Local Plan Examination in Public Local Plan ‘Track Changes’ version showing Main Modifications and Additional Modifications December 2019 1 Contents Summary and Key Points ........................................................................................... 4 Part 1: Introduction 1 Introduction to the Local Plan .................................................................................. 9 Part 2: Development Strategy 2 Vision and Objectives ............................................................................................ 15 3 Development Strategy ........................................................................................... 17 Part 3: Places 4 Introduction to Part 3: Sustainable Place-Making .................................................. 33 5 Brookfield .............................................................................................................. 34 6 Broxbourne ............................................................................................................ 49 7 Cheshunt ............................................................................................................... 52 8 Goffs Oak and St. James'...................................................................................... 72 9 Hoddesdon ............................................................................................................ 77 10 Park Plaza ........................................................................................................... 84 11 Waltham Cross .................................................................................................... 90 12 Wormley and Turnford ......................................................................................... 95 13 Lee Valley Regional Park .................................................................................... 97 14 Countryside ....................................................................................................... 103 15 The New River................................................................................................... 105 16 Gypsies, Travellers, and Travelling Showpeople .............................................. 107 Part 4: Infrastructure 17 Infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 110 18 Planning Obligations and CIL ............................................................................ 120 19 Implementation .................................................................................................. 122 2 Part 5: Development Management Policies 20 Design and Sustainable Construction ............................................................... 125 21 Housing ............................................................................................................. 133 22 Economic Development .................................................................................... 140 23 Retail and Town Centres ................................................................................... 143 24 Open Space, Recreation, and Community Facilities ......................................... 148 25 Water ................................................................................................................. 154 26 Green Belt ......................................................................................................... 161 27 Natural Environment and Biodiversity ............................................................... 165 28 Environmental Quality ....................................................................................... 173 29 Historic Environment ......................................................................................... 180 30 Transport and Movement .................................................................................. 191 Appendices Appendix A Schedule of Open Spaces .................................................................. 197 Appendix B Car and Cycle Parking Guidelines ...................................................... 199 Appendix C: List of Policies .................................................................................... 208 Appendix D Glossary .............................................................................................. 212 Appendix E: Concept Diagrams Plans ................................................................... 219 Appendix F: Local Plan 2001-2011: Saved policies to be superseded ................... 220 Appendix G: Monitoring Framework ....................................................................... 223 3 Main modifications in red. Minor/additional modifications in green. Summary and Key Points Local Councils are required by Government to produce Local Plans which plan positively for growth and development. The Broxbourne Local Plan and the Minerals and Waste Local Plans (produced by Hertfordshire County Council) together comprise the statutory Development Plan for the Borough. The draft Local Plan sets out how Broxbourne will grow and develop to become a more desirable place to live, work, and visit, and for inward investment. It is a development strategy for the next 15 years for homes, jobs, shops, leisure, transport, and infrastructure all set alongside the long term protection and improvement of are defined Green Belt and our parks and open spaces. The Plan aims to promote growth and support economic prosperity for this generation and the next. Broxbourne Council wants to enable a prosperous future for its residents. It wants to help secure higher educational attainment for young people through enabling more and better school buildings and facilities. The ambition is to have more employment opportunities and more skilled and higher paid jobs created locally, thereby increasing wealth and reducing the need to travel. The intention is to create a place where existing local businesses want to stay, and new businesses want to set up and invest, a place where young people in particular have plenty to do, have a bright future and want to stay or come back to after going on to higher education. People are living longer and the population is growing. Consequently, many more homes which are accessible and affordable for all age groups are needed. Good health provision and even better access to leisure facilities and open spaces alongside a clean and safe environment are critical elements of the Council’s long term vision. These ambitions are set out in the Council’s existing strategies for economic development, health and well-being, and the environment which explain the approach to its three priorities. The Local Plan will support these existing priorities and express them spatially. The main components of the development strategy are as follows: Brookfield Riverside The Local Plan seeks to strengthen the identity of the Borough by expanding and improving the Brookfield centre by extending Brookfield northwards up to and beyond the Turnford junction on the A10. Centred on the New River, this retail and commercial hub will be called ‘Brookfield Riverside’, and will consist of a vibrant centre to complement the Borough’s existing towns. It will include modern shopping and leisure facilities including a department store, cinema, cafes and restaurants, and feature a civic centre, a business campus, health centre, bus station, and about 250 apartments and elderly people’s accommodation within a mixed use and green environment. 4 Main modifications in red. Minor/additional modifications in green. Homes and Neighbourhoods The draft Local Plan provides for around 7,700 homes by 2033, including a mix of market and affordable housing, housing for the elderly, starter homes, social rented housing and some self-build opportunities. The draft Local Plan proposes walkable neighbourhoods, connecting residential developments with a mix of facilities in the locality. Three strategic development locations are identified as follows: ‘Brookfield Garden Village’ including 1,250 homes north and west of Brookfield Riverside, comprising walkable neighbourhoods and one or more new primary schools, linked by a tree-lined boulevard; ‘Cheshunt Lakeside’, a new mixed-use urban village including 1,750 homes as well as businesses and a primary school, at land currently occupied by Delamare Road employment area; and ‘Rosedale Park’, comprising around 790820 homes (plus a 64-bed care home) and a primary school at linked developments, on the former Tudor Nurseries site and at Rags Brook, opening up the valley to public access for the first time and creating a parkland setting for existing and future developments. The remainder of the residential development is proposed at a range of smaller sites, in some cases taking advantage of opportunities to support local facilities, and also includes some sites which already have planning permission, such as High Leigh Garden Village in Hoddesdon and Haslemere Marina in Waltham Cross. Jobs The draft Local Plan proposes between 6,000 and 7,000 5,000 and 6,000 net additional jobs by 2033, with the possibility of significantly more in the longer term. New employment land is proposed where it maximises the potential for job creation in well remunerated employment sectors, to diversify the Borough’s economic base and to provide the best opportunities to enhance Broxbourne’s environment. The strategy is to meet those objectives through the development of new business campuses at Brookfield and Park Plaza, which occupies an