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THE BALDONS NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN MADE VERSION SEPTEMBER 2019 The Baldons Neighbourhood Development Plan Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Location .............................................................................................................................. 7 1.2 Background ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.3 The South Oxfordshire Local Plan ....................................................................................... 7 1.4 The Baldons Parish Plan ..................................................................................................... 7 1.5 Process............................................................................................................................... 8 1.6 Consultation ........................................................................................................................ 8 1.6.1 Community Engagement .............................................................................................. 8 1.6.2 Statutory Consultees – Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report .................................. 10 1.6.3 Statutory Consultees –The Draft Plan ......................................................................... 10 1.7 Surveys............................................................................................................................. 10 1.7.1 General ...................................................................................................................... 10 1.7.2 Residents Consultation .............................................................................................. 11 1.7.3 Housing Needs Survey ............................................................................................... 11 2 The Baldons ............................................................................................................................. 11 2.1 An Overview of Our Villages .............................................................................................. 11 2.1.1 Population and Housing ............................................................................................. 11 2.1.2 Health and Education ................................................................................................. 12 2.1.3 Community Life .......................................................................................................... 12 2.2 History of the Baldons ....................................................................................................... 13 2.2.1 Origins ....................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.2 Medieval Baldons ....................................................................................................... 13 2.2.3 Land Use ................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.4 Employment and population ....................................................................................... 14 2.2.5 Churches ................................................................................................................... 14 2.2.6 Schools ...................................................................................................................... 14 3 Village Character Assessment .................................................................................................. 15 3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.1 Authorship ................................................................................................................. 15 3.1.2 Summary ................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Building Types .................................................................................................................. 16 3.3 The Green ......................................................................................................................... 18 3.4 Post 19th century development .......................................................................................... 18 2 The Baldons Neighbourhood Development Plan 3.4.1 Toot and Marsh Baldon .............................................................................................. 18 3.4.2 More isolated development ........................................................................................ 19 3.4.3 Little Baldon ............................................................................................................... 19 3.5 Settlement form ................................................................................................................. 20 3.6 Heritage Assessment ........................................................................................................ 21 3.6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 21 3.6.2 Listed buildings and monuments ................................................................................ 21 3.6.3 Archaeological Assets ................................................................................................ 22 3.6.4 Heritage Groupings - Non designated sites ................................................................. 22 3.6.5 Condition of Heritage Assets ...................................................................................... 25 3.7 Unsuitable development .................................................................................................... 25 3.8 Conservation Areas in Toot Baldon and Marsh Baldon ....................................................... 25 3.9 Open Spaces and Gaps ............................................................................................................... 27 3.10 Village Landscape ............................................................................................................. 29 3.11 The Baldons Design Guide ................................................................................................ 29 4 Landscape Character Summary ............................................................................................... 30 4.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 30 4.2 Broad landscape character and context ............................................................................. 30 4.3 Key Views ......................................................................................................................... 32 4.4 The Baldons– Key Elements .............................................................................................. 32 4.5 Landscape Character Areas .............................................................................................. 33 4.6 Landscape guidelines and future development in the NDP area .......................................... 33 5 The Baldons NP Vision, Objectives and Strategies .................................................................... 35 5.1 Vision ................................................................................................................................ 35 5.2 Sustainability Issues and Challenges................................................................................. 35 5.2.1 Environmental ............................................................................................................ 35 5.2.2 Social ......................................................................................................................... 36 5.2.3 Economic ................................................................................................................... 36 5.3 Sustainability Objectives ................................................................................................... 36 5.3.1 Approach to development .......................................................................................... 36 5.3.2 Housing ..................................................................................................................... 37 5.3.3 Community facilities ................................................................................................... 37 5.3.4 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 37 5.3.5 Business .................................................................................................................... 37 3 The Baldons Neighbourhood Development Plan 6 Development Policies ............................................................................................................... 38 6.1 General ............................................................................................................................. 38 6.2 Housing Growth ................................................................................................................ 39 6.2.1 Growth Strategy ......................................................................................................... 39 6.2.2 Siting of new houses .................................................................................................