Your Area, Your Plan a New Plan for Jobs, Homes, Shops and Green Spaces
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Your Area, Your Plan A new plan for jobs, homes, shops and green spaces Core Strategy Preferred Options Autumn 2012 CALDERDALE LOCAL PLAN Foreword 1 Foreword Welcome to the Council's Preferred Options for its Local Plan - Core Strategy. This document sets out what the Council sees as the main planning challenges over the next 15 to 20 years and our preferred approaches for dealing with them. Some of these challenges, need to be the subject of much discussion within the communities of Calderdale and this document gives people living in the district, working here or having businesses here to contribute to that debate. None of the policies or the strategy itself are fixed at this time. This document sets out our preferences, rather than our final choices. We will further develop our preferred approaches in response to comments received, MBC Calderdale but you must show how and why you think we are "unsound" in our thinking. If we are wrong we will change, but your comments must be based upon evidence and not just feelings. Further work will be needed before we publish the final Draft Core Strategy for consultation during 2013, and submission to the Secretary of State, for its external examination by an independent Planning Inspector. Setting the framework to deliver sustainable development is what the Core Strategy is all about. We cannot ignore the need for new homes, or businesses, nor can we get these in place without taking into account the amazing environment for which we are the guardians. There will be development. During these difficult times of recession and austerity, we must support our economy to provide the jobs and services our people need. Our task is to ensure this is in the right place and provided at the right time, supported by the right infrastructure which makes Calderdale better and the lives of its people supported by great places and facilities. Options Core Strategy Preferred The changes to the planning system that have been brought into effect by the Government are affecting the way in which we are bringing forward this Local Plan. We have flexibility through "localism" to do what is right for Calderdale, but we must plan to meet the identified needs. Our choices now will shape the future of Calderdale so we want to get it right ... with your help we will. Please let us have your views and comments. Councillor Tim Swift Councillor Barry Collins Leader of Calderdale Council Cabinet Member for Economy & Environment Contents Part 1 - Setting the Scene 1 Purpose of this Document 6 Calderdale MBC Calderdale 2 Spatial Portrait of Calderdale 7 Settlement Hierarchy 11 Employment 14 Travel 16 Core Strategy Preferred Options Core Strategy Preferred Population 19 Households 20 Housing Stock 21 Deprivation and Health 24 3 Policy Context 26 National Framework 26 Regional Policy 27 Local Plans and Policies 39 Part 2 - Calderdale's Vision 4 Vision 40 5 Objectives for Sustainable Development 44 6 Proposed Growth 50 Part 3 - The Core Policies 7 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development 68 8 Climate Change 71 9 Locations for Sustainable Growth 73 10 Green Belt and Rural Areas 74 11 High Quality Inclusive Design 78 12 Sustainable Design and Construction 80 13 Infrastructure needed to support development 82 Part 4 - Thematic Policies 14 Economy 83 Contents 15 Transport 96 16 Minerals 106 17 Waste 116 18 Well Being 124 19 Housing 132 20 Flooding and Water Environment 152 21 Green Infrastructure and Natural Environment 157 22 Environmental Protection 161 MBC Calderdale 23 Renewable and Low Carbon Energy 164 24 Historic Environment 168 Part 5 - Area Based Policies 25 Area Based Policies 170 Halifax 170 Options Core Strategy Preferred Brighouse including Rastrick and Hipperholme 182 Elland including Greetland and Stainland 188 Northowram and Shelf 194 Sowerby Bridge 197 Ryburn Valley 201 Luddenden Dean, Mytholmroyd and Cragg Vale 205 Hebden Bridge 208 Todmorden 212 The Moors 217 Part 6 - Implementation and Monitoring 26 Implementation 221 27 Monitoring 228 Appendices 1 Glossary 236 2 Replaced Policies 243 Contents Policy Policy RS-YH 1 Overall Approach and Key Spatial Priorities 29 Calderdale MBC Calderdale Policy RS-YH 2 Climate Change and Resource Use 29 Policy RS-YH 3 Working Together 30 Policy RS-YH 4 Regional Cities and Sub-Regional Cities and Towns 30 Policy RS-YH 5 Principal Towns 30 Policy RS-YH 6 Local Services Centres and Rural ... Areas 31 Policy RS-YH 7 Location of Development 31 Core Strategy Preferred Options Core Strategy Preferred Policy RS-YH 8 Green Infrastructure 32 Policy RS-YH 9 Green Belts 32 Policy RS-ENV 1 Development and Flood Risk 32 Policy RS-ENV 2 Water Resources 33 Policy RS-ENV 3 Water Quality 33 Policy RS-ENV 6 Forestry, Trees and Woodlands 33 Policy RS-ENV 7 Agricultural Land 34 Policy RS-ENV 