Norton-juxta-Kempsey Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 14 Consultation Draft 0 September 2020 This page has been left intentionally blank 0 Draft for Consultation, September 2020 Norton-juxta-Kempsey Neighbourhood Plan Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3 How to comment on this document .......................................................................................... 3 What is a Neighbourhood Plan? ................................................................................................ 4 The Statutory Process ................................................................................................................ 5 2 Norton-juxta-Kempsey Neighbourhood Plan Boundary .................................................... 8 3 Context ............................................................................................................................... 9 Location .............................................................................................................................. 9 Settlements ......................................................................................................................... 9 Employment ..................................................................................................................... 10 Community Facilities ........................................................................................................ 11 Development Pressures .................................................................................................... 12 4 Understanding the Issues and Opportunities................................................................... 16 5 Vision and Objectives ....................................................................................................... 21 Our Vision ................................................................................................................................. 21 Objectives................................................................................................................................. 21 6 Policies .............................................................................................................................. 22 The Built and Natural Landscape ............................................................................................. 24 Settlements and the built environment ........................................................................... 24 Landscape character and the natural environment ......................................................... 27 NJK1 Built and Natural Landscape Policy .................................................................. 28 NJK2 Trees and Hedgerows Policy ............................................................................ 29 Green Infrastructure ......................................................................................................... 30 NJK3 Green Infrastructure Policy .............................................................................. 31 Green Open Space ............................................................................................................ 32 NJK4 Local Green Space Policy ................................................................................. 32 Getting Around ........................................................................................................................ 35 NJK5 Footways, Footpaths, Cycle Paths and Bridleways Policy.................................. 37 Heavy Goods Vehicles....................................................................................................... 38 NJK6 Heavy Goods Traffic Policy .............................................................................. 38 Community Facilities ................................................................................................................ 39 Cultural Facilities .............................................................................................................. 39 1 Draft for Consultation, September 2020 Norton-juxta-Kempsey Neighbourhood Plan Educational Facilities ........................................................................................................ 39 Social Facilities .................................................................................................................. 40 Leisure and sports facilities including open space and play facilities .............................. 41 The Future of our Community Facilities ........................................................................... 42 NJK7 Community Facilities Policy ............................................................................. 43 Employment ............................................................................................................................. 45 NJK8 Existing and Allocated Employment Sites Policy ............................................... 48 NJK9 Agricultural Buildings and Rural Employment Policy ........................................ 49 Housing .................................................................................................................................... 50 NJK10 Housing Development Policy ......................................................................... 51 7 Implementation ................................................................................................................ 55 Infrastructure Projects ‐ Community Funding ......................................................................... 55 8 Monitoring and Review .................................................................................................... 56 9 Appendices ....................................................................................................................... 57 Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................... 57 Appendix 2 ............................................................................................................................... 59 Appendix 3 ............................................................................................................................... 61 Appendix 4 ............................................................................................................................... 63 Appendix 5 ............................................................................................................................... 69 Appendix 6 ............................................................................................................................... 75 2 Draft for Consultation, September 2020 Norton-juxta-Kempsey Neighbourhood Plan 1 Introduction 1.1 This Consultation Draft of the Norton-Juxta-Kempsey Neighbourhood Plan has been produced for members of the community, local employers, stakeholders and all those with an interest in the Plan to comment on. It is available to comment for six weeks from Monday 19th October 2020 to 5pm on Monday 30th November. 1.2 The Neighbourhood Plan has been developed on behalf of the Parish Council by a small dedicated Steering Group made up of residents and Parish Councillors. They have been guided through the process by independent planning consultants Brodie Planning Associates (BPA), who were appointed by the Parish Council in November 2018. 1.3 The group have worked over the last two years to turn community concerns and aspirations into planning policies that can be used to inform future development in the parish of Norton-juxta-Kempsey. Once the Plan progresses through all the required stages it will be used by the Local Planning Authority and Planning Inspectors to determine all planning applications in the parish until at least 2030. How to comment on this document 1.4 If you would like to comment on this Consultation Draft of the Norton-juxta-Kempsey Neighbourhood Plan then please do one of the following: • Fill in the online response form that is available to complete at https://nortonjuxtakempseyparishcouncil.org/ • Complete the response form in the Summary Booklet which will have been delivered to your home if you are resident or can be downloaded from the Parish Council website https://nortonjuxtakempseyparishcouncil.org/ This can be: o posted into one of the collection boxes located at the Parish Hall, the Retreat Pub and St Peter’s Garden Centre; o posted to the Parish Clerk, 18 Corunna Close, Norton, Worcester, WR5 2PW; or o emailed to the Parish Clerk [email protected] • To request a hard copy of the comment form you can contact the parish clerk on 01905 763515 or email at [email protected] 1.5 The draft Plan has been informed by: the results of various public consultations including a residents’ questionnaire, a business questionnaire and two events that included a survey on the Vision and Objectives and Local Green Space designations. A significant amount of research and evidence gathering has also been undertaken by the Steering Group and planning consultants BPA. Please do take the time to let us know your thoughts; it is really important the Plan reflects the local community’s views. 3 Draft for Consultation, September 2020 Norton-juxta-Kempsey Neighbourhood Plan What is a Neighbourhood Plan? 1.6 In 2011 the Localism Act gave parish councils the opportunity to prepare Neighbourhood Plans. Norton-juxta-Kempsey Parish Council applied to