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Development Plan Document
Trafford Core Strategy: Further Consultation on the Vision, Strategic Objectives, and Delivery Strategy
March 2010 LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWOR Trafford Core Strategy: Further Consultation on the Vision, Strategic Objectives, and Delivery Strategy – March 2010
ii Trafford Core Strategy: Further Consultation on the Vision, Strategic Objectives, and Delivery Strategy – March 2010
CONTENTS
FOREWORD ….………………………………………………………………………..1
1 INTRODUCTION...... 2
2 THE VISION FOR TRAFFORD...... 6
3 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND PLACE OBJECTIVES...... 8
4 STRATEGIC LOCATIONS...... 22
5 SL1 - POMONA ISLAND ...... 27
6 SL2 - TRAFFORD WHARFSIDE ...... 30
7 SL3 - LANCASHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB QUARTER...... 34
8 SL4 - TRAFFORD CENTRE RECTANGLE ...... 37
9 SL5 CARRINGTON...... 42
10 CORE POLICIES ...... 46
11 L1 - LAND FOR NEW HOMES ...... 47
12 L3 - REGENERATION AND REDUCING INEQUALITIES ...... 53
13 W1 - ECONOMY ...... 59 14 W2 - TOWN CENTRES & RETAIL ...... 65 15 R3 - GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE...... 70
16 R4 GREEN BELT AND OTHER PROTECTED OPEN LAND ...... 75
17 R6 - CULTURE AND TOURISM ...... 79
18 IMPLEMENTATION ...... 82
19 GLOSSARY OF TERMS...... 85
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iv Trafford Core Strategy: Further Consultation on the Vision, Strategic Objectives, and Delivery Strategy – March 2010
FOREWORD In June 2009 the Council published its Further Consultation on the Preferred Option. A number of comments were submitted on this document which required further consideration. In November 2009 the Council consulted on changes to a number of Core Policies detailed in the Core Strategy. That consultation also detailed that further consultation on the Vision, Strategic Objectives, and Delivery Strategy would be undertaken in advance of the Core Strategy being Published and Submitted to the Secretary of State.
This Interim Consultation document therefore relates to the revised approach and detailed word ing of:
• The Vision • The Strategic and Place Objectives • Strategic Locations • Policy L1: Land for New Homes • Policy L3: Regeneration and Reducing Inequalities • Policy W1: Economy • Policy W2: Town Centres & Retail • Policy R3: Green Infrastructure • Policy R4: Green Belt and Other Protected Open Land • Policy R6: Culture and Tourism
Additional supporting documentation has been published alongside this further consultation document including the associated Sustainability Appraisal and flood risk work and evidence relating to the selection of the Strategic Locations.
Amendments to the other Policies, arising out of responses to the Core Strategy consultations in June and November 2009, will be contained within the Publication version of the Plan to be published in summer 2010.
If you wish to recommend any changes to the content of this document please do so no later than 5.00 pm on Friday 16 April 2010 via:
On-line at: www.trafford.gov.uk Email to: [email protected] Post to: c/o Strategic Planning & Developments, 1st Floor Waterside House, Sale Waterside, Sale M33 7ZF
1 Trafford Core Strategy: Further Consultation on the Vision, Strategic Objectives, and Delivery Strategy – March 2010
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 In September 2004, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act came into effect and changed the planning system requiring each Council to replace its existing land use development plan – the Revised Trafford Unitary Development Plan (Adopted June 2006) – with a new “spatial” development plan – the Trafford Local Development Framework. This change in legislation has enabled Trafford to review its Development Plan framework to ensure that it will be fit for pur