Policy information sourced from Wycombe District Local Plan

CP3 Settlement Strategy

The Council will direct development within the District in the following way:

  • Tier 1: High Wycombe area. The prime focus for development, including housing and new economic development, will be the urban area of High Wycombe through:
    • Regeneration and change in the existing built-up area including the redevelopment of suitable previously developed sites for both housing and employment purposes;
    • Maintaining and respecting the physical and community identity of adjoining settlements;
    • Development of the former Reserve Sites; d) Land removed from the Green Belt that is identified in this Plan to deliver new employment floorspace and homes.
  • Tier 2:
    • Princes Risborough: through developing suitable previously developed land within the built up area, and through major residential led expansion on the west side of Princes Risborough including improvements to the town centre, the station area and additional land for business.
    • Marlow: through developing suitable previously developed land within the built up area, and provision for business through the regeneration of the Globe Park Strategic Employment Area.
    • Bourne End and Wooburn: through developing suitable previously developed land within the built up area, on the former Reserve Site at Slate Meadow, and on land removed from the Green Belt that is identified in this Plan.
  • Tier 3 and 4: Higher Order and Other Service Villages, through:
    • Development within the settlement boundary as identified on the Policies Map;
    • Limited land removed from the Green Belt that is identified in this Plan;
    • Limited development at specified villages beyond the Green Belt;
    • Rural exceptions affordable housing schemes;
  • Tier 5 and 6: Small villages and hamlets through:
    • Rural exceptions affordable housing schemes where the settlement has some local services.
  • Support for rural businesses: other allocations as identified in this Plan or in neighbourhood plans;
  • Outside of these areas and settlements, development will be restricted to that which is appropriate in a rural area.

Policy information sourced from Wycombe District Local Plan