Halesowen Area Action Plan Preferred Options January 2012 Contents Dudley Council General Information 3 1 Introduction 5 2 How to Use this Document 7 3 Issues and Opportunities in Halesowen 9 Halesowen Area Action Plan - Preferred Options 4 Spatial Vision and Objectives 13 5 Land Use 17 6 Development Opportunity Sites 35 7 Landscape and Public Realm 45 8 Nature Conservation 57 9 Historic Environment 65 10 Urban Design 83 11 Delivery 105 Appendices 1 Urban Design Considerations on the Opportunity Sites 111 2 Implementation Framework 121 Contents Dudley Council Halesowen Area Action Plan - Preferred Options General Information 3 Dudley Council General Information This and other Local Development Framework documents are or will be made available on request in large copy print, audio version, Braille or languages other than English. If you require the document in one of these formats please contact: Halesowen Area Action Plan - Preferred Options Planning Policy Team, Directorate of the Urban Environment, 3 St James's Road, Dudley, DY1 1HZ or tel 01384 816967 or email
[email protected] Arabic Bengali Chinese General Information 4 Dudley Council Gujarati Halesowen Area Action Plan - Preferred Options Punjabi Urdu 1 Introduction 5 Dudley Council 1 Introduction 1.1 In late 2009, Dudley Council began work on the Halesowen Area Action Plan (AAP). The Halesowen AAP will set the planning framework for Halesowen Town Centre and once it is adopted, it will be the framework for making decisions on planning applications in the area. Halesowen Area Action Plan - Preferred Options 1.2 The Halesowen AAP is being prepared to update the current site specific policy framework for the area, as set out in the Adopted Dudley Unitary Development Plan (2005) (UDP).