- i Bollington Neighbourhood Plan – Referendum Version – March 2018 ii BOLLINGTON NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN CONTENTS 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Why does Bollington need a Neighbourhood Plan? ................................................... 1 1.2 What conditions does the Neighbourhood Plan have to meet? .................................. 1 1.3 What does the Neighbourhood Plan do? .................................................................. 2 1.4 Who has authored this Neighbourhood Plan? ........................................................... 2 1.5 How has this Neighbourhood Plan been formed? ..................................................... 2 1.6 What area does this Neighbourhood Plan cover? ..................................................... 2 2 The Vision for Bollington ......................................................................................................... 3 2.1 What defines Bollington? ........................................................................................... 3 3 Housing ...................................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Background ................................................................................................................ 5 3.2 Community feedback ................................................................................................. 7 4 Employment and Business .................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Background ............................................................................................................. 14 4.2 Community feedback ............................................................................................... 14 4.3 Objectives and Policies ............................................................................................ 16 5 Retail......................................................................................................................................... 18 5.1 Background ............................................................................................................. 18 5.2 Community feedback ............................................................................................... 18 5.3 Objective and Policy ................................................................................................ 19 6 The Green Environment ......................................................................................................... 21 6.1 Background ............................................................................................................. 21 6.2 Community feedback on Open Space issues........................................................... 23 6.3 Objectives and Policies ............................................................................................ 25 6.4 Green Belt Policies .................................................................................................. 27 6.5 Natural Environment Policies .................................................................................. 29 7 The Built Environment and Our Heritage ............................................................................. 32 7.1 Background ............................................................................................................. 32 7.2 Community feedback ............................................................................................... 33 7.3 Heritage Objectives and Policies ............................................................................. 33 8 Tourism and Leisure ................................................................................................................ 37 8.1 Background ............................................................................................................. 37 8.2 Community feedback ............................................................................................... 37 8.3 Objectives and Policy .............................................................................................. 38 9 Moving Around ......................................................................................................................... 40 9.1 Background ............................................................................................................. 40 9.2 Community feedback ............................................................................................... 40 9.3 Objectives and Policies ............................................................................................ 40 10 Infrastructure Requirements ................................................................................................ 45 10.1 Background........................................................................................................... 45 10.2 Objectives and Policies ......................................................................................... 45 11 Community Services and Community Actions .................................................................. 47 12 Supporting Documents and References ............................................................................. 54 Bollington Neighbourhood Plan – Referendum Version – March 2018 iii LIST OF POLICIES Section Page 2 The Vision for Bollington ......................................................................................................... 3 General Policy V1 - Maintenance of Community Attributes ....................................................... 4 3 Housing ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Housing Policy HO.P1 - New dwellings ...................................................................................... 9 Housing Policy HO.P2 – Housing location.................................................................................. 9 Housing Policy HO.P3 – Type of housing ................................................................................. 10 Housing Policy HO.P4 – Design of housing ............................................................................. 12 Housing Policy HO.P5 – Parking provision for new dwellings .................................................. 13 4 Employment and Business ..................................................................................................... 14 Employment and Business Policy EB.P1 – Regeneration of existing employment land ......... 16 Employment and Business Policy EB.P2 – Establish Bollington as a centre for business in high-value specialisms ....................................................................................................... 17 Employment and Business Policy EB.P3 - Encourage growth of home-based businesses ... 17 5 Retail......................................................................................................................................... 18 Retail Policy R.P1 – Retain and develop retail offerings .......................................................... 20 6 The Green Environment .......................................................................................................... 21 Open Space Policy EOS.P1 – Designation of Open Spaces ................................................... 25 Open Space Policy EOS.P2 – Maintenance of Open Space allocations ................................. 25 Open Space Policy EOS.P3 – Enhancement of Natural Urban Green Spaces ....................... 26 Open Space Policy EOS.P4 – Local Green Space .................................................................. 26 6.4 Green Belt Policies.............................................................................................................. 27 Green Belt Policy EGB.P1 – Development within Released Green Belt Land ........................ 28 6.5 Natural Environment Policies .............................................................................................. 29 Natural Environment Policy ENE.P1 – Natural Environment Policy ......................................... 29 Natural Environment Policy ENE.P2 – Maintenance of views.................................................. 29 Natural Environment Policy ENE.P3 – Provision of Landscape Plan ...................................... 30 Natural Environment Policy ENE.P4 – Footpaths, Quiet Lanes and Bridlepaths .................... 30 7 The Built Environment and Our Heritage .............................................................................. 32 Heritage and Conservation Policy BE.P1 – Historic Town ....................................................... 34 Heritage and Conservation Policy BE.P2 – Conservation Areas ............................................. 34 8 Tourism and Leisure ................................................................................................................ 37 Tourism and Leisure Policy TAL.P1 – Support for the development of tourism ...................... 38 9 Moving Around ......................................................................................................................... 40 Moving Around Policy MA.P1 – Improve safety and efficiency of moving around ................... 41 Moving Around Policy MA.P2 – Parking provision ..................................................................