Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Local Development Plan 2007-2022 BRECON BEACONS NATIONAL PARK LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS ADOPTED BY THE BRECON BEACONS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 17TH DECEMBER 2013 i Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Local Development Plan 2007-2022 ii Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Local Development Plan 2007-2022 Contents 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................1 1.1 The Character of the Plan Area ..................................................................................1 1.2 How the Plan has been Prepared ..............................................................................................................1 1.3 The State of the Park: The Issues.............................................................................................................2 CHAPTER 2: THE VISION & OBJECTIVES FOR THE BRECON BEACONS NATIONAL PARK...................................................................................................................5 2.1 The National Park Management Plan Vision ...........................................................................................5 2.2 LDP Vision.......................................................................................................................................................6 2.3 Local Development Plan (LDP) Objectives.............................................................................................8 2.4 Environmental Capacity Approach to Sustainable Development ....................................................10 2.5 Policy Responses..........................................................................................................................................12 CHAPTER 3: OVERARCHING POLICIES ..........................................................................13 3 Overarching Policies ...................................................................................................13 3.1 National Park Purposes..............................................................................................................................14 3.2 Appropriate Development in the National Park..................................................................................14 3.3 Major Development in the National Park .............................................................................................15 3.4 Ministry of Defence Developments ........................................................................................................16 3.5 Notifiable Installations ................................................................................................................................16 3.6 Environmental Protection..........................................................................................................................17 3.7 Biodiversity....................................................................................................................................................17 3.7.2 Sites of European Importance................................................................................................18 3.7.3 Sites of National Importance .................................................................................................19 3.7.4 Sites of Interest for Nature Conservation ........................................................................20 3.7.5 Local Sites of Nature Conservation Interest....................................................................20 3.7.6 Protected and Important Wild Species ...............................................................................21 3.8 Trees and Development ............................................................................................................................23 3.9 Ancient Woodland and Veteran Trees..................................................................................................24 3.10 Water Quality..............................................................................................................................................25 iii Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Local Development Plan 2007-2022 3.11 Light Pollution...............................................................................................................................................26 3.12 Soil Quality....................................................................................................................................................27 3.13 Air Quality.....................................................................................................................................................27 3.14 Natural Resources, Ecosystem Services and Food Security .............................................................28 3.15 Conserving the Historic Environment....................................................................................................32 3.15.1 Demolition of Listed Buildings...............................................................................................33 3.15.3 The Setting of Listed Buildings...............................................................................................34 3.15.4 Locally Important Heritage Assets of Local Interest ......................................................34 3.15.5 Conservation Areas .................................................................................................................35 3.15.6 Historic Parks and Gardens ..................................................................................................36 3.15.7 Historic Landscapes..................................................................................................................37 3.15.8 Scheduled Ancient Monuments and archaeological remains..........................................38 3.15.9 Areas for Archaeological Evaluation...................................................................................38 3.15.10 World Heritage sites ...............................................................................................................38 3.16 Climate Change............................................................................................................................................39 3.16.1 Sustainable Development and Design..................................................................................40 3.16.2 Renewable Energy.....................................................................................................................42 3.16.3 Location of Development Avoiding Areas Subject to Flooding.....................................43 CHAPTER 4: SPATIAL STRATEGY....................................................................................47 4.0 Spatial Strategy ..........................................................................................................................47 4.1 Location of Development .......................................................................................................47 4.2 Implementing the Settlement Hierarchy .............................................................................51 4.3 Primary Key Settlement: BRECON ..........................................................................52 4.3.1 Brecon Context: .......................................................................................................................52 4.3.2 Brecon 15 year Vision: ............................................................................................................52 4.3.3 Brecon Issues and Objectives ................................................................................................53 4.3.4 Brecon Policy Responses: .......................................................................................................55 4.4 Level 2: Key Settlements............................................................................................57 4.4.1. Key Settlements Overview.....................................................................................................58 iv Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Local Development Plan 2007-2022 4.4.2 Key Settlement Vision for Future Development...............................................................62 4.4.3 Key Settlement Issues and Objectives.................................................................................64 4.4.4. Key Settlements Policy Responses .......................................................................................69 4.4.5. Key Settlements: Mitigating Impact .....................................................................................70 4.5 Growth outside of Key Settlements..........................................................................72 4.6 Level 3: SETTLEMENTS ............................................................................................75 4.6.1 Settlements: Context...............................................................................................................75 4.6.2 Settlements: Issues....................................................................................................................75 4.6.3 Settlements 15 year Vision:....................................................................................................76 4.7 Level 4: LIMITED GROWTH SETTLEMENTS.......................................................80 4.7.1 Limited Growth Settlements: Context................................................................................80