Local Development Plan Preferred Options Paper: March 2019 Contents Table of Contents Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Have your Say .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Challenges facing the Borough ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Borough Profile .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 Policy Context ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Regional Policy Context .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Local Policy Context ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 Extant Development Plans ............................................................................................................................................. 27 LDP Vision ...................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Strategic Objectives ....................................................................................................................................................... 30 Overarching Principles ................................................................................................................................................... 33 Developer Contributions ................................................................................................................................................. 37 Key Issue 1: Developer Contributions ......................................................................................................................... 38 Spatial Growth Strategy ................................................................................................................................................. 39 Key Issue 2: Settlement Hierarchy .............................................................................................................................. 44 Key Issue 3: Housing Allocation ................................................................................................................................. 49 Employment Land Evaluation Framework .................................................................................................................. 65 PEOPLE Energy ............................................................................................................................................................................ 69 Key Issue 4: Siting of Renewable Energy ................................................................................................................... 75 Key Issue 5: Renewable Energy in New Development ............................................................................................... 76 Urban and Rural Housing ................................................................................................................................................ 79 Key Issue 6: Rural Housing ......................................................................................................................................... 83 Key Issue 7: Affordable Housing ................................................................................................................................. 87 Key Issue 8: Lifetime Homes ...................................................................................................................................... 89 Open Space, Sport and Outdoor Recreation ………………………………………………………………….90 Key Issue 9: Existing Open Space .............................................................................................................................. 95 Key Issue 10: Community Greenways ........................................................................................................................ 97 Public Services, Health and Wellbeing .......................................................................................................................... 99 Key Issue 11: Health, Education and other Public Services ..................................................................................... 103 Key Issue 12: Improving Health and Wellbeing ........................................................................................................ 105 Public Utilities ................................................................................................................................................................ 107 Key Issue 13: Utilities and Communications Development ...................................................................................... 112 Key Issue 14: Cemetery Provision ............................................................................................................................ 113 Key Issue 15: Sustainable Waste Management ........................................................................................................ 114 2 PLACE Coastal Management .................................................................................................................................................... 117 Key Issue 16: The Undeveloped Coast .................................................................................................................... 121 Key Issue 17: The Developed Coast ........................................................................................................................ 123 Key Issue 18: Coastal Change ................................................................................................................................ 126 Flooding and Drainage .................................................................................................................................................. 128 Key Issue 19: Developing within Areas of Flood Risk .............................................................................................. 132 Key Issue 20: Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)……………………………………………………………………133 Historic Environment .................................................................................................................................................... 135 Key Issue 21: Protecting and Enhancing the Historic Environment ......................................................................... 139 Key Issue 22: Safeguarding Non-Designated Heritage Assets ............................................................................... 140 Natural Environment ..................................................................................................................................................... 142 Key Issue 23: Protecting International and National Nature Conservation Interests ................................................. 145 Key Issue 24: Protecting and enhancing local nature conservation sites and scenic landscapes ........................... 147 Key Issue 25: Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) ................................................................................ 149 PROSPERITY Employment and Industry ............................................................................................................................................. 152 Key Issue 26: Economic Development within Settlements ...................................................................................... 157 Key Issue 27: Business Start-Ups and Flexible Co-Working Spaces ...................................................................... 159 Key Issue 28: Rural Economy .................................................................................................................................. 161 Key Issue 29: Class B1 Business Uses ........................................................................................................ 162 Key Issue 30: Safeguarding Existing Employment Land ......................................................................................... 163 Minerals ........................................................................................................................................................................ 166 Key Issue 31: Safeguarding Minerals ...................................................................................................................... 172 Town Centres and Retailing ......................................................................................................................................... 175 Key Issue 32: Hierarchy of Centres ......................................................................................................................... 182 Key Issue 33: Town Centre and Retail Cores .........................................................................................................