Sprotbrough Neighbourhood Plan Submission Version July 2020
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1 Sprotbrough NDP - Submission Version, Summer 2020 Note - Unless otherwise stated, all maps have been prepared @Crown copyright and database rights [2019] Ordnance Survey Sprotbrough and Cusworth Parish Council (Licensee) License number OS PSMA number 100060450. 28/07/2020 2 Sprotbrough NDP - Submission Version, Summer 2020 Contents 1 Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 4 2 What is the Sprotbrough Neighbourhood Development Plan? ...................................................... 5 3 How does the Neighbourhood Plan work within the planning system and with other strategic policies? .................................................................................................................................................. 7 4 Sprotbrough in Context ................................................................................................................... 9 5 NDP Preparation and Public Consultation .................................................................................... 11 6 Key Planning Issues for Sprotbrough NDP .................................................................................... 14 7 Community Vision for the SNDP ................................................................................................... 18 8 Community Objectives for the SNDP ............................................................................................ 18 9 SNDP Planning Policies .................................................................................................................. 20 9.1 Protecting Local Character and Built Heritage ............................................................................... 20 9.2 Housing in Sprotbrough ................................................................................................................. 40 9.3 Amenities ....................................................................................................................................... 43 9.4 Economy ......................................................................................................................................... 50 9.5 Natural Environment and Improving Accessibility ......................................................................... 53 10 Addressing Non-Planning Matters - Speeding, Parking and Unsuitable Vehicle Use ..................... 61 11 Implementation .............................................................................................................................. 64 12 Monitoring and Review ................................................................................................................... 64 13 Consulting the Community: A Key Principle ................................................................................... 65 Appendices ............................................................................................................................................ 66 Appendix A: Summary of individual views and opinions ...................................................................... 67 Appendix B: List of Community Projects ............................................................................................... 69 Appendix C: Sprotbrough Today: Challenges and Opportunities ......................................................... 70 Appendix D: Designated Heritage Assets in Sprotbrough NDP Area ................................................... 73 Appendix E: Definition of Affordable Housing ...................................................................................... 75 Appendix F: Local Businesses in Sprotbrough, October 2018 .............................................................. 76 Appendix G: Proposed Locally Valued Heritage Assets (Undesignated Heritage Assets)..................... 78 Appendix H: Extracts from Doncaster Council Housing Needs Study, 2019 ........................................ 87 Appendix I: Community and Recreational Facilities ............................................................................. 89 Appendix J: Local Green Spaces ............................................................................................................ 92 Appendix K: Key Views and Vistas ...................................................................................................... 104 Appendix L: Wildlife Recorded in Sprotbrough .................................................................................. 107 3 Sprotbrough NDP - Submission Version, Summer 2020 1 Executive Summary This is the Submission version of the Sprotbrough Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP). It has been prepared following careful consideration of the responses to the Draft of the Sprotbrough Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) which was published for formal public consultation from Monday 4th November 2019 until 5pm Friday 31st January 2020. The NDP has been prepared by a committed group of local residents (the Sprotbrough Neighbourhood Champions) on behalf of Sprotbrough and Cusworth Parish Council. After a further stage of public consultation undertaken by Doncaster MBC and an examination by independent examiner the NDP will be subjected to a local referendum and local voters will be able to decide if the plan should be used to help determine planning applications in the area. The NDP includes local planning policies to guide development in Sprotbrough up to 2035 - the same time frame as that for the new emerging Local Plan for Doncaster. The NDP has been prepared building on the results of previous public consultations and the local knowledge and research of the Sprotbrough Neighbourhood Champions. The NDP has a Vision and 9 Objectives and sets out 12 planning policies: • Policy S1 Guidelines for New Development in Sprotbrough • Policy S2 Sprotbrough Conservation Area, Newton Conservation Area and Locally Valued (Undesignated) Heritage Assets • Policy S3 Garden and Back Land Development • Policy S4 Mix of Housing Types and Sizes • Policy S5 Protecting and Enhancing Local Community Facilities • Policy S6 Local Green Spaces • Policy S7 New Retailing Facilities and Car Parking in Sprotbrough Village Centre • Policy S8 Supporting Small Scale Business Development • Policy S9 Supporting Homeworking • Policy S10 Protecting Local Landscape Character • Policy S11 Wildlife • Policy S12 Improving Accessibility These planning policies seek to protect the distinctive local character of Sprotbrough, identifying those built heritage assets we value and promoting high quality and sensitive design in new development. The NDP policies protect important views and the natural environment including wildlife and landscape character. Housing related policies guide and inform backland development and promote a suitable mix of housing. Community and recreation facilities are identified and protected and several new green areas are identified for protection as Local Green Spaces. The significance of local shops is also recognised and there are policies to support suitable economic development and proposals linked to home working. Non planning matters such as management of traffic and car parking are also addressed in a separate section. 4 Sprotbrough NDP - Submission Version, Summer 2020 2 What is the Sprotbrough Neighbourhood Development Plan? Map 1 Sprotbrough Neighbourhood Plan Area 1 Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDPs) were introduced through the Localism Act 2011 to give local people a greater say in planning decisions that affect their area. NDPs are neighbourhood level planning policy documents, with policies designed to reflect the needs and priorities of local communities. NDPs can identify where new homes, shops and offices should be built, set out local design principles so that buildings respond positively to local character and protect important facilities and open spaces. They are an important part of our planning system because planning applications are determined in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise and made (adopted) NDPs are part of the local statutory development plan for their area. 2 Neighbourhood Development Plans cannot be prepared in isolation. They are required to have regard to national planning policies (set out in the National Policy Planning Framework (NPPF) (revised in February 2019), Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) and other Government statements and guidance) and to be in general conformity with strategic policies in the local development plan. The relevant Local Planning Authority for Sprotbrough is Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) and the current statutory development plan comprises the Saved Policies of Doncaster Unitary Development Plan (UDP) 1998 and Doncaster Core Strategy 2011 - 2028. A new Local Plan for Doncaster is at an advanced stage of preparation and the Sprotbrough NDP has been prepared taking account of the reasoning and evidence informing the new Local Plan in line with Planning Practice Guidance (Paragraph 009). 5 Sprotbrough NDP - Submission Version, Summer 2020 3 The Sprotbrough Neighbourhood Development Plan (SNDP) has been prepared by the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group made up of residents and parish councillors from Sprotbrough and Cusworth Parish Council. 4 The Plan covers a part of the parish of Sprotbrough and Cusworth (see Map 1)1 and sets out planning policies for that Neighbourhood Plan Area. This was considered the most appropriate boundary