Runnymede 2030 Local Plan Adopted 16th July 2020 This page is intentionally blank 2 Contents Page Foreword........................................................................................................................ 6 1. Introducing the Runnymede 2030 Local Plan ................................................................. 9 Working with other authorities and organisations ........................................................... 9 2. Legislative and Planning Policy context.........................................................................11 3. Portrait of Runnymede ..................................................................................................16 4. Issues and challenges...................................................................................................20 5. Strategy for Sustainable Development ..........................................................................23 Background...................................................................................................................23 Spatial vision.................................................................................................................24 Local Plan objectives.....................................................................................................24 The spatial strategy 2015 to 2030 .................................................................................26 Policy SD1: Spatial Development Strategy....................................................................33 Policy SD2: Site Allocations ..........................................................................................38 Policy SD3: Active & Sustainable Travel .......................................................................44 Policy SD4: Highway Design Considerations.................................................................45 Policy SD5: Infrastructure Provision & Timing ...............................................................48 Policy SD6: Retention of Social & Community Infrastructure .........................................50 Policy SD7: Sustainable Design ....................................................................................51 Policy SD8: Renewable & Low Carbon Energy .............................................................53 Policy SD9: Longcross Garden Village..........................................................................60 6. Supporting Local People ...............................................................................................65 Policy SL1: Health and Wellbeing..................................................................................67 Policy SL2: Housing Allocation at Brox End Nursery, Ottershaw ...................................69 Policy SL3: Housing Allocation at Hanworth Lane, Chertsey .........................................71 Policy SL4: Housing Allocation at Coombelands Lane, Addlestone...............................73 Policy SL5: Housing Allocation at Blays House, Blays Lane, Englefield Green..............74 Policy SL6: Housing Allocation at Pyrcroft Road, Chertsey ...........................................76 Policy SL7: Housing Allocation at Thorpe Lea Road North, Egham...............................78 Policy SL8: Housing Allocation at Thorpe Lea Road West, Egham ...............................80 Policy SL9: Housing Allocation at Virginia Water North .................................................82 Policy SL10: Housing Allocation at Virginia Water South...............................................84 Policy SL11: Housing Allocation at Parcel B, Vet Labs Site, Addlestone .......................86 Policy SL12: Housing Allocation at Ottershaw East, Ottershaw.....................................88 Policy SL13: Housing Allocation at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey..................................90 Policy SL14: Housing Allocation at Parcel A, Chertsey Bittams, Chertsey.....................92 Policy SL15: Housing Allocation at Parcel B, Chertsey Bittams, Chertsey.....................94 Policy SL16: Housing Allocation at Parcel C, Chertsey Bittams, Chertsey.....................96 3 Policy SL17: Housing Allocation at Parcel D, Chertsey Bittams, Chertsey.....................98 Policy SL18: Housing Allocation at Parcel E, Chertsey Bittams, Chertsey...................100 Policy SL19: Housing Mix and Size Requirements ......................................................102 Policy SL20: Affordable Housing .................................................................................105 Policy SL21: Presumption against Loss of Residential ................................................106 Policy SL22: Meeting the Needs of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople ...109 Policy SL23: Accommodating Older Persons and Students.........................................113 Policy SL24: Self & Custom Build Housing..................................................................115 Policy SL25: Existing Open Space ..............................................................................117 Policy SL26: New Open Space ...................................................................................119 Policy SL27: Local Green Space.................................................................................120 Policy SL28: Playing Pitches .......................................................................................121 7. Enhancing the Environment ........................................................................................122 Policy EE1: Townscape and Landscape Quality..........................................................123 Policy EE2: Environmental Protection .........................................................................126 Policy EE3: Strategic Heritage Policy ..........................................................................131 Policy EE4: Listed Buildings ........................................................................................132 Policy EE5: Conservation Areas..................................................................................133 Policy EE6: Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest ........................................134 Policy EE7: Scheduled Monuments, County Sites of Archaeological Importance (CSAIs) and Areas of High Archaeological Potential (AHAPs).....................................135 Policy EE8: Locally Listed and other Non-Designated Heritage Assets .......................136 Policy EE9: Biodiversity, Geodiversity and Nature Conservation.................................139 Policy EE10: Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area ......................................143 Policy EE11: Green Infrastructure ...............................................................................145 Policy EE12: Blue Infrastructure..................................................................................146 Policy EE13: Managing Flood Risk..............................................................................148 Policy EE14: Extensions and Alterations to and Replacement of Buildings in the Green Belt...................................................................................................................151 Policy EE15: Re-use of Buildings in the Green Belt.....................................................152 Policy EE16: Outdoor Sport and Recreation in the Green Belt ....................................152 Policy EE17: Infilling or Redevelopment on Previously Developed Land in the Green Belt...................................................................................................................153 Policy EE18: Engineering Operations in the Green Belt ..............................................153 Policy EE19: Change of Use of Land in the Green Belt ...............................................154 8. Improving our economy...............................................................................................155 Policy IE1: Employment allocations.............................................................................157 Policy IE2: Strategic Employment Areas .....................................................................159 Policy IE3: Catering for modern business needs .........................................................161 Policy IE4: The visitor economy...................................................................................163 4 Policy IE5: Centre Hierarchy, sequential approach and impact assessment................166 Policy IE6: Town centre development..........................................................................168 Policy IE7: Addlestone East Allocation ........................................................................172 Policy IE8: Addlestone West Allocation .......................................................................173 Policy IE9: Egham Gateway East Allocation................................................................174 Policy IE10: Egham Gateway West Allocation.............................................................175 Policy IE11: Strodes College Lane Allocation..............................................................177 Policy IE12: Town Centre Opportunity Areas...............................................................178 Policy IE13: Local Centres ..........................................................................................181 Policy IE14: Shops and parades outside defined centres ............................................182 Glossary......................................................................................................................183