan and in respect of all future Strategy DS35); planning applications for four or more houses that (vii) establishes indicative or specific capacities for may be submitted to the Council for consideration. all housing development opportunity sites The information contained in these design statements (Development Strategy DS36); should comply fully with the Council’s approved Design Guidance, private and public open space (viii) encourages residential development in rural standards and parking standards. areas in certain stated circumstances (Development Strategy DS 37); 5.37 While the requirement for prospective developers to prepare master plans remains at the discretion of the (ix) provides for the release of additional residential Council, the Council will require detailed and development sites, over and above the sites comprehensive master plans to be prepared in respect of identified in the plan, in certain stated those particular housing areas identified in the local plan circumstances (Development Strategy DS 38); as strategic expansion locations as detailed in Table 7 (x) protects and enhances the character and above. With specific regard to Mauchline, all three of the appearance of existing residential areas strategic expansion location areas identified are under the (Development Strategy DS 39); control of the same developer and the submission of a single master plan embracing all of these sites would be (xi) encourages residential redevelopment of considered acceptable and appropriate. appropriate gap, infill and demolition sites and the conversion of certain existing properties to 5.38 The issue of Master Plans and Design Statements in residential use (Development Strategy DS 40); general is addressed in paragraphs 7.13 to 7.15 of and Volume 1 of the local plan. (xii) ensures that new developments meet minimum standards of public and private open space Housing Development Strategy provision (Development Strategy DS 41). In summary, the housing strategy of the plan: 5.39 A comprehensive list of policies to enable the Council (i) directs and limits all major, larger scale to deal appropriately with all housing related residential developments to Kilmarnock development proposals that may arise during the life (Development Strategy DS30); of the plan is provided in Volume 2 of the local plan.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 31 (ii) Investing in Retailing & Town Prime Objective of the Local Plan Centre Activities 5.44 The prime objective of the local plan, in so far as retailing and town centre activities are concerned, is to: Retail and Town Centre • enhance and regenerate Kilmarnock and Activity Profile Cumnock Town Centres; 5.40 The retail and town centre profile of East Ayrshire is • build upon the role of service centres within characterised by each Investment Corridor; and • significant leakage of retail expenditure from • consolidate the retail offer within all other Kilmarnock and Cumnock catchment areas to centres and allow new uses where appropriate. competing centres; • a decline in the quality and provision of retail East Ayrshire Retail Requirements floorspace in town centres; 5.45 With regard to the retailing requirements of the • a continuing demand for retail development in structure plan as detailed in Paragraph 5.43 above, out of centre locations; and the Council is of the opinion that the 3,300 sq metre non-bulky good requirement of the structure plan can • increased pressure for a wider range of goods to be adequately met through the development of be sold from out of centre outlets. existing vacant retail sites and premises throughout the East Ayrshire communities as well as through the Policy Context implementation of extant planning permissions. The Council is of the opinion that the large 10,800 sq 5.41 The policy context is provided by national planning metre bulky goods requirement will require to be met policy and advice, particularly those parts of Scottish through appropriate new build developments or the Planning Policy (SPP) relating to Town Centres and redevelopment of existing sites, principally within Retailing. Kilmarnock. Table 8 below indicates those sites and locations in Kilmarnock identified as having the Strategic Planning Context potential to contribute to meeting this demand. 5.42 The Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan requires the Council Table 8: Sites in Kilmarnock with Potential to promote the viability and vitality of town centres by: for Bulky Goods Retail Development • encouraging proposals for a wide range of retail, commercial, business and residential Estimated developments; Location Capacity Various vacant units in the town centre 2,000sq m • ensuring that proposals are of a size and scale appropriate to the function of the centre Titchfield Street (Site 326M) 2,800sq m servicing the needs of its catchment; West Shaw Street ( Site 327M) 6,800sq m • identifying sufficient land to accommodate the Burnside Street (Site 329M) 2,200sq m projected growth in retail expenditure; Queens Drive (extant permission) 800sq m • adopting a sequential approach to retail and Total 13,600sq m commercial leisure development; and Source: East Ayrshire Council • restricting new retail floorspace at out of centre locations to the sale of DIY, furniture, carpets, 5.46 It is unlikely that all of the site listed in the above electrical and gardening goods. Table will be developed for bulky goods retailing. Notwithstanding this view, the Council considers the 5.43 The structure plan recognises that there is a current sites identified to be suitable for the specific surplus of convenience retail floorspace within East requirements of bulky goods retailers and will support Ayrshire and that no further convenience floorspace the development of the sites for this purpose. requires to be identified to meet demand to 2012. It is, however, recognised that an additional 3,300 sq metres of non-bulky goods floorspace and 10,800 sq Kilmarnock Town Centre and the metres of bulky goods floorspace is required to meet Kilmarnock Town Centre Strategy anticipated demand by that date. 5.47 The town centre area of Kilmarnock, as indicated on the Kilmarnock local plan map, is covered by a range of policies aimed at enhancing the vitality and viability of the central area of the town for retail and other appropriate town centre activities.

32 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 5.48 The town centre contains a core shopping area, 5.50 The local plan identifies three key sites / locations devoted primarily to retailing, presently confined to with potential for retail or other appropriate uses the pedestrianised areas of the Cross, King Street and within or in close proximity to the town centre. These the Foregate. However, it is considered that the sites, which will be incorporated into a revised Town pedestrianised area of Bank Street also provides a Centre Strategy, comprise: valuable retail function. Accordingly, it is proposed (i) An identified site on Titchfield Street (site 326M) that the core shopping area should be expanded to which is considered to have potential for Class 1 cover this particular area. Within the core area, retail development, possibly including a bulky particular emphasis is given to the retention and goods element, in line with an extant planning expansion of the centre’s retail function, although the permission. This site has been identified, in an establishment of other specifically stated non retail independent study, as the preferred site for the uses in the area are also considered acceptable. A relocation of Kilmarnock College into the town wider range of uses in the town centre, outwith the centre and the Council will actively encourage core area, is supported and encouraged. the development of the site for this purpose. 5.49 The Kilmarnock Town Centre Strategy, approved by (ii) An identified site at West Shaw Street (site the Council in December 2005, provides a framework 327M) which is considered appropriate for Class within which co-ordinated action to revitalise the 1 retail development. The Council will be town centre can be formulated and undertaken. A key particularly supportive of the development of the objective of this strategy is to encourage new retail site for Class 1 retailing uses which fall within development in the town centre in preference to out- the category of bulky goods retailing in order to of-centre locations and to find new, appropriate uses help meet structure plan requirements. for the large number of vacant units and sites to be found within and adjacent to the town centre itself. In (iii) An identified site at Burnside Street (site 329M) order to enhance the vitality and viability of the town which is considered appropriate for a high centre, the local plan seeks wherever possible to resist quality residential-led mixed use development. further retail development in out of centre locations, However, the Council also considers that bulky particularly in the Queens Drive area. goods retail development, to help meet structure plan requirements, is also an acceptable use for the site.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 33 5.51 In addition to the above sites, the Town centre vacant buildings back into active use, so as to inject Strategy identifies a site at Fowlds Street as suitable new activity and life into the area. In this regard, a for a comprehensive mixed use redevelopment of Conservation Area Management Plan has been office, residential and retail uses, possibly including prepared by the Council to provide more detailed the sale of bulky goods. Two sites are also identified supplementary planning advice to potential in the town centre strategy for office and commercial developers within the conservation area, over and development, these being at Holmquarry Road / above the general conservation and development Greenholm Street and at The Top of the Town site at advice provided within the local plan itself. To enable Green Street. Further sites with potential for office and new development to contribute positively to the town residential led mixed use development are identified centre economy, the Council acknowledges that a at Strand Street and Park Street. range of acceptable uses, as detailed in Schedules 6(i) and 6(ii) of the local plan, must be encouraged 5.52 The Galleon Centre is a valuable, town centre leisure within the conservation area. However, in order to facility but is located on a highly constrained site. It is minimise any conflict with the aims of the THI and considered that the potential exists to update, develop CARS for the area, the Council will not be supportive and extend the facilities provided. Alternatively, the of any new uses which would prejudice these aims or facilities provided could possibly be relocated to which would have a negative impact, in physical another site within or adjacent to the town centre with terms, upon the character and appearance of the good public transport accessibility and the site itself conservation area. redeveloped for alternative retailing or other appropriate town centre uses. 5.53 A high profile, vacant site at the north end of John Finnie Street is identified in the local plan as a hotel / retail development opportunity site. The Council will actively encourage the development of this site for the purposes stated and will look positively upon any wider re-development proposals which will help regenerate the northern end of the town centre and recognise the area’s special value in architectural and historic terms. 5.54 With the comprehensive range and north / south geographical spread of developments proposed within and adjacent to Kilmarnock town centre, it is considered important that effective transport linkages are provided, linking these sites with each other and with existing town centre facilities, including the train and bus stations. The Council will therefore be supportive of proposals which improve in particular, north / south transport linkages serving the central area of the town. Cumnock Town Centre and 5.55 John Finnie Street has also been identified as the location for a Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme Cumnock Town Centre (CARS), a significant heritage led regeneration project, Renewal Strategy incorporating a strong residential element, through the Scottish Executive’s Town Centre Living Initiative. As 5.57 The Council has prepared a strategy for the regeneration described in paragraph 7.9, approval for a Townscape of Cumnock town centre. Proposals are for significant Heritage Initiative for the John Finnie Street and Bank investment within the heart of the town, centred on Street Outstanding Conservation Area in Kilmarnock the Glaisnock Shopping Precinct and incorporating an has also been received from the Heritage Lottery Fund. area of vacant land at Greenbraes / Greenholm Road. The regeneration scheme includes proposals for a 5.56 The Council’s vision for that portion of Kilmarnock major food retail outlet, other shopping provision town centre which comprises the outstanding John and new offices to accommodate Council Services Finnie Street and Bank Street Conservation Area is to currently located at Lugar and other local create and maintain an area with a high quality office requirements. environment, which at the same time contributes A preferred development partner has been invited by positively to the town centre economy. The local plan the Council to prepare detailed proposals for the area places emphasis on preserving and enhancing the and work on the preliminary stages of the historic character of the area through the careful regeneration project is currently under way. repair and restoration of key buildings and on bringing

34 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Other Town Centres Retail and Town Centre Activities 5.58 In order to help preserve the vitality and viability of Development Strategy smaller town centres throughout East Ayrshire, a flexible In order to strengthen and improve retail provision in approach to retaining existing retail and other town East Ayrshire and to improve the overall health and centre services is promoted in the plan and the re-use of vibrancy of town centres, the plan: vacant retail premises for appropriate retail or alternative town centre uses within all communities is positively (i) directs all new retail, commercial leisure and encouraged. A list of all acceptable town centre uses other stated developments to existing town primarily directed to town centres in preference to out of centres and other appropriate locations centre locations is provided in Schedule 6(i) of the local (Development Strategy DS 42); plan. Schedule 6(ii) of the plan lists those other uses (ii) promotes Kilmarnock town centre as the prime which are considered acceptable within town centre location for the development of major retailing locations. A list of Miscellaneous Development and commercial leisure activity within East Opportunity sites with potential for either retail or Ayrshire and for the location of offices and commercial leisure development is also provided in related activities catering for the needs of the Schedule 7 of the local plan. general public (Development Strategy DS 43); (iii) encourages the retention, re-use and extension of all Out of Town Centres retail premises in the area settlements for continued 5.59 Outwith town centres, it is considered that the retail use (Development Strategy DS 44); following types of retail development may be (iv) encourages retail development in out of centre considered appropriate. locations in certain stated circumstances • small local shops meeting day to day “top up” (Development Strategy DS 45); convenience needs of local residents; (v) supports the loss of properties in retail or other • individual factory shops; Schedule 6 use to alternative uses only in certain stated circumstances (Development • farm shops; Strategy DS 46); • tourist related retail developments; (vi) supports the development of sui-generis retail • sale of coal from extraction sites; uses in certain locations subject to certain criteria being met (Development Strategy DS • shops attached and ancillary to petrol filling 47); and stations; (vii) restricts the type of goods sold at out of centre • mobile shops and snack bars; and retail warehouse developments (Development • bulky goods developments on sites identified in Strategy DS 48) Table 8 and other retail development proposals 5.61 A comprehensive list of policies to enable the Council to which the council considers accord with deal appropriately with all retail and town centre related Policies RTC 1 to RTC 3 and RTC 7 to RTC 12 development proposals that may arise during the life of of the local plan. the plan is provided in Volume 2 of the local plan. 5.60 With the exception of the types of retail development detailed in paragraph 5.59 above, the Council will adopt a sequential approach to the assessment of all other proposals for retail and town centre uses detailed in Schedule 6(i) of the local plan alteration.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 35 (iii) Investing in Community Facility effects can be overcome or minimised. Significant protection is afforded to green belts and areas and Service Infrastructure designated for their national and international natural heritage value and structure plan policy protects the Community Facility and Service integrity of national and international designations Infrastructure Profile from being compromised. Structure plan policy also gives the area a degree of protection from any 5.62 The community facility and service infrastructure unacceptable cumulative impacts from wind farm profile of East Ayrshire is characterised by: developments. In particular, the structure plan also protects the particular designation interests of • an adequate provision of electricity, gas and Sensitive Landscape Character Areas but at the same telecommunications services but with time ensures that this designation does not upgrading required in some areas; unreasonably restrict the overall ability of Ayrshire to • generally adequate strategic water supply and contribute to national renewable energy targets. The sewerage provision but with upgrading required approach to wind farm developments adopted in the in some areas; local plan fully respects and reflects all of the above • a lack of leisure and recreational facilities in structure plan provisions. some areas; • an increasing demand for additional specialist educational and residential provision for those with special needs; and • increased pressure for windfarms, telecommunication masts and associated infrastructure. Policy Context 5.63 The policy context is provided by national planning policy and advice, particularly: • Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) • PAN 62: Radio Telecommunications. Strategic Planning Context 5.64 The structure plan seeks to facilitate the development of renewable energy and energy saving within communities. It supports small scale and micro renewable energy generation including hydro-power and combined heat and power plants where it can be demonstrated there will be no significant adverse impact, including adverse cumulative impact, or infrastructure constraints and where the design of the development is sensitive to landscape character, biodiversity and cultural heritage. 5.65 The structure plan identifies a number of Areas of Search for Large Scale Commercial Windfarms throughout Ayrshire, including the Whitelees Forest 5.66 In addition to wind energy developments, the area to the north east of Kilmarnock. Proposals for structure plan is supportive of non wind based both large and small scale wind farm development in renewable energy developments such as biomass these Areas of Search are supported, subject to power generation, including co-fired power plants and specific proposals meeting stated criteria and combined heat and power plants in certain stated satisfactorily addressing all other material circumstances. The local plan endorses and reflects considerations. Outwith these Areas of Search, all this particular provision of the structure plan. wind farm proposals will be assessed against the 5.67 With regard to the provision of water, sewerage and same stated criteria and a series of identified other infrastructure to meet development constraints, the positive or negative impacts of the requirements, the structure plan acknowledges that proposals on those constraints and how any adverse

