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CD 2.3 Draft Core Strategy Bromsgrove District Council Core Strategy Local Development Framework Contents Contents 1. Background page 2 CP7 Water Management and Flood Protection page 19 Purpose of this report page 2 B) Economic Success that is What is a Local Development Shared by All page 20 Framework? page 2 CP8 Distribution of New Why a Draft Core Strategy Employment Development page 20 instead of a Preferred Options CP9 Retail and Town Centre document? page 2 Regeneration page 22 Context page 2 C) Improving Health and What happens next? page 3 Well Being page 23 How can I get involved? page 3 CP10 Sustainable Transport page 23 What has influenced this Draft CP11 Open Space and Core Strategy? page 4 Recreation page 24 D) Meeting the Needs of the 2. Spatial Portrait page 5 Community page 26 CP12 Type, Size and Tenure 3. Spatial Vision page 8 of Housing page 26 CP13 Accommodation for 4. Strategic Objectives page 10 Gypsies, Travellers and 5. Links with the Bromsgrove Showpeople page 27 Sustainable Community CP14 The Scale of New Housing page 28 Strategy page 11 CP15 Cross Boundary growth page 29 6. Core Policies page 13 CP16 Affordable Housing page 31 A) A Better Environment For CP17 Sustainable Today and Tomorrow page 13 Communities page 32 CP1 Climate Change page 13 CP2 Distribution of Housing page 15 7. Implementation and CP3 Rural Renaissance page 16 Monitoring page 34 CP4 Promoting High Quality page 41 Design page 16 8. Appendices CP5 Managing Natural Appendix A - Housing Trajectory page 41 Assets page 17 Appendix B - Relevant Evidence page 42 CP6 Managing Man Made assets page 18 1 Bromsgrove District Council Core Strategy Local Development Framework Background Why a Draft Core Strategy 1. Background instead of a Preferred Options document? Purpose of this report 1.4 The Town and Country Planning (Local 1.0 This document has been produced by the Development) (England) Amendment Regulations District Council as a basis for consultation on the were published in June 2008. The District’s Core next stage of preparing Bromsgrove’s Core Strategy Strategy preparation therefore needs to take as part of the Local Development Framework (LDF). account of the requirements of the transitional It builds on the earlier Issues and Options arrangements that were put in place. The new consultation stages that took place in the summers regulation 25 refers to the need for public of 2005 and 2007. participation in the preparation of the Development Plan. The Regulations no longer require a specific consultation period on “preferred options” and the What is a Local Development purpose of Regulation 25 is to give Local Planning Framework? Authorities wider scope to engage stakeholders and 1.1 The Bromsgrove LDF will replace the existing interested parties in the preparation of their Bromsgrove District Local Plan which was adopted Development Plan Documents. in 2004. It is being prepared under provisions within the Town and Country Planning (Local 1.5 The District Council has therefore decided to Development) (England) Amendment Regulations prepare a Draft Core Strategy to meet the June 2008. The LDF is made up of a portfolio of requirements of the new Regulation 25. documents. This includes the Core Strategy and Functionally this draft will therefore set out what other Local Development Documents (LDDs) which the Preferred Options for spatial development are. set out policies and proposals for implementing the Core Strategy. Once adopted, the Core Strategy, 1.6 During the preparation of this Draft Core other Development Plan Documents and the West Strategy all options presented in the Issues and Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy will form the Options consultation process have been evaluated statutory Development Plan for the District. and the most appropriate options form the basis of policies are now presented. It is important to 1.2 The Core Strategy shows how a spatial planning remember that whilst consultation responses are approach can help deliver the District’s vision and a key input to the emerging Local Development aspirations. It will provide the strategic planning Framework there are also many other inputs as framework for the District, guiding change to 2026. well such as Government policy, the West Midlands The LDDs set out how different aspects of the Core Regional Spatial Strategy, other strategies and so on. Strategy will be implemented. Some of these LDDs Therefore it may not always be possible to amend will have material status in guiding decisions made policies in response to consultation feedback, on planning applications. The Core Strategy is one however much the Council may wish to do so. of these. Context 1.3 This new system is seen as a real opportunity to 1.7 This report sets out the preferred policies for provide a more strategic and flexible approach to consultation in relation to the Core Strategy. guiding Bromsgrove’s development. Key features A Background Report will be published for this will be shorter, more focused documents providing consultation stage to provide more information on a strategic and flexible approach to managing the context for the proposals in this document and change. The LDF will also provide an integrated the issues that have led to its conclusion. This will approach which informs, takes account of and helps be made available on the District Council’s website deliver a wide range of other initiatives. It will be www.bromsgrove.gov.uk with hard copies available based on a real expectation of improving the at the Council House. quality of people’s lives in a way that truly reflects the aspirations of local communities and achieves the overarching aim of delivering sustainable development. 