Stowey Sutton Neighbourhood Plan
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Neighbourhood Plan Draft Working Document 11/01/2015 16.58 Plan period: 2015-2029 1 2 Contents Contents ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Foreword .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 The Neighbourhood Plan Policies .................................................................................................................. 13 Introduction and Background .......................................................................................................................... 15 History of Bishop Sutton ................................................................................................................................ 15 History of Stowey ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Local Governance ............................................................................................................................................. 15 How the Neighbourhood Plan was prepared ............................................................................................ 16 Initial Work .......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Area Designation and Raising Awareness ............................................................................................... 17 Consultation and Evidence Gathering ...................................................................................................... 17 Consultation on initial draft and the steps to the final plan ............................................................ 18 The Neighbourhood Plan Vision ..................................................................................................................... 18 Structure of the Plan ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Objectives ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 The Parish Council and community will deliver this by: ..................................................................... 19 Sustainable Development for the Whole Community ............................................................................ 19 Strategy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Neighbourhood Plan Delivery and Implementation ............................................................................... 20 The Neighbourhood Plan Policies .................................................................................................................. 22 Housing and Development ............................................................................................................................... 23 Housing and Development Policy SSHP01 Housing Boundary ...................................................... 24 Housing and Development Policy SSHP02 Development Scale ..................................................... 25 3 Housing and Development Policy SSHP03 Development Character ............................................ 26 Housing and Development Policy SSHP04 Property Size ................................................................. 26 Housing and Development Policy SSHP05 Sustainability Impact .................................................. 27 Housing and Development Policy SSHP06 Lighting ........................................................................... 28 Business and Employment ................................................................................................................................. 29 Background ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Business and Employment Policy SSBE01 Business Conservation and Preservation .............. 30 Business and Employment Policy SSBE002 Business Type .............................................................. 30 Business and Employment Policy SSBE03 Employee Parking .......................................................... 30 Business and Employment Policy SSBE04 Homeworking ................................................................. 30 Business and Employment Action Policy SSBE05 Broadband ......................................................... 31 Transport and Communications ...................................................................................................................... 33 Background ......................................................................................................................................................... 34 Road and Transport Action Policy SSRT01 Public Transport ........................................................... 34 Road and Transport Action Policy SSRT02 Parking ............................................................................. 34 Road and Transport Action Policy SSRT03 Footpaths ........................................................................ 35 Road and Transport Action Policy SSRT04 Safe Road Crossing ..................................................... 35 Road and Transport Action Policy SSRT05 Cycle and Walk for Recreation................................ 36 Road and Transport Action Policy SSRT06 Stowey Weight Restriction ....................................... 37 Community and Recreation .............................................................................................................................. 39 Community and Recreational Action Policy SSCR01 Recreation Ground ................................... 40 Community and Recreational Action Policy SSCR02 Allotments ................................................... 40 Appendices .............................................................................................................................................................. 41 Appendix A .............................................................................................................................................................. 42 4 Formal Neighbourhood Plan Area Designation ................................................................................... 42 Appendix B .............................................................................................................................................................. 52 Sustainability ...................................................................................................................................................... 52 Introduction and Methodology .............................................................................................................. 52 About this Report......................................................................................................................................... 52 Sustainable Development ......................................................................................................................... 52 Stowey Sutton Parish .................................................................................................................................. 53 Neighbourhood Plan Scope and Main Objectives .......................................................................... 53 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 54 Policy Context (task A1) ............................................................................................................................. 55 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) ..................................................................................... 56 B&NES Local Plan 2007 - 2011 ............................................................................................................... 56 B&NES Core Strategy ................................................................................................................................. 56 Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) ................................................................................................................. 56 Flood Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 56 Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) .............................................................................................. 57 Mendip Hills AONB Management Plan (2009-2014) ...................................................................... 57 Next Steps ....................................................................................................................................................... 58 Sustainability Context (task A2) .............................................................................................................. 58 Biodiversity ....................................................................................................................................................