Policy information sourced from the Aylesbury Local Plan
D3 Proposals for non-allocated sites at strategic settlements, larger villages and medium villages
1. Small scale development and infilling
Development proposals in strategic settlements, larger and medium villages that are not allocated in this plan or in a made neighbourhood plan will be restricted to small scale areas of land within the built-up areas of settlements. Subject to other policies in the Plan, permission will be granted for development comprising:
- infilling of small gaps in developed frontages in keeping with the scale and spacing of nearby dwellings and the character of the surroundings, or
- development that consolidates existing settlement patterns without harming important settlement characteristics, and does not comprise partial development of a larger site
2. Larger scale development
Exceptionally further development beyond allocated sites and small-scale development as set out in criteria a) or b) above will only be permitted where the council’s monitoring of housing delivery across Aylesbury Vale shows that the allocated sites are not being delivered at the anticipated rate. Proposals will need to be accompanied by evidence demonstrating how the site can be delivered in a timely manner. The proposal must contribute to the sustainability of that settlement, be in accordance with all applicable policies in the Plan, and fulfil all of the following criteria:
- be located within or adjacent to the existing developed footprint of the settlement * except where there is a made neighbourhood plan which defines a settlement or development boundary, where the site should be located entirely within that settlement boundary
- not lead to coalescence with any neighbouring settlement
- be of a scale and in a location that is in keeping with the existing form of the settlement, and not adversely affect its character and appearance
- respect and retain natural boundaries and features such as trees, hedgerows, embankments and drainage ditches
- not have any adverse impact on environmental assets such as landscape, historic environment, biodiversity, waterways, open space and green infrastructure, and
- provide appropriate infrastructure provision such as waste water drainage and highways.
*The existing developed footprint is defined as the continuous built form of the settlement, and generally excludes remote individual buildings and groups of dispersed buildings. The exclusion covers former agricultural barns that have been converted, agricultural buildings (but does not preclude permitted development for converting agricultural buildings to residential – Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended – Class Q) and associated land on the edge of the settlement and gardens, paddocks and other undeveloped land within the curtilage of buildings on the edge of the settlement where the land relates more to the surrounding countryside than to the built-up area of the settlement.
Policy information sourced from the Aylesbury Local Plan