Harlow Local Development Plan Adopted December 2020
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Harlow Local Development Plan Adopted December 2020 Adopted December 2020 Harlow Local Development Plan. SIR FREDERICK ERNEST GIBBERD MASTERPLANNER OF HARLOW NEW TOWN 1908 – 1984 Gibberd described Harlow as: “An organism which would go on changing and being rebuilt as the needs of the people altered.“ Photograph of Frederick Gibberd by Walter Bird, 3 July 1967. © National Portrait Gallery. Ronnie Image reproduced under Creative Commons licence. Derek Harlow Local Development Plan Adopted December 2020 Items are clickable CONTENTS to ease navigation. Chapters Background .................................................................................................... 1 CONTEXT, VISION AND OBJECTIVES 1. Introduction .......................................................................................... 4 2. Spatial Context .................................................................................. 14 3. Spatial Vision and Local Plan Strategic Objectives ............... 24 4. Spatial Development Strategy .................................................... 32 Rats . STRATEGIC GROWTH STRATEGY FOR THE HARLOW AREA 5. Development and Delivery of Garden Communities in the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town .................................. 40 STRATEGIC GROWTH STRATEGY FOR HARLOW 6. Promoting Sustainable Development ..................................... 52 7. Housing Strategy and Growth Locations ................................. 56 8. Economic Development and Prosperity Strategy ................. 70 9. Retail Ambitions and Town Centre Redevelopment ........... 78 10. Linking Development Sites to the Wider Environment ...... 86 11. Strategic Infrastructure Requirements ................................... 100 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 12. Background to Development Management in Harlow ........................................................................................... 112 13. Placeshaping ................................................................................... 114 14. Housing ............................................................................................. 140 15. Prosperity .......................................................................................... 154 16. Lifestyles ............................................................................................ 168 17. Infrastructure ................................................................................... 176 Adopted December 2020 Harlow Local Development Plan. MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION 18. Monitoring ....................................................................................... 186 19. Implementation .............................................................................. 194 Glossary ...................................................................................................... 198 APPENDICES Appendix 1: 5-Year Land Supply Calculation ................................ 210 Appendix 2: Housing Trajectory ........................................................ 211 Appendix 3: Neighbourhood Centres Frontages ........................ 212 Harlow Local Development Plan Adopted December 2020 Items are clickable Strategic Policies List to ease navigation. Development and Delivery of Garden Communities in the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town HGT1 Development and Delivery of Garden Communities in the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town ....................................... 42 Promoting Sustainable Development SD1 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development .............. 53 Housing Strategy and Growth Locations HS1 Housing Delivery .................................................................................... 57 HS2 Housing Allocations .............................................................................. 62 HS3 Strategic Housing Site East of Harlow ............................................ 63 HS4 Gypsies and Travellers.......................................................................... 66 Economic Development and Prosperity Strategy ED1 Future Employment Land ................................................................... 71 ED2 Protecting Existing Employment Areas ......................................... 73 ED3 Developing a Skills Strategy for Harlow ........................................ 75 ED4 Developing a Visitor Economy .......................................................... 76 Retail Ambitions and Town Centre Redevelopment RS1 Retail Hierarchy ....................................................................................... 79 RS2 Future Retail Floorspace ...................................................................... 80 RS3 Protecting and Enhancing Existing Retail Centres .................... 82 Linking Development Sites to the Wider Environment WE1 Strategic Green Infrastructure .......................................................... 87 WE2 Green Belt, Green Wedges and Green Fingers ........................... 90 WE3 General Strategy for Biodiversity and Geodiversity .................. 93 WE4 Safeguarding Wildlife Sites Beyond the District Boundary .... 95 WE5 Heritage ..................................................................................................... 97 Strategic Infrastructure Requirements SIR1 Infrastructure Requirements .......................................................... 101 SIR2 Enhancing Key Gateway Locations .............................................. 108 SIR3 Waste and Minerals ........................................................................... 109 Adopted December 2020 Harlow Local Development Plan. Development Management Items are clickable Policies List to ease navigation. Placeshaping PL1 Design Principles for Development .............................................. 115 PL2 Amenity Principles for Development ........................................... 116 PL3 Sustainable Design, Construction and Energy Usage ......................................................................................... 117 PL4 Green Belt ............................................................................................... 119 PL5 Green Wedges and Green Fingers ................................................. 121 PL6 Other Open Spaces ............................................................................. 122 PL7 Trees and Hedgerows ........................................................................ 123 PL8 Green Infrastructure and Landscaping ........................................ 125 PL9 Biodiversity and Geodiversity Assets ............................................ 126 PL10 Pollution and Contamination .......................................................... 127 PL11 Water Quality, Water Management, Flooding and Sustainable Drainage Systems ........................................................ 129 PL12 Heritage Assets and their Settings ................................................ 134 PL13 Advertisements .................................................................................... 137 Housing H1 Housing Allocations ............................................................................ 141 H2 Residential Development ................................................................. 142 H3 Houses in Multiple Occupation ...................................................... 143 H4 Loss of Housing .................................................................................... 144 H5 Accessible and Adaptable Housing .............................................. 145 H6 Housing Mix ........................................................................................... 147 H7 Residential Annexes ............................................................................ 148 H8 Affordable Housing ............................................................................. 149 H9 Self-build and Custom-build Housing ......................................... 150 H10 Travellers’ Pitches and Plots ............................................................. 152 Harlow Local Development Plan Adopted December 2020 Prosperity PR1 Development within Employment Areas ................................... 155 PR2 Development within Neighbourhood Service Areas ............. 156 PR3 Employment Development Outside Employment Areas and Neighbourhood Service Areas ............................................... 158 PR4 Improving Job Access and Training .............................................. 159 PR5 The Sequential Test and Principles for Main Town Centre Uses ..................................................................... 160 PR6 Primary and Secondary Frontages in the Town Centre......... 161 PR7 Sub-division and Internal Alteration of Town Centre Units ............................................................................... 162 PR8 Frontages in Neighbourhood Centres ......................................... 163 PR9 Development in Hatches .................................................................. 163 PR10 Development in Retail Parks ............................................................ 164 PR11 Evening and Night Time Economy ................................................ 165 Lifestyles L1 Open Spaces, Play Areas and Sporting Provision and Facilities in Major Development .................................................... 169 L2 The Provision and Loss of Recreational, Sporting, Cultural and Community Facilities ................................................ 170 L3 Development Involving the Provision or Relocation or Loss of Public Art .................................................................................