Proposed Submission Consultation: Report on Key Issues Raised Technical Note: This Report forms part of the Statement as required to be produced under Regulation 22(C) of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. Specifically, this Report covers part (v) of Regulation 22(C), which requires a statement to be produced which confirms that “if representations were made…the number of representations made and a summary of the main issues raised in those representations”. The requirements under parts (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Regulation 22(C) are set out in separate Reports. June 2016 Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 2. Summaries of key issues raised during the Proposed Submission consultation ....................... 2 General comments on Proposed Submission Local Plan ............................................................ 2 Foreword, Preface and Chapter 1 ............................................................................................... 3 Chapter 2 .................................................................................................................................... 4 Our Vision: A prosperous, stronger and sustainable Central Lincolnshire .................................... 4 LP1 A Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development ......................................................... 5 LP2 The Spatial Strategy and Settlement Hierarchy .................................................................... 6 LP3 Level and Distribution of Growth .......................................................................................... 8 LP4 Growth in Villages and Appendix B ...................................................................................... 9 LP5 Delivering Prosperity and Jobs ........................................................................................... 11 LP6 Retail and Town Centres in Central Lincolnshire ................................................................ 12 LP7 A Sustainable Visitor Economy .......................................................................................... 12 LP8 Lincolnshire Showground ................................................................................................... 13 LP9 Health and Wellbeing ......................................................................................................... 13 LP10 Meeting Accommodation Needs ....................................................................................... 14 LP11 Affordable Housing ........................................................................................................... 14 LP12 Infrastructure to Support Growth ...................................................................................... 17 LP13 Accessibility and Transport .............................................................................................. 19 LP14 Managing Water Resources and Flood Risk .................................................................... 20 LP15 Community Facilities ........................................................................................................ 21 LP16 Development on Land Affected by Contamination ............................................................ 22 LP17 Landscape, Townscape and Views .................................................................................. 22 LP18 Climate Change and Low Carbon Living .......................................................................... 23 LP19 Renewable Energy Proposals .......................................................................................... 23 LP20 Green Infrastructure Network ........................................................................................... 24 LP21 Biodiversity and Geodiversity ........................................................................................... 25 LP22 Green Wedges ................................................................................................................. 26 LP23 Local Green Space and other Important Open Space ...................................................... 28 LP24 Creation of New Open Space, Sports and Recreation Facilities ....................................... 29 LP25 The Historic Environment ................................................................................................. 30 LP26 Design and Amenity ......................................................................................................... 30 LP27 Main Town Centre Uses - Frontages and Advertisements ................................................ 31 LP28 Sustainable Urban Extensions ......................................................................................... 31 Chapter 7 Lincoln ...................................................................................................................... 33 LP29 Protecting Lincoln’s Setting and Character ....................................................................... 33 LP30 Lincoln Sustainable Urban Extensions ............................................................................. 34 LP31 Lincoln’s Economy ........................................................................................................... 37 LP32 Lincoln’s Universities and Colleges .................................................................................. 38 LP33 Lincoln’s City Centre Primary Shopping Area and Central Mixed Use Area ...................... 39 LP34 Lincoln’s District and Local Shopping Centres .................................................................. 39 LP35 Lincoln’s Regeneration and Opportunity Areas ................................................................ 39 LP36 Access and Movement within the Lincoln Area................................................................. 39 LP37 Sub-division and multi-occupation of dwellings within Lincoln .......................................... 40 Chapter 8 Gainsborough ........................................................................................................... 40 LP38 Protecting Gainsborough’s Setting and Character ............................................................ 40 LP39 Gainsborough Sustainable Urban Extensions .................................................................. 40 LP40 Gainsborough Riverside ................................................................................................... 41 LP41 Regeneration of Gainsborough ........................................................................................ 41 LP42 Gainsborough Town Centre and Primary Shopping Area ................................................. 41 Chapter 9 Sleaford and Key Diagram ........................................................................................ 42 LP43 Protecting Sleaford’s Setting and Character ..................................................................... 42 LP44 Sleaford Sustainable Urban Extensions ........................................................................... 42 LP45 Sleaford’s Regeneration and Opportunity Areas............................................................... 44 LP46 Sleaford Town Centre ...................................................................................................... 44 LP47 Access and Movement within Sleaford ............................................................................. 44 Chapter 10 Development Sites .................................................................................................. 45 Policy LP48 Sustainable Urban Extensions - Allocations ........................................................... 45 Policy LP49 Residential Allocations - Lincoln ............................................................................ 46 Policy LP50 Residential Allocations – Main Towns .................................................................... 47 Policy LP51 Residential Allocations – Market Towns ................................................................. 48 Policy LP52 Residential Allocations – Large Villages ................................................................ 49 Policy LP53 Residential Allocations – Medium and Small Villages ............................................ 53 Policy LP54 Remaining Capacity on SUEs and Broad Locations for Future Growth .................. 54 LP55 Development in Hamlets and the Countryside .................................................................. 55 LP56 Gypsy and Traveller Allocations ....................................................................................... 55 LP57 Ministry of Defence Establishments .................................................................................. 57 Chapter 11 Previous ‘Saved Policies’, Implementation and Monitoring ...................................... 57 Appendix A Neighbourhood Planning ........................................................................................ 58 Appendix B Growth Levels in Villages ....................................................................................... 58 Appendix C Open Space Provision Standards .......................................................................... 58 Appendix D Glossary ................................................................................................................. 58 3. Summary of Integrated Impact Assessment comments raised during Proposed Submission