Title Rutland Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document. Subject matter Allocates sites for development and sets out policies for determining planning applications. Adoption Date Adopted on 13 October 2014 by resolution of Rutland County Council. Contact information This document can be made available on request in large print or Braille by contacting: Planning Policy Section Rutland County Council Catmose Oakham Rutland LE15 6HP Tel: 01572 722577 Fax: 01572 758373 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.rutland.gov.uk Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document Adopted October 2014 Contents 1. Introduction.............................................................................................................. 3 2. The objectives of the plan ....................................................................................... 5 3. Presumption in Favour of Sustainable development ............................................ 8 4. Site allocations ........................................................................................................ 9 Sites for residential development and phasing ......................................................... 10 Employment development ....................................................................................... 13 Sites for retail development ..................................................................................... 14 Sites for waste management ................................................................................... 16 5. The location of development ................................................................................ 17 Planned Limits of Development ............................................................................... 17 Development in the towns and villages .................................................................... 18 Development in the countryside ............................................................................... 20 Housing in the countryside ....................................................................................... 22 Non-residential development in the countryside ....................................................... 25 6. Creating Sustainable Communities ...................................................................... 27 Mobile homes and residential caravans ................................................................... 27 Sites for travellers .................................................................................................... 28 Affordable housing ................................................................................................... 29 Market housing within rural exception sites .............................................................. 31 7. Building our economy and infrastructure ............................................................ 34 Use of military bases and prisons for operational or other purposes ........................ 34 Town centre areas, primary and secondary shopping frontages .............................. 35 Agricultural, horticultural, equestrian and forestry development ............................... 38 Sustainable transport and accessibility .................................................................... 38 Telecommunications and high speed broadband ..................................................... 39 8. Sustaining our environment ................................................................................. 40 Design and amenity ................................................................................................. 40 Advertisements ........................................................................................................ 44 Outdoor lighting ....................................................................................................... 45 Wind turbines and low carbon energy developments ............................................... 45 The natural environment .......................................................................................... 47 Historic and cultural environment ............................................................................. 50 Important open spaces and frontages ...................................................................... 54 Provision of new open space ................................................................................... 56 Landscape character in the countryside ................................................................... 58 Caravan and camping sites ..................................................................................... 59 1 Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document Adopted October 2014 Holiday lets .............................................................................................................. 60 Rutland Water .......................................................................................................... 61 Eyebrook Reservoir ................................................................................................. 62 Waste-related development ..................................................................................... 63 9. Implementation and monitoring framework ......................................................... 64 Appendix 1 – Agricultural, forestry and other occupational dwellings ......................... 66 Appendix 2 – Parking standards ...................................................................................... 70 Appendix 3 – Areas of biodiversity and geodiversity importance ................................. 77 Appendix 4 – Designated heritage assets in Rutland ..................................................... 83 Appendix 5 – Open space standards ............................................................................... 85 Appendix 6 – Implementation and monitoring framework ............................................. 88 Appendix 7 - List of existing Local Plan policies replaced ............................................ 99 Appendix 8 – Glossary ................................................................................................... 100 Policies Map - Index ........................................................................................................ 106 Key to Policies Map and Inset Maps Inset Maps 2 Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document Adopted October 2014 1. Introduction 1.1 The Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) is one of a series of documents that are being prepared as part of Rutland’s Local Plan. 1.2 The Local Plan comprises a folder of documents (see diagram below) that replaces existing policies in the Rutland Local Plan (2001) and the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Waste Local Plan (2002) and provides planning policies for Rutland for the period to 2026 and beyond. 1.3 The Core Strategy DPD was found to be sound following public examination in March 2011 and was adopted by the Council on 11 July 2011. The Minerals Core Strategy and Development Control Policies DPD was adopted by the Council in October 2010. 1.4 The purpose of the Site Allocations and Policies DPD is to allocate specific sites for development and to set out more detailed policies for determining planning applications within the overall strategy provided by the Core Strategy. 1.5 A list of the existing Local Plan policies that are being replaced by the Site Allocations and Policies DPD is included in Appendix 7. Diagram: The Local Plan 3 Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document Adopted October 2014 1.6 The DPD has been subject to a Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment which considered the anticipated effects of the proposals on the area’s environmental, economic and social conditions and changes were made to the document as a result. 1.7 Preparation of this document has involved an extensive process of consultation that commenced with a “Call for Sites” in August 2010. Consultation on “Issues and Options” and “Preferred Options” took place in September 2011 and October 2012 respectively. The “Proposed Submission” document was published for consultation in April 2013 and submitted to the Secretary of State in July 2013. 1.8 The Council has considered the issues raised in consultation at each stage and taken into account the findings of the local plan evidence base, the Sustainability Appraisal, the Habitats Regulation Assessment and the overall strategy provided by the Core Strategy DPD. 1.9 A public examination was held in November 2013 and the inspector’s report was received by the Council in August 2014. The inspector concluded that the document provides an appropriate basis for the planning of the Council’s area subject to a number of modifications being made. These modifications have been incorporated into this document. 1.10 The Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document was adopted by Rutland County Council on 13 October 2014 and now forms part of the statutory development plan, which provides the framework for the Council’s decisions on future development proposals in Rutland. 1.11 When using the plan it must be read as a whole as a number of different policies may apply to a particular site or issue. The policies of the plan should not be read in isolation from each other. Review of the Local Plan 1.12 The plan will be reviewed in accordance with the Council’s Local Development Scheme in order to ensure that the policies of the plan and its provision