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District Plan Planning and Regeneration Bromsgrove Strategic Planning District Council www.bromsgrove.gov.uk Bromsgrove District Plan Proposed Submission Version 2011-2030 Bromsgrove District Plan Contents Contents No Place like Home 48 BDP 7 Housing Mix and Density 48 1. Introduction and Context 2 BDP 8 Affordable Housing 50 Background 2 BDP 9 Rural Exception Sites 53 Content 3 BDP 10 Homes for the Elderly 55 What has influenced this Plan? 3 BDP 11 Accommodation for Gypsies, Duty to Cooperate 4 Travellers and Showpeople 57 The Local Enterprise Partnership 4 BDP 12 Sustainable Communities 58 What happens next? 5 Can I still get involved? 5 Let’s do Business 60 BDP 13 New Employment Development 60 2. District Profile: 6 BDP 14 Designated Employment 63 Economic characteristics 6 BDP 15 Rural Renaissance 65 Social characteristics 7 BDP 16 Sustainable Transport 68 Environmental characteristics 8 The One and Only Bromsgrove 74 3. Key Challenges 11 BDP 17 Town Centre Regeneration 74 BDP 18 Local Centres 88 4. Vision 12 BDP 19 High Quality Design 90 BDP 20 Managing the Historic Environment 96 5. Strategic Objectives 14 BDP 21 Natural Environment 100 6. Structure of Policies 15 Clean, Green and Healthy 104 BDP 22 Climate Change 104 7. Key Diagram 15 BDP 23 Water Management 108 BDP 24 Green Infrastructure 112 8. Policies: 16 BDP 25 Health and Well Being 114 Development Strategy 16 Implementation and monitoring 118 BDP 1 Sustainable Development Principles 16 BDP 2 Settlement Hierarchy 18 Appendices: 119 BDP 3 Future Housing and Employment Appendix I ‘At a Glance‘ policies context 119 Development 21 Appendix II Glossary 134 BDP 4 Green Belt 23 Appendix II Housing Trajectory 137 BDP 5A) Bromsgrove Town Expansion Sites 26 Appendix IV BDLP policies deleted 138 BDP 5B) Other Development Sites 32 Appendix V Monitoring indicators 146 RCBD1 Redditch Cross Boundary Development 43 Appendix VI Supplementary Planning Documents/ BDP 6 Infrastructure Contributions 46 Guidance 152 Bromsgrove District Council Planning and Regeneration 1 Strategic Planning Bromsgrove District Plan Introduction and Context The original Plan was called the Core Strategy and was 1 Introduction and focused on meeting local needs and aspirations through local engagement, but with a strategic perspective and Context responsibility. This Plan has been developed in the light of the changing political and legislative landscape of regional and Background local planning, including the Localism Act 2011, the National Planning Policy Framework 2012 and the introduction of the 1.1 The purpose of the Bromsgrove District Plan, (BDP or The Duty to Co-operate. The work that was progressed under the Plan) is to set out the long-term vision for how Bromsgrove Core Strategy forms the basis of this Plan. Town, the villages and countryside will develop and change in the period up to 2030. The Plan will set out how this vision will 1.3 The Council no longer proposes to prepare a separate be delivered through a strategy of promoting, distributing and Area Action Plan (AAP) for the Town Centre. A draft AAP was delivering sustainable development and growth. consulted on at the same time as the Draft Core Strategy 2 in 2011. It has now been decided to incorporate the more 1.2 Preparation of The Plan began following the Planning detailed key policies proposed in the draft Town Centre Area and Compulsory Purchase Act in 2004 and was then set within Action Plan into the District Plan so that all of the important the context of the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy policies affecting the District are contained in one document. (now revoked) with its emphasis on urban and rural renaissance. Bromsgrove District Council Planning and Regeneration 2 Strategic Planning Bromsgrove District Plan Introduction and Context 1.4 The Plan’s strategy promotes economic and job growth in What has influenced this Plan the District and provides for new housing to meet the District’s needs, as well as land for other activities including retail, The Plan is founded on: sport and leisure. The strategy aims to conserve and improve the character and quality of the environment which is an 1.8 National and local planning policies, including: important component of the District’s attractiveness to The National Planning Policy Framework investment and success. Waste Core Strategy for Worcestershire adopted 2012 Single Sustainable Community Strategy for Worcestershire 1.5 The Plan reflects national and local aims for reducing 2011-2021 carbon emissions. It also contributes to the Council’s agenda National imperative of economic growth and sustainable of improving the quality of life and health of the residents development of Bromsgrove which is set out in the Bromsgrove Priorities section of the Single Sustainable Community Strategy for Other relevant