Felixstowe Peninsula Area Action Plan Preferred Options Consultation Document October 2015 Consultation Period 19th October 2015 - 30th November 2015 Suffolk Coastal …where quality of life counts P a g e | 2 Table of Contents Table of Policies ...................................................................................................................................... 3 This Consultation: ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 7 2.0 Vision and Objectives for Felixstowe Peninsula AAP. ............................................................... 13 3.0 Housing ..................................................................................................................................... 17 4.0 Employment .............................................................................................................................. 40 5.0 Retail ......................................................................................................................................... 49 6.0 Tourism and Sea Front activities ............................................................................................... 61 7.0 Environment.............................................................................................................................. 76 8.0 Other Issues .............................................................................................................................. 84 Appendix 1: Use Classes Order ............................................................................................................. 86 Appendix 2: Local Plan Saved Policies and how the issues are now being dealt with. ........................ 88 Appendix 3: Tables of all sites considered ............................................................................................ 98 Appendix 4: Bucklesham Inset Map .................................................................................................... 116 Appendix 5: Kirton Inset Map ............................................................................................................. 117 Appendix 6: Falkenham Inset Map ..................................................................................................... 118 Appendix 7: Felixstowe, Trimley St Mary and Trimley St Martin Inset Map………………….. Separate Map Felixstowe Peninsula Area Action Plan Preferred Options Document P a g e | 3 Table of Policies Preferred Policy FPP1: Housing ............................................................................................................. 19 Preferred Policy FPP2: Physical Limits Boundaries ............................................................................... 21 Preferred Policy FPP3: Land at Sea Road, Felixstowe ........................................................................... 24 Preferred Policy FPP4: Land north of Walton High Street, Felixstowe ................................................. 27 Preferred Policy FPP5: Land north of Conway Close, Felixstowe ......................................................... 29 Preferred Policy FPP6: Land opposite Hand in Hand Public House, Trimley St Martin ........................ 31 Preferred Policy FPP7: Land off Howlett Way, Trimley St Martin ........................................................ 34 Preferred Policy FPP8: Land off Thurmans Lane, Trimley St Mary ....................................................... 36 Preferred Policy FPP9: Land at Bucklesham Road, Kirton..................................................................... 38 Preferred Policy FPP10: Port of Felixstowe........................................................................................... 41 Preferred Policy FPP11: Land at Bridge Road, Felixstowe .................................................................... 44 Preferred Policy FPP12: Land at Carr Road/Langer Road, Felixstowe .................................................. 45 Preferred Policy FPP13: Land at Haven Exchange, Felixstowe ............................................................. 47 Preferred Policy FPP14: Felixstowe Town Centre ................................................................................. 52 Preferred Policy FPP15: Retail frontages .............................................................................................. 54 Preferred Policy FPP16: Primary Shopping Area ................................................................................... 55 Preferred Policy FPP17: District Centres ............................................................................................... 59 Preferred Policy FPP18: Felixstowe Ferry and Golf Course .................................................................. 63 Preferred Policy FPP19: Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club to Cobbolds Point ................................................ 65 Preferred Policy FPP20: Cobbolds Point to Spa .................................................................................... 66 Preferred Policy FPP21: Spa to Martello Park ....................................................................................... 68 Preferred Policy FPP22: Martello Park to Landguard ........................................................................... 70 Preferred Policy FPP23: Car Parking ..................................................................................................... 72 Preferred Policy FPP24: Holiday accommodation ................................................................................ 74 Preferred Policy FPP25: Access to the countryside .............................................................................. 77 Preferred Policy FPP26: Areas to be protected from development ..................................................... 80 Preferred Policy FP27: Historic Park and Garden ................................................................................. 82 Felixstowe Peninsula Area Action Plan Preferred Options Document P a g e | 4 This Consultation: 19 October 2015 – 30 November 2015 Comments are invited on this Felixstowe Peninsula Area Action Plan – Preferred Options Document. The consultation period runs from 19 October 2015 to 30 November 2015. Comments are invited primarily through the on-line consultation software On-line: http://suffolkcoastal.jdi-consult.net/localplan/ Comments can also be sent in writing to: Email: [email protected] Post: Planning Policy and Delivery Team; Suffolk Coastal District Council, Melton Hill, Woodbridge. IP12 1AU. Copies of the consultation documents are available for inspection via the Council’s website (add link) or at the Council Offices (address as above) and in local libraries across the district during normal working hours. The full list of consultation documents is as follows: Felixstowe Peninsula Area Action Plan – Preferred Options October 2015, Interim Sustainability Appraisal Report, Habitats Regulations Report, The analysis of response to the Issues and Options Consultation is also published for information only. The document provides feedback on how the earlier consultation comments have been addressed in the Preferred Options document. Making Comments When commenting, please ensure you include your name and contact details so that you can be kept informed as the plan progresses through its various stages to adoption. For all methods, other than using the on-line system, please ensure that you clearly identify the paragraph or policy to which your comment relates. Whilst it is entitled Preferred Options there is still scope for change and refinement. In setting out the Preferred Options, the consultation document also provides a summary of alternative options currently considered and ruled out. Comments are invited on these alternative options set out as well as other options not previously considered. Similarly views and comments are invited on the Felixstowe Peninsula Area Action Plan Preferred Options Document P a g e | 5 Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Screening documents which are a fundamental part of the plan making process and support the preferred options document. Stages in the Plan Making Process – Where we are now The Preferred Options is the second stage in the plan making process towards final adoption which is anticipated to be in 2016. For information a timeline is shown in the chart below. On completion of its statutory progress through to adoption this AAP along with the Core Strategy will comprise the Development Plan for the Felixstowe Peninsula. Issues and Options consultation December 2015 – February 2015 ↓ Preferred Option consultation October / November 2015 (6 weeks) ↓ Pre-Submission (for February / March 2016 representations relating to soundness) ↓ Submission to Planning May 2016 Inspectorate for Examination ↓ Examination Hearing July 2016 ↓ Inspector’s Report Oct 2016 ↓ Adoption by Council Nov 2016 Felixstowe Peninsula Area Action Plan Preferred Options Document P a g e | 6 Map 1 - Map of the Felixstowe Peninsula AAP Boundary Felixstowe Peninsula Area Action Plan Preferred Options Document P a g e | 7 1.0 Introduction 1.01 An Area Action Plan (AAP) is an important document because it covers all aspects that help make successful and sustainable communities – from housing and shops to jobs, community