36 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 the scale of the infrastructure requirements will Renewable Energy require clarification through the preparation of master plans and that a number of locations will require to 5.71 The Scottish Government is committed to reduce have agreements for significant strategic infrastructure carbon emissions by 80% by 2050 and has set a improvements in place prior to any associated renewable energy target to provide 50% of Scottish planning applications being considered for approval. energy demand from renewable sources by 2020, with This may involve partnership agreements between an interim milestone of 31% by 2011. In order to help developers and the planning authority, particularly in meet these targets, the Council is fully supportive of the relation to developments in the identified strategic provisions of the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) expansion locations, extending in some cases beyond which requires an ever increasing proportion of the plan period. These issues are addressed in electricity to be produced from renewable sources. At Chapter 3, Creating Successful Communities, of the present time, the renewable energy source most Volume 1 of the local plan. relevant to East Ayrshire is wind power, and the upland areas are coming under increasing pressure from wind energy related developments. While supportive of Prime Objective of the Local Plan renewable energy projects, it is considered imperative 5.68 The prime objective of the local plan, in so far as that the more sensitive parts of the rural area in terms community facilities and service infrastructure are of landscape quality, nature conservation and heritage concerned, is to ensure that there are sufficient and interest are adequately protected. good quality community facilities and service 5.72 In addition to wind energy developments, East infrastructure in place to fully meet the needs of all Ayrshire also has potential for the development of current and future residents of East Ayrshire. In most other forms of renewable energy including hydro instances, developments to meet the requirements power, energy crops, forestry waste combustion and generated by new developments themselves will be anaerobic digestion landfill gas. In particular, the provided direct by the development industry or establishment of short rotation willow coppicing as a through developer contributions. A list of source of renewable energy fuel is seen as having Miscellaneous Development Opportunity sites with some potential, especially where planting can be potential for community facility development is directed to areas of derelict or degraded land. provided in Schedule 8 of the local plan. 5.73 The Council fully supports the delivery of sustainable Provision of Leisure, development in new buildings through locational, siting and design considerations and is also Cultural and Sporting Facilities supportive of the Scottish Government’s initiative to 5.69 The private sector is playing an increasingly important reduce Scotland’s carbon footprint and to ensure that role in the provision of leisure, cultural and sporting energy efficiency and microgeneration make an facilities and the Local Plan places a strong emphasis increased contribution to sustainable development, on the Council as an enabler of new provision by climate change and energy objectives. In particular, private developers. Certain deficiencies in leisure, the Council encourages developers, wherever possible cultural and sporting provision have been identified in and feasible, to provide on-site renewable energy East Ayrshire using Sportscotland’s Facilities Planning generation technologies as a means of reducing Model, and a number of key priorities for further carbon emissions as an integral part of any new consideration have been identified: developments proposed. The Council also requires developers to ensure that all energy reduction • additional sports pitch provision in Stewarton. measures be considered and secured at the design At least two pitches are required at a single stage of their particular proposals. location; and • indoor sports facilities in Stewarton; Telecommunications 5.70 The Council recognises the contribution that facilities 5.74 Telecommunications play an important role in modern attached to school premises can make in meeting day life. Installations need to meet the technical unmet demand for leisure, cultural and sporting requirements of the network to provide effective and facilities. In addition, the Council also specifically efficient coverage but these can be visually intrusive, protects important amenity resources such as formal especially in rural situations, and may impact on parks, public open spaces and sports pitches from areas of nature conservation interest. A balance, inappropriate development. The provision of therefore, requires to be struck between the need for recreational and amenity open space in connection essential linkages in the national telecommunications with new housing developments is also an important networks and the impact that such installations have local plan consideration. on the character and appearance of the countryside. The sharing of masts and removal of equipment and installations immediately they become operationally redundant is considered good practice in this regard.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 37 Community Facility and Service (iv) Investing in Waste Management Infrastructure Development Strategy Waste Management Profile 5.76 The waste management profile of East Ayrshire is In order to provide adequate community and other characterised by: services and facilities to meet the anticipated requirements of local residents, the Plan: • an increased demand for refuse collection and street cleansing services brought about through (i) encourages and supports, where necessary the development of new housing areas; through agreements with developers, the upgrading and expansion of existing water, • an increasing amount of municipal waste sewerage and other service infrastructure (approximately 40%) being recycled; throughout East Ayrshire to meet the • the operation of an efficient kerbside recycling requirements of existing users and to serve service; and potential new development sites as identified in the local plan (Development Strategy DS 49); • sufficient capacity in existing consented landfill sites to meet anticipated demand for the local (ii) ensures the highest possible level and quality of plan period and beyond. community facility, education, leisure and cultural facility provision throughout East Ayrshire to meet existing and anticipated future Policy Context demand requirements of the local population 5.77 The policy context is provided by national planning (Development Strategy DS 50); policy and advice, particularly: (iii) presumes against the loss of important • National Planning Framework community, education, leisure and recreational facilities to other uses (Development Strategy • The National Waste Strategy; DS 51); • The Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway Area (iv) encourages the establishment of renewable Waste Plan; energy developments in appropriate non-sensitive • Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) locations and the generation of power and heat from clean, low carbon sources, assessing all • PAN 63: Waste Management Planning; such developments against certain stated criteria Note: The National Waste Strategy has been prepared (Development Strategy DS 52); and in response to various European Directives which (v) ensures that telecommunications developments require that 65% of waste previously disposed of to are located so as to maximise service coverage landfill should be diverted and recycled by 2020. for the area and to minimise any adverse However, without additional funding, the Council may impact (Development Strategy DS 53). not be able to meet all its waste diversion targets prescribed. The National Waste Strategy is also 5.75 A comprehensive list of policies to enable the Council designed to accommodate a 2% growth in municipal to deal appropriately with all community facility and waste generation. service infrastructure related development proposals that may arise during the life of the plan is provided in Volume 2 of the local plan. Strategic Planning Context 5.78 The structure plan recognises that current initiatives to support recycling will likely meet landfill diversion targets in the short term but that in the medium to long term there is likely to be a need for additional facilities at an individual Council level. The structure plan also notes that the provision of a joint residual waste treatment facility serving all 3 Councils at one location will be required and that this is likely to be in the form of a thermal treatment or combined heat and power plant. To facilitate this suggestion, an assessment has been made of the possible optimum locations and the structure plan identifies a search area for such a facility. 5.79 The plan also requires Councils, in identifying locations for waste management facilities, to give

38 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 preference to new facilities within or immediately Future Waste Management adjacent to existing waste management sites, within industrial sites or on previously contaminated land. Requirements It also states that such facilities should be assessed 5.83 In addition to the main recycling facility at Western against various criteria including proximity to the Road, Kilmarnock, a further four Civic Amenity sites waste source, surface water conditions and the to maximise recycling in East Ayrshire have been capacity of transport systems within the vicinity of the identified, one in each investment corridors, at locations proposed. Dunlop Road, Stewarton; Caponacre Industrial Estate, Cumnock; Dalmellington Road, Waterside (Doon Prime Objective of the Local Plan Valley); and at Gauchalland Road, Galston. Composting facilities are already available to the 5.80 The prime objective of the local plan, in so far as Council at Skares, although a further facility in the waste management facilities are concerned, is to northern half of the Council area may be required. facilitate the development of highly sustainable waste management processes and to ensure that local facilities for recycling and waste treatment are Waste Management provided in acceptable locations for waste arising in Development Strategy East Ayrshire or Ayrshire as a whole. In support of this objective, the three Ayrshire Councils prepared jointly In order to provide East Ayrshire with an efficient a Strategic Outline Case for submission to Scottish and sustainable system of waste management, the Ministers in January 2006 stating that the Councils’ local plan: preferred solution to waste management matters was (i) strictly limits the amount of waste arising from and remains: outwith Ayrshire that can be disposed of or • to maximise existing kerbside recycling efforts treated in the authority area (Development and recycling rates through material recycling Strategy DS 54); facilities; (ii) directs any new waste transfer stations, • to extend green or garden waste collection to where practicable and appropriate, to locations include kitchen (food) waste; within or immediately adjacent to existing waste management sites (Development Strategy • to provide in-vessel composting facilities in DS 55); each Council area; and (iii) directs any new waste recycling/civic amenity • to thermally treat, through a joint Ayrshire sites to appropriate locations in each of the four facility, all residual waste to produce a source of Investment Corridors, targeting in the first instance, heat and power for either residential or land currently or previously used for industrial industrial use. purposes (Development Strategy DS 56); 5.81 The identification of a site for the joint remedial waste (iv) assesses any applications for new waste treatment treatment facility for Ayrshire is not addressed in this plants against a strict set of development draft local plan as it is considered to be an issue criteria (Development Strategy DS 57); which would be best progressed jointly by the three Ayrshire Authorities at the Strategic Ayrshire Level. (v) presumes against the development of any further landfill sites within the period of the Existing Waste Management local plan (Development Strategy DS 58); (vi) encourages the separation of waste materials at Facilities source (Development Strategy DS 59); and 5.82 Existing waste management facilities in East Ayrshire (vii) encourages the development of secondary comprise; industries that can utilise waste products • a Council owned reclamation / recycling centre arising from waste management processes at Western Road, Kilmarnock; (Development Strategy DS60). • manned civic amenity sites at Garlaff, near 5.84 A comprehensive list of policies to enable the Council to Skares and Western Road, Kilmarnock; deal appropriately with all waste management related development proposals that may arise during the life of • landfill disposal sites at Garlaff and Craignaught the plan is provided in Volume 2 of the local plan. Quarry near Dunlop; and • a network of local bring recycling centres conveniently located throughout the area settlements.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 39 6 Investing in Transportation and Access

Transportation and Access Profile 6 6.1 The transport profile of East Ayrshire is categorised by • excellent road but relatively poor rail links to the Investing in Glasgow conurbation; • poor road and rail links to Lanarkshire, to the Transportation M74 and to the south and east of Scotland; • an extensive local road network in need of improvement; and Access • relatively low car ownership and reliance on public transport; • significant volumes of heavy goods vehicles passing through communities; and • parking problems in some communities. Policy Context 6.2 The policy context is provided by national planning policy and advice, particularly: • Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) • PAN75: Planning and Transport. Strategic Planning Context 6.3 In addition to the structure plan, the Regional Transport Strategy for the West of Scotland 2008 to 2021 and the East Ayrshire Local Transport Strategy are also relevant policy documents which have been taken into consideration in the preparation of the local plan. Proposals detailed within these documents include: • the preparation of capacity and service enhancement studies and the implementation of capacity improvements relating to the Glasgow / Kilmarnock / Dumfries railway line; • the establishment of Kilmarnock Station as a rail station interchange; • the strengthening of connectivity between Ayrshire and the M74; • improvements to the A76 including a Mauchline bypass; and • upgrading of the Fenwick to Ayr section of the A77, including improvements to the Bellfield Interchange;

