Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2021 - 2037 Page 1 Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2021 - 2037 Foreword The Localism Act 2011 granted powers to Parish Council’s to prepare land use planning documents. The Act provides an opportunity for local communities to have direct input into the development of their local area by preparing a plan for a 20-year period. The Plan for the Parish of Auckley has been prepared by the Parish Council through a sub Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group comprising of Parish Councillors and members of the local community. It includes proposals which have been put forward as a result of extensive community consultation that has taken place over the last 2 years. The draft plan is now available for local consideration and you may wish for additional information to be included within the Plan prior to it being submitted for approval by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group for volunteering their time to work on the Neighbourhood Plan and getting the Plan to the stage we are at now. It has taken 6 years of hard work and determination to get the Neighbourhood Plan to regulation 14 consultation. Consultation period starts on the 28th June until the 28th August 2021. 30th June school Auckley Show 21st August 2021 Page 2 Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2021 - 2037 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................. 4 2 History of Auckley Parish ................................................................. 6 3 Auckley Parish Today ..................................................................... 9 4 Public Consultation....................................................................... 11 5 Community Vision and Objectives ..................................................... 13 6 The Spatial Strategy for Auckley Parish .............................................. 15 7 Housing .................................................................................... 19 Policy 1: Strategic Residential Development linked to growth at the Airport ... 20 Policy 2: Non-Strategic Residential Development .................................. 22 Policy 3: Housing Type and Mix ....................................................... 28 Policy 4: Making Efficient Use of Existing Buildings ................................ 30 8 Protection of Local Amenities and Neighbourhood Centres ....................... 32 Policy 5: The Protection of Key Local Amenities .................................... 35 Policy 6: Neighbourhood Centres ...................................................... 36 9 Design and Character ................................................................... 38 Policy 7: Design Principles .............................................................. 43 Policy 8: Non Designated Heritage Assets and Important Historic Frontages . 49 .................................................................................................... 50 10 The Environment ....................................................................... 51 Policy 9: Local Green Spaces .......................................................... 55 Policy 10: Biodiversity and Nature Conservation .................................... 58 Policy 11: Settlement Break ............................................................ 64 11 Monitoring and Review ................................................................ 65 12 Appendix 1: Proposed Development Limit Maps ................................. 66 13 Appendix 2: Evidence Base documents ............................................ 68 14 Appendix 3: Non-Designated Heritage Asset Justification ...................... 69 Page 3 Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2021 - 2037 1 Introduction 1.1 This document contains the Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan. It represents one part of the development plan for the Parish over the period 2021 to 2037, the other part being the emerging Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) Local Plan. 1.2 DMBC, as the local planning authority, designated a Neighbourhood Area for the whole of Auckley Parish including the settlements of Auckley and Hayfield Green on 21st December 2015 to enable Auckley Parish Council to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan has been prepared by the community through the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group. 1.3 Map 1 shows the boundary of the Neighbourhood Plan area, which is contiguous with the boundary of Auckley Parish. 1.4 This Neighbourhood Plan is prepared in accordance with the Town & Country Planning Act 1990, the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Localism Act 2011, the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 (as amended 2015), the National Planning Policy Framework 2019, and the DMBC Local Plan 2015 - 2035. The Parish Council, through the Steering Group has prepared the plan to establish a vision for the future of the parish and to set out how that vision will be realised through planning and managing land use and development change over the plan period 2021 to 2037. 1.5 The purpose of this Neighbourhood Plan is to guide development within the parish and provide direction to any parties wishing to submit planning applications for development within the parish. The process of producing the Plan has involved the community as widely as possible and the different topic areas are reflective of matters that are of considerable importance to residents, businesses and community groups. 1.6 Each section of the Plan covers a different local topic. Under each heading there is the reason for the policies presented which provides the necessary understanding of the policy and what it is seeking to achieve. The policies themselves are those against which planning applications will be determined. Policies should be read in conjunction with the supporting text in order to fully understand them. The Neighbourhood Plan does not: Strategic planning issues are dealt with through the Doncaster Local Plan. This covers issues such as infrastructure, flooding, transport, development related to the Airport and Development related to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. In addition, proposed allocated development sites at Hayfield Green are also covered by the Local Plan and only parts of these are within the Neighbourhood Plan Area. The Neighbourhood Plan will: Deal with local issues such as the location and type of housing, design quality, character, the protection of green spaces and the environment. Page 4 Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2021 - 2037 Map 1: Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan Area Page 5 Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2021 - 2037 2 History of Auckley Parish 2.1 Heritage records and archaeological investigations, with evidence including the discovery of a stone axe head in a field near Bell Butts Lane, indicate that Auckley has a long history of human settlement. 2.2 Evidence also shows settlement in Auckley dating back to Roman times. Potters have been identified as having been working in Auckley and its surrounding Parishes between AD130 and AD 190. In 1944, a Roman pottery kiln, producing ‘grey ware’, was unearthed during quarrying in an Auckley sandpit off Mosham Road. 2.3 In recent times a 6th-7th Century Saxon pendant of gold with semi-precious stones was found at an undisclosed site near the village and is usually on display at the Doncaster Museum. 2.4 Today the parish of Auckley is divided into two distinct settlements: the historical village of Auckley and Hayfield. 2.5 In 1066, after the Norman conquest, Auckley, ‘Alkley’, formed part of the ‘Soke or Estate of Hexthorpe. References to Alkley can be found in Doomsday Books of 1086 and 1279. 2.6 In the 1800's, the village is referred in historical records as 'Awkley'. Its boundaries formed partly by Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Miss R.F. Walbanke Childers of Cantley Hall, and the trustees of the late William Cadman Esq. were Lords of the Manor and principle landowners. 2.7 The chapel was built in 1832, the National School in 1837 and the Church a year later. At this time the population was recorded as 362 inhabitants. Page 6 Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2021 - 2037 2.8 There were two public houses, 'The Eagle and Child' and the now absent 'Plough'. The blacksmith, Samuel Garnett was next to 'The Eagle and Child', and the landlord, Rd. Gillat was also butcher and shopkeeper. 2.9 There was also a wheelwright and fellmonger listed, in addition to a number of farmers, amongst them Rd. Baxter (presumably at Baxter Farm at the corner of Bell Butts Lane and Main Street). The principle crops grown were wheat, barley, rye and turnips. Other buildings of note include the three storey pantiled Lidget, at the junction of Main Street and Hurst Lane, and the 18th Century farmhouse (partly destroyed) by The Green and Common Lane. Page 7 Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2021 - 2037 2.10 By 1881 the population of Auckley had fallen to 278 and remained low until the 20th Century. After WWII and the need for more social housing we see the developments on Common Lane, Ellers Lane (including the errection of the two Swedish houses) and School Lane, From the 1960's, substantial housing development began with the Spey Drive Estate, followed by the Ravenswood Drive Complex, The Hollows, Ivy House Court, Riverside Gardens and Dursley Court. This necessitated the building of a new school which officially opened in July 1974 Despite these developments the village retains its agricultural/rural heritage. 2.11 In 1915, the Royal