This version of the Draft Local Plan is provisional because it is subject to non-material amendments through reformatting , ready for printing and public consultation PROVISIONAL DRAFT LOCAL PLAN Brentwood Local Development Plan January 2016 DRAFT PLAN STRUCTURE CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: CONTEXT CHAPTER 3: VISION CHAPTER 4: STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES CHAPTER 5: SPATIAL POLICIES 2013 Ref 2016 Ref Policy Title S1 SP1 Spatial Strategy S2 SP2 Housing Growth S3 SP3 Job Growth and Employment Land S4 SP4 Provision for Retail and Commercial Leisure CHAPTER 6: MANAGING GROWTH 2013 Ref 2016 Ref Policy Title Core Policies CP1 CP1 Sustainable Development CP2 CP2 Managing Growth N/A CP3 Key Gateways CP3 CP4 Strategic Sites CP5 DELETED William Hunter Way CP6 DELETED The Baytree Centre Development Management Policies DM1 DM1 General Development Criteria DM2 DM2 Effective Site Planning CHAPTER 7: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES 2013 Ref 2016 Ref Policy Title Core Policies CP4 CP5 Dunton Hills Garden Village CP8 CP6 Housing Mix, Types and Tenures Development Management Policies DM3 DM3 Residential Density DM23 DM4 Housing Land Allocations DM24 DM5 Affordable Housing DM25 DM6 Affordable Housing in Green Belt DM26 DM7 Specialist Housing N/A DM8 Housing Space Standards DM27 DM9 Mixed Use Development DM28 DM10 Gypsy and Traveller Provision DM29 MERGED Accessible, Adaptable Development CHAPTER 8: ECONOMIC PROSPERITY 2013 Ref 2016 Ref Policy Title Core Policies DRAFT PLAN STRUCTURE CP11 CP7 Strong and Competitive Economy CP7 CP8 Brentwood Enterprise Park N/A CP9 Brentwood Town Centre CP12 CP10 Local Centres Development Management Policies DM5 DM11 Employment Development Criteria DM6 DM12 Employment Land Allocations DM7 DELETED Land at Mountnessing Roundabout DM8 DM13 Supporting the Rural Economy DM9 DM14 New Retail and Commercial Leisure Development DM10 DM15 Non-Retail Uses CHAPTER 9: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION & ENHANCEMENT 2013 Ref 2016 Ref Policy Title Core Policies CP9 CP11 Historic and Natural Environment and Landscape Character CP10 CP12 Green Belt Development Management Policies DM11 DM16 New Development in the Green Belt DM12 DM17 Established areas of development N/A DM18 Previously Developed Land in Green Belt N/A DM19 Site Allocations in Green Belt MERGED DM13 Extensions to Dwellings in the Green Belt DM16 MERGED DM14 Replacement Dwellings in the Green Belt DM16 DM15 DM20 Agricultural Workers Dwellings DM16 DM21 Re-use and Residential Conversions of Rural Buildings DM17 DM22 Wildlife and Nature Conservation DM18 DM23 Landscape Protection and Woodland Management DM19 DM24 Thames Chase Trust Community Forest DM20 DM25 Listed Buildings DM21 DM26 Conservation Areas DM22 DM27 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Remains CHAPTER 10: QUALITY OF LIFE & COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE 2013 Ref 2016 Ref Policy Title Core Policies CP13 CP13 Sustainable Transport CP14 CP14 Sustainable Construction and Energy CP15 CP15 Design CP16 CP16 Public Realm CP17 CP17 Provision of Infrastructure and Community Facilities Development Management Policies N/A DM28 High Quality Design Principles DM30 DM29 Provision of Open Space in New Development DM31 DM30 Open Space, Community, Sport and Recreational Facilities DM32 DM31 Green Infrastructure DM33 DM32 Air Quality DM34 DM33 Floodlighting and Illumination DM35 DM34 Flood Risk DM36 DM35 Sustainable Drainage DM37 DM36 Contaminated Land and Hazardous Substances DRAFT PLAN STRUCTURE DM38 DM37 Parking DM39 DM38 Buildings for Institutional Purposes DM40 DM39 Communications Infrastructure DM4 DELETED Telephone Exchange CHAPTER 11: IMPLEMENTATION APPENDICIES (to follow) List of Policy Changes from Preferred Options Appendix 1 Retail Hierarchy Appendix 2 Preferred Housing Allocations and Small Site Allowance Appendix 3 Housing Trajectory Evidence Base Glossary TABLE OF FIGURES (INCLUDES MAPS AND TABLES) Figures are provided togther from page 131, these will be formatted into the document for the final version Figure 1.1 Consultation Process So Far Figure 1.2 Types of Policies Figure 2.1 Local Plan Policy Context Figure 2.2 Adjoining Local Authorities Figure 2.3 Brentwood's Story Figure 5.1 Our Approach Figure 5.2 Development Needs and Borough Character Figure 5.3 Sequential Selection of Sites Key Diagram Figure 5.4 A12 Corridor: Brentwood Figure 5.5 A12 Corridor: Shenfield Figure 5.6 A12 Corridor: Mountnessing Figure 5.7 A12 Corridor: Ingatestone Figure 5.8 A127 Corridor Figure 5.9 Housing Trajectory Figure 5.10 M25 Junction 29 Employment Cluster Figure 5.11 Employment Land Need Figure 5.12 Brentwood Town Centre Links Figure 6.1 Key Gateways Figure 7.1 Housing Delivery by Tenure / Size Figure 7.2 Nationally Described Space Standard Gypsy & Traveller Sites Granted Permanent Permission Since July Figure 7.3 2013 Figure 7.4 Gypsy & Traveller Sites With Temporary Permission (January 2016) Figure 8.1 Economic and Transport Links Figure 8.2 Brentwood Enterprise Park Figure 8.3 Brentwood Borough Primary Shopping Areas Figure 8.4 Shopping Parade Definition Figure 9.1 Metropolitan Green Belt Figure 10.1 Green Travel Route Figure 10.2 Crossrail Park & Walk DRAFT PLAN STRUCTURE Figure 10.3 Open Space Standards Figure 10.4 Fields in Trust Children's Play Space Standards PROVISIONAL DRAFT LOCAL PLAN | BRENTWOOD BOROUGH COUNCIL 1 INTRODUCTION Preparing the Plan 1. Brentwood Borough Council is preparing a new Local Plan, a key part of the Brentwood’s development plan. This Plan sets out a long term vision for how the Borough should develop over the next 15 years and the Council's strategy and policies for achieving that vision. The Plan proposes land allocations for development and planning policies to guide decisions on the location, scale and type of development and changes in the way land and buildings are used. 2. We would like your views on our proposed approach contained within this draft version of the Local Plan. The Draft Plan sets out proposed strategy, policies and land allocations to meet future needs. Following consultation we will consider all comments received and, depending on issues raised, may amend the Plan in light of these. There will then be a further opportunity to comment prior to the Council submitting the plan to the Secretary of State for examination by an independent inspector. 3. Once adopted, the Local Plan will be a statutory document and a material consideration in determining planning applications. 4. The Draft Plan has been drawn up following extensive consultation and is supported by evidence from a variety of sources. Some background to the document preparation is given in the paragraphs and chapters that follow. Previous Consultations 5. During November and December 2009, Brentwood Borough Council and Local Strategic Partnership consulted on issues and options facing the Borough up to 2031. The ‘Pathway to a Sustainable Brentwood’ document sought views on a vision, objectives, spatial options to guide future development in the Borough and broad themes, such as sustainable use of resources, environmental protection, and meeting people’s needs. 6. Between 2007 and 2010 there were separate consultations on a Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document. However, the document did not proceed to adoption. 7. Following consultation on issues and options in 2009, for pragmatic reasons and in light of changing national policy and legislation, the Council decided to bring the Core Strategy together with site allocations and development management policies to produce a single Local Plan rather than a suite of separate documents as part of a Local Development Framework. This seemed consistent with the new approach to planning that was emerging and is reflected in subsequent legislation and national policy guidance. 8. Reflecting a new emphasis on localism and to give local people an opportunity to participate in planning, in May and June 2011 the Council undertook a comprehensive neighbourhood consultation. The ‘Your Neighbourhood’ consultation sought views on priorities for the Local Plan, neighbourhoods, housing numbers and potential sites. 1 PROVISIONAL DRAFT LOCAL PLAN | BRENTWOOD BOROUGH COUNCIL 9. Following the abolition of the East of England Plan in early 2013, the Council published its preferred options document for consultation between July and October 2013. The ‘Local Plan 2015-2030: Preferred Options’ set out the long term vision for how the Council proposed the Borough should develop by 2030 and the draft strategy and policies for achieving that vision. 10. Following the conclusion of consultation in late 2013 it became apparent that several issues needed to be reconsidered in light of representations received and Planning Inspectorate decisions to other Local Plan examinations, specifically regarding meeting full objectively assessed development needs. Consequently the Council published its ‘Strategic Growth Options’ document for consultation in January 2015, which set out all sites suggested to the Council to meet local development needs and information on some key issues to consider as part of assessing sites, such as transport infrastructure, local services, and the environment. 11. The consultation process so far is depicted in Figure 1.1. All consultation documents and assessments of representations received are available to view on the Council’s website at www.brentwood.gov.uk/localplan. FIGURE 1.1: CONSULTATION PROCESS SO FAR Document Structure Key Themes 12. The format of the Draft Plan follows that set out in the Preferred Options document (2013), although structure and order has changed