8 Biodiversity 34 Policy RS-ENV 9 Historic Environment 35 Policy RS-ENV 10 Landscape 35 Policy RS-H 4 The Provision of Affordable Housing 35 Policy CP 1 Distribution of Growth 51 Policy CP 2 Employment Floorspace Requirements 55 Policy CP 3 Provision of town centre floorspace 56 Policy CP 4 Provision of Housing 60 Policy CP 5 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development 68 Policy CP 6 Sustainable Development 70 Policy CP 7 Climate Change 71 Policy CP 8 Locations for Sustainable Growth 73 Policy CP 9 Green Belt Extent 76 Policy CP 10 Development in the Green Belt 76 Policy CP 11 Development in the Area around Todmorden 77 Policy CP 12 High quality, inclusive design 79 Policy CP 13 Sustainable Design and Construction 80 Policy CP 14 Infrastructure provision 82 Policy TPE 1 Providing employment land and premises for future need 84 Policy TPE 2 Safeguarding existing employment sites 84 Policy TPE 3 Diversifying the economy 86 Policy TPE 4 Calderdale retail hierarchy 88 Policy TPE 5 Retail impact assessments and local thresholds 90 Policy TPE 6 General town centre principles 92 Policy TPE 7 Local retailing and service provision outside of centres 93 Policy TPE 8 Hot Food Takeaways 94 Policy TPE 9 Cultural provision 95 Policy TPT 1 Making sure places are properly connected 99 Policy TPT 2 Sustainable travel 101 Policy TPT 3 Transport requirements for site allocations and development proposals 104 Policy TPM 1 Minerals Strategy 107 Policy TPM 2 Mineral Safeguarding Areas 110 Policy TPW 1 Planning for Sustainable Waste Management 118 Contents Policy TPW 2 Broad Areas of Search for New Waste Facilities 122 Policy TPW 3 Proposals for New Waste Management Facilities 123 Policy TPC 1 Community, Health and Education 131 Policy TPH 1 Allocating land for housing 133 Policy TPH 2 Non-Allocated Sites 134 Policy TPH 3 Residential Density 136 Policy TPH 4 High Quality Housing 137 Policy TPH 5 Mix of house types and sizes 140 Policy TPH 6 Affordable Housing 149 Policy TPH 7 Meeting the Needs of Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople 150 Policy TPF 1 Flood Risk Management 153 MBC Calderdale Policy TPF 2 Water Environment 155 Policy TPNE 1 Define a hierarchy of green infrastructure 157 Policy TPNE 2 Identify the functional role of green infrastructure 158 Policy TPNE 3 Securing green infrastructure provision 159 Policy TPNE 4 A joined up green infrastructure network 160 Policy TPEP 1 Pollution Control 161 Policy TPEP 2 Environmental Protection 162 Policy TPRE 1 Renewable and Low Carbon Energy 166 Policy TPHE 1 Protect and enhance the Historic Environment 169 Policy HX 1 Halifax - Delivering the vision 176 Options Core Strategy Preferred Policy HX 2 Halifax Town Centre 178 Policy HX 3 North Halifax 182 Policy B 1 Brighouse including Rastrick and Hipperholme Area - Proposals 186 Policy B 2 Brighouse including Rastrick and Hipperholme Area - Delivering the Vision 187 Policy E 1 Elland including Greetland/Stainland Area - Proposals 192 Policy E 2 Elland including Greetland/Stainland Area - Delivering the Vision 193 Policy NS 1 Northowram and Shelf Area Policy 196 Policy SB 1 Sowerby Bridge Area Policy 200 Policy RV 1 Ryburn Valley Area - Delivering the vision 204 Policy LM 1 Luddenden Dean, Mytholmroyd and Cragg Vale - Delivering the vision 207 Policy HB 1 Hebden Bridge - Delivering the vision 211 Policy TOD 1 Todmorden - Delivering the vision 216 Policy MRS 1 The Moors - delivering the vision 219 6 Purpose of this Document 1 Purpose of this Document 1.1 This document sets out the council’s preferred options for the core strategy of the Calderdale Local Plan for you to comment on. 1 1.2 This Preferred Options consultation represents the council's favoured spatial approach for the amount Calderdale MBC Calderdale and location of development within Calderdale together with its preferred policies, which will help guide and control development through the next 15 or so years until 2029. Following this stage of consultation we will consider any comments made from this consultation and produce a draft of the core strategy for consultation during 2013. 1.3 To help you assess the proposals within this preferred options document we have produced three Core Strategy Preferred Options Core Strategy Preferred accompanying documents:- 1. The Council's reasons and explanations for its policy choices; 2. A sustainability appraisal, which looks at the environmental, economic and social effects of the proposals; and 3. A draft infrastructure delivery plan which looks at the current infrastructure situation within Calderdale and considers future infrastructure projects. Spatial Portrait of Calderdale 7 2 Spatial Portrait of Calderdale 2.1 As part of the scene setting for the local Plan, it is important to provide a context within which the plan is operating. 2 2.2 Calderdale lies at the heart of metropolitan northern England, between the cities of Leeds and Manchester.