Burnley’s Local Plan 2012-2032 Adoption Draft for Executive, and full Council 31 July 2018 July 2018 i Burnley Borough Council Economy and Growth Email: [email protected] ii Burnley’s Local Plan: July 2018 Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 What is Burnley's Local Plan? .......................................................................................... 3 1.2 Local Plan Context ........................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Sustainability Appraisal ................................................................................................... 6 1.4 Habitats Regulations Assessment .................................................................................... 6 1.5 Development of the Local Plan ........................................................................................ 6 2 Spatial Portrait ................................................................................................................ 9 2.1 Context ........................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Population .....................................................................................................................10 2.3 Housing .........................................................................................................................11 2.4 Economy and Employment .............................................................................................13 2.5 Retail, Town Centres & Tourism ......................................................................................15 2.6 Built and Historic Environment .......................................................................................17 2.7 Natural Environment ......................................................................................................19 2.8 Transport and Other Infrastructure .................................................................................23 3 Spatial Vision and Objectives ..........................................................................................29 3.1 A Vision for Burnley .......................................................................................................29 3.2 Objectives ......................................................................................................................29 4 Strategic Policies ............................................................................................................33 4.1 Achieving Sustainable Development ...............................................................................33 4.2 Housing Requirement .....................................................................................................35 4.3 Employment Land Requirement .....................................................................................39 4.4 Development Strategy....................................................................................................41 4.5 Development Quality and Sustainability .........................................................................46 4.6 Green Infrastructure ......................................................................................................51 4.7 The Green Belt ...............................................................................................................55 5 Policies ..........................................................................................................................57 5.1 Housing .........................................................................................................................59 Site Allocations ..............................................................................................................60 Affordable Housing ........................................................................................................83 Housing Density and Mix ................................................................................................8 6 Housing Developments ..................................................................................................88 House Extensions and Alterations ...................................................................................91 Agricultural and Rural Workers’ Dwellings ......................................................................92 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople’s Provision ..................................................93 5.2 Economy and Employment .............................................................................................97 Site Allocations ..............................................................................................................98 Improving and Making Best Use of Existing Employment Land....................................... 113 Supporting New and Existing Businesses ....................................................................... 114 Office Development ..................................................................................................... 115 The Rural Economy ...................................................................................................... 116 Conversion of Rural Buildings ....................................................................................... 117 Equestrian Development .............................................................................................. 118 iii Burnley’s Local Plan: July 2018 5.3 Town Centres, Retail and Leisure .................................................................................. 120 Retail Capacity ............................................................................................................. 120 Hierarchy of Centres ..................................................................................................... 121 Town Centres ............................................................................................................... 123 Burnley Town Centre Development Opportunities ........................................................ 126 The Weavers’ Triangle .................................................................................................. 129 District Centres ............................................................................................................ 131 Hot Food Takeaways .................................................................................................... 131 Shopfront & Advertisement Design .............................................................................. 133 5.4 Historic Environment.................................................................................................... 136 Identifying and Protecting Burnley’s Historic Environment ............................................ 136 Conserving and Enhancing Heritage Assets and their Settings ........................................ 138 Conservation and Enhancement of Non-Designated Heritage Assets ............................. 144 Scheduled Monuments and Archaeology ...................................................................... 145 5.5 Natural Environment .................................................................................................... 148 Protecting Biodiversity ................................................................................................. 148 Open Spaces ................................................................................................................ 153 Landscape Character .................................................................................................... 154 Trees, Hedgerows and Woodland ................................................................................. 156 Environmental Protection ............................................................................................ 159 5.6 Climate Change ............................................................................................................ 163 Renewable Energy........................................................................................................ 163 Flood Risk .................................................................................................................... 175 5.7 Infrastructure and Connectivity .................................................................................... 180 Travel and Transport .................................................................................................... 180 Infrastructure and Planning Contributions .................................................................... 184 Social and Community Infrastructure ............................................................................ 186 Telecommunications .................................................................................................... 187 Taxi Booking Offices ..................................................................................................... 188 6 Implementation and Monitoring .................................................................................. 193 6.1 Implementation ........................................................................................................... 193 6.2 Monitoring and Review ................................................................................................ 193 Appendix 1: Glossary