40 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 6.4 The Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan identifies 6.8 The particular transport interventions identified opportunities for new railway stations at Altonhill through any STAG appraisal as being appropriate and Queens Drive in Kilmarnock and at Hurlford, means of addressing the above issues will be given Mauchline and Cumnock. In addition it supports due consideration by the Council in its identification interchange facilities between different forms of of specific development proposals in the local plan transport at certain stated locations. Further park and and in its consideration of individual development ride facilities are promoted at Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs proposals. The Council will also make every attempt and Stewarton. to ensure that pressures on the existing trunk road network are not exacerbated unnecessarily by 6.5 The structure plan also addresses the issue of town inappropriate development. In this regard, the Council centre traffic management and proposes that East is supportive of the Scottish Government’s Ayrshire should presumption against direct access to new • introduce measures to facilitate accessibility to development being afforded via new junctions on the town centres by a range of transport modes; trunk road network. • discourage long stay commuter car parking and give priority to short stay parking for those Transport Assessments wishing to shop or use town centre facilities; and Appraisals and 6.9 Where a proposed development is likely to have • seek developer contributions, as appropriate, to implications for the strategic road and rail network in supplement the overall supply of parking and to East Ayrshire and where it is likely that Scottish improve transport services in town centres. Government / Transport Scotland funding and / or consent will be sought to facilitate that development, Prime Objective of the Local Plan a full appraisal of the proposed development will require to be carried out by the prospective developer 6.6 The prime objective of the local plan, in so far as using Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG). transportation is concerned, is to help develop a Only transport related options which emerge through sustainable transport system to improve accessibility the STAG appraisal process will be considered to town centres, to improve the road and rail links acceptable for further consideration in the preparation between East Ayrshire communities and beyond and, of detailed design proposals for the particular specifically, to the M74 and the east of Scotland. development concerned. In all other circumstances 6.7 A number of issues relating to the strategic road and STAG should be used as best practice to find transport rail networks have been identified for consideration in solutions to evidence - based transport problems and the local plan, these comprising; potential opportunities. In this regard, it is considered that the resolution of a number of issues identified in • a recognition that traffic congestion is the local plan may require Scottish Government / experienced along the A76 in Mauchline at Transport Scotland funding and / or consent and these peak periods; issues will also require to be subjected to an • a recognition that the environmental quality and appropriate STAG appraisal. amenity of settlements along the A76 would be 6.10 Notwithstanding the above STAG assessment improved through the implementation of requirements, developers will be required, in certain appropriate transport interventions; instances, to carry out appropriate Transport • a recognition that connectivity between Assessments of their development proposals in order to settlements located along the A76 requires to ascertain the potential impacts of their developments be improved to encourage and facilitate and to identify appropriate measures to mitigate any regeneration of the area; adverse impacts of the developments concerned on the • a recognition that the A77 south of Kilmarnock transport network of the particular area concerned. is in need of upgrading; Developers may also be required to produce Travel Plans setting out their proposals for the delivery of more • a recognition that the Bellfield Interchange is at sustainable transport patterns. In order to assist in the capacity at peak periods; preparation of these Transport Assessments and Travel • a recognition that improved rail services and Plans, potential developers are invited to avail facilities within East Ayrshire have the potential themselves of the transport model which has been to increase passenger usage and provide a prepared by the Council for the Kilmarnock area and viable alternative to travel by car; and which is currently being expanded to cover other parts of the local authority area. • a recognition that the rail network in East Ayrshire is operating at capacity and that constraints on the existing rail network restrict both freight and passenger movements.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 41 Transport Development Strategy In order to achieve the main transport aims of the local plan and to support the Local Transport Strategy to provide an improved, integrated and sustainable transport infrastructure and to promote the development of stronger communication links with national strategic transportation networks, the plan: (i) supports the upgrading of the A77 south of Kilmarnock, including upgrading and improvement of the Bellfield Interchange (Development Strategy DS 61); (ii) supports and encourages the development of the A76 Trunk Road as a first class strategic route, including provision of a by-pass for Mauchline (Development Strategy DS 62); (iii) seeks improvement of strategic road links to the M74 through improvements of the A70 and A71 roads (Development Strategy DS 63); (iv) promotes improvements in the capacity of the existing passenger rail network, the establishment of Kilmarnock Station as a rail interchange and the establishment of passenger rail halts at Mauchline, Hurlford and Cumnock and at Altonhill and Queens Drive in Kilmarnock (Development Strategy DS 64); (v) promotes the transportation of freight by rail rather than by road (Development Strategy DS 65); (vi) promotes development of the local cycle and footpath networks and the creation of improved and further links with national cycle and footpath routes (Development Strategy DS 66); Transportation Components of the (vii) promotes the provision of adequate parking Kilmarnock Town Centre Strategy facilities to meet existing and future development requirements (Development and Cumnock Town Centre Strategy DS67); and Regeneration (viii) ensures that new developments are easily 6.11 The Kilmarnock Town Centre Strategy (see paragraphs accessible and, wherever possible, adequately 5.47 - 5.56 above) highlights the need to improve served by a range of different modes of and enhance accessibility into and within the town transport (Development Strategy DS 68) centre. In particular, it identifies the need; 6.13 A comprehensive list of policies to enable the Council • to examine the feasibility of a new link road to deal appropriately with all transport related between Queens Drive and East Shaw Street; development proposals that may arise during the life of the plan is provided in Volume 2 of the local plan. • to improve the pedestrian route from the railway station to the town centre; and • to explore opportunities to improve pedestrian linkages to the Palace Theatre / London Road area. 6.12 A similar approach in terms of pedestrian and car parking signage will be implemented in Cumnock town centre to integrate with the regeneration proposals currently being progressed by the Council. In addition, improving accessibility between Cumnock bus station and the main shopping locations will be examined.

42 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 7 Protecting the Environment

Environment Profile 7.1 The environmental profile of East Ayrshire is characterised by 7 • a rich and diverse landscape; • areas of high scenic value; Protecting the • large areas of blanket afforestation; • a wide range of diverse natural habitats and Environment sites of nature conservation interest; • a built environment of distinctive local character; • large numbers of buildings and areas of significant historical and architectural quality; • a legacy of dereliction from past mining and other industrial activity; • increasing numbers of vacant and derelict properties in certain areas; • a number of areas susceptible to flooding; and • a lack of significant and architecturally notable modern buildings. Policy Context 7.2 The environmental section of the plan is set within the context of the following national planning policy advice and guidance: • Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) • PAN 33: Development of Contaminated Land; • PAN 51: Planning and Environmental Protection; • PAN 56: Planning for Noise; • PAN 60: Planning and Natural Heritage; • PAN 61: Planning and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; • PAN 67: Housing Quality; • PAN 68: Design Statements; • PAN 69: Planning and Building Standards Advice on Flooding; • PAN 77: Designing Safer Places; • PAN 78: Inclusive Design; • PAN 79: Water and Drainage; and • The Scottish Executive’s Policy Statement for Scotland: Designing Places.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 43 7.4 The Structure Plan addresses issues relating to the natural and built environment and in this regard: • protects and enhances built heritage resources; • protects and enhances recognised international and national natural heritage resources; • will not permit development proposals which would be at significant risk of flooding or which would increase the possibility of flooding elsewhere; • takes into account the need to preserve, enhance and create water storage areas to reduce the risk of flooding in built up areas; • introduces the provisions of the Water Framework Directive into Planning Policy; and • is not supportive of new development which exposes large numbers of people to unacceptable levels of air noise and light pollution. Prime Objective of the Local Plan 7.5 The Council is committed to protecting, conserving and enhancing the character, appearance and amenity of the natural and built environment of East Strategic Planning Context Ayrshire for future generations. The key elements to be addressed in this regard are: 7.3 With regard to landscape issues the structure plan • Built Heritage requires the Council: • Townscape and Design • to protect and enhance the landscape character of the area and to establish criteria for the • Natural Heritage assessment of future development proposals in • Landscape and the Rural Environment the context of the particular landscape type within which the development is proposed; • Environmental Protection • to give prime consideration to the protection and enhancement of the landscape in Sensitive Landscape Character Areas in the preparation of local plans and in the determination of development proposals; • to develop and promote a Green Network for East Ayrshire and to ensure that development impacting on this network is designed to enhance landscape quality and expand the habitat potential of the areas concerned; • to ensure that the landscape setting of communities and the opportunities to link internal and external green spaces is an integral consideration of all development proposals; and • to prepare a ‘Woodlands In and Around Towns Initiative’ to promote environmental regeneration and recreational access, especially within and between communities in the Core Investment Area and the Investment Corridors;

44 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 (i) Built Heritage improving the public realm. In Catrine, the Council continues to support the Catrine Environmental 7.6 East Ayrshire contains a wide range of heritage Heritage Project, which seeks to conserve the Water resources considered worthy of protection and these Works at Catrine Mill, designated a Scheduled Ancient are listed below: Monument.

Built Heritage Resources 7.11 All Gardens and Designed Landscapes identified in Listed Buildings the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, together with all sites currently under consideration Category A 45 for inclusion in the inventory, are safeguarded by the Category B 357 Council in the plan from inappropriate development. Category C(S) 349 There are currently three Designed Landscapes in Conservation Areas 26 East Ayrshire included in the Inventory, comprising Dumfries House, Loudoun Castle and Rowallan. Outstanding Conservation Areas 7 A fourth site, Carnell (Cairnhill) straddles the Scheduled Ancient Monuments 30 boundary with South Ayrshire with a small part of the Archaeological Locations 2 site lying within East Ayrshire. The sites currently Sites of Archaeological Significance 1055 under consideration for inclusion in the Inventory comprise seven sites at Auchinleck House, Gardens and Designed Landscapes 10 Barskimming, Caprington Castle, Daldorch, Lanfine, Skeldon House and Craigengillan. 7.7 The Council has designated 26 conservation areas throughout East Ayrshire in order to protect their 7.12 The Council will continue to operate its Derelict individual character and identify. The boundaries of Property Revolving Fund which has been particularly each conservation area have been reviewed as part of successful in removing vacant and derelict buildings the local plan process and Conservation Area within Auchinleck Main Street and Kilmarnock and Appraisals have been, and will continue to be, carried will expand the reach of the project to include other out as considered appropriate. Conservation Area communities. Management Plans have been prepared for the John Finnie Street and Bank Street Conservation Area in (ii) Townscape and Design Kilmarnock and the Cumnock Conservation Area. 7.13 In order to assist applicants for planning permission 7.8 The Council is of the view that Article 4 Directions, in the formation of their development proposals, and which remove deemed planning consent for certain in order to help achieve high quality townscape the types of alterations to buildings, should be prepared for Council has produced a series of design guidance Conservation Areas, as necessary. Article 4 Directions leaflets. These will be updated, reviewed and are currently in place for Newmilns Main Street expanded as considered appropriate to reflect the Outstanding Conservation Area and for John Finnie provisions of recent national planning advice and Street and Bank Street Conservation Area, Kilmarnock. guidance. 7.9 A Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) in association with Historic Scotland has been agreed for Master Plans and the John Finnie Street and Bank Street and Cumnock Design Statements Conservation Areas which will enable the Council to provide: 7.14 In order to ensure that all major new developments are well designed, appropriately phased and include • grant assistance for building repair to priority an adequate range of community and other facilities buildings; to serve the populations they are to accommodate, • a small grants programme for building repairs the Council will, at its discretion, require potential developers to submit Master Plans to the Council for • skills training and education; consideration and approval. All Master Plans should • a building maintenance guide and maintenance be developed in full consultation with the Council and programme; and potential developers will be required to demonstrate that full and detailed consultation with all relevant • for dedicated project staff to be employed. service providers and the local communities 7.10 In addition to the CARS, a Townscape Heritage concerned has been carried out as an integral part Initiative (THI) has been awarded by the Heritage of the master plan preparation process. To provide Lottery Fund for the John Finnie Street and Bank further guidance to developers, the Council has Street Conservation Area, which aims to build on the produced Supplementary Planning Guidance CARS by helping to repair buildings and bring them on Masterplanning. back into use, as well as tackling gap sites and

