VALE OF GLAMORGAN UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: REPORT ON THE OBJECTIONS CONTENTS (This Volume Bold) VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 STRATEGIC POLICIES AND THEIR JUSTIFICATION CHAPTER 3 ENVIRONMENT VOLUME 2 CHAPTER 4 HOUSING PART A - Policies PART B - The Allocated Sites PART C - Site Specific Matters VOLUME 3 CHAPTER 5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM CHAPTER 6 TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER 7 RETAILING CHAPTER 8 SPORT & RECREATION CHAPTER 9 MINERALS CHAPTER 10 WASTE MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 11 COMMUNITY & UTILITY SERVICES VOLUME 4 APPENDICES APPENDICES (A) LIST OF APPEARANCES (B) INDEX OF DULY MADE OBJECTIONS (C) DOCUMENTS (1) CORE DOCUMENTS (2) INQUIRY DOCUMENTS CONTENTS (This Volume Bold) VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION 1.1 Policy 00GEN - General Policy Matters .......................................................................................1.1 1.2 Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) ....................................................................................1.3 1.3 Non Statutory Documents .............................................................................................................1.4 1.4 Environmental Appraisal...............................................................................................................1.5 1.5 The Guiding Unitary Development Plan Principles......................................................................1.6 1.6 The Strategy and Strategic Policy 3 .............................................................................................1.7 The Housing Strategy; ...........................................................................................................1.9 Housing Demand ................................................................................................................1.12 Housing Supply ..................................................................................................................1.14 The Housing Requirement...................................................................................................1.19 CHAPTER 2 STRATEGIC POLICIES AND THEIR JUSTIFICATION 2.1 Policy 1 Environment.....................................................................................................................2.1 2.2 Policy 2 - Environment ..................................................................................................................2.2 2.3 Policies 1 and 2 (Environment) - Justification...............................................................................2.5 2.4 Policy 3 - Housing and its Justification.........................................................................................2.6 2.5 Policies 4, 5 and 6 -Economic Development and Tourism ...........................................................2.7 2.6 Policy 7 - Improvements to Transportation Network..................................................................2.10 2.7 Policies 9 and 10 – Retailing.......................................................................................................2.11 2.8 Policy11 - Sport and Recreational Facilities ...............................................................................2.13 2.9 Policy14 - Community and Utility Services................................................................................2.14 CHAPTER 3 - ENVIRONMENT 3.1 Omissions and General Considerations.........................................................................................3.1 3.2 - Objectives ......................................................................................................................................3.3 3.3 Policy ENV1 Development in the Countryside (including HOUS2, HOUS3, HOUS8 and HOUS9).......................................................................3.4 3.4 Policy ENV2 - Agricultural land.................................................................................................3.11 3.5 Policy ENV03 - Green Wedges (including Green Belt and Special Landscape Areas)..................................................................3.13 3.6 Policies ENV4 and ENV5 - Coastal Policies (including The Glamorgan Heritage Coast and The East Vale Coast).........................................3.21 3.7 Policy ENV6 - Water Resources.................................................................................................3.25 3.8 Policy ENV7 - Small Scale Rural Conversions ..........................................................................3.26 3.9 Policy ENV8 Development Involving Horses ............................................................................3.29 3.10 Policy ENV9 Conservation of the Countryside ..........................................................................3.30 3.11 Policy ENV10 - Protection of Landscape Features.....................................................................3.32 3.12 Policy ENV11 - Woodland Management....................................................................................3.33 3.13 Policies ENV12, ENV13, ENV14 and New Policy ENV...........................................................3.34 3.13.1 Policy ENV12 International Areas ..... …………………………………………………..3.34 3.13.2 Policy ENV13 National sites.... …………………………………………………………3.35 3.13.3 Policy ENV14 Local sites..... ……………………………………………………………3.36 3.13.4 - Additional Policy ENV XX Protected Species ....………………………………………3.37 3.13.5 Paragraphs 3.4.53 to 3.4.57 .... ……………………………………………………………3.38 3.14 Policy ENV15 Protection of Built and Historic Environment ....................................................3.39 3.15 Policies ENV16 and ENV17 .......................................................................................................3.40 3.16 Policies ENV 18 and ENV 19 .....................................................................................................3.42 3.17 Policy ENV22 - Conservation and Enhancement of Open Space...............................................3.44 3.18 Policy ENV23 - Regeneration of Urban Areas ...........................................................................3.45 3.19 Policy ENV24 - Contaminated Land and Unstable Land ...........................................................3.46 3.20 Policy ENV25 -Design of new developments.............................................................................3.47 VOLUME 2 CHAPTER 4 - HOUSING PART A - Policies A.1 Policy HOUS00 - General Housing Objections and Omissions of Policy...................................4.2 A.2 Policy HOUS1 - Residential Allocations .....................................................................................4.3 A.3 Policy HOUS2 - Additional Residential Development................................................................4.3 A.4 Policy HOUS3 - Dwellings in the Countryside............................................................................4.3 A.5 Policy HOUS4 - New Settlements ...............................................................................................4.4 A.6 Policy HOUS5 - Agricultural or Forestry Dwellings...................................................................4.6 A.7 Policy HOUS7 - Replacement and Extension of Dwellings in the Countryside..........................4.7 A.8 Policy HOUS8 - Additional Residential Development................................................................4.8 A.9 Policy HOUS9 - Residential Development within Settlement Boundaries..................................4.9 A.10 Policy HOUS10 - Conversion of Large Dwellings ....................................................................4.11 A.11 Policy HOUS11 - Nursing Homes ..............................................................................................4.12 A.12 Policy HOUS13 - Affordable Housing ......................................................................................4.13 A.13 Policy HOUS14 - Affordable Housing in the Rural Vale...........................................................4.14 A.14 Policy HOUS15 - Gypsy Caravans ............................................................................................4.16 PART B - The Allocated Sites B.1 Policy HOUS1(1) - Barry Waterfront .........................................................................................4.18 B.2 Policy HOUS1(2) - Harbour Road Barry....................................................................................4.20 B.3 Policy HOUS1(3) - Pencoedtre North East Barry.......................................................................4.21 B.4 Policy HOUS1(7) - Penarth Haven, Penarth ...............................................................................4.22 B.5 Policy HOUS1(8) - Cogan Hall Farm, Penarth ……………………………………………..4.23 B.6 Policy HOUS1(10) - Redwood Close, Boverton.........................................................................4.24 B.7 Policy HOUS1(12) - Cowbridge Road and The Saw Mill, Ystradowen.....................................4.25 B.8 Policy HOUS1(13) - Rhoose Point .............................................................................................4.27 B.9 Policy HOUS1(16) - Adjacent St.Michael's Church, Colwinston..............................................4.28 B.10 Policy HOUS1(17) - St.John's Well, St.Athan............................................................................4.29 B.11 Policy HOUS1(20) - White Farm, Barry.....................................................................................4.31 PART C - Site Specific Matters C1 Aberthin - Court Farm.................................................................................................................4.35