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Draft Local Plan (2013 - 2028) Consultation Document Your 2013-2028 Arun District Council Draft Local Plan (2013 - 2028) Consultation Document your surroundings where you work where you live how you travel Consultation period 19th July to 10th September 2012 Contents 1 Foreword 8 Introduction 2 Overview 11 3 Vision & Objectives 16 4 Spatial Portrait 21 5 The Key Diagram 32 5.1 Arun Key Diagram 32 6 Implementation & Monitoring 34 7 Sustainable Development 35 8 The Built-Up Area Boundary 37 Prosperous Place 9 Employment & Enterprise 42 9.1 Coast to Capital LEP Map 45 9.2 Coastal West Sussex Partnership Map 46 9.3 Strategic Employment Land Allocations 47 9.4 Other Employment Land Allocations 50 9.5 Enhancement of Employment Premises and Sites 53 9.6 Littlehampton Harbour 57 9.7 Economic Improvement and Skills 61 9.8 Telecommunications 63 9.9 Economic Development Outside the Built Up Area Boundary 70 10 Retail 76 10.1 Retail Development 80 11 Tourism 86 11.1 Tourism Related Development 88 12 Soil, Horticultural & Equine Developments 93 12.1 Soil 93 Arun District Council Local Plan Contents 12.2 Horticulture 94 12.3 Garden Centres 98 12.4 Equine Development 101 Living Place 13 Housing Delivery 105 13.1 Housing Allocations 105 13.2 Affordable Housing 114 13.3 Rural Housing & Exception Sites 119 13.4 Houses in Multiple Occupation 123 13.5 Independent Living & Care Homes 125 13.6 Traveller Accommodation 128 13.7 Agricultural, Forestry & Horticultural Worker's Dwellings 131 14 Design 137 14.1 Aspects of Form and Design Quality 137 14.2 Internal & External Space Standards 150 14.3 Extensions and Alterations 161 14.4 Housing Mix 164 14.5 Addressing Climate Change 166 15 Health, Recreation & Leisure 180 Connected Place 16 Transport 196 16.1 Sustainable Travel and Public Rights of Way 199 16.2 Safeguarding the Main Road Network 205 16.3 Parking 209 16.4 Transporting Freight by Rail 212 17 Green Infrastructure 215 17.1 Development and Biodiversity 224 17.2 Landscape 226 Protected Place 18 Conservation & Archaeological Heritage 234 Local Plan Arun District Council Contents 18.1 Listed Buildings 237 18.2 Buildings or Structures of Character 244 18.3 Conservation Areas 247 18.4 Areas of Special Character 252 18.5 Archaeological Heritage 254 19 Natural Environment 260 19.1 Designated Sites 260 19.2 Non designated sites 271 19.3 Trees & Woodland 274 20 Water 278 20.1 Water Supply and Quality 280 20.2 Flooding 287 20.3 Sustainable Drainage Systems 290 20.4 Coastal Erosion 293 21 Natural Resources and Minerals Safeguarding 298 22 Waste Management 301 23 Quality of the Environment 305 23.1 Noise Pollution 306 23.2 Light Pollution 312 23.3 Air Pollution 314 23.4 Contaminated Land 317 Infrastructure Provision & Implementation 24 Infrastructure Provision & Implementation 322 Glossary 25 Glossary 326 Appendices 26 Health, Recreation & Leisure Technical Appendix 333 Arun District Council Local Plan Contents 1 Other Formats of this Local Plan 353 Policies Policy SP 1 Sustainable Development 36 Policy SP 2 Built-up Area Boundary 38 Policy SP 3 Strategic Employment Land Allocations 48 Policy SP 4 Other Employment Land Provision 51 Policy DM 1 Enhancement of Employment Premises and Sites 55 Policy DM 2 Littlehampton Harbour 59 Policy DM 3 Knowledge and Cultural Based Economic Growth 62 Policy SP 5 Strategic Delivery of Telecommunications Infrastructure 64 Policy DM 4 Telecommunications 67 Policy DM 5 Economic Growth Outside the Built Up Area Boundary 71 Policy SP 6 Hierarchy of Centres 78 Policy DM 6 Retail Development 81 Policy SP 7 Sustainable Tourism and the Visitor Economy 87 Policy DM 7 Tourism Related Development 89 Policy DM 8 Soil 93 Policy DM 9 Horticulture 96 Policy DM 10 Garden Centres 99 Policy DM 11 Equine Development 101 Policy SP 8 Strategic Housing, Parish and Town Council Allocations 109 Policy SP 9 Affordable Housing 117 Policy SP 10 Rural Housing and Exception Sites 121 Policy SP 11 Houses in Multiple Occupation 124 Policy DM 12 Independent Living and Care Homes 126 Policy SP 12 Traveller Accommodation 129 Policy DM 13 Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Worker's Dwellings 132 Policy SP 13 Design 138 Policy DM 14 Aspects of Form and Design Quality 141 Policy DM 15 Internal Space Standards 152 Policy DM 16 External Space Standards 159 Policy DM 17 Extensions and Alterations to Existing Buildings (residential and non-residential) 163 Policy DM 18 Housing Mix 165 Policy SP 14 Adapting to Climate Change 168 Policy SP 15 Energy and Climate Change Mitigation 173 Policy DM 19 Renewable Energy 176 Local Plan Arun District Council Contents Policy SP 16 Health & Wellbeing 186 Policy DM 20 Open Space, Sport & Recreation; 188 Policy SP 17 Allotments 192 Policy SP 18 Transport and Development 197 Policy DM 21 Sustainable Travel and Public Rights of Way 201 Policy SP 19 Littlehampton to Arundel Green