Transcript HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL

Sustainable Development and
Neighbourhood Plans
Chris Gooding and Bill Bloxsome
Data Orchard/Community First
Achieving Sustainable Development
“Meeting the
needs of the
present without
compromising the
ability of future
generations to
meet their own
needs”.
Resolution 24/187 United Nations General Assembly
UK Sustainable Development Strategy
Three Dimensions to Sustainable
Development
• Contributing to protecting and enhancing our natural,
built and historic environment - An environmental
role
Three Dimensions to Sustainable
Development
• Contributing to protecting and enhancing our natural,
built and historic environment - An environmental
role
• Contributing to building a strong, responsive and
competitive economy - An economic role
• Supporting strong, vibrant and healthy communities -
A social role
The Environmental Role
• Improve biodiversity
• Use of natural
resources prudently;
• Minimise waste and
pollution;
• Mitigate and adapt to
climate change, moving
to a low carbon
economy
The Economic Role
• Sufficient land
available;
• Of the right type;
• In the right place;
• At the right time;
• Support innovation;
• Provision of
infrastructure;
• Co-ordination with
other development
The Social Role
• Supply of housing for
present and future
generations;
• High quality built
environment;
• Accessible local
services to meet
community’s needs;
• Support health, social
and cultural well-being.
Social – NP Policies?
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Housing
Level of development
Types of development
Affordable housing
Services and Facilities
Schools, shops, post
offices
- Multi-use of facilities
• Health and Wellbeing
- Playing fields and play
areas
- Cultural elements;
- Transport
Economic – NP Policies?
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Portfolio of Sites
Broadband;
Live/work units;
Industrial sites;
Environmental standards
Hereford Enterprise Zone;
Green Economy
Tourism;
AD;
Agriculture and related
activities;
• Infrastructure
- Access;
- Utilities.
Environment – NP Policies?
• Designations
- Local Nature Reserves;
- NIA’s;
- Locally Important
Buildings;
- TPOs
• Character of Place
- CA appraisals;
- Landscape features;
- ‘Borrowed’ Landscape
• Climate Change
- Retrofitting works
- Site design features
- Community Renewables
Environment – Green Infrastructure
Herefordshire
Green
Infrastructure
Strategy
- Strategic
Concept Map
Green Infrastructure Strategy – Leominster
Contribution to The Neighbourhood
Plan
An Investment
Strategy for:
• Accommodating necessary
development
• Strengthening sense of
community
• Promoting health and
wellbeing
• Climate change mitigation
and adaptation
• Environmental enhancement
Delivering
• Encouraging private
enterprise
• Negotiating with developers
• Community Infrastructure
Levy (CIL)
• Community undertakings
• Grant schemes
• Sponsorship
• Parish precepts
Your Neighbourhood Development Plan
“Shared
Space”
Development
Services
& Facilities
Vistas
Single
Housing
Allocation
Affordable
Housing
Infrastructure
Biodiversity
Pollution
& Waste
Flood
Alleviation
Health &
Wellbeing
Heritage
Farming
Culture
Broadband
Open spaces
Low
Carbon
Living
Landscapes
Tourism
Transport
Recreation
Renewable
Energy
Sustainable Development
What will it contain?
Local
employment
The Localism Act ………
allows communities to develop their own
policies provided that they are:-
• based on sound evidence
Requirements
• community input
• proper principles of planning
The greater the ambition (policies & allocations)
the greater the resources required…..
Local Volunteers
Paid Consultants
LA support
Networks
Resources