Appendix 1– Schedule of Recommended Main Modifications The modifications below are expressed either in the conventional form of strikethrough for deletions and underlining for additions of text, or by specifying the modification in words in italics. The page numbers and paragraph numbering below refer to the submission local plan, and do not take account of the deletion or addition of text. Policy/ Ref Page Main Modification Paragraph MM01 6 and Para. 1.9- Deleted – Refer to Inspector’s Report 7 1.14 MM02 14 Para. 1.47 Deleted – Refer to Inspector’s Report MM03 17 Para. 1.54 Deleted – Refer to Inspector’s Report – 1.56, 1.58, 1.59 and 1.61 MM04 19 Paras. 1.64 1.64 The Council’s Regeneration Masterplan sets out an ambitious vision to create 14,000 new and 1.65 jobs, support and help create over 800 business and secure £1bn of private and £265m of public sector investment in the borough over the next fifteen years. 1.65 The Council has also prepared an Economic Growth Strategy which seeks to reinforce the delivery of the Council’s Regeneration Masterplan. The Strategy seeks to accelerate diversification and growth of local economic activity through a clear focus on economic development properties and outcomes. This economic growth focus complements and reinforces the broader set of outcomes encapsulated in the Regeneration Masterplan. It provides a framework for prioritising future public growth, and the alignment of expertise and capacity to maximise benefits for Redcar & Cleveland and the Tees Valley. Policy/ Ref Page Main Modification Paragraph MM05 38 Policy SD2 Development will be directed to the most sustainable locations in the borough. The majority of development will be focused in the urban and coastal areas. Within the rural area, the majority of development will take plan in Guisborough and the East Cleveland towns. Only limited development of an appropriate scale will be allowed within the service villages and villages, as defined on the policies map. The following settlement hierarchy will be used to guide development: Urban Eston Nunthorpe Grangetown Ormesby Lazenby South Bank Normanby Teesville Coastal Redcar Marske Dormanstown Saltburn Kirkleatham Rural Rural Service Centre Guisborough East Cleveland Towns Brotton Skelton Loftus Service Villages Boosbeck Lingdale Carlin How New Marske Villages Dunsdale Skelton Green Liverton Skinningrove Liverton Mines Stanghow Margrove Park Upleatham Moorsholm Wilton North Skelton Yearby Policy/ Ref Page Main Modification Paragraph Newton under Roseberry (part) For all development proposals, regard will need to be made to other policies in the Local Plan, in particular those that safeguard land and/or buildings for nature and heritage conservation, and leisure uses. Wherever possible, priority will be given to the development of previously developed brownfield land in sustainable locations, providing it is not of high environmental value, and the reuse of existing buildings, and limiting development in the countryside. In selecting site allocations, and in considering development proposals, the following sequential approach will be applied: a. previously developed land and buildings within development limits; b. other land within development limits; c. previously developed land and buildings outside but adjoining development limits; and d. other previously developed land and buildings outside development limits. The development of greenfield land outside development limits will be restricted to proposals that accord with exceptional criteria set out in Policy SD3. Overall this policy will aim to: ea. achieve a minimum of approximately 60% of all new development taking place in the urban and coastal areas and approximately 40% of all new development taking place in the rural area; fb. deliver rural development that is of an appropriate scale to the settlement in which it takes place; and gc. restrict development in the countryside to that which meets rural and other exceptional needs. The acceptability of development proposals in a particular location will depend, amongst other things, on the type of use proposed. An appropriate Assessment will be required for Policy/ Ref Page Main Modification Paragraph all development that, either alone, or in combination with other plans or developments, is likely to have a significant effect on any Natura 2000 site. Development within 6km of the Teesmouth & Cleveland Coast SPA, which would result in increased recreational disturbance of the site’s interest features, will be expected to contribute towards mitigation measures identified in the Recreation Management Plan, unless other appropriate mitigation is provided. Mitigation may also be required for other schemes where significant effects on any Natura 2000 site are identified, regardless of location. The permanent reuse of previously developed land in the South Tees Employment Area will be supported for the purposes of industry, business, tree planting and habitat creation. Where a permanent use cannot be found, temporary uses such as coppicing will be encouraged. MM06 38 Paras. 2.8- 2.8 The location of development will be guided by the settlement hierarchy that categorises each and 2.10 and settlement. Based upon the level of services provided in each area. The main focus for new 39 new development will be the urban and coastal areas, where we will aim to deliver a minimum of all paragraphs new development. These areas are where many of the local services, shops and public after 2.8 transport links are predominantly located, and it includes the part of the borough that has the best linkages to other parts of the Tees Valley.In developing the hierarchy, the Council has considered the level of service provision within each settlement, its size, character, access to public transport and connections with other communities, both within and outside of each sub- area. And 2.8a The main urban area includes a number of linked communities around Greater Eston to the 2.14 north west of the borough. Further east is the coastal area which consists of Redcar and the closely linked communities of Dormanstown and Kirkleatham, along with the neighbouring coastal settlements of Marske and Saltburn. Combined, the urban and coastal areas contain the majority of the borough’s population and have good transport connections with the wider Tees Valley, good access to employment and the largest range of services. The main focus for new development within the borough will, therefore, be the urban and coastal area settlements, where we will aim to deliver approximately 60% of all new development. 2.9 Approximately 40% of new development will be located in the rural areas, focused around Policy/ Ref Page Main Modification Paragraph Guisborough and the East Cleveland towns of Brotton, Loftus and Skelton. These are the main rural settlements, having the best range of rural services and facilities. Together they each having their own characteristics and functions that enable them to operate as a network of linked communities. They also and have the best rural transport linkages, enabling people to travel easily to, from and between them. 2.10 Development in the service villages and villages will be limited to that which meets specific identified local and rural needs. Development proposals will be required to be of an appropriate scale to the settlement in which it takes place, controlled by development limits. For settlements without development limits identified, and other countryside locations, development will be restricted to the exceptions set out in Policy SD3. This will depend upon the size of the settlement, its character, accessibility to existing services and facilities and the provision of sustainable transport links. 2.14 Under the Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (as amended), an Appropriate Assessment will be required for all development that is likely to have a significant effect on all any Natura 2000 sites, either alone or in combination with other schemes. The Appropriate Assessment of the Local Plan found that residential, tourism and recreational development could have a likely significant effect on the Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Special Protection area through increased recreational disturbance, unless appropriate mitigation measures are delivered. Development within 6km of the Teesmouth & Cleveland Coast SPA, which would result in increased recreational disturbance of the site’s interest features, will therefore be expected to contribute towards mitigation measures identified in the Recreation Management Plan, unless it can be demonstrated that other appropriate mitigation can be provided. The type of mitigation required will be dependent on the scale, nature and location of proposals. Mitigation may also be required outside of the 6km threshold, or for any development proposals that have other effects (beyond recreation disturbance) on the Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA, or any other Natura 2000 site. Further detail is included in Policy N4. Policy/ Ref Page Main Modification Paragraph MM07 40 Policy SD3 Development limits have been identified on the Policies Map around the urban and coastal areas, and certain towns and villages in the rural area. Within development limits, development will generally be acceptable supported, subject to meeting other policies where it accords with the site allocations and designations in the Local Plan. Development beyond development limits, as defined on the Policies Map, will be restricted to: a. an appropriate