GUILSBOROUGH NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2016 - 2029 Submission Version February 2018 Produced by the Guilsborough Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group and the Parish Council TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary of Acronyms ................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5 Background ................................................................................................................................ 5 The Neighbourhood Development Plan Boundary.................................................................... 7 The Parish of Guilsborough ........................................................................................................ 7 Daventry District Council Local Planning Policy ....................................................................... 14 A Neighbourhood Development Plan for Guilsborough.......................................................... 17 Challenges for Guilsborough .................................................................................................... 18 Expansion on Key Issues .......................................................................................................... 18 Objectives of the Neighbourhood Development Plan ............................................................. 23 Policy 1: General Development Policy ..................................................................................... 24 Village Confines ........................................................................................................................ 25 Policy 2: Village Confines ......................................................................................................... 27 Housing .................................................................................................................................... 29 Policy 3: Housing General ........................................................................................................ 37 Policy 4: Affordable Housing .................................................................................................... 37 Employment and Small Businesses .......................................................................................... 38 Policy 5: Employment .............................................................................................................. 39 Transport, Traffic and Parking ................................................................................................. 39 Policy 6: Transport, Traffic and Parking ................................................................................... 42 Energy ...................................................................................................................................... 43 Policy 7: Energy ........................................................................................................................ 43 Landscape and Village Design and Character .......................................................................... 44 Policy 8: Landscape, Views and Character ............................................................................... 50 Local Green Space, Open Space and Biodiversity .................................................................... 51 Policy 9: Local Green Space, Open Space and Biodiversity ..................................................... 60 Other Valued Community Amenities and Services .................................................................. 61 Policy 10: Other Valued Community Amenities and Services ................................................. 63 Valued Heritage Assets ............................................................................................................ 65 Policy 11: Valued Heritage Assets ............................................................................................ 67 Policies Map ............................................................................................................................. 68 Page 2 of 69 TABLE OF FIGURES NB. All photographs within this document are © Copyrighted Figure 1: Guilsborough Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan Area ................................. 7 Figure 2: Village Confines Map ................................................................................................ 28 Figure 3: How many new homes for Guilsborough? (table) .................................................... 31 Figure 4: Justification of important views ............................................................................... 46 Figure 5 Fishponds Field (left) and Dog Walking Field (right) ................................................ 54 Figure 6: Local Green Spaces. .................................................................................................. 55 Figure 7: Formal Recreational Open Space .............................................................................. 56 Figure 8: The Bronze/Iron Age/ Roman and Saxon Fort .......................................................... 66 Figure 9: Guilsborough Neighbourhood Development Plan Policies Map. ............................. 69 Glossary of Acronyms CEVA Church of England Voluntary Aided CIL Community Infrastructure Levy CPRE/RFT Campaign to Protect Rural England/Rockingham Forest Trust DDC Daventry District Council DDLP Daventry District Local Plan DHNS Daventry District Housing Needs Survey DIRFT Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal SCLP Daventry Settlements and Countryside Local Plan GHNA Guilsborough Housing Needs Survey GMADS Guilsborough Music and Drama Society GNDP Guilsborough Neighbourhood Development Plan GPC Guilsborough Parish Council Ha Hectares HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle JCS Joint Core Strategy NCA Northamptonshire Character Area: ‘Northamptonshire Uplands’ NCC Northamptonshire County Council NEAP Neighbourhood Equipped Areas for Play NDPs Neighbourhood Development Plans NPPF National Planning Policy Framework ONS Office for National Statistics SLA Special Landscape Area RNRP River Nene Regional Park SCLP/SCLP2 Settlements and Countryside Local Plan (Part 2) TPO Tree Preservation Order WNJCS West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy Page 3 of 69 Page 4 of 69 Introduction 1. This Guilsborough Neighbourhood Development Plan (GNDP) sets out the planning policies for Guilsborough parish up to 2029. It has been prepared by the Guilsborough Parish Council (supported by the GNDP Steering Group), and informed and amended by the very welcome responses the local community, and other interested or statutory parties, as received during the long consultation period. 2. This document needs to be technical document as it will be an important part of the justification to support, or refuse, planning applications. For ease of use, the reader’s attention can be directed to the bold wording in the Policy boxes – each of which are referenced in the index and so are easy to find. 3. Each section of the Plan covers a different topic. Under each heading there is the evidence base for the policies presented which provides the necessary understanding of the policy and what it is seeking to achieve. It is advised that, in order to understand the full context for any individual policy, it is read in conjunction with the supporting text. Background 4. The Localism Act 2011 gives Parish Councils and other relevant bodies new powers to prepare statutory neighbourhood development plans (NDPs) to help guide development in their local areas. Through Neighbourhood Plans, local people now can shape new development as planning applications are determined in accordance with the Development Plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The Development Plan is made up of the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (WNJCS - also known as Local Plan Part 1 and adopted on 15th December 2014), Daventry District Council’s (DDC) Local Plan (also known as Local Plan Part 2 and yet to be adopted) and made neighbourhood plans. 5. The Daventry Local Plan currently includes the saved policies of the 1997 Daventry District Local Plan (DDLP). DDC is well advanced in its preparation of its new Local Plan that will replace the DDLP. The new Local Plan Part 2 is called ‘The Settlements and Communities Local Plan Part2. (SCLP2). The SCLP2 will supplement the policies and proposals in the WNJCS and replace the DDLP Saved Local Plan polices. It will also cover the period up to 2029. The main Daventry District Local Plan will be known as the Settlements and Countryside Local Plan (Part 2) - (SCLP2). 6. The new SCLP2 (once adopted), the Guilsborough Neighbourhood Development Plan (once ‘made’/adopted), and the WNJCS will together make up the statutory ‘Development Plan’ for the area. Planning applications are determined in accordance with the Development Plan unless other material considerations indicate otherwise. Material considerations include the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Basic Conditions Statement 7. When submitting a Neighbourhood Plan to the local Planning Authority the legislation requires that a number of other documents accompany it. One of these is commonly known as a ‘Basic Conditions Statement’. This must set out how the Neighbourhood Plan meets the requirements of each of the basic conditions and other legal tests. This is set out in a separate document. Page 5 of 69 Sustainable Development 8.