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 45 7.15 Design Statements explaining and illustrating the design principles of a proposed development will be requested by the Council, as considered appropriate. As well as describing the concept behind the layout, landscaping proposals, scale and mix of the development, design, materials and future maintenance arrangements, design statements will be required to demonstrate how the principles of sustainable development have been factored into the layout and design of the particular development proposed. The issue of Master Plans and Design Statements relating to larger scale housing developments and the strategic expansion locations in Sites of Local Interest particular, are addressed in paragraph 5.36 to 5.38 7.20 Sites of local nature conservation interest in East of the local plan. Ayrshire consist of: 7.16 In relation to individual sites and, in particular, Council • a Local Nature Reserves at Catrine Voes; owned sites which are being disposed for future development purposes, the Council will, at its discretion, • a number of Confirmed and Provisional Wildlife prepare development / design briefs for the sites Sites containing a diversity of flora and fauna concerned to ensure that the proposed developments which contributes significantly to local meet the highest possible standards of layout, form, biodiversity (See Appendix 2); design and construction. Such briefs may stipulate • Regionally Important Geological and standards relating to energy efficiency, waste collection Geomorphological Sites (RIGS); and recycling with which prospective developers of the sites concerned will be expected to comply. • designated areas of ancient and semi-natural woodland; (iii) Natural Heritage • other non-designated sites and linear features such as rivers and hedgerows which are of local 7.17 East Ayrshire contains many sites of nature wildlife value and function as stepping stones or conservation interest comprising: wildlife corridors, essential for migration, dispersal or genetic exchange of species. Sites of International Importance 7.18 Sites of international importance for nature (iv) Landscape and the Rural conservation within East Ayrshire, also known as Environment Natura 2000 sites under the Government’s Birds and Habitats Directive, comprise: 7.21 East Ayrshire contains a wide diversity of landscape types, comprising: • two Special Areas for Conservation (SAC), one located in the southernmost part of the area to • areas of extensive heather uplands; the south of Loch Doon, identified for the • large coniferous forestry plantations; importance of its blanket bog and montain habitat, the other at Airds Moss near Muirkirk, • attractive river valleys; identified for the importance of its blanket bog; • estate lands and designed landscapes with • a Special Protection Area (SPA) located in the associated mixed and broadleaf woodlands; eastern part of the area and based on the and Muirkirk Uplands, identified for the importance • agricultural land with traditional field patterns, of its specially protected birds of prey including mature hedgerows and shelter belts, hedgerow hen harrier and short eared owls. trees and scattered woodlands; 7.22 Although parts of East Ayrshire are considered to be of Sites of National Importance high landscape value, there are no statutory 7.19 Sites of national importance for nature conservation in landscape designations within the area. A series of East Ayrshire consist of sites of Special Scientific Sensitive Landscape Character Areas has, however, Interest (SSSIs) which, together with the been identified in the local plan in line with the internationally important sites detailed above, are provisions of the Structure Plan and priority is given in statutorily protected from intrusive or damaging these areas to the protection and enhancement of the developments. landscape and its overall scenic quality. The Landscape Assessment of Potential Development Areas commissioned by the Council has also been

46 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 instrumental in the selection and environmental flooding have included residential, commercial and assessment of potential housing and other industrial property. The issue of flooding is therefore development opportunity sites identified in the local an important and material consideration in the plan, helping ensure that all sites identified have preparation of all development proposals and minimal environmental impact in landscape terms. measures require to be taken by developers to ameliorate any flooding of development sites Green Networks themselves, of adjacent land and of other land downstream of the sites. In line with the provisions of 7.23 In line with the provisions of the Structure Plan, the SPP, built development should only take place on local plan champions the concept of a Green Network functional flood plains where it will not affect the for East Ayrshire, linking recognised open space, ability of the flood plain to store and convey water, environmental, access and habitat networks within where the development will not be at risk of flooding local communities with surrounding countryside and where the development will not increase the risk areas. The urban parts of East Ayrshire already of flooding elsewhere. Exceptionally, infrastructure contain many green areas comprising formal public development may be permitted in such areas if a parks, amenity green space, play areas, sports specific location is essential for operational reasons or grounds, natural or semi-natural green spaces, it cannot be located elsewhere. Early consultation planted civic spaces, informal areas comprising rivers with the Council’s Roads and Transportation Division and streams, footpath and cycle routes etc. It is on flooding issues is strongly advised. intended that, wherever possible, these urban green spaces and corridors should be linked with countryside areas and with more accessible rural Contaminated Land locations such as country parks, historic gardens and 7.25 The Government has recently issued new guidance designed landscapes, wildlife sites and provisional which places a requirement on local authorities to wildlife sites, local nature reserves and areas of produce a strategy for dealing with contaminated land ancient woodland. As part of the Green Network within their area. Councils will be responsible for concept, the Council will explore the possibility of identifying contaminated land, taking appropriate defining a landscape protection area for the Core remediation measures and maintaining remediation Investment Area and promote the main strategic registers relating to contaminated sites with close joint access and tourist routes throughout East Ayrshire for working between the Council’s Environmental Health environmental treatment and improvement. and Planning Services enabling these matters to be given full consideration. The Local Plan is positively supportive of these measures as a means of enabling previously contaminated sites to be brought back into active, economic or other use. Water Quality 7.26 Groundwater is an important resource which is vulnerable to possible contamination. A Groundwater Protection Strategy has been adopted by SEPA which lays down criteria for the protection of groundwater resources. Government guidance recommends that Councils consult with SEPA regarding development proposals to ensure that they accord with these criteria and the Council is supportive of this requirement. 7.27 The Water Framework Directive requires the physical characteristics of water courses and water quality to be protected and, where possible, to be enhanced to (v) Environmental Protection at least good status. In this regard, the Council will continue to work with SEPA and other partners towards the implementation of the Water Framework Flooding Directive and, in the absence of more detailed 7.24 A number of areas within East Ayrshire have in the guidance such as River Basin Management Plans, past been seriously affected by flooding, particularly will not normally permit development which would in Kilmarnock and along the Irvine Valley. While result in the deterioration of status of surface and much of the floodplain in these and other areas ground water. comprise land in agricultural use, areas affected by

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 47 Environment Development Strategy East Ayrshire Council is committed to protecting, conserving and enhancing the character, appearance and amenity of the East Ayrshire settlements and their rural settings, especially as regards their landscape quality and the built and natural environment. This will be achieved through: (i) the protection, preservation and, where appropriate, enhancement of all built and 8 natural heritage resources requiring conservation (Development Strategy DS 69); (ii) the protection, preservation and enhancement Monitoring, of the landscape character and appearance of the area (Development Strategy DS 70); Evaluation (iii) the preparation of Article 4 Directions for Conservation Areas as appropriate (Development Strategy DS 71); and Review (iv) the continuing review of all Conservation Areas as appropriate (Development Strategy DS 72); (v) ensuring that all new development proposals are of the highest design quality, have minimum adverse environmental impact and are sensitive to the landscape character and built environment in terms of their design (Development Strategy DS 73); (vi) the encouragement of appropriate and sensitive forest, woodland and tree management throughout the area (Development Strategy DS 74); (vii) targeting the main strategic access and tourist routes for environmental treatment and improvement (Development Strategy DS 75); (viii) working in partnership with appropriate environmental and other agencies to develop, improve and enhance those areas of land despoiled by past coal and other mineral extraction (Development Strategy DS 76); (ix) the preparation and implementation of appropriate Environmental Improvement Action Plans for particular identified areas (Development Strategy DS 77); and (x) the establishment and protection of a Green Network for East Ayrshire (Development Strategy DS 78) 7.28 A comprehensive list of policies to enable the Council to deal appropriately with all environment related development proposals that may arise during the life of the plan is provided in Volume 2 of the local plan.

48 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 8.4 As an integral part of producing the local plan, a wide 8 Monitoring, range of background information has been collated by the Council. This information is kept constantly up-to- Evaluation date, an essential requirement for effective monitoring of the plan. The take up of identified Development and Review Opportunity Sites is also continually monitored on the Council’s GIS (Geographical Information System) and 8.1 It is essential that the range of policies, proposals and this exercise will also greatly facilitate the monitoring recommendations identified in the local plan are fully process regarding site development and the implemented in order: effectiveness of the local plan policy approach to development on the ground. • to help achieve the regeneration of East Ayrshire; 8.5 As an integral part of the monitoring process, the Action Programme formulated in respect of the local • to assist in enhancing the amenity and plan and reproduced as Appendix 3 of the plan, will environment of the area; and also be monitored on an annual basis, allowing the • to assist in improving the quality of life of local Council to regularly assess the degree to which the residents. proposals of the plan are being implemented and achieved. 8.2 The local plan is required at all times to be consistent with up-to-date planning advice and guidance and, in order to be fully effective, must retain its relevance to the needs of the local plan area. It is also considered essential that the plan maintains its function as the Council’s key policy document relating to future development of land. Consequently, the Council is committed to monitoring the local plan on an ongoing basis: • to ensure that the plan continues to reflect and represent the Council’s approach to future development; • to ensure that the plan fully reflects national planning advice and guidance and the requirements of the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan; and • to identify any areas where the plan is failing to meet its stated aims and objectives. 8.3 Monitoring of the local plan is an essential element in its evaluation and involves the collation and analysis of a wide range of statistical and other data which influences the direction of local plan policy. Regular monitoring and updating of this data will ensure that the degree of compliance with, or variance from, the established policy objectives of the plan can be accurately assessed. The plan will also be monitored in order to identify and evaluate any new planning issues that may require to be addressed through the local plan process and to assess the effectiveness of local plan policies in meeting the aims and objectives of the plan. It is intended that, in line with current Council practice regarding the East Ayrshire Local Plan 2003, regular Monitoring Reports in respect of the 2010 Local Plan will be on an annual basis. Appropriate steps will be taken to formally review the Plan as considered necessary.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 49 Biosphere Reserves Areas recognised by the United Glossary of Terms Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) This glossary defines some of the technical and planning which promotes solutions to related terms used in the text of the Local Plan. reconcile the conservation of For convenience, these terms are detailed alphabetically. biodiversity with its sustainable use (UNESCO definition). Terms Definition Brownfield Land Land which has previously been Action Plans Subject or action based, non developed. The term may statutory documents prepared to encompass vacant or derelict land, achieve the optimum development infill sites, land occupied by of specific targeted areas. redundant or unused buildings and Affordable Housing Housing of a reasonable quality developed land within the that is affordable to people on settlement boundary where further modest incomes. This may be in intensification of use is considered the form of social rented acceptable. accommodation, mid-market Bulk Freight Locations Locations with good rail accessibility rented accommodation, shared and with large scale material ownership and shared equity handling potential capable of being schemes, discounted low cost developed for the processing / housing for sale, including plots for dispatch of bulk freight commodities self build, and low cost housing such as coal and timber. without subsidy Bulky Goods Goods, generally sold from retail Archaeological Sites Known sites and locations of warehouses and of a size that and Locations archaeological interest. would normally be taken away by Article 4 Directions Directions made under Article 4 of car and not be manageable by the Town and Country Planning customers travelling on foot or by (General Permitted Development) cycle or bus. (Scotland) Order 1992 restricting Circulars Documents which provide permitted development rights to statements of government policy give the planning authority more and contain guidance on policy control over future developments in implementation through legislative conservation areas or other areas or procedural change. where the authority wishes to Coalfield Communities Former coal mining communities, safeguard amenity. All Article 4 suffering significant decline as a Directions are subject to full result of the demise of the coal consultation and confirmation by industry and in need of regeneration. the Scottish Ministers. Commercial Leisure Leisure developments such as Ayrshire and Arran A strategic document, produced by Developments multi-screen cinemas, bowling Woodland Strategy a specially convened steering alleys etc. which need to be group, detailing how future accessible by a large number investment in woodland planting of people. can best be directed to secure the greatest economic, environmental Community Care Housing which is provided or and social benefit. Housing reserved for those people with special housing requirements such Ayrshire Joint The strategic policy framework as older people and people with a Structure Plan document for the development and physical or learning disability. use of land within Ayrshire, prepared jointly by the three Community Woodland Areas of new woodland within 5 Ayrshire Local Authorities and miles of the edge of a settlement approved by Scottish Ministers. which is specifically managed for informal public recreation. Biomass A renewable fuel based on plant and animal materials eg wood fuel Conservation Areas Areas of special architectural or and specialised energy crops, historic interest, the character of considered to be carbon neutral. which it is desirable to enhance and which should be protected from insensitive or inappropriate development.

