Deposit Plan Document Contents 1 Foreword 6 2 How to Comment on the Deposit Local Development Plan 8 3 Introduction 10 4 Key Issues, Vision and Objectives 22 5 Strategy and Strategic Policies 30 6 Topic, Criteria and Area Based Policies 92 7 Monitoring Framework 180 1 Appendix 215 List of policies Policy SP1: Housing Provision 34 Policy SP2: Location of Development 38 Policy SP3: Key Strategic Housing Sites 43 Policy SP4: KSS1:Land at Lower Berse Farm, Ruthin Road Wrexham 44 Policy SP5: KSS2: Land east of Cefn Road, Wrexham 48 Policy SP6: Planning Obligations 52 Policy SP7: Green Wedge 54 Policy SP8: Wrexham Town 56 Policy SP9: Economic Growth Employment and Enterprise 58 Policy SP10: Wrexham Industrial Estate 61 Policy SP11: KSS3: Land to the north of Bryn Lane, Wrexham Industrial Estate 62 Policy SP12: Transport and Accessibility 67 Policy SP13: Design Principles & Masterplanning Framework 69 Policy SP14: Health and Wellbeing 71 Policy SP15: Natural Environment 73 Policy SP16: Historic and Cultural Environment 76 Policy SP17: Minerals Supply and Safeguarding 81 Policy SP18: Sustainable Waste Management 83 Policy SP19: Climate Change 85 Policy SP20: Green Infrastructure 87 Policy DM1: Development Management Considerations 92 Policy NE1: International and Nationally Designated Nature Conservation Sites 95 Deposit Plan Document Contents Policy NE2: Locally Designated Sites of Nature Conservation and Geological Importance 97 Policy NE3 Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows 99 NE4: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 101 Policy NE5: Special Landscape Areas 103 Policy NE6: Waste Water Treatment and River Water Quality 105 Policy BE1: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site 108 Policy BE2: Trevor Basin Masterplan Area 109 Policy H1: Housing Allocations 111 Policy H2: Affordable Housing 113 Policy H3: Affordable Housing Exception Sites 115 Policy H4: Gypsy and Traveller Sites 116 Policy H5 Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation 118 Policy H6: Conversion of buildings to self-contained flats or Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) 119 Policy H7: Housing in the Countryside 121 Policy H8: Replacement Dwellings in the Countryside 122 Policy H9: Conversion of Buildings Outside of Settlement Limits to Residential Use 123 Policy EM1 Protection of Existing Employment Land 125 Policy EM2: Provision of Supporting Facilities for Employees in Business, Industrial and Warehousing Developments 128 Policy EM3: Alternative Use of Employment Land and Premises 129 Policy EM4: Employment Development Outside of Settlement Limits 131 Policy EM5: Visitor Accommodation Outside Settlement Limits 133 Policy EM6: Pentre Maelor and KSS3 Housing Buffer Zones 135 Policy T1: Managing Transport Impacts 137 Policy T2: Active Travel 139 Policy T3: Passenger Transport 140 Policy T4: Wrexham General Transport Hub 142 Policy T5: Safeguarding of Disused Railway Infrastructure. 144 Policy T6: Strategic Transport Infrastructure Improvements 145 Policy R1 Retail, Leisure and Commercial Centre Hierarchy 147 Policy R2: Development within the Wrexham Town Centre Masterplan Area 149 Policy R3: Primary Shopping Streets 150 Policy R4: Development outside Primary Shopping Streets 151 Policy R5: District, Local, Village and Neighbourhood Centres 152 Policy R6: Retail Development (Edge and Out of Centre) 153 Policy R7: Loss of Local Services 155 Policy CF1 Protection of Existing Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities 157 Policy CF2: Provision of New Open Space 159 Policy CF3: Regional Sports Stadia 161 Deposit Plan Document Contents Policy WL1 Welsh Language and the Social and Cultural Fabric of Communities 162 Policy MW1: Minerals Safeguarding 164 Policy MW2: Mineral Buffer Zones 166 Policy MW3: Sustainable Supply of Minerals 167 Policy MW4: Secondary and Recycled Aggregates 169 Policy MW5: Sustainable Waste Management 171 Policy MW6: Waste Management Facilities 172 Policy RE1: Development and Renewable Energy/Low Carbon Technology 175 Policy RE2 Renewable Energy Schemes 177 Deposit Plan Document Contents Deposit Plan Document 5 Foreword 1 6 Deposit Plan Document 1 Foreword Foreword I am pleased to set out the Council’s proposed strategic approach for the development of Wrexham up to 2028. This document, the Deposit Local Development Plan, together with other supporting materials, explains the Council’s approach to delivering sustainable development in the County. Wrexham needs a sound LDP, not only to ensure that vital new homes and jobs are provided but also because in the absence of an LDP, the Council cannot effectively control where development takes place, the quality of that development and the community benefit arising from new development. Following the disappointment of the first Local