Local Plan 2006 - 2026 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD Adopted July 2016 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD This page has been left blank intentionally 1 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD CONTENTS Part A - Context Page(s) 1 Introduction 6 - 7 2 What has happened so far? 8 3 Policy context and development strategy 9 - 20 Part B -S ite Allocations and Development Management Policies Page(s) SITE ALLOCATIONS 4 The Urban Area 21 - 41 Hinckley 21 - 32 Burbage 33 - 38 Earl Shilton and Barwell 39 - 41 5 RURAL AREAS 42 - 89 Key Rural Centres 42 Key Rural Centres Relating to Leicester 43 - 61 Desford 43 - 46 Groby 47 - 51 Ratby 52 - 56 Markfield 57 - 61 6 Key Rural Centres within the National Forest 62 - 89 Bagworth 62 - 66 Thornton 67 - 70 7 Key Rural Centres Stand Alone 71 - 89 Barlestone 71 - 74 Market Bosworth 75 - 81 Newbold Verdon 82 - 85 Stoke Golding 86 - 89 8 Rural Villages 90 - 112 Congerstone 90 - 92 Higham on the Hill 93 - 96 Nailstone 97 - 99 Sheepy Magna 100 - 102 Stanton Under Bardon 103 - 106 Twycross 107 - 109 Witherley 110 - 112 2 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD Page(s) 9 Rural Hamlets 113 - 146 Barton in the Beans 115 - 116 Botcheston 117 - 118 Bradgate Hill 119 - 120 Cadeby 121 - 122 Carlton 123 - 124 Dadlington 125 - 126 Fenny Drayton 127 - 128 Kirkby Mallory 129 - 130 Norton Juxta Twycross 131 - 132 Orton on the Hill 133 - 134 Peckleton 135 - 136 Ratcliffe Culey 137 - 138 Shackerstone 139 - 140 Sibson 141 - 142 Stapleton 143 - 144 Sutton Cheney 145 - 146 10 Rural Hamlets- Other Settlements 147 - 149 Odstone 147 Shenton 148 Copt Oak 149 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICIES 11 How to use the Development Management Policies 150 12 Sustainable Development 151 - 159 DM 1 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development 152 - 153 DM 2 Delivering Renewable Energy and Low Carbon 154 - 156 Development DM 3 Infrastructure and Delivery 157 - 159 13 Natural Environment 160 - 184 DM 4 Safeguarding the Countryside and Settlement 161 - 164 Separation DM 5 Enabling Rural Worker Accommodation 165 - 167 DM 6 Enhancement of Biodiversity and Geological Interest 168 - 173 DM 7 Preventing Pollution and Flooding 174 - 178 DM 8 Safeguarding Open Space, Sport and Recreational 179 - 181 Facilities DM 9 Safeguarding Natural and Semi-Natural Open Spaces 182 - 184 3 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD Page(s) 14 Built Environment 185 DM 10 Development and Design 186 - 188 DM 11 Protecting and Enhancing the Historic Environment 189 - 194 DM 12 Heritage Assets 195 - 200 DM 13 Preserving the Borough’s Archaeology 201 - 202 DM 14 Replacement Dwellings in the Rural Area 203 - 204 DM 15 Redundant Rural Buildings 205 - 206 DM 16 Telecommunications 207 - 208 DM 17 Highways and Transportation 209 - 210 DM 18 Vehicle Parking Standards 211 DM 19 Existing Employment Sites 212 - 214 DM 20 Provision of Employment Sites 215 - 216 15 Retail 217 - 226 DM 21 Locating Sustainable Town Centre Uses 218 - 220 DM 22 Vitalising District, Local and Neighbourhood Centres 221 - 223 DM 23 High Quality Shop Fronts and Advertisements 224 - 226 16 Tourism 227 - 230 DM 24 Cultural and Tourism Facilities 228 - 230 17 Community 231 - 234 DM 25 Community Facilities 232 - 234 APPENDICES 18 Appendix 1 - Infrastructure and Monitoring Framework 235 - 283 Appendix 2 - Extant Local Plan Policies (2001) & (2006 - 19 2026) to be replaced by Site Allocations and 284 - 299 Development Management Policies 20 Appendix 3 - Strategic Policies of the Local Plan 300 - 302 21 Appendix 4 - Scheduled Monument Listing 303 - 307 22 Appendix 5 - Conservation Areas 308 23 Appendix 6 - Light Zone Map 310 24 Appendix 7 - Housing Allocations Trajectory 312 25 Appendix 8 - List of Acronyms 314 26 Appendix 9 - Glossary of Terms 315 - 320 FURTHER COPIES, VERSIONS IN ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGES AND LARGER PRINT OR AUDIO 321 VERSIONS 4 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD This page has been left blank intentionally 5 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD 1 INTRODUCTION WHAT IS THE SITE ALLOCATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT (DPD)? 1.1 The Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Document (DPD) allocates land to deliver the development requirements outlined in the Hinckley and Bosworth Core Strategy such as housing, employment, recreation, green spaces, community uses and leisure uses. In addition, it also includes development management policies which apply across the borough and which will be used when determining planning applications. The Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD is in conformity with the strategic policies in the Core Strategy and the National Planning Policy Framework. 1.2 This document is accompanied by a Sustainability Appraisal Report which assesses the allocations in terms of sustainable development. An addendum and supplement to this Sustainability Appraisal has been produced which has assessed the potential housing sites in more detail and demonstrates how the Borough Council has selected the most appropriate sites for development when assessed against the reasonable alternatives. A suite of other evidence documents has also been prepared which informed the production of the document. 