50 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Conservation Area Management tools which help Development / Statements prepared by a planning Appraisals identify the special interest and Design Briefs authority setting out the main changing needs of a conservation planning and design principles on area and which provide the basis which the development of a for a programme of action to particular site will be based. improve and enhance the areas Development A range of housing, business and concerned. Opportunity Sites industry or other miscellaneous Conservation Area Plans, produced by local sites identified in the local plan as Management Plans authorities, setting out those being suitable for development. measures that should be put into East Ayrshire A plan produced jointly by a range practice to ensure the appropriate Community Plan of partners in the public and management and protection of a voluntary sectors to promote social conservation area. justice and social inclusion, to Conservation Area A grant giving programme, run by build sustainability, to succeed in Regeneration Scheme Historic Scotland, providing joint working and involving people, financial assistance to area based to ensure equality and accessibility regeneration and conservation and to deliver continuous initiatives. improvement and best value Comparison Retail Retail floorspace for the sale of throughout East Ayrshire between Floorspace goods such as clothes, fashion 2003 and 2015. merchandise, electrical goods, East Ayrshire A site specific planning policy furniture etc, where the purchaser Local Plan document prepared by East Ayrshire will compare prices, quality and Council, providing guideline and quantity before making a purchase. advice pertaining to the future Convenience Retail Retail floorspace for the sale of development of East Ayrshire. Floorspace goods such as food, drinks, East Ayrshire Opencast A planning policy document tobacco, newspapers, magazines, Coal Subject Plan prepared by East Ayrshire Council, confectionary etc for relatively providing specific guideline and immediate consumption. advice pertaining to opencast coal Core Path Plan A plan prepared by the Council to extraction and related matters identify, develop, manage and throughout the East Ayrshire maintain a series of core paths, coalfield areas. routes, waterways etc to facilitate Edge of Centre A location within easy walking the exercise of access rights. distance of, and adjacent to, a Cultural Heritage The elements of the built and town centre.’ natural environment that together Effective Housing The part of the established housing combine to create a sense of place Land Supply land supply which is free, or for an individual. expected to be free of development Derelict Property A fund set up by the Council to constraints in the period under Revolving Fund assist with the cost of demolition of consideration and will therefore derelict properties. be available for the construction of housing Design Statements Statements provided by developers explaining and illustrating the design Enabling Development A development proposed in principles and concept of their association with the proposed developments, including restoration/conservation of a listed details of layout, landscape, scale building or other significant and mix of development, materials traditional building seriously at risk used and future maintenance of the from neglect, whereby the funds areas concerned. raised from the sale of the development are channelled into Developer Contributions made by developers to the restoration/conservation of the Contributions provide, or help provide, new listed building/significant traditional infrastructure, facilities or amenities, building; or where development or to supplement existing provision, would bring about significant where these are required as a environmental improvements or consequence of the development support innovative new rural being proposed, on its own, or as a businesses by providing funding. result of the cumulative impact of development in the area. Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 51 Environment Plans prepared by the Council, in Green Networks Networks created by linking green Improvement Plans consultation with local and civic space, together with communities, to identify issues to managed and unmanaged open be addressed and potential space with the aim of contributing environmental improvements to the framework of development, projects to be implemented in the maintaining and enhancing communities concerned. environmental quality, providing a Environmental Audit An annual assessment provided by range of opportunities for minerals operators of the degree of recreation, linking and creating compliance of their mineral wildlife habitats and encouraging operation with all environmental walking and cycling. conditions and obligations attached Green Tourism Sustainable tourism, where to issued planning consent, holidays and visits are organised detailing any remedial measures around a green theme e.g. wildlife, which are required to be nature attractions or scenic quality undertaken to rectify any identified and where the tourism resource is shortfalls or deficiencies. used and developed in a way Established Housing The total housing land supply, which allows enjoyment while Land Supply including both unconstrained and preserving the resource for use by constrained sites. This will include future generations. the effective housing land supply, High Amenity Housing Housing in the upper market plus the remaining capacity of sites range, generally consisting of under construction, sites with larger, quality homes on larger planning consent, sites in adopted housing plots. local development plans and, Historic Gardens and Areas of specific parkland and where appropriate, other buildings Designed Landscapes woodland generally centred on a and land with agreed potential for large house or castle, which have housing development. been laid out for artistic effect and Farm Diversification Economic activities which are have been identified in the carried out on an existing farm ‘Inventory of Historic Gardens and unit, where the income from those Designed Landscapes in Scotland’. activities is used to supplement the Housing Land Audit The mechanism for monitoring the income of the farm itself. This does housing land supply and not include the sale of farm land or identifying those sites within the other farm based assets for established land supply which are housing or other development expected to be effective within the purposes in order to release a period under consideration. capital sum for investment. Housing Needs A strategy developed by the Gateway Locations Locations identified in the Ayrshire Strategy Housing Service of the Council to Joint Structure Plan as being of assess and address the housing key importance for the business needs requirements of East Ayrshire. and industrial development of Ayrshire as a whole. These Kilmarnock Town A strategy produced by East locations comprise Glasgow Centre Strategy Ayrshire Council to identify Prestwick International Airport, priorities for co-ordinated action Hunterston, the ports of Ayr and within Kilmarnock Town Centre Troon and Ardrossan harbour. and to improve and enhance all of the various functions that the town Greenfield Land Land which has never been centre provides. previously developed or used for an urban use, or land that has been Knowledge Economy A term used to describe an brought back into active or beneficial emerging economic structure that use for agriculture or forestry ie fully is based on the use of intangible restored derelict land. assets such as knowledge, skills and innovation to secure competitive advantage.

52 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Listed Buildings Buildings which appear in the National Planning A framework produced by the Scottish Government’s List of Framework Scottish Government which sets Buildings of Special Architectural or out a strategy to guide the spatial Historic Interest as being of national development of Scotland to 2025, or considerable local importance providing a national context for and worthy of protection. development plans and planning Local Biodiversity A mechanism that seeks to ensure decisions and informing the Action Plans that nationally and locally important ongoing programmes of the species and habitats are conserved Scottish Government, public and enhanced in a given area agencies and local authorities. through focussed local action. Natura 2000 Sites A network of marine and terrestrial Local Housing Comprehensive documents SPA and SAC areas designed to Strategies produced by local authorities to conserve natural habitats and assess all housing needs and species of plants or animals that conditions and to produce are rare, endangered or vulnerable strategies to tackle the housing in the European Community. problems identified in the areas Open Space Audit An audit, carried out by the local concerned over a five year period. authority, to record the type, size, Liaison Committees Committees comprising mineral condition, location and developers and local community maintenance requirements etc of representatives to identify and all areas of open space within the resolve areas of potential conflict of authority area. a mineral operation and to discuss Open Space Strategy A strategy, prepared by the local relevant related issues. authority, to assess the current and Local Nature Reserves Sites designated by local future open space requirements of authorities usually for their high the Council and to compile a clear natural heritage interest and their set of priorities and actions to particular value for education and improve and enhance the area’s informal enjoyment of nature by open space resources. the public. Outdoor Access A strategy prepared by the Council Local Transport Comprehensive documents Strategy to facilitate increased access to the Strategies prepared by local authorities countryside for recreational setting out the authorities’ plans purposes and to develop routes for and priorities for the development walking, cycling and horse riding. of an integrated transport policy Percentage for An existing local plan policy within each authority area. Art Policy whereby developers are requested Master Plans A plan produced by a potential to make a financial contribution of developer setting out how a site 1% of their development costs will be developed. The plan will which will be directed by the describe and illustrate the Council towards the provision of proposed urban form of the public art throughout East Ayrshire. proposed development in three Planning Advice Notes Documents issued by the Scottish dimensions and explain how that Government which provide advice form will achieve the intended on good planning practice and vision for the place, describing other relevant information on a how the proposal will be topic basis. implemented and setting out the Provisional Wildlife Sites of nature conservation costs, phasing and timing of the Sites interest identified by the Scottish development. Wildlife Trust which are considered Mining Progress Plan A plan provided by mineral worthy of, albeit, non statutory operators giving, on an annual protection from insensitive or basis, an up to date position inappropriate development. statement on a particular mineral operation.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 53 Registered Social Landlords registered with Sensitive Landscape Areas identified from the Ayrshire Landlords Communities Scotland to provide Character Areas Landscape Assessment as being housing for let and other particularly sensitive to change and associated services on a not for within which the protection and profit basis. The commonest forms enhancement of the landscape of registered social landlord in should be given priority. Scotland are housing associations. Sequential Test A process for the assessment of Renewable Energy A term to cover those energy flows options for selecting development that occur naturally and repeatedly sites, giving preference to town in the environment, e.g. from the centre sites, edge of centre sites, sun, wind, oceans and the fall of other commercial centres and, water. Heat from the earth, finally, to out of centre locations. combustible waste materials and Settlement Protection Areas of countryside surrounding the use of plant material (energy Areas existing settlements which the crops) are also important sources Council considers should be of renewable energy. protected from sporadic and Restoration and Financial guarantees provided by inappropriate development in order Aftercare Guarantees mineral operators to fund restoration to protect the rural settings of the and aftercare of mineral sites, settlements concerned. should work be abandoned prior to Sites of Special Sites which are designated by the completion of operations. Scientific Interest Scottish Natural Heritage as Retail Impact An assessment of the effects of a (SSSI’s) containing particular species, Assessment retail development on the vitality geology or geomorphology and viability of existing town considered worthy of statutory centres. protection from damage or Retail Warehouse A large single level store, deterioration. specialising in the sale of Site Specific A requirement for a proposed household goods such as carpets, Locational Need development to be fully justified furniture and electrical goods and in terms of it being located on bulky DIY items, catering for car the particular site on which it borne customers and often in out is proposed. of town centre locations. Social Inclusion A government process to enable all Rural Diversification The expansion of the rural Strategy members of society to participate economy through the establishment equally in all aspects of life of appropriate new enterprises and Social Rented Housing Housing provided for rent by a the introduction of sensitive new Local Authority or Registered Social uses of land in rural locations. Landlord Scheduled Ancient Ancient monuments of national Special Areas for Strictly protected sites of European Monuments importance that have been given Conservation (SAC’s) Importance designated under the legal protection under the Ancient EC Directive on the Conservation of Monuments and Archaeological Natural Habitats and the Wild Areas Act 1979. Flora and Fauna Directive Scottish Planning Statements of government policy, (92/43/EEC). Policies produced by the Scottish Government, Special Protection Strictly protected sites of European on nationally important land use Areas (SPA’s) Importance designated under the and other planning matters (post EC Directive on the Conservation of November 2002) Wild Birds, classified for the Section 75 Agreements under Section 75 of purpose of protecting the habitats Agreements / Planning the Town & Country Planning of rare, threatened or migratory Agreements (Scotland) Act 1997, entered into bird species. by the Council and a prospective Strategic A systematic assessment of the developer to address those Environmental provisions of the local plan against elements of a development Assessment a standard set of environmental proposal which cannot adequately objectives and criteria, to evaluate be addressed by the use of their impact on the environment. planning conditions.