2 Bromsgrove District Council Core Strategy Local Development Framework Background 1.14 We will need to consider all of your comments What happens next? before a final published Core Strategy can be issued. 1.8 The District Council will carefully consider all Therefore, if you have any comments they must be representations received and where appropriate received by the District Council by 5pm on Monday seek to resolve issues. This document will then be 16th February 2009. developed into the Core Strategy and formally “submitted” to the Secretary of State in 2009. 1.15 You can send us your comments on what you However, it is likely that submission of this DPD will think of this document and the proposed policies follow the receipt and assimilation of the report using the response form, as this will enable us to of the Examination in Public of the West Midlands process your comments in the most effective way. Regional Spatial Strategy Phase 2 Review. Please send the completed form to: 1.9 The submitted document will be made The Strategic Planning Team, available for another consultation period during Planning and Environment Services, which formal representations can be made. The Council House, Burcot Lane, 1.10 All representations received will be considered Bromsgrove, at an Examination in Public to be conducted by an Worcestershire, independent Planning Inspector who will test the B60 1AA ‘soundness’ of the plan. The tests of soundness are set out in Planning Policy Statement 12 Local Spatial email [email protected] Planning. It states that after an Inspector checks tel. 01527 881328 that the Core Strategy complies with legislation in Fax. 01527 881313 the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Inspector must determine whether the plan is Further information may be obtained by sound by ensuring that it is “justified, effective and contacting the team using the above contact consistent with national policy”. The Inspector’s details or by visiting our website: report will be binding on the District Council. How can I get involved? www.bromsgrove.gov.uk 1.11 The preparation of the Core Strategy DPD has been progressing for some time and you may already have been involved through earlier consultation processes. There are still opportunities for you to be involved. The Core Strategy builds on work done in developing Bromsgrove’s planning strategy over several years. This includes the LDF Issues and Options consultations in the summers of 2005 and 2007, as well as a number of studies that will form the evidence base to the Core Strategy and the emerging Regional Spatial Strategy for the West Midlands. 1.12 Publication of the Core Strategy DPD is timetabled for Friday 31st October 2008 and the consultation period will run until Monday 16th February 2009. 1.13 This is your opportunity to continually be involved in the evolution of the Core Strategy DPD. Any of the Councils proposed core policies are open to scrutiny and you can still put forward your ideas for other options. 3 Bromsgrove District Council Core Strategy Local Development Framework Background What has influenced this Draft Sustainability Appraisal Core Strategy? 1.20 A draft Sustainability Appraisal (SA) report was available for consultation alongside the Issues and 1.16 Bromsgrove’s planning policy framework Options document. The comments received have has to be in line with National policy, in general 1 conformity with the West Midlands Regional helped to prepare the SA report which is also Spatial Strategy (WMRSS) and take account of the available for consultation with this Draft Core emerging phased revisions of the RSS. Emerging Strategy together with a non-technical summary. updates to national planning policy statements will set new challenges for Bromsgrove to 2026. Issues and Options Consultation 1.21 The responses to the issues and options 1.17 At the National level, the Department for consultations carried out in 2005 and 2007 have Communities and Local Government (DCLG) are also had a significant impact on the process. continuing the process of replacing Planning Policy A full consultation report2 is available as a separate Guidance Notes with more focussed and shorter document and this sets out details of whom was Planning Policy Statements.
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