January 2017 Borough of Redditch Local Plan No.4 Borough of Redditch Local Plan No.4 CONTENTS Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 Local Challenges ............................................................................................................................ 2 Duty to Cooperate ........................................................................................................................... 3 What has influenced this Local Plan?.............................................................................................. 4 More information ............................................................................................................................. 6 Local Portrait ................................................................................................................................... 7 Vision ............................................................................................................................................ 14 Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Policy 1 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development……………………….………………..19 Key Diagram ................................................................................................................................. 20 Sustainable Places to Live which Meet our Needs ................................................................... 21 Policy 2 Settlement Hierarchy ....................................................................................................... 22 Policy 3 Development Strategy ..................................................................................................... 24 Policy 4 Housing Provision ............................................................................................................ 25 Policy 5 Effective and Efficient Use of Land .................................................................................. 26 Policy 6 Affordable Housing .......................................................................................................... 28 Policy 7 Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople .............................................................. 30 Policy 8 Green Belt ....................................................................................................................... 31 Policy 9 Open Countryside ............................................................................................................ 32 Policy 10 Rural Workers Dwellings ............................................................................................... 33 Creating and Sustaining a Green Environment ........................................................................ 35 Policy 11 Green Infrastructure....................................................................................................... 36 Policy 12 Open Space Provision ................................................................................................... 37 Policy 13 Primarily Open Space .................................................................................................... 38 Policy 14 Protection of Incidental Open Space .............................................................................. 40 Policy 15 Climate Change ............................................................................................................. 41 Policy 16 Natural Environment ...................................................................................................... 43 Policy 17 Flood Risk Management ................................................................................................ 45 Policy 18 Sustainable Water Management .................................................................................... 48 Policy 19 Sustainable Travel and Accessibility .............................................................................. 50 Policy 20 Transport Requirements for New Development ............................................................. 54 Policy 21 Alexandra Hospital Public Transport Interchange .......................................................... 56 Policy 22 Road Hierarchy .............................................................................................................. 57 Creating a Borough where Businesses can Thrive .................................................................. 59 Policy 23 Employment Land Provision .......................................................................................... 60 Policy 24 Development within Primarily Employment Areas .......................................................... 61 Policy 25 Development outside of Primarily Employment Areas .................................................... 63 Policy 26 Office Development ....................................................................................................... 64 Policy 27 Rural Economic Development ....................................................................................... 65 Policy 28 Supporting Education, Training and Skills ...................................................................... 67 Policy 29 Broadband and Telecommunications ............................................................................. 68 Improving the vitality and viability of Redditch Town Centre and District Centres ............... 70 Policy 30 Town Centre and Retail Hierarchy ................................................................................. 71 Policy 31 Regeneration for the Town Centre ................................................................................. 73 Policy 32 Protection of the Retail Core .......................................................................................... 76 Policy 33 Use of Upper Floors....................................................................................................... 77 Policy 34 District Centre Redevelopment ...................................................................................... 78 Policy 35 Health of District Centres ............................................................................................... 80 Borough of Redditch Local Plan No.4 CONTENTS Protecting and Enhancing Redditch's Historic Environment .................................................. 82 Policy 36 Historic Environment ...................................................................................................... 83 Policy 37 Historic Buildings and Structures ................................................................................... 85 Policy 38 Conservation Areas ....................................................................................................... 87 Creating Safe and Attractive Places to Live and Work ............................................................. 91 Policy 39 Built Environment .......................................................................................................... 92 Policy 40 High Quality Design and Safer Communities ................................................................. 93 Policy 41 Shopfronts and Shopfront Security ................................................................................ 95 Policy 42 Advertisements .............................................................................................................. 96 Promoting Redditch's Community Well-being .......................................................................... 98 Policy 43 Leisure, Tourism and Abbey Stadium ............................................................................ 99 Policy 44 Health Facilities ........................................................................................................... 101 Policy 45 Cemeteries .................................................................................................................. 102 Strategic Sites ........................................................................................................................... 104 Policy 46 Brockhill East ............................................................................................................... 105 Policy 47 Land to the rear of the Alexandra Hospital ................................................................... 111 Policy 48 Webheath Strategic Site .............................................................................................. 116 Policy 49 Woodrow Strategic Site ............................................................................................... 121 Monitoring and Implementation ............................................................................................... 125 Appendices ............................................................................................................................... 126 Appendix 1: RCBD1 Redditch Cross Boundary Development Appendix 2: Schedule of Housing Sites Appendix 3: Schedule of Employment Sites Appendix 4: Infrastructure Implications of Local Plan No. 4 Policies Appendix 5: Saved Supplementary Planning Documents Appendix 6: Glossary and Abbreviations Boro ugh of Redditch Local Plan No.4 INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction 1.1 The Borough of Redditch Local Plan No.4 (BORLP4) is the most important planning document at the local level, as it provides a framework approach for growth of