Review Version Pre Submission Draft March 2020 Sturton Ward Planning Group 2020-2037 [STURTON WARD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN REVIEW] 2020 - 2037 55 Review version Pre-submission draft May 2020 Sturton Ward Planning Group 2020-2037 PRODUCED BY THE STURTON WARD PLANNING GROUP ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE THREE PARISHES OF NORTH AND SOUTH WHEATLEY, AND STURTON LE STEEPLE AND NORTH LEVERTON WITH HABBLESTHORPE, TOGETHER WITH THE HAMLETS AND | Foreword Page 1 SETTLEMENTS WITHIN THE WARD [STURTON WARD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN REVIEW] 2020 - 2037 Table of contents Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 6 2 Consultation ...................................................................................................................................... 11 3 What is special about Sturton Ward? ........................................................................................... 12 4 Sturton Ward today: challenges and opportunities .................................................................... 15 5 Community vision ............................................................................................................................ 18 6 Community objectives ..................................................................................................................... 19 7 Neighbourhood Plan policies ......................................................................................................... 20 8 Sustainable development principles ............................................................................................ 21 9 Protecting the environment ........................................................................................................... 28 10 Reducing the risk of flooding ......................................................................................................... 42 11 Achieving well-designed places ..................................................................................................... 49 11 Protecting the historic environment ............................................................................................. 52 12 Local green spaces .......................................................................................................................... 55 13 Promoting tourism ........................................................................................................................... 66 14 Supporting the local economy ....................................................................................................... 67 15 Housing mix and type ...................................................................................................................... 70 16 Community facilities........................................................................................................................ 75 17 Energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate change ........................................................ 77 18 Site allocations ................................................................................................................................. 80 19 Developer contributions ............................................................................................................... 136 20 Implementation, monitoring and review of the Plan .............................................................. 138 Appendix A1: Sturton le Steeple – description of significant green gaps with photos ............. i Appendix A2: Sturton le Steeple – descriptions of local green spaces ..................................... iv Appendix B: Community consultation 2013 .................................................................................. vi Appendix C: Heritage assets in Sturton Ward .............................................................................. vii Appendix D: Communication from North Leverton Surgery ....................................................... xii Appendix E: Community projects .................................................................................................. xiii Appendix F: The Sturton Ward Neighbourhood Plan Monitoring Group .................................. xiv Appendix G: Sites identified for consultation ............................................................................... xv Appendix H: Sites of nature conservation ................................................................................... xvii Appendix I: Design Guidelines (AECOM’s Design Code, 2020) ............................................... xviii Appendix J: Agricultural land classification ................................................................................ xxii Appendix K: “Flooding crisis: the way forward” – North Wheatley School............................ xxiii Appendix L: “Sturton le Steeple flooding” – a Parish Council report ..................................... xxiv | Foreword Page 2 [STURTON WARD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN REVIEW] 2020 - 2037 Appendix M: Removed ................................................................................................................. xxvii Appendix N: Report on the November 2019 consultations in North Leverton .................... xxvii Appendix O: Building control letter created by N&S Wheatley Parish Council .................. xxviii | Foreword Page 3 [STURTON WARD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN REVIEW] 2020 - 2037 Common abbreviations AECOM – Planning consultancy firm contracted by the UK Government to undertake technical studies for Neighbourhood Plans AP – Aspirational policy BDC – Bassetlaw District Council BfL 12 – Building for Life 12 CIL – Community Infrastructure Levy NCC – Nottinghamshire County Council NPPF – National Planning Policy Framework (reference is always to the NPPF 2019) RCAN – Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire SHLAA – Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment SHMA – Strategic Housing Market Assessment SPD – Supplementary Planning Document SWNP – Sturton Ward Neighbourhood Plan SWNPR – Sturton Ward Neighbourhood Plan Review SWPG – Sturton Ward Planning Group | Foreword Page 4 [STURTON WARD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN REVIEW] 2020 - 2037 Foreword 1.1 Consultation about a Neighbourhood Plan for Sturton Ward was first undertaken in May 2013 by Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire (RCAN). Feedback at the time was unequivocal: Ward residents felt development was necessary to meet local housing need and supported small-scale commercial development to bolster the local economy. Maximising the tourism potential of Roman sites in the Ward was also strongly supported. 1.2 A Neighbourhood Plan was subsequently prepared for Sturton Ward. This Plan was consulted upon widely with residents and businesses within the Ward, as well as with key agencies that operated within it. The first Sturton Ward Neighbourhood Plan was finalised and approved by referendum in February 2016. 1.3 This version of the Plan did not contain any site allocations. Site allocations can be used for a range of purposes including directing where local communities believe future development should be focused and prioritised. 1.4 Since 2016, UK Government housing targets have grown significantly. These targets have been passed down to Local Authorities to deliver. Without site allocations, as a local community, we have had – and will have – relatively little say over where new houses are built. 1.5 By 2037, Sturton Ward is expected to deliver up to 20% growth (on baseline figures from August 2018). This is an approximate figure for housing growth which was part of Bassetlaw District Council’s Draft Local Plan, published in January 2020. 1.6 We do not believe that 20% is achievable in every parish based on land availability and suitability, and are proposing growth in the three main settlements that reflects identified constraints due to flood risk, heritage and landscape. 1.7 Elsewhere, there have been significant changes in UK energy policy resulting in the closure of the coal-fired power station at Cottam in September 2019. It is highly likely that the coal-fired power station at West Burton will close in 2021 and that both sites will be redeveloped by 2030. This will have a significant impact on the Ward with a large rural settlement of 1,600 dwellings currently planned for Cottam (450 of which would be built by 2037). 1.8 Given all these changes, it was felt timely to take more control over where future growth within Sturton Ward takes place, by updating the Neighbourhood Plan to include site allocations. 1.9 The Sturton Ward Neighbourhood Plan Review (SWNPR) identifies sites for housing but also updates other policies including landscape policies to provide more policy protection for parts of the Ward most valued by the local community. 1.10 A team of c.20 residents has worked together for over two years to update this Plan. Their contribution towards the future protection of the Ward has been significant and I would like to thank them all for their time, dedication and hard work. We commend this Plan Review to you. James Naish District Councillor and Interim Chair of Sturton Ward Planning Group | Foreword Page 5 [STURTON WARD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN REVIEW] 2020 - 2037 1. Introduction What is the Sturton Ward Neighbourhood Plan Review? 1.11 The