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0000001 County Durham Plan Preferred Options Contents County Durham Plan Preferred Options 2018 Contents Foreword v 1 Introduction 7 Stages of Local Plan Preparation and Next Steps 8 How do I get involved? 8 Neighbourhood Plans 9 Assessing Impacts 9 Duty to Cooperate: Cross-Boundary Issues 10 Monitoring 10 2 What the County Durham Plan is seeking to Achieve 12 3 Vision and Objectives 15 Delivering Sustainable Development 18 General Development Principles 20 Policy 1 - General Development Principles 20 4 How Much Development and Where 23 Quantity of Development (How Much) 23 Policy 2 - Quantity of Development 23 Spatial Distribution of Development (Where) 30 Distribution of Employment 30 Policy 3 - Employment Land 30 Policy 4 - Aykley Heads 37 Distribution of Housing 41 Policy 5 - Housing Allocations 45 Policy 6 - Durham City's Sustainable Urban Extensions 58 Policy 7 - Development on Unallocated Sites in the Built Up Area 65 0000001 County Durham Plan Preferred Options Contents 5 Core Principles 68 Building a strong competitive economy 68 Durham University 68 Visitor Economy Introduction 69 Policy 8 - Visitor Attractions 70 Policy 9 - Visitor Accommodation 71 Ensuring the vitality of town centres 74 Policy 10 - Retail Hierarchy and Town Centre Development 74 Supporting a prosperous rural economy 80 Policy 11 - Development in the Countryside 81 Policy 12 - Rural Housing and Employment Exception Sites 84 Policy 13 - Permanent Rural Workers’ Dwellings 86 Policy 14 - Equestrian Development 87 Policy 15 - Best and Most Versatile Agricultural Land and Soil Resources 89 Delivering a wide choice of high quality homes 92 Policy 16 - Addressing Housing Need 92 Policy 17 - Durham University Development, Purpose Built Student 98 Accommodation and Houses in Multiple Occupation Policy 18 - Sites for Travellers 108 Policy 19 - Children's Homes 110 Policy 20 - Type and Mix of Housing 112 Protecting Green Belt land 114 Policy 21 - Green Belt 115 Policy 22 - Non-Strategic Green Belt Amendments 116 Delivering Sustainable Transport 119 Policy 23 - Delivering Sustainable Transport 120 Policy 24 - Durham City Sustainable Transport 123 Policy 25 - Allocating and Safeguarding Transport Routes and Facilities 128 Policy 26 - Provision of Transport Infrastructure 131 Supporting high quality infrastructure 133 Policy 27 - Developer Contributions 133 Policy 28 - Green Infrastructure 135 Policy 29 - Utilities, Telecommunications and Other Broadcast Infrastructure 137 Policy 30 - Safeguarded Areas 140 Requiring good design 143 Policy 31 - Sustainable Design in the Built Environment 143 Promoting healthy communities 147 Policy 32 - Hot Food Takeaways 147 Policy 33 - Amenity and Pollution 148 Policy 34 - Despoiled, Degraded, Derelict, Contaminated and Unstable Land 152 Meeting the challenge of climate change, flooding and coastal change 155 Policy 35 - Renewable and Low Carbon Energy 155 Policy 36 - Wind Turbine Development 157 Policy 37 - Water Management 162 Policy 38 - Water Infrastructure 164 Policy 39 - Durham Coast and Heritage Coast 167 Conserving and enhancing the natural and historic environment 171 Policy 40 - North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 171 Policy 41 - Landscape Character 173 0000001 County Durham Plan Preferred Options Contents Policy 42 - Trees, Woodlands and Hedges 177 Policy 43 - Biodiversity and Geodiversity 180 Policy 44 - Internationally Designated Sites 181 Policy 45 - Protected Species and Nationally and Locally Protected Sites 184 Policy 46 - Historic Environment 187 Policy 47 - Durham Cathedral and Castle World Heritage Site 191 Policy 48 - Stockton and Darlington Railway 193 Minerals and Waste 195 Policy 49 - Sustainable Minerals and Waste Resource Management 197 Policy 50 - Safeguarding Minerals Sites, Minerals Related Infrastructure and 199 Waste Management Sites Policy 51 - Meeting the Need for Primary Aggregates 201 Policy 52 - Brickmaking Raw Materials 213 Policy 53 - Surface Mined Coal and Fireclay 215 Policy 54 - Natural Building and Roofing Stone 218 Policy 55 - Reopening of Relic Natural Building and Roofing Stone Quarries 221 Policy 56 - Safeguarding Mineral Resources 222 Policy 57 - The Conservation and Use of High Grade Mineral Resources 224 Policy 58 - Preferred Area for Future Carboniferous Limestone Working 225 Policy 59 - Strategic Area of Search to the South of Todhills Brickworks 227 Providing for Waste Management Capacity 229 Policy 60 - Waste Management Provision 229 Policy 61 - Location of New Waste Facilities 233 Appendices A Strategic Policies 238 B Coal Mining Risk Assessments and Mineral Assessments 240 C Safeguarding Mineral Resources and Safeguarded Minerals and Waste Sites 244 D Glossary of Terms 255 0000001 County Durham Plan Preferred Options Foreword 0000001 County Durham Plan Preferred Options iv Foreword Foreword But it’s vital that we continue to appreciate that this is a small city and any development must be It’s been just over a year since I took over as of the highest quality, fit into Durham’s Cabinet member for regeneration and economic