Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan* Planning Pembrokeshire’s Future (up to 2021) Adopted 28th February 2013 *For the County excluding the area of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Front cover photograph supplied by Milford Haven Port Authority For a copy of this publication in large print, Braille, audio tape or an alternative language, please contact Pembrokeshire County Council on 01437 776613. Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg hefyd; i gael copi ohoni mae croeso ichi ffoni’r tîm CDLl ar 01437 775 391, neu anfon e-bost at [email protected] Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Foreword Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan As Cabinet Member for Highways, Planning, Transportation and Major Events, I am pleased to introduce the Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan, which was adopted, with immediate effect, by the County Council on 28th February 2013. The Local Development Plan replaces the Joint Unitary Development Plan for Pembrokeshire, adopted in 2006 for all those parts of Pembrokeshire that lie outside the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. This Local Development Plan provides the framework for decisions to be made up until 2021 on how land is used and developed, for example what type of development is appropriate or desirable for Pembrokeshire’s economy, communities and environment and how best to secure resilience to climate change and to bring forward affordable housing through the Planning System. It is the culmination of a major piece of work that has included engaging with the community, stakeholders, and elected members over a number of years and its completion and adoption is a significant milestone for the County Council. The Local Development Plan provides a sound basis to deliver sustainable development up to 2021, well supported by evidence, consistent with national policy and the adopted / emerging local development plans of neighbouring local planning authorities. The Plan seeks to develop a network of strong urban and rural communities, with the distribution of new development reasonably balanced between urban and rural areas and directed to settlements in accordance with existing and anticipated infrastructure provision and levels of service provision. I am confident that the Plan will provide a framework for consistent decision making and that land allocated for new development is capable of delivery within the Plan period. Progress with delivering the Plan will be monitored, and provision is made for its review. Councillor Rob Lewis, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Spokesperson for Highways, Planning, Transportation and Major Events 3 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan 4 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Contents Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan Chapter 1: Introduction 9 The purpose of the Local Development Plan 9 The structure of the document 10 How to use this document 11 Community Involvement in Preparation of the Local Development Plan 12 The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Process 12 The Habitats Regulations Appraisal 12 Chapter 2: Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire 13 Policy Framework: National, Regional and Local 13 National Strategies 13 Regional Strategies 16 Local Strategies 18 Chapter 3: Key Trends and Issues 25 Key Economic, Social and Environmental Trends and Issues 25 Sustainable Communities 26 A Strong Rural and Urban Economy 29 Infrastructure, Transport and Accessibility 31 Environment 33 Chapter 4: Vision and Objectives 37 Delivering the Vision 38 Delivering the Objectives 40 Chapter 5: Plan Strategy 47 SP 1 Sustainable Development 48 SP 2 Port and Energy Related Development 49 SP 3 Employment Land Requirements 51 SP 4 Promoting Retail Development 52 SP 5 Visitor Economy 53 SP 6 Minerals 54 SP 7 Housing Requirement 56 SP 8 Affordable Housing Target 57 SP 9 Welsh Language 59 5 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan SP 10 Transport Infrastructure and Accessibility 61 SP 11 Waste 62 SP 12 The Settlement Hierarchy 64 SP 13 Settlement Boundaries 66 SP 14 Hub Towns 67 SP 15 Rural Settlements 69 SP 16 The Countryside 72 Chapter 6: General Policies 75 GN.1 General Development Policy 75 GN.2 Sustainable Design 79 GN.3 Infrastructure and New Development 82 GN.4 Resource Efficiency and Renewable and Low-carbon Energy Proposals 84 GN.5 Employment Allocations 86 GN.6 Employment Proposals 88 GN.7 Mixed-Use Allocations 88 GN.8 Protection of Employment Sites and Buildings 90 GN.9 Extensions to Employment Sites 91 GN.10 Farm Diversification 