plans, policies and strategies that relate to Worcestershire 2011-2021. The Plan will be the starting point the District or the wider area for the development of Neighbourhood Development Plans by 1.9 Evidence from a number of studies about the local communities and for decisions on all new development District, including but not exclusively: proposals. Employment Land Review 2008/2012 Strategic Housing Market Assessment 2012 1.6 The Council has a statutory duty to prepare, monitor and review a Development Plan for the District. The Plan will Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 2013 replace the saved policies from the current Development Plan, Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment the Bromsgrove District Local Plan, (Adopted 2004) as set out Strategic Flood Risk Assessment levels 1&2 (2008 and in Appendix IV. 2012) Water Cycle Study Outline (2012) Content Settlement Hierarchy Study 2012 Green Infrastructure Baseline Report 2012 1.7 The Plan includes: Retail Study 2013 A District Profile which describes Bromsgrove as it is at the moment Viability Assessment 2013? The challenges facing Bromsgrove that the Plan can Annual Monitoring Reports ongoing help to address and the objectives for addressing these 1.10 Recommendations from appraisals and challenges assessments: A vision of how the District could develop as a place to Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of the objectives, policies and meet the needs of its local residents, businesses and sites which highlighted potential conflicts or areas where visitors in the future the plan could be improved, and ensures that the Plan A strategy to direct growth to sustainable locations and accords with the principles of sustainable development. achieve the vision The SA process also incorporates the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The SA has been integral A set of Policies to deliver the strategy to each stage of the plan making process. A monitoring and implementation framework for Habitat Regulations Assessment of the impact of the delivering the Plan. The Plan is supported by a draft strategy and policies on the network of sites of European Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) which attempts to show importance for nature conservation, how the proposed development may be delivered. The IDP is at present in draft and as a ‘live’ document will Equalities Impact Assessment of the impact of policies be updated before Submission of the Plan. The draft IDP on specific groups, as a result of race, gender, sexual can be found as a separate document. orientation, disability, age or religion Bromsgrove District Council Planning and Regeneration 3 Strategic Planning Bromsgrove District Plan Introduction and Context 1.11 Involvement of key stakeholders and local 1.15 The District Council and Redditch Borough Council communities, including consultation on: continue to liaise closely to prepare the new local plans for Issues and Options - 2005 each independent Local Authority area and build a robust Issues and Options - 2008 evidence base, jointly where appropriate, in order to make the most efficient use of resources and where this makes Redditch Growth Joint Consultation - 2009 sound planning sense. This joint working has also included Draft Core Strategy - 2010 Stratford on Avon District Council in order to resolve the Draft Core Strategy 2 - 2011 unmet employment needs of Redditch. Housing Growth Joint Consultation 2013 1.16 A separate document concerning the Duty to Co-operate Bromsgrove District Plan (2011-2030) - 2013 Publication forms part of the evidence base supporting the Bromsgrove Version (current) District Plan. 1.12 A summary of the consultation carried out and how it has influenced the Plan is contained in the Consultation The Local Enterprise Statement which is a separate evidence base document. Partnership A brief summary of the key consultation issues is detailed in each policy under the sub heading of Consultation feedback. 1.17 Bromsgrove is a member of two LEPs, namely the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP (GBSLEP) and the Duty to Co-operate (DTC) Worcestershire LEP (WLEP). 1.13 The BDP takes into account the implications of 1.18 The GBSLEP is a partnership of businesses, local planning policies of neighbouring authorities as spatial authorities and universities which supports private sector planning should not be constrained by Local Authority growth and job creation. The role of the GBSLEP is to create administrative boundaries. The District Council has consulted and support a globally competitive knowledge economy, neighbouring authorities at all stages in the preparation of the ensuring the LEP area is recognised as the natural home for Plan and will continue to do so as necessary and in particular Europe’s
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