Draft for submission to NKDC and Independent Examiner Coleby Parish Council
Coleby Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2012-2036
This version of our Neighbourhood Plan is a draft for submission to North Kesteven District Council and the Independent Examiner appointed by them.
Follo i g statutory Regulatio 14 co sultatio o a pre ious draft ith a ra ge of stakeholders for six weeks from 13 March 2017 to 24 April 2017 that draft was amended to take accou t of stakeholders co e ts. More details about the consultation, comments and amendments are in the statutory Consultation Statement accompanying this Plan.
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Foreword
I am delighted to welcome you to Coleby Parish s Neighbourhood Plan.
Your Parish Council is absolutely committed to maintaining the Parish as a unique place to live in terms of both our built and natural environments and our community spirit.
To do that we need to maximise the influence that people in the Parish have over future development; so that is why we have developed this Neighbourhood Plan.
This has involved a great deal of work over the last year or so and I want to thank the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group, my colleagues on the Parish Council, our consultants Open Plan Ltd and North Kesteven District Council s Community Initiatives Team for their inputs. Their names are listed in Appendix 2.
We are also very grateful for grant funding provided through the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Most of all, though, I would like to thank all the residents who attended Parish Council meetings and workshops and those who responded to the Residents Survey. This is your Plan for the place where you live.
Karen Playford Chair of Coleby Parish Council
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Contents
Foreword ...... 2 Contents ...... 3 1. Introduction ...... 4 2. Coleby Parish ...... 7 Population ...... 7 Housing ...... 7 Education ...... 7 Employment ...... 8 Community facilities ...... 8 Heritage ...... 8 Natural environment ...... 10 3. Key issues for the Neighbourhood Plan ...... 11 4. Vision and Objectives ...... 14 5. Planning Policies ...... 16 Location of Development ...... 16 Housing ...... 20 Design and Character of Development ...... 22 Local Green Space (LGS) ...... 26 Access to the Countryside ...... 28 Community Facilities ...... 30 Reviewing the Neighbourhood Plan ...... 33 Appendix 1 – Glossary of Neighbourhood Planning Terms ...... 34 Appendix 2 – Thanks to the people who have worked on the Neighbourhood Plan ...... 37 Appendix 3 - Community issues ...... 38 Appendix 4 - How our Policies deliver our Objectives ...... 39 Appendix 5 - Heritage Assets ...... 41 National heritage assets ...... 41 Locally Listed Heritage Assets ...... 41 Appendix 6 – Evidence base and other supporting documents ...... 43
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1. Introduction
1. This is the Neighbourhood Plan 2012 – 2036 for Coleby Parish in Lincolnshire. The duration of our Plan matches the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan (see below). There may be significant change over such a long period so the final section provides a mechanism for regular reviews.
2. Neighbourhood Plans are part of the Town & Country Planning framework:
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was introduced in 2012 and is supplemented by Planning Practice Guidance (2014). The NPPF introduced a presumption in favour of sustainable development
Local Plans, usually at District Council level, set out a vision and framework for future development of the area. Local Plans must be consistent with the NPPF and Guidance. North Kesteven District Council (NKDC), Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), City of Lincoln Council and West Lindsey District Council have come together to develop a joint Central Lincolnshire Local Plan 2012-2036 that includes our parish. The Central Lincolnshire Local Plan was adopted on 24 April 2017.
Neighbourhood Plans, usually at Parish Council level, are community led plans for guiding future development in an area. They must be consistent with the Local Plan and NPPF.
3. NKDC is our local planning authority and is responsible for deciding most planning applications. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) decides applications for mineral extraction and waste development. Applications for nationally significant infrastructure or urgent Crown development are made direct to the National Planning Inspectorate.
4. Coleby Parish Council decided on 5 January 2016 to develop a Neighbourhood Plan, following a public meeting in December 2015. We made that decision because a Neighbourhood Plan gives us a strong voice, though not the ultimate voice, in decisions about future development in our Parish. The area covered is shown in Figure 2.
5. Taken together, the NPPF, Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plan will make the Local Development Plan for our area against which planning applications are decided (see Figure 1 below).
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Figure 1 - Local Development Plan