Policy information sourced from the Central Befordshire Local Plan

SP3: Generic Requirements for Strategic Housing Allocations

The strategic housing allocations and commitments identified in this Plan will be required to meet the following requirements and objectives:

  1. Creation of distinctive, well integrated new communities which respect their local context, enhance the standards of sustainable design in the locality and relate well to neighbouring settlements;
  2. Preparation of a Development Brief for the whole site which includes a concept plan and an indicative phasing plan. The concept plan should reflect the location of the site, incorporate the highest standards of design and make effective use of the site through application of appropriate densities, layout and form;
  3. Meeting the housing needs of all sectors of the community including families, the young and older people and to match house types to the local employment base in order to reduce the need for out commuting;
  4. Provision of a local centre for the new community, with a range of facilities to meet local needs including small-scale employment uses, pre-school facilities, and primary education, including provision for health and social care in the locality. Integrated Health and Care Hubs should be located in close proximity to schools and elderly persons accommodation and provided early in the development programme;
  5. Provision of a Sustainable Transport Strategy, fully integrated into the overall masterplan and demonstrating improved linkages to existing transport nodes such as mainline rail stations by sustainable means and how the development will reduce the need to travel by car. Measures to mitigate the traffic impacts of the proposed development on the strategic and local road networks together with footpaths, cycleways, bridleways, and green corridors should be included;
  6. Promoters should undertake a full Transport Assessment to ensure that the package of mitigation measures are incorporated into the scheme, including pedestrian and cycle links, a public transport strategy and any off-site contributions as deemed necessary. Due regard should be given to the phasing of the scheme and the delivery of strategic and non-strategic transport infrastructure projects;
  7. A strategy for the conservation, protection and enhancement of the historic environment shall be developed and implemented. The strategy will include measures to avoid harm to the historic environment, and where harm cannot be avoided mitigate any harmful impacts, using information derived from site specific heritage impact assessments;
  8. A Green Infrastructure Strategy which identifies measures to protect and enhance any environmentally sensitive areas within and around the site, avoid harmful impacts and mitigate the local and wider impacts of the development, including phasing of these measures and their long-term management, and to maximise the opportunities presented by undevelopable land;
  9. Where appropriate, the development should provide a fully integrated Sustainable Drainage System to mitigate against any potential flood risk, apply a flood risk sequential approach to development across the site; and
  10. The submission of an infrastructure phasing and delivery plan.

Where a site is not policy compliant, the submission of detailed viability information will be required, and the Council will seek review mechanisms to assess the viability of the strategic site throughout the timescale of the development.

For more information, please visit the Central Befordshire Local Plan