91 GN.11 Conversion or Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings 93 GN.12 Town Centre Development 95 GN.13 Retail Allocations 96 GN.14 Major Out-Of-Town Centre Development 97 GN.15 Small Scale Retail 98 GN.16 Visitor Attractions and Leisure Facilities 98 GN.17 Self-Catering and Serviced Accommodation 99 GN.18 Touring Caravan and Tent Sites 100 GN.19 Static Caravan Sites 102 GN.20 Site Facilities on Existing Caravan and Camping Sites 104 GN.21 Marinas 105 GN.22 Prior Extraction of the Mineral Resource 106 GN.23 Minerals Working 107 GN.24 Recycled Waste Materials and Secondary Aggregates 109 GN.25 Buffer Zones around Mineral Sites 109 GN.26 Residential Development 110 GN.27 Residential Allocations 113 GN.28 Local Needs Affordable Housing 116 GN.29 Exception Sites for Local Needs Affordable Housing 118 6 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan GN.30 Specialist and Supported Accommodation 118 GN.31 Gypsy Traveller Sites and Pitches Allocation 119 GN.32 Gypsy Traveller Sites and Pitches 120 GN.33 Community Facilities 121 GN.34 Protection and Creation of Outdoor Recreation Areas 123 GN.35 Protection of Open Spaces with Amenity Value 124 GN.36 Green Wedges 125 GN.37 Protection and Enhancement of Biodiversity 126 GN.38 Protection and Enhancement of the Historic Environment 127 GN.39 Transport Routes and Improvements 129 GN.40 New Waste Management Facilities 131 GN.41 Waste Minimisation, Re-use, Recovery, Composting and Treatment 133 GN.42 Disposal of Waste on Land 135 Chapter 7: Achieving the Vision: Implementation and Monitoring 137 Introduction 137 Implementation 138 Monitoring 139 Plan Review 142 Appendices Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms 145 Appendix 2: Current Mineral Working 156 Appendix 3: Housing Requirement and Supply, 2011 – 2021 157 Appendix 4: Affordable Housing Provision 158 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework 159 Appendix 6: Policy GN.39 – Transport Routes and Improvements Scheme and Programming Details for Safeguarded Transport Schemes 177 Figures Figure 1: Strategic Objective 39 Figure 2: Relationship Between Issues, Objectives, Policies & Monitoring 42 Figure 3: Key Diagram 46 Figure 4: Incidence of Welsh Speakers by Community Council 60 Figure 5: Key Transport Network 61 7 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan 8 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 1 The purpose of the Local supporting suite of Technical Development Plan Advice Notes and Circulars as the context for decision making 1.1 The Planning and Compulsory on land use planning where – Purchase Act 2004 (the Act) there is no locally specific LDP Introduction requires each local planning policy4. These and all adopted authority in Wales to prepare a Supplementary Planning Local Development Plan (LDP, Guidance (SPG) which support the Plan), with the objective of this Plan will be material contributing to the considerations when making achievement of sustainable decisions on relevant proposals development. for development. 1.2 The Plan establishes a Vision 1.4 For convenience, in this based development strategy document the Plan area is and policies to guide the usually referred to as development and use of land in 1 “Pembrokeshire” which should Pembrokeshire from adoption be taken to mean the County to 2021. It provides the policy excluding the National Park. context for directing The Pembrokeshire Coast development to appropriate National Park is subject to a locations, conserving the separate LDP that is the natural, built and historic responsibility of the National environment and providing a Park Authority. basis for rational and consistent decision-making on 1.5 This Local Development Plan planning applications. The replaces previous planning base date for the Plan’s land policy set out in the Joint use allocations is 2011. Unitary Development Plan and the Affordable Housing Delivery 1.3 This Plan complements the 2 Statement. Analysis and Wales Spatial Plan and the calculations in the Plan have Pembrokeshire Community 3 been based on an assumed Plan . It relies on national Plan period from 2011 to 2021. policy, set out in Planning Policy Wales, 5, November 2012, Minerals Planning Policy Wales 2000 together with the 1 Excluding the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 2 Wales Spatial Plan First Review 2008 3 Pembrokeshire Community Plan 2010 4 LDP Wales paragraph 2.2 9 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 1 The structure of the document 1.9 Chapter Four details the Vision and Objectives for this Plan. It 1.6 This chapter (Chapter One) sets out the Vision for what sort briefly explains the process of of