Development Plan being withdrawn in March 2012, it is even more imperative that a new land use plan is prepared and adopted on time Picture 1.1 to provide certainty about how we want the County Borough to prosper in the future. I am committed to ensuring that this document is prepared in an open and transparent manner and that the views of the public and stakeholders are taken into account. We need to know what you think about the policies and proposals contained in the Deposit Plan before we submit the plan to the Welsh Government and Planning Inspectorate for Examination in Public. I’d very much welcome your views, but please remember to submit these by 5pm on Thursday 31st May 2018. Councillor Dave Kelly, Lead Member for Organisation: Planning and Corporate Services. Deposit Plan Document 7 How to Comment on the Deposit Local Development Plan 2 8 Deposit Plan Document 2 How to Comment on the Deposit Local Development Plan How to comment on the Deposit Local Development Plan The Deposit Plan consultation represents an opportunity for everyone in the Plan area and beyond to think about how the places people live, work, learn and visit should develop over the period to 2028. We would like to know whether you agree with the land use policies and proposals for accommodating growth in Wrexham County Borough. The easiest and most efficient way to view the Deposit Plan and submit any comments you have on the policies and proposals is via the Local Development Plan (LDP) Consultation Portal which can be found here www.wrexham.gov.uk/ldp . Here you can view and comment as you read or alternatively you can download PDF versions of the Deposit Plan and all relevant accompanying documents. A step-by-step guide on how to submit comments on the portal is also available via the link above. Paper copies of the consultation documents are available to be viewed at all local libraries and at the Planning Office in Lord Street, Wrexham, LL11 1LG. There will also be an opportunity to view documents and speak to planning officers at the drop in sessions, details of which can be found on the consultation portal. A standard consultation response form has also been prepared as part of the consultation process. The form is available to download on the consultation portal. Copies are also available at local libraries, the drop in sessions and the Council Planning Office. Please send your completed consultation response form to: [email protected] or to: Planning Policy Team Environment and Planning Department; Guildhall, Wrexham, LL11 1AY The consultation is open for 7 weeks from 9 April 2018 – 31 May 2018. All comments must be received by 5.00pm on 31 May 2018. Those received after the deadline will not be considered. If you need any further information please contact the Planning Policy Team at [email protected] Question 1 Attendance at Hearing Sessions Question 2 Tests of Soundness Deposit Plan Document 9 Introduction 3 10 Deposit Plan Document 3 Introduction Plan Purpose and Background 3.1 The County Borough of Wrexham will grow in population(1)over the next few decades, and will need new homes, jobs, infrastructure and community facilities to support economic growth and raise standards of living within the area. It is crucial that this growth is sustainably planned in order to maximise community benefit and bring forward development that is in the best interests of the County Borough and its people. 3.2 National legislation and planning guidance places a duty on every Local Planning Authority in Wales to produce a Local Development Plan that addresses these issues and delivers sustainable development, ensuring that social, economic, environmental and cultural factors are all suitably balanced. 3.3 It is within this context that Wrexham Council are preparing a revised strategic planning framework, known as the Wrexham Local Development Plan (LDP) (here in referred to as the Plan). This Plan is a land use Plan that sets out the planning requirements for achieving sustainable development in Wrexham County Borough over the period 2013-2028. 3.4 It identifies where and how much new development will take place in the County Borough, as well as which areas need to be protected for their environmental qualities. Once adopted, the LDP will replace the existing Unitary Development Plan (UDP) 1996 – 2011(2)and will be used to make decisions on all planning applications. 3.5 Adoption of the LDP by the Council will follow the submission and Examination in Public (EiP) conducted by an independent Planning Inspector appointed on behalf of the Welsh Ministers from the Planning Inspectorate (PINS). The main role of the Planning Inspector is to ensure that the LDP is sound and has been prepared in accordance with the following 3 soundness tests(3): 1. Does the Plan fit? (is it clear that