environment and not impact on what makes the development and in that time I have experienced city special. first-hand the many issues and opportunities that exist for the county. I therefore think the County Durham Plan (the Plan) we are presenting takes us a long way in Austerity has certainly had an impact on some delivering on some of the key issues I hear from of our more deprived communities and in our residents. Delivering not just more jobs but particular welfare reform and changes to housing better paid jobs with better prospects and benefits. Like the rest of the country we’re are providing the homes across the county that will seeing increasing demands on public services - meet the needs of our residents as well as their and the pressure this places on our communities aspirations. Importantly it seeks to build on the - an ageing population and significant changes current pipeline of investment into the county in our local economy with high street banks, which is estimated at over £3 billion and ensure shops and pubs struggling. that the confidence is there to deliver these improvements for the benefit of residents of However there is much to be positive about in County Durham. County Durham. I have spoken to businesses, developers and investors who are bringing The Plan also seeks to ensure that the needs of forward exciting and significant opportunities, our rural communities are met, Brexit presents creating much needed jobs and training for our uncertainty right across our county but no more residents. But even better is that we’re seeing so than in our farming communities. We therefore this right across our county with Auckland Trust’s have flexible polices and encouragement for all exciting developments in Bishop Auckland businesses to develop, recognising in particular including the world class event at Kynren, the the opportunities that the increasing visitor opening of Forest Park at Newton Aycliffe, economy will have in the future. investment at the former Hawthorn Pit now renamed Jade at Murton and the exciting Infrastructure is a key element of the Plan and opportunities resulting from a new approach at we need to ensure that together with the new Integra 61 at Bowburn to name just a few. homes we get the necessary education, health and social provision as well as improved transport Durham City is currently undergoing one of its links. biggest transformations for many generations. The developments on the riverside will provide One of the county’s biggest selling points, apart new destinations for the city adding to the already from its people, is the quality of place and life. fantastic offer available. This will include bringing Our coast, our dales, Durham City and the new cinemas and restaurants to Durham along Cathedral and our landscape are all assets which with city centre living and offices, as well as the we need to continue to protect and enhance. jobs that they create. The growth of the university is something I believe will have many positive While the plan should not be seen as the answer impacts bringing new businesses, increasing to all of our problems, it seeks to create the entrepreneurship and enhancing our research conditions and the framework for an ambitious and development and scientific base. and deliverable future for our residents and businesses. The council itself is in the process of moving its headquarters from Aykley Heads giving the I am therefore extremely pleased to support the opportunity for what is seen as a once in a plan which offers significant hope to our young generation opportunity to create a new high-tech people, more support for our older people and business park that we hope will eventually create confidence to our businesses. All whilst protecting up to 6,000 jobs. and enhancing the environment in which we live. 0000001 County Durham Plan Preferred Options v Foreword But it’s vital that you let us know what you think, The Plan looks forward to 2035 so we are asking you to help shape the future of the county for you and your community. Cllr Carl Marshall vi 0000001 County Durham Plan Preferred Options Introduction 1 1 Introduction 1.5 The County Durham Plan must be prepared in accordance with the NPPF. A consultation on 1.1 A local plan seeks to guide the future revisions to the NPPF has just recently concluded. development of a place to improve the lives of its As much of the content has already been existing and future residents. We therefore need consulted on previously we have thought it a local plan that meets the differing needs of our sensible to utilise wording form the draft NPPF in communities. The county has seen some the Preferred Options. We do recognise that the successful regeneration in the past but our overall draft NPPF may change post consultation and economy is the weakest in the North East, itself therefore any changes needed to reflect the final the poorest performing economy in England. We published NPPF will be picked up in the therefore need an ambitious local plan that Submission Draft Version of the Plan.
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