Link 203 Policy SP 20 Safeguarding the Main Road Network 207 Policy DM 22 Parking and Development 209 Policy DM 23 Public Car Parks 211 Policy DM 24 Transporting Freight by Rail 213 Policy SP 21 Green Infrastructure and Development 218 Policy DM 25 Green Infrastructure Corridors 221 Policy DM 26 Development and Biodiversity 225 Policy DM 27 Protection of Landscape Character 228 Policy DM 28 The Setting of Arundel 230 Policy SP 22 The Historic Environment 236 Policy DM 29 Listed Buildings 242 Policy DM 30 Buildings or Structures of Character 246 Policy DM 31 Conservation Areas 250 Policy DM 32 Areas of Special Character 253 Policy DM 33 Sites of Archaeological Interest 256 Policy SP 23 Natural Environment 260 Policy DM 34 Designated Nature Sites 264 Policy DM 35 Pagham Harbour 268 Policy DM 36 Appropriate Assessment 270 Policy DM 37 Non Designated Sites 273 Policy DM 38 Protection of Trees 275 Policy SP 24 Water 278 Policy DM 39 Water Supply and Quality 284 Policy DM 40 Flood Risk 288 Policy DM 41 Sustainable Drainage Systems 291 Policy DM 42 Coastal Protection 295 Policy DM 43 Natural Resources and Minerals Safeguarding 298 Policy DM 44 Waste Management 302 Policy SP 25 Quality of the Environment 305 Policy DM 45 Noise Pollution 310 Policy DM 46 Light Pollution 313 Arun District Council Local Plan Contents Policy DM 47 Air Pollution 315 Policy DM 48 Contaminated Land 318 Policy SP 26 Infrastructure Provision and Implementation 323 Local Plan Arun District Council 1 Foreword 1.1 Thank you for viewing Arun's Local Plan. The plan sets out the vision for Arun to 2028 and beyond. It is the culmination of extensive study and participation and I am very grateful to all those individuals and organisations that have helped to prepare it to this first stage of its consultation. 1.2 Arun has determined that economic growth for job creation is its number one priority. It wants to enable residents of working age to be able to work within Arun. This is called increasing 'job density' and it is the central theme of this plan. The Local Plan will help to achieve this by diversifying the range of employment sites available to investors; protecting existing viable employment land from other forms of development, encouraging employment growth in manufacturing, cultural, office, leisure, retail and marine based activities and freeing up commercial enterprise from planning red tape through the use of Local Development Orders. 1.3 It also protects our much valued landscape including the coastal plains, the setting of Arundel and the land between existing settlements. This is part of our new Green Infrastructure policy where we set out the functions of space between settlements. 1.4 The Local Plan also sets out the criteria we require to be met in order to gain approval for new and extended communities.We want new development to tackle infrastructure difficulties in order to free up lost business hours and enable people to plan their journeys with more certainty. 1.5 We are also pioneering Neighbourhood Development Plans - our positive approach has resulted in almost district wide coverage of these plans and in the true spirit of the intention of localism we are delegating non strategic site allocations to these plans, thereby putting local people in control. 1.6 Please respond to this draft consultation of the Local Plan. We will look at every response and update our plan in preparation for a second round of consultation later this year. Cllr Ricky Bower - Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration 8 Arun District Council Local Plan Introduction 2 Overview 2 Overview 2.1 The Local Plan sets out the vision for the future of Arun and guides development to achieve that vision. It is a place shaping document that everyone can contribute to and everyone can be affected by within the district – it is therefore important to engage in the preparation of this plan. Arun’s Local Plan sets out the strategic vision, objectives, policies and proposals which affect the whole district or parts of it to 2028 and beyond. Arun is at the forefront of neighbourhood development planning and this Local Plan is being prepared to provide a strategic evidence base for Neighbourhood Development Plans. The Local Plan guides developers and decision makers on the most appropriate forms of development for the district. It makes some hard decisions on controversial areas such as safeguarding new road routes, allocating land for significant housing development and protecting land from development. Neighbourhood Development Plans take forward some of these issues at a finer scale and in Arun this means allocating land for employment, housing and other uses. 2.2 The Local Plan, along with Neighbourhood Development Plans, will form the statutory development plan for the district which will be used to help guide planning decisions.
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