54 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Strategic Expansion A series of locations identified in the Tree Preservation Orders made by the local authority Locations Replacement Ayrshire Joint Structure Orders under the Town and Country Plan and transposed into the local Planning (Tree Preservation Order plan alteration as the preferred and Trees in Conservation Areas) locations for future long term / large (Scotland) Regulations 1975, scale housing development of 100 preventing the cutting down, or more houses. lopping and topping of trees covered Supplementary Detailed, non-statutory planning by the order, without the express Planning Guidance advice and guidance, produced by consent of the planning authority. the Council, relating to specific Urban Capacity Study An assessment of the potential for types of development and further housing development supplementing the general within settlement boundaries, planning advice and guidance particularly on previously provided by the East Ayrshire Local developed land and through Plan Alteration. conversions of existing buildings. Sustainability A systematic assessment of the Use Classes Order Refers to the Town and Country Appraisal provisions of the local plan against Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) a standard set of environmental Order 1997, which groups and socio-economic criteria, to compatible land uses into a series evaluate their impact on of specific classes for the purposes sustainability. of determining which changes in Sustainable Development which meets the the use of land constitute Development needs of the present without development. compromising the ability of future Waste Management Processes for the handling, treating generations to meet their own and disposal of waste including needs. recycling and reuse of materials Sustainable Drainage A range of systems and techniques and the handling of liquid and Systems designed to manage the flow of solid waste by-products of water water run-off from a development and sewage treatment. by treating it on site, thus reducing Water Framework The EC Directive (2000/60/EC), the loading on conventional piped Directive implemented into Scottish law drainage systems. through the Water Environment Townscape Heritage A grant giving programme run by and Water Services (Scotland) Act Initiative the Heritage Lottery Fund, 2003. supporting schemes led by Wind Farm A wind energy installation which partnerships of local, regional and comprises more than two wind national interests that aim to turbines. (Large scale windfarms regenerate the historic environment. comprise wind farm developments Transport Assessment An assessment of the effects of of more than 20MW generating retail, commercial leisure or other capacity). major developments with regard to Woodlands In and A Forestry Commission Scotland traffic generation on local and Around Towns initiative that aims to create and wider transportation networks. Initiative enhance woodlands so that they Travel Plans Documents which set out a contribute to the regeneration of package of measures designed to the urban environment and achieve the overall delivery of more improve the quality of life of people sustainable travel patterns for a living and working in urban areas. specific development. Such World Heritage Site Cultural or natural sites recognised measures may include car pooling, by UNESCO as having cultural or cycle leasing, flexi time parking natural heritage of outstanding management, the provision of universal value. company buses etc.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 55 Local Plan Schedules (ii) Miscellaneous Development Opportunity Sites Site Ref Location Area (ha) Schedule 1: 152B Meiklewood/Mosside, Kilmarnock 43.28 013M Station Site, Catrine 1.54 Business and Industry Development Opportunity Sites and 030M Bank Special School, Bank Glen 0.84 Miscellaneous Development Opportunity Sites with 051M Muirkirk Bing 10.33 Potential for Business and Industrial Development. 058M Mauchline Colliery 16.79 (i) Business and Industry Sites 059M Barony Power Station 9.97 Site Ref Location Area (ha) 060M Barony Colliery 46.67 061M Skares Brickworks 14.30 Strategic Sites 077M Croft Street, Dalmellington 0.82 152B Meiklewood/Mosside, Kilmarnock 43.28 083M Littlemill Road, Drongan 0.29 153B Northcraig / Rowallan, Kilmarnock 27.34 117M Mauchline Road, Hurlford 8.45 158B Moorfield North, Kilmarnock 28.92 162M Moorfield Roundabout, Kilmarnock 3.25 Local Sites 163M Queen’s Drive (North) 5.61 006B Templeton Roundabout, Auchinleck 6.18 210M Kilmaurs Road, Crosshouse 0.89 007B Barony Rd/Highhouse, Auchinleck 6.57 220M Laigh Milton Road, Crosshouse 1.61 022B Caponacre Ind. Estate, Cumnock 22.89 232M Western Road, Kilmarnock 4.68 042B Station Rd Ind. Estate, Mauchline 1.63 282M Barrmill Road, Galston 0.38 049B Furnace Rd Ind. Estate, Muirkirk 4.24 325M Green Street, Kilmarnock 0.9 095B Dalmellington Road, Waterside 2.15 329M Burnside Street, Kilmarnock 0.84 154B Southhook Road, Kilmarnock 5.63 330M Balmoral Road, Kilmarnock 3.79 159B Moorfield (South), Kilmarnock 22.92 364M Abattoir Site, Moorfield, Kilmarnock 2.21 161B Ayr Road, Kilmarnock 14.51 Note: Sites 058M, 059M, 060M and 061M relating 192B Rigg Street, Stewarton 2.15 to Mauchline Colliery, Barony Power Station, Barony 253B Newton Terrace, Catrine 0.34 Colliery, and Skares Brickworks respectively, are also 254B Bonded Warehouse, Catrine 5.18 listed as sites where leisure and recreational uses will 270B Cumnock Business Park / be considered appropriate. Glaisnock Glen, Cumnock 9.19 271B Ayr Road, Cumnock 7.42 Schedule 2: 282B Lochore Terrace, Darvel 0.83 Miscellaneous Sites with Potential for Tourism, 283B Campbell Street, Darvel 0.75 Leisure and Cultural Use 284B East Main Street, Darvel 1.14 Site Ref Location Area (ha) 285B Jamieson Road/Green Street, Darvel 0.87 013M Station Site, Catrine 1.54 286B Irvinebank Road, Darvel 0.92 051M Muirkirk Bing 10.33 293B Drongan Ind Estate, Drongan 0.45 058M Mauchline Colliery 16.79 294B Littlemill Road, Drongan 0.83 059M Barony Power Station 9.97 301B Barrmill Road, Galston 0.34 060M Barony Colliery 46.67 303B Mauchline Road, Hurlford 14.91 061M Skares Brickworks 1.79 322B Hill St / Balmoral Rd, Kilmarnock 23.6 077M Croft Street, Dalmellington 0.82 323B Glenfield Ind. Estate, Kilmarnock 14.39 117M Mauchline Road, Hurlford 8.47 324B Glacier Vandervel, Kilmarnock 8.65 118M Galston Road, Hurlford 0.43 332B Knockshinnoch Coal Disposal Point 3.85 193M Rowallan Estate 80.80 345B Waterside Ind Est, New Cumnock 1.21 196M Main Street, Muirkirk 0.22 348B Brown Street, Newmilns 11.06 198M High Street, Newmilns 0.43 352B Hillside, Patna 1.73 210M Kilmaurs Road, Crosshouse 0.89 220M Laigh Milton Rd, Crosshouse 1.61 359B Egger, Barony Road, Auchinleck 17.35 226M Scott Ellis Playing Fields, Kilmarnock 30.62 346M Castle, New Cumnock 0.56 366M Loudoun Castle and Estate 260.00

56 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Schedule 3: Site Area (i) Housing Development Opportunity Ref Location Cap (ha) Sites within the Area Settlements 273H Gateside Road 18 1.37 All site capacities are indicative 274H Townhead 8 0.37 275H* Ayr Road (2) 15 0.88 Site Area 276H* Sillyhole 50 3.89 Ref Location Cap (ha) Dalrymple Auchinleck 067H Burnton Road 44 2.00 003H Barbieston Road 6 0.55 277H Doon Garage 8 0.17 004H Park Road 8 0.28 278H* Burnton Road (South) 45 2.37 221H Main Street 55 1.67 Darvel 242H Dalshalloch Wood 86 4.8 103H Jamieson Rd (1) 59 3.21 243H* Hillside Crescent 80 4.57 204H+ Lochore Terrace 6 0.36 Burnside 280H* Hillview Road 8 0.57 245H Burnside 20 2.76 281H Jamieson Road (2) 45 2.53 Catrine Drongan 011H John Street 18 0.9 273H Mill O’ Shield Road 60 3.16 247H* Shawwood Farm 80 3.53 287H Robert Burns Avenue 19 0.37 248H Bridge Street 9 0.07 288H+ Bonnyton Avenue 20 1.06 249H* Newton Street 37 0.72 289H* Watson Terrace 95 5.3 250H Newton Terrace 10 0.31 291H Hannahston Ave 7 0.33 251H Mill Street 8 0.14 292H Littlemill Road 24 0.82 Cronberry Dunlop 255H Riverside Gardens 4 0.33 193H+ Allanvale 22 1.14 Crookedholm 295H Parkhead Road 67 6.14 256H* Grougar Road East 50 2.60 Fenwick and Laigh Fenwick 361H* Main Road (South) 20 0.96 174H Skernieland Road 50 2.38 Crosshouse 297H* Kilmaurs Road 6 1.11 257H* Irvine Road South 30 1.96 368H Stewarton Road (North) 20 2 258H* Kilmaurs Road 125 8.01 Galston Cumnock 106H Titchfield Street 9 0.13 015H Holmhead 61 6.11 107H* Belvedere View 155 7.58 018H+ Barshare 48 1.91 109H Brewland Street 25 1.87 259H Penders Wynd (N) 5 0.22 205H West of Cemetery 4 0.5 260H Greenholm Road 19 0.26 298H Milrig Crescent 10 0.13 261H Barrhill Terrace 26 1.1 299H Maxwood Road 10 0.31 262H Cairn Road (North) 30 1.82 300H Wallace Street 12 0.13 263H* Auchinleck Road 330 19.67 Hayhill 264H* Rigg Road 120 10.5 279H Hayhill Cottages 4 0.56 265H Penders Wynd (S) 4 0.23 Hurlford 266H* Holmburn Road 9 0.20 113H* Galston Road North 100 7.51 267H Cairn Road (South) 18 0.64 114H Leven Drive 8 0.73 268H Blackfaulds Road 8 0.13 302H Galston Road South 10 0.51 269H Ryderston Drive 13 0.27 Kilmarnock Dalmellington 136H Altonhill 359 34.84 076H Ayr Road (1) 21 0.96 137H+ Kirkland Avenue 94 3.25 202H Melling Terrace 6 0.24 145H Moorfield 283 21.52 224H The Glebe 29 1.71 148H Maxholm 200 14.31 272H Carsphairn Road 8 0.44 252H Craufurdland Road 4 0.20

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 57 Site Area Site Area Ref Location Cap (ha) Ref Location Cap (ha) 304H Ayr Road 8 0.47 Patna 369H Treeswoodhead Road 6 0.23 090H Carnshalloch Ave 7 0.77 306H Nith Place 12 0.14 350H Cemetery Road 4 0.19 307H James Little Street 16 0.11 351H* Carskeogh Caravan Site 160 11.7 308H+ Finlayson Drive 54 1.97 Rankinston 309H West George Street 10 0.06 341H Littlemill Place (1) 10 0.58 310H Longpark 138 5.10 353H Littlemill Place (2) 4 0.11 311H Western Road 11 0.39 Sorn 312H Southhook Road 60 3.40 057H* Catrine Road 26 2.05 313H Arran Avenue 17 0.53 Stewarton 314H Springhill Farm 10 0.71 241H Dalry Road 54 5.86 315H New Mill Road 44 1.91 354H Kilwinning Road 200 10.05 316H Burnpark House 28 0.83 355H* Draffen East 100 8.88 317H* Treesbank 400 44.0 356H* Dunlop Road 130 7.58 318H* Fardalehill 450 25.0 357H* + Nether Robertland 50 2.11 319H* Northcraig 600 36.85 Waterside (Doon Valley) 320H* Caprington Golf Course 350 22.53 358H New Cottages 5 0.29 321H* Bridgehousehill 250 23.81 Waterside (Kilmarnock) Kilmaurs 360H Main Road 6 0.03 305H* Crosshouse Road West 140 8.87 Logan & Lugar Key 032H Lugar Institute 22 1.12 * New Greenfield Release 333H Peesweep Brae(1) 4 0.15 + Sites identified for affordable housing purposes 334H Peesweep Brae (2) 9 0.48 Lugton Schedule 3: 359H Lochlibo Road 8 0.38 (ii) Housing Development Sites in the Rural Area Mauchline 039H East Park Ave 56 4.41 Locations Conversions New Build Total 040H Hamilton Avenue 49 2.29 Enabling Devts 335H* Station Road 70 3.95 Ballochmyle House 14 94 108 336H* Sorn Road 180 8.74 Lainshaw House 16 27 43 337H* Ayr Road 150 10.62 Glaisnock House 10 36 46 363H Corrie Mains Farm 30 1.10 Dunlop House 9 17 26 Muirkirk Rowallan 0 35 35 044H Wellwood Street 11 1.08 Ballochmyle Cream 21 5 26 338H Smallburn Road 30 1.67 Hollybush House 055 339H Furnace Road 8 0.77 Lowland Crofting 340H* Crossflat Road 20 1.25 Glenbuck Loch 0 10 10 New Cumnock Auchencloigh 055 365H* Mansfield Road 35 2.15 Other Consents 343H Crown Hotel 10 0.28 Miscellaneous 48 0 48 344H* Afton Park 12 0.90 Total 118 234 352 Newmilns 347H Brown Street 20 0.51 Ochiltree 349H* Watson Farm 27 1.69

58 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Schedule 3: Schedule 5: (iii) Miscellaneous Development Opportunity Sites Private Open Space Guidelines with Potential for Housing Development Private open space comprises all land within the curtilage of a dwelling house with the exception of Ref Location Area (ha) land occupied by driveways, garages or parking spaces. 012M Mill Street, Catrine 0.06 For each terraced, semi-detached or detached house, 013M Station Site, Catrine 1.54 at least 60% of the total plot area should be reserved 024M Greenbraes, Cumnock 4.85 as private open space. 030M Bank School, Bank Glen 0.84 A proportion of all private open space should be 051M Muirkirk Bing 10.33 secluded in nature and be provided to the 077M Croft Street, Dalmellington 0.82 following guidelines:- 078M High St, Dalmellington (SN) 0.08 • Detached & Semi Detached Houses with less 118M Galston Road, Hurlford 0.43 than 4 bedrooms: 1.5 x ground floor area of house (minimum 100m2) Schedule 4: • Detached & Semi Detached Houses with 4 or Public Open Space Interim Guidelines more bedrooms: 1.5 x ground floor area of Class 1 Retail Parks Min 12sq m per 100sq m gfa house (minimum 150m2) Class 4 Business Parks Min 09sq m per 100sq m gfa • Terraced Houses: 1.5 x ground floor area of house (minimum 70m2) Class 5 Industry Parks Min 06sq m per 100sq m gfa With regard to flats, Nursing Homes and Special Class 6 Distribution Parks Min 06sq m per 100sq m gfa Needs Housing, private open space should be Class 11 Leisure Parks Min 12sq m per 100sq m gfa provided to the following guidelines:- The open space interim guidelines that apply to the • Flats: 25m2 per bedroom; above classes of development are applicable to all • Nursing Homes: 15m2 per bedspace; and developments over 5.0 hectares in area or in relation to developments with a gross floor area (gfa) of more • Special Needs Housing: 25m2 per 1 bedroom than 10,000 sq metres. unit, 40m2 per 2 bedroom unit Class 9: Residential Use The development of communal areas of open space, contributing to the amenity and setting of the Min 60 sq m per household comprising 40 sq m of development and provided to the appropriate open space (e. g. parks, sports areas, allotments, guidelines, may be considered appropriate with green corridors, semi-natural space and civic space) regard to such developments. and 20 sq m of informal play/recreation space and equipped play areas The private open space guidelines quoted may be relaxed at the discretion of the Council where The open space interim guidelines that apply to residential considered appropriate. development are applicable to all housing or mixed use developments of more than 10 or more housing units or areas greater than 0.5 hectares in extent. Schedule 6: Note: (i) Acceptable Town Centre Uses Primarily Directed to Town Centres in Preference to Out-of-Centre Locations (i) Public open space provided in association with developments of over 300 houses will be Class 1: Shops expected to include at least 1.5 ha of public (a) for the retail sale of goods other than hot food; parkland, incorporating areas for active and (b) as a post office; passive recreation and children’s play (c) for the sale of tickets; (ii) The provision of public open space is in addition to any private open space / garden ground (d) as a travel agency; provided as part of the development concerned. (e) for the sale of cold food for consumption on the (iii) Source of guidelines: Consultative Draft SPP 11: premises; Open Space and Physical Activity (f) for hairdressing; (g) for the direction of funerals; (h) for the display of goods for sale;

