Local Plan Main Modifications Consultation
Policy SP7: Urban and Village Sustainable Growth Areas
| Local Plan page number | Policy or paragraph Local Plan | Proposed Change | Justification | ||||||
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46 |
Policy SP7: GA1 |
5.70 [removed] 3.5 [added] |
Effective | ||||||
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46 |
Policy SP7: GA1 Key Considerations |
- Ensure playing field loss is mitigated in accordance with Policy 37 and the most up to date Playing Pitch Strategy evidence [removed] - Ensure playing field loss is sufficiently mitigated in accordance with Policy 37 through financial contributions to off-site playing field enhancements within the local area and provision of a junior playing pitch and ancillary infrastructure to land south-west of the allocation. [added] |
Justified Effective |
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45 |
Policy SP7: GA2 |
9.52 [added] |
Effective | ||||||
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45 |
Policy SP7: GA2 Key Considerations |
• Ensure that the design and layout creates and/ or enhances [added] clear and defensible boundaries • Contribute to the enhancement of [added] Enhance [removed] the surrounding PROW network • Retain existing mature trees in accordance with Policy 36: Protecting Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows • Ensure landscaping is an integral part of the design • Explore opportunities to re-naturalise the water course within the GA2 allocation boundary [added] • Have regard to the East Boldon Neighbourhood Plan and the East Boldon Design Code • Ensure buildings are at a scale and mass in keeping with the wider area. |
Effective | ||||||
|
47 |
Policy SP7: GA3 |
GA3 Land to North of Town End Farm 22.40 400
[removed] |
Justified Effective |
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47 |
Policy SP7 |
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Effective | ||||||
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47 |
Policy SP7: GA4 |
• Ensure that the design and layout creates and/or enhances [added] clear and defensible boundaries • Retain existing mature trees in accordance with Policy 36: Protecting Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows • Ensure landscaping is an integral part of the design and ensure built development is set back from the eastern boundary of the site to retain the feeling of openness along the A1018 • Explore opportunities for improving the existing staggered junction between the site and Sunderland Road where appropriate [added]; • Should be [added] supported by [added] at least one season’s additional non-breeding monitoring data for wading birds for fields within 500 [removed] 750 [added] m of the site where practicable [added], including nocturnal survey with appropriate equipment. |
Effective | ||||||
|
47 |
Policy SP7: GA6 |
• Ensure that the design and layout creates and/or enhances [added] clear and defensible boundaries • Retain existing mature trees in accordance with Policy 36: Protecting Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows • Ensure landscaping is an integral part of the design; •Have regard to the Whitburn Village Neighbourhood Plan and the Whitburn Village Design Guidelines • Should be [added] supported by [added] at least one season’s additional non-breeding monitoring data for wading birds for fields within 750m of the site, where practicable [added], including nocturnal survey with appropriate equipment. |
Effective | ||||||
| Policy SP7: Inset Map 8 |
[removed]
[added] |
Effective |
What to consider when making a representation
What are the tests of soundness and legal compliance?
The purpose of the examination is to consider whether the local plan complies with relevant legal requirements for producing local plans, including the duty to cooperate, and meets the national tests of ‘soundness’ for local plans set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
Therefore, representations submitted at this stage must only be made on these grounds and, where relevant, be supported with evidence to demonstrate why these tests have not been met.
Legal compliance
To be legally compliant the plan has to be prepared in accordance with the duty to cooperate and legal and procedural requirements, including the 2011 Localism Act and Town and County Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended).
Soundness
The inspector conducting the examination in public has to be satisfied that the local plan is ‘sound’; namely that it is:
• Positively prepared – the plan should be prepared based on a strategy which seeks to meet objectively assessed development and infrastructure requirements, including unmet requirements from neighbouring authorities where it is reasonable to do so and consistent with achieving sustainable development.
• Justified – the plan should be the most appropriate strategy, when considered against the reasonable alternatives, based on proportionate evidence.
• Effective – the plan should be deliverable over its period and based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic priorities, and
• Consistent with national policy – the plan should enable the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies in the NPPF.