1.3 The process of producing the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD can be broken into a number of stages, outlined in figure 1. Figure 1: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD - Production Process Evidence Gathering Consultation on the Issues and Options report APPRAISAL Preparation and consultation on the Preferred Options report Consultation on the Proposed Submission DPD and final six weeks consultation SUSTAINABILITY Examination into the soundness of the DPD Binding report from the Inspector Adoption 6 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD 1.4 Every effort has been made to make the document as clear as possible. However, it does contain some technical language, so there is a list of acronyms contained in Appendix 8 and a glossary of terms contained in Appendix 9 to help readers with the range of new terms that have been introduced. 7 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD 2 WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR? 2.1 The production of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD has been based on ongoing consultation with the local community and key stakeholders. A wide range of comments were received during the public consultation exercises in November 2003 to December 2003 on the LDF Issues Papers – ‘A Vision for Our Future’ and ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ during summer 2005. In August-September 2007 the Site Allocations and Generic Development Control Policies Issues and Options Papers were consulted upon. These papers set out a number of issues and options for comment and respondents were also invited to submit further issues facing the borough and additional sites. 2.2 In 2009 the Borough Council undertook an eight week public consultation on the Preferred Options version of the document which, at the time, was called the Site Allocations and Generic Development Control Policies DPD. Throughout this consultation period the Borough Council undertook many public consultation workshops and exhibitions to explain the proposals to members of the public and as a result the Borough Council received 13,500 representations to the document. All of the representations received were reviewed and summarised in the Statement of Consultation Responses (July 2011) and were taken into account while producing the updated document. 2.3 A further round of consultation was undertaken on the document between 17 February and 31 March 2014. This stage of consultation was on the ‘Pre- Submission’ version of the document which, following the consultation, was due to be submitted to the Secretary of State for examination. As a result of the representations received during the consultation however it was determined that a number of modifications were required to ensure that the plan was sound before the document could be considered appropriate for submission. Consultation on these proposed modifications and the accompanying Sustainability Appraisal (including Addendum) took place between December 2014 and January 2015. 2.4 All the previous consultations have helped inform the preparation of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies pre-submission version. The 2009 Statement of Consultation Responses document is available on the Borough Council’s website - www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk. 8 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD 3 POLICY CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 3.1 The Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD is not an isolated plan. It must be in conformity with and read alongside national guidance as well as the Core Strategy and other documents in the Local Plan. NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK 3.2 On the 27 March 2012, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) became the national tier of planning policy when it replaced all of the Planning Policy Statements and Planning Policy Guidance Notes. 3.3 At the heart of the NPPF is a ‘presumption in favour of sustainable development’. This presumption guides local planning authorities when they are writing Local Plans and making decisions on planning applications. The Borough Council has ensured that the presumption in favour of sustainable development has been reflected in the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD. 3.4 The introduction of the NPPF has seen a dramatic change in policy at the national level which the Borough Council’s plans must be in line with. For that reason, a number of differences will be noticeable between this ‘pre- submission’ version of the document and the 2009 ‘preferred options’ consultation paper. This is particularly noticeable in the case of the Development Management Policies section and is a direct result of the NPPF placing a requirement on councils to include policies in their plans that were not required before the change in national policy.