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 59 (i) for the hiring out of domestic or personal goods Class 7: Hotels and Hostels or articles; (a) hotel (j) as a launderette or dry cleaners; or (b) boarding or guest house; or (k) for the reception of goods to be washed, cleaned (c) hostel. or repaired; Class 9: Houses where the sale, display or service is principally to visiting members of the public. Houses occupied by a single person or a number living together as a family, or as a household of 5 Class 2: Financial, professional and other services persons or less. Limited use as a bed and breakfast Use for the provision of: or guest house. (a) financial services; Class 10: Non-Residential Institution (Part) (b) professional services; or (a) creche, (c) any other services (including use as (b) day nursery or day centre a betting office); (c) provision of education. which it is appropriate to provide in a shopping area Sui Generis Uses and where the services are provided principally to visiting members of the public. (a) taxi business or hire of motor vehicles Class 3: Food and drink (b) public houses Use for the sale of food or drink for consumption on (c) sale of hot food for consumption off the premises the premises. (d) flats Class 10: Non-Residential Institution (Part) Note: The Classes referred to are as defined in the (a) museum Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997. (b) exhibition hall (c) public library Schedule 7: (d) art gallery; or Miscellaneous Development Opportunity Sites with (e) public hall. Potential for either Retail or Commercial Leisure Development

Class 11: Assembly and Leisure Ref Location Area (ha) (a) cinema; 012M Mill Street, Catrine 0.06 (b) concert hall; 024M Greenbraes, Cumnock 4.85 (c) bingo hall or casino; 078M High Street, Dalmellington 0.08 118M Galston Road, Hurlford 0.43 (d) dance hall or discotheque; or 157M Castle, New Cumnock (e) swimming bath, skating rink, gymnasium or area 163M Queen’s Drive (North), Kilmarnock 5.61 for other indoor sports or recreation, not involving motorised vehicles or firearms. 165M 6-14 John Finnie St, Kilmarnock 0.07 193M Rowallan Estate, Kilmarnock 80.80 Sui-Generis Uses 325M Green Street, Kilmarnock 0.9 (a) theatres; 326M Titchfield Street, Kilmarnock 0.98 (b) amusement centre 327M West Shaw Street, Kilmarnock 1.8 329M Burnside Street, Kilmarnock 0.84 Schedule 6: 362M Southcraig Drive, Kilmarnock 2.30 (ii) Other Uses which are considered acceptable within Town Centre Locations. Class 4: Business Use for offices (other than specified under Class 2 above).

60 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Schedule 8: Site Location Miscellaneous Development Opportunity Sites with Galston Potential for Community Facility Development 298H Milrig Crescent 109H Brewland Street (Part EAC owned) Ref Location Area (ha) 301B Barrmill Road (Part EAC owned) 024M Greenbraes, Cumnock 4.85 Hurlford 030M Bank School, New Cumnock 0.84 117M Mauchline Road 077M Croft Street, Dalmellington 0.82 118M Galston Road 083M Littlemill Road, Drongan 0.29 114H Leven Drive (Part EAC owned) 118M Galston Road, Hurlford 0.43 Kilmarnock 157M Castle, New Cumnock 137H Kirkland Avenue 196M Main Street, Muirkirk 0.22 325B Green Street 244M Well Road, Auchinleck 0.52 165M 6 – 14 John Finnie Street 362M Southcraig Drive, Kilmarnock 2.30 322B Hill Street / Balmoral Road (Part EAC owned) Schedule 9: 163M Queens Drive (North) Development Opportunity Sites identified in the Local 226M Scott Ellis Playing Fields Plan Alteration which are in the Ownership of the Council 148H Maxholm (Part EAC owned) 162M Land to south of Moorfield Roundabout (Part EAC owned) Site Location 161B Ayr Road (Part EAC owned) Auchinleck Legate/Bank Glen 003H Barbieston Road 030M Former Bank School 007B Barony Road ‘ Highouse Industrial Estates (Part EAC owned) Mauchline 243H Hillside Crescent (Part EAC owned) 042B Station Road Industrial Estate 244M Well Road Muirkirk Catrine 049B Furnace Road Industrial Estate 012M Former Mill Site, Mill Square 196M Former Nursery School, Main St 013M Former Station Site New Cumnock Cumnock 344B Waterside Industrial Estate 022B Caponacre Industrial Estate Newmilns (Part EAC owned) 198M High Street 024M Greenbraes / Greenholm Road PROP60 Newmilns Cemetery (Part EAC owned) Patna 259H Penders Wynd (N) 346B Hillside (Part EAC owned) 265H Penders Wynd (S) Stewarton Dalmellington PROP 69 Cocklebie Park (Part EAC owned) 077M Croft Street (Part EAC owned) Waterside (DV) 272H Carsphairn Road 095B Dalmellington Road Darvel 204H Lochore Terrace Drongan 287H Robert Burns Avenue 083M Former Club Site, Littlemill Road (Part EAC owned) 288H Bonnyton Avenue PROP44 Drongan Cemetery Fenwick 174H Skernieland Road

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 61 APPENDIX 1: Improving Health and Wellbeing • Ensure that information is available in a East Ayrshire suitable format and that services are provided when and where required for those who need them to enable people to make healthy lifestyle Community Plan choices; Themes and Aims • Strive for equality in health for the most disadvantaged in East Ayrshire by targeting activity to address factors that contribute to the Improving Community Safety most prevalent health problems and improving • Tackle crime and anti-social behaviour and the support and care services for the most fear of crime and anti-social behaviour vulnerable groups; • Work with young people to reduce the • Work in partnership to improve the balance of likelihood of them getting involved in crime and care for older people and community care anti-social behaviour; groups; • Improve community safety in neighbourhood • Promote wellbeing by providing financial and homes; inclusion services which target our most deprived communities and populations; • Promote child protection and the safety of vulnerable adults • Improve the balance of care and quality of life for people who have long terms conditions. Promoting Lifelong Learning Delivering Community • Raise education attainment in all educational establishments and centres and ensure Regeneration education providers, Third Sector and voluntary • Regenerate town centres and villages, and groups and businesses work together to support dealing with rundown areas; all learners to achieve a positive destination • Growing and support new and existing post 16 and develop effective skills for learning, businesses, including the social economy; life and work; • Develop employability initiatives, including • Support individuals to gain literacy, numeracy, within the social economy; ICT and skills for work/vocational skills; • Grow tourism and increase visits and • Increase participation by young people in wider participation in cultural and leisure activities; achievement and citizenship; • Promote transport solutions, particularly for • Support the development and continuation of rural areas, ensuring that good quality community based organisations; affordable choices are available; • Encourage individuals to access learning • Support the provision of sustainable housing opportunities to improve the quality of their solutions; lives and wellbeing; • Protect, conserve and enhance the natural • Maximise the use of existing community environment; facilities for community learning and development by all partners • Mitigate against and adapt to the negative effects of climate change; • Support parents and carers, communities, service providers and agencies to break intergenerational cycles of poverty, inequality and poor outcomes in and through the early years

62 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 APPENDIX 2: Sites of Local Nature Conservation Interest

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 63 APPENDIX 2(a): (i) Listed Wildlife Sites Site Grid Ref Sites of National Merrick Kells NX 450890 and Local Nature Auchenroy / Glenmount Uplands NS 460020 Craiglee Uplands NX 460960 Conservation Interest Doon Valley Wetlands NS 468060 Dalmellington Moss NS 465063 (i) Special Areas of Conservation (SAC’s) Craigengillan / Ness Glen Woodland NS 476035 Bryan's Height NS 500020 Site Grid Ref Dalmellington Town Common NS 484054 Merrick Kells NX 450840 Cumnock Burn / Pennyvenie Burn NS 495067 Airds Moss NS 615250 Dallowie Burn Woods NS 382106 Martnaham Loch / Snipe Loch NS 390170 (ii) Special Protection Area (SPA’s) NS 385174 Martnaham Wood NS 393170 Site Grid Ref Craig House NS 377374 Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands NS 690220 River Doon Woodland NS 367144 Kerse Loch NS 425144 (ii) Sites of Special Scientific Interest Water of Coyle / Drongan Wood NS 425210 NS 432191 Site Grid Ref Trabboch Wetlands NS 437219 Barlosh Moss NS 486185 Bow Burn / Ashentree Glen Wood NS 439135 Benbeoch NS 492085 NS 434138 Blood Moss and Slot Burn NS 679318 Stair Wood / Dalmore Bank NS 439233 Bogton Loch NS 470052 Dunaskin Ironworks NS 443084 Dalmellington Moss NS 465064 Trabboch Wetlands NS 439215 Dunaskin Glen NS 454088 Dunaskin Glen / Benquhat Hill NS 460095 Fountainhead NS 657104 Rankinston Scub, Water of Coyle NS 455147 Garpel Water NS 690255 Belston Loch NS 476169 Glenbuck Loch NS 762285 Barlosh Moss NS 485185 Greenock Mains NS 635277 Bent Burn NS 498174 Howford Bridge NS 515254 Burnock Water NS 500200 Loch Doon NX 497975 Martyrs' Moss NS 520120 Lugar Sill NS 600215 Dumfries House NS 540202 Martnaham Loch and Wood NS 393173 Dumfries House NS 530206 Merrick Kells NX 450840 Dalgig Plantation NS 557130 Muirkirk Uplands NS 690220 Inchgotrick Quarry NS 414377 Ness Glen NS 477021 Treesbank Estate NS 422344 Nith Bridge NS 594141 Howcommon (Craigie Hill) NS 431331 River Ayr Gorge Failford NS 460253 Riccarton Moss (Crossbush) NS 445350 Stairhill NS 452242 Templeton Burn and Armsheugh NS 459 385 Dallars Mains NS 458332 Templeton Burn and Armsheugh NS 460382 Crosshands Heath / Friendlesshead Hill NS 497305 Cessnock Water Woodland NS 470325 Cessnock Water NS 494299 Crosshands Heath / Friendlesshead Hil NS 485304 Friendlesshead Farm NS 504302

64 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Site Grid Ref Site Grid Ref Oxenshaw Bridge NS 519281 Lugar Water : Holmhead to Braehead NS 590210 Bogend Burn Scrub NS 535244 Glaisnock Glen / Velvetere Wood NS 575180 Catrine Voes NS 535260 Dalleagles Woodland NS 572103 Auchmannoch Woods NS 540308 Riggfoot / Lanemark Bogside Wetland NS 588125 Polbaith Burn & Castlehill Glen NS 485390 Lugar Loch Wetlands NS 590225 Craighead NS 492326 Ryderston Belt NS 588184 Orchard Plantation & West Belvedere NS 497377 New Cumnock Wetlands NS 605144 Loudoun Castle Woodlands&Waterside NS 515375 Nith Bridge NS 595140 Burn Anne & Holywell NS 521352 Glenmuir Water: Lugar to Kyle Castle NS 624199 Carmell and Cessnock Water NS465332 Knockshinnoch Laggons NS 607134 NS494316 Low Moss NS 613210 East Holmes Wetlands NS 480372 Dalfad Moss NS 628224 River Doon Woodland NS 369458 Nith Floodplain NS 640136 Caprington Castle & Estate NS 409364 Guelt NS 638191 River Ayr : Stair to Barskimming NS 438240 Mansfield / Garclaugh / Garepool Burns NS 644149 NS 490255 NS 654144 Lugar Water and Auchinleck Estate NS 500230 Merkland Wood NS 664137 Wallace Moor / Keirs Hill NS 426076 Corsencon Hill NS 670156 Benbeoch / Pennyvenie Glen NS 495083 Glenmuirshaw NS 695198 Montgreenan & Lugton Water NS 343451 River Ayr: Mid Heilar to Chapelhouse NS 583260 Montgreenan & Lugton Water NS 346446 NS 635280 Montgreenan & Lugton Water NS 344449 Loudoun Hill NS 610378 Bloak & Kennox Mosses NS 361495 Allanton Plains & Avon Water NS 623370 Bloak & Kennox Mosses NS 369458 Nether Wellwood Farm NS 637262 Hillhouse & Water Plantation NS 413467 Marchhouse Hill NS 666270 Lugton Moss NS 416534 River Ayr Floodplain NS 675260 Dunlop House NS 428493 Kames Hill Woodland NS 694268 Rowallan Estate NS 433424 Kirk Plantation NS 698278 Bowes Rigg Drying Green NS 423462 Glenbuck Loch, Woodland and Floodplain NS 750286 Dunlop House NS 426495 Airds Moss NS 600240 North Craig Reservoir NS 437414 Muirkirk South Uplands NS 690220 Knockmade Moss NS 437524 Afton Uplands NS 650070 Robertland & Swinzie Burn NS 445468 Glen Afton NS 620100 Totherick NS 443502 Glen Water NS 579420 Meikle Mosside NS 447420 River Ayr: Damhead to Nether Heilar NS 502254 Burnfoot Reservoir NS 453450 NS 580265 Craufurdland Estate NS 458414 Lanfine Estate NS 608379 Clonherb NS 460463 Glenoul Burn, Logan Moss, Distinkhorn NS 575350 Corsehouse Reservoir NS 483503 Connel Burn / Benty Cowan NS 570080 Fenwick Moor (Greenfield Burn) NS 512484 Cleuch Burn NS 553275 Craigendunton Reservoir NS 525457 Glaisnock Moss / Carnivan Hill NS 562153 Crins Hill NS 540442 Muirkirk North Uplands NS 650310 Upper Lugton Water NS 364466 Pley Moss NS 564427 Carmel Water : Tour to Waterpark NS 410402 Horsecleugh Glen Woodland NS 565183 Dean Estate Country Park NS 437396 Shankston Wood NS 563195

