Central Lincolnshire Local Plan Consultation Draft June 2021 Central Lincolnshire Local Plan Consultation Draft June 2021 Contents 1. Introduction, Context, Vision and Objectives ................................................................ 6 2. Spatial Strategy ......................................................................................................... 13 3. Energy, Climate Change and Flooding ....................................................................... 25 4. Housing ..................................................................................................................... 51 5. Employment ............................................................................................................... 64 6. Retail: City and Town Centres, and District, Local and Village Centres ...................... 72 7. Tourism and Visitor Economy .................................................................................... 88 8. Transport and Infrastructure ....................................................................................... 93 9. Design and Amenity ................................................................................................. 108 10. Built Environment ..................................................................................................... 115 11. Natural Environment ................................................................................................ 124 12. SUEs, Regeneration Areas and Opportunity Areas .................................................. 143 13. Site Allocations ........................................................................................................ 159 14. Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople ................................................. 182 15. Ministry of Defence Establishments ......................................................................... 185 Appendix 1: Housing Requirement for Neighbourhood Plans ............................................ 187 Appendix 2: Car Parking Standards .................................................................................. 190 Appendix 3: Open Space Standards ................................................................................. 191 Appendix 4: Principles for Development within Biodiversity Opportunity Areas ................. 195 Glossary............................................................................................................................ 198 Central Lincolnshire Local Plan Consultation Draft June 2021 Policy List Policy S1: The Spatial Strategy and Settlement Hierarchy .................................................. 14 Policy S2: Growth Levels and Distribution ........................................................................... 19 Policy S3: Housing in Urban Areas ..................................................................................... 19 Policy S4: Housing Development in or Adjacent to Villages ................................................ 20 Policy S5: Development in the Countryside ......................................................................... 22 Policy S6: Reducing Energy Consumption – Residential Development ............................... 28 Policy S7: Reducing Energy Consumption – Non-Residential Buildings .............................. 30 Policy S8: Decentralised Energy Networks and Combined Heat and Power ....................... 32 Policy S9: Supporting a Circular Economy .......................................................................... 32 Policy S10: Embodied Carbon ............................................................................................ 33 Policy S11: Water Efficiency and Sustainable Water Management ..................................... 34 Policy S12: Reducing Energy Consumption in Existing Buildings ........................................ 35 Policy S13: Renewable Energy ........................................................................................... 40 Policy S14: Protecting Renewable Energy Infrastructure .................................................... 42 Policy S15: Wider Energy Infrastructure .............................................................................. 42 Policy S16: Carbon Sinks .................................................................................................... 43 Policy S17: Electric Vehicle Charging ................................................................................. 44 Policy S18: Fossil Fuel Exploration, Extraction, Production or Energy Generation .............. 45 Policy S19: Resilient and Adaptable Design ........................................................................ 46 Policy S20: Flood Risk and Water Resources ..................................................................... 49 Policy S21: Affordable Housing ........................................................................................... 54 Policy S22: Meeting Accommodation Needs ....................................................................... 57 Policy NS23: Custom and Self-build Housing ...................................................................... 59 Policy S24: Sub-division and Multi-occupation of Dwellings within Lincoln .......................... 61 Policy S25: Houseboat Moorings and Caravans ................................................................. 61 Policy NS26: Residential Annexes ...................................................................................... 62 Policy S27: Spatial Strategy for Employment ...................................................................... 65 Policy S28: Strategic Employment Sites (SES) ................................................................... 66 Policy S29: Employment Allocations on Sustainable Urban Extensions (SUEs) .................. 67 Policy S30: Important Established Employment Areas (IEEA) ............................................. 68 Policy S31: Local Employment Areas (LEA) ........................................................................ 69 Policy S32: Non-designated Employment Proposals within Identified Settlements .............. 70 Policy S33: Non-designated Employment Proposals in the Countryside ............................. 71 Policy S34: Network and Hierarchy of Centres .................................................................... 74 Policy S35: Lincoln's City Centre and Primary Shopping Area ............................................ 77 Policy S36: Gainsborough Town Centre and Primary Shopping Area ................................. 79 Policy S37: Sleaford Town Centre and Primary Shopping Area .......................................... 82 Policy S38: Market Rasen and Caistor Town Centres ......................................................... 84 Policy S39: District, Local and Village Centres .................................................................... 85 Policy NS40: City and Town Centre Frontages ................................................................... 86 Policy S41: Sustainable Urban Tourism .............................................................................. 89 Policy S42: Sustainable Rural Tourism ............................................................................... 90 Policy S43: Lincolnshire Showground ................................................................................. 91 Policy S44: Strategic Infrastructure Requirements .............................................................. 95 Policy S45: Safeguarded Land for Future Key Infrastructure ............................................... 96 Policy S46: Accessibility and Transport ............................................................................... 98 Policy S47: Walking and Cycling Infrastructure ................................................................. 100 Policy S48: Parking Provision ........................................................................................... 101 Policy S49: Community Facilities ...................................................................................... 103 Policy S50: Creation of New Open Space, Sports and Leisure Facilities ........................... 105 Policy S51: Universities and Colleges ............................................................................... 106 Central Lincolnshire Local Plan Consultation Draft June 2021 Policy S52: Design and Amenity ....................................................................................... 109 Policy S53: Health and Wellbeing ..................................................................................... 112 Policy NS54: Advertisements ............................................................................................ 113 Policy S55: Development on Land Affected by Contamination .......................................... 114 Policy S56: The Historic Environment ............................................................................... 117 Policy S57: Protecting Lincoln, Gainsborough and Sleaford’s Setting and Character ........ 122 Policy S58: Green Infrastructure Network ......................................................................... 126 Policy S59: Protecting Biodiversity and Geodiversity ........................................................ 129 Policy S60: Biodiversity Opportunity and Delivering Measurable Net Gains ...................... 132 Policy S61: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Areas of Great Landscape Value .... 134 Policy S62: Green Wedges 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