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 65 APPENDIX 3: Agricultural Land Classification

66 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 With the introduction of the new Planning Bill, all APPENDIX 4: East development plans will require to contain an Action Plan setting out the Council’s priorities for the delivery of those Ayrshire Local Plan: proposals identified for implementation during the life of the plan. A synopsis of the proposals identified in the local plan Action Programme alteration is provided below, together with an indication of their priority for delivery and the particular lead agents expected to progress the work involved.

Proposal No Action Lead Agent(s) Priority General Proposals PROP 1 Identification of a Bulk Freight location in the vicinity of the EAC Planning Medium former Barony Colliery at Auchinleck and the safeguarding, AJPU enhancement and promotion of the area, once identified, for such a purpose. PROP 2 Safeguarding and promotion of locations, landscapes and EAC Planning Medium buildings throughout East Ayrshire associated with Robert Burns AJPU and designation of these locations etc as a possible World SAC, NAC Heritage Site. PROP 3 Exploring the potential offered by the natural environment in EAC Planning High developing a Biosphere Reserve extending from Dumfries and AJPU Galloway into the southern Ayrshire. SAC, D & G Council PROP 4 Preparation of an Ayrshire wide strategy for mineral development, EAC Planning Medium including opencast coal. AJPU SAC, NAC PROP 5 Preparation and implementation of Open Space Strategy EAC Leisure Services High for East Ayrshire EAC Planning PROP 6 Investigation into possibility of developing a new travellers’ facility EAC Planning Medium at an appropriate location. EAC Neighbourhood Services, AJSP Team SAC, NAC PROP 7 Preparation of Supplementary Planning Guidance on affordable EAC Planning High housing, based on the conclusions of the Housing Needs and EAC Housing Demand Assessment, in order to promote a local development plan on this issue as soon as practicable. PROP 8 Increase the potential of existing educational and community EAC Leisure Services Ongoing premises through shared use of school buildings and other EAC Planning practice property in Council ownership. PROP 9 Improvement and enhancement of existing community, EAC Leisure Services Ongoing educational, leisure, recreational and sporting facilities and EAC Planning practice provision of new, expanded or additional facilities where there is a demonstrated need and where finances permit. PROP 10 Carry out a detailed feasibility study into the possibility of EAC Planning Medium providing a Biomass power generation, co-fired power plant to AJPU the west of Auchinleck. PROP 11 Provision of an integrated network of waste management facilities EAC Planning, High and identification of a joint waste treatment facility to meet the EAC Neighbourhood future needs of the three Ayrshire Councils. Services, NAC, SAC, AJPU PROP 12 Implementation of the Council’s Local Transport Strategy and EAC Planning High preparation of a Transport Model for Ayrshire EAC Roads AJPU PROP 13 Provision of cycle lanes within the road traffic system, the EAC Planning Ongoing introduction of additional restricted vehicle access schemes and EAC Roads practice improved access and parking facilities for the disabled and those with special needs.

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 67 Proposal No Action Lead Agent(s) Priority PROP 14 Implementation of improvements to the A70 and A71 routes EAC Roads Ongoing practice PROP 15 Development and promotion of a high quality, sustainable path EAC Planning High network linking the East Ayrshire communities and regional and EAC Outdoor national networks. Services PROP 16 Development and promotion of new and enhanced park and ride EAC Planning High facilities at Kilmarnock, Stewarton and Auchinleck. Network Rail SPT PROP 17 Safeguarding of existing freight interchanges at EAC Planning Medium certain stated locations. Network Rail PROP 18 Carrying out a STAG appraisal of the A76 trunk road and the EAC Planning Medium existing strategic rail network EAC Roads PROP 19 Ensure that all forestry and woodland proposals are implemented EAC Planning Ongoing in full accordance with the provisions of the Ayrshire Woodlands AJPU practice Strategy. NAC, SAC Forestry Authority PROP 20 Designation of new Conservation Areas and amendment of EAC Planning Ongoing boundaries of other Conservation Areas as considered practice appropriate. PROP 21 Preparation of Conservation Area Regeneration Schemes (CARS) EAC Planning Ongoing and introduction of Article 4 Directions for the Council’s practice Conservation Areas as appropriate. PROP 22 Consultation with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to EAC Planning Ongoing ensure that development proposals accord with the Groundwater SEPA practice Protection Strategy and are acceptable in terms of the SEPA / Planning Authority Protocol on Flooding Issues. PROP 23 Preparation of comprehensive trigger maps identifying those areas EAC Planning High within which formal consultation with SEPA will be carried out, as EAC Roads regards flooding related matters. SEPA PROP 24 Preparation and implementation of a Coalfield Environmental EAC Planning High Initiative Strategic Plan. Coalfield Initiative Partners PROP 25 Carry out environmental improvements to those main ‘A’ class EAC Planning Medium access and tourist routes for which the Council is responsible. PROP 26 Preparation and implementation of Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Ongoing Plans for those areas suffering especially from problems of Local Communities practice poverty, decline and exclusion. PROP 27 Consultation with the Health and Safety Executive about risks to EAC Planning Ongoing proposed developments from any notifiable installations in practice accordance with Circular 5/1993. PROP 28 Preparation of Woodlands In and Around Towns Strategy. EAC Planning Medium AJPU NAC, SAC, AAWP East Ayrshire Woodlands PROP 29 Revise and updating of all existing design guidance and EAC Planning Medium production of new design guidance as considered necessary and appropriate. PROP 30 Exploring the concept of a Landscape Protection Area being EAC Planning, NAC, Medium created for the Core Investment Area SAC, AJPU PROP 31 Co-ordination and facilitation of a Community Environmental EAC Planning Plan being Improvement Action Plan for Auchinleck. ACDI Implemented PROP 32 Extension of Auchinleck Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services

68 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 Proposal No Action Lead Agent(s) Priority Area Specific Proposals PROP 33 Co-ordination and facilitation of an Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Plan being Action Plan for Bellsbank. Local Community Implemented PROP 34 Development and implementation of a Catrine Environmental EAC Planning High Heritage Project based on the regeneration of Catrine Voes. Catrine Community Trust PROP 35 Co-ordination and facilitation of an Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Plan being Action Plan for Catrine. CCT, CEG Implemented PROP 36 Extension of Catrine Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 37 Upgrading the junction of the B713 and EAC Planning High the B705 road at Catrine EAC Roads PROP 38 Comprehensive regeneration of Cumnock town centre and EAC Planning Plan being implementation of a range of initiatives including the Cumnock Local Community Implemented Town Centre Renewal Project, the Cumnock Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme and other projects identified through the Enquiry by Design Process. PROP 39 Extension of Cumnock Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 40 Co-ordination and facilitation of an Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Plan being Action Plan for Dalmellington. Dalmellington Implemented Partnership PROP 41 Extension of Dalmellington Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 42 Extension of Dalrymple Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 43 Encouraging the provision of a by-pass for Darvel and Priestland. EAC Planning Ongoing EAC Roads practice PROP 44 Co-ordination and facilitation of an Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Plan being Action Plans for Drongan. Local Community Implemented PROP 45 Extension of Drongan Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 46 Extension of Fenwick Cemetery. EAC Outdoor High Services PROP 44 Co-ordination and facilitation of an Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Plan being Action Plan for Galston. Local Community Implemented PROP 48 Extension of Galston Cemetery. EAC Outdoor High Services PROP 49 Encouraging the provision of a by-pass for Hurlford. EAC Planning Ongoing EAC Roads practice PROP 50 Extension to Hurlford Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 51 Implementation of a Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme and EAC Planning High a Townscape Heritage Initiative for the John Finnie Street & Bank Kilmarnock THI Street Outstanding Conservation Area. Partnership PROP 52 Preparation of a promotional joint Development and Design Brief / EAC Planning Medium Action Plan for the Northcraig / Rowallan Strategic Industrial Site SEA (Site 153B) and the Meiklewood / Mosside Strategic Industrial Site (Site 152B). PROP 53 Co-ordination and facilitation of Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Plans being Action Plans for both Kilmarnock North and Kilmarnock South. Local Community Implemented PROP 54 Extension of Kilmarnock Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services

Volume 1: Introduction And Strategic Approach 69 Proposal No Action Lead Agent(s) Priority PROP 55 Investigation into the possibility of introducing new and enhanced EAC Planning Medium rail and new bus based park and ride facilities in Kilmarnock. EAC Roads Network Rail SPT PROP 56 Extension of Kilmaurs Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 57 Co-ordination and facilitation of an Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Plan being Action Plan for Logan. Local Community Implemented PROP 58 Extension of Mauchline Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 59 Encouraging the provision of a by-pass for Muirkirk. EAC Planning Ongoing EAC Roads practice PROP 60 Co-ordination and facilitation of an Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Plan being Action Plan for Muirkirk. Muirkirk Implemented Environmental Group PROP 61 Extension of Muirkirk Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 62 Co-ordination and facilitation of an Environmental Improvement EAC Planning High Action Plan for New Cumnock. New Cumnock Env Regeneration Volunteers PROP 63 Extension of New Cumnock Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Medium Services PROP 64 Encouraging the provision of a by-pass for Newmilns. EAC Planning Ongoing EAC Roads practice PROP 65 Continuing implementation of a town scheme for the Main Street EAC Planning Scheme in Outstanding Conservation Area, Newmilns. progress PROP 66 Encouraging the provision of a by-pass for Ochiltree. EAC Planning Ongoing EAC Roads practice PROP 67 Co-ordination and facilitation of an Environmental Improvement EAC Planning Plan being Action Plan for Patna. Local Community Implemented PROP 68 Extension of Sorn Cemetery. EAC Outdoor Services Medium PROP 69 Provision of a new sports hall at an appropriate location in EAC Outdoor High Stewarton and the expansion and development of the recreational Services facilities at Cocklebie Park. PROP 70 Expansion of Stewarton Conservation Area EAC Planning High PROP 71 Development of a new Civic Amenity Site at an appropriate EAC Neighbourhood High location in Stewarton Services PROP 72 Preparation and implementation of an upgrading and EAC Planning Medium improvement scheme for the B778 Fenwick to Stewarton Road EAC Roads PROP 73 Development of a new Civic Amenity Site at an appropriate EAC Neighbourhood High location within the Galston area Services PROP 74 Strategic Assessment of a potential freight interchange location at EAC Planning Medium Barony, Auchinleck SPT

Abbreviations: SEPA ……………Scottish Environment Protection Agency EAC ………………East Ayrshire Council SNH ……………Scottish Natural Heritage AJPU ……………Ayrshire Joint Planning Unit AAWP ……………Ayrshire and Arran Woodlands Partnership NAC………………North Ayrshire Council SEA ………………Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire SAC ………………South Ayrshire Council ACDI ……………Auchinleck Community Development Initiative D and G Council…Dumfries and Galloway Council CCT ………………Catrine Community Trust SPT ………………Strathclyde Partnership for Transport CEG………………Catrine Environmental Group

70 EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN 2010 This document is also available, on request, in braille, large print or recorded on to tape, and can be translated into Chinese, Punjabi, Urdu, Gaelic and Polish. Ma tha sibh airson fiosrachadh fhaighinn ann an cànan sam bith eile, cuiribh brath thugainnaig an t-seòladh a leanas.

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