Policy information sourced from the Combined Policies of Epping Forest District Local Plan (1998) and Alterations (2006).

CP2 Protecting the Quality of the Rural and Built Environment

The quality of the rural and built environment will be maintained, conserved and improved by:

  1. sustaining and enhancing the rural environment, including conserving countryside character, in particular its landscape, wildlife and heritage qualities, and protecting countryside for its own sake;
  2. enhancing and managing, by appropriate use, land in the Metropolitan Green Belt and urban fringe;
  3. retaining the best and most versatile land for agriculture;
  4. safeguarding and enhancing the setting, character and townscape of the urban environment;
  5. preserving and enhancing the biodiversity and networks of natural habitats of the area, including river and wildlife corridors and other green chains;
  6. giving priority to protecting and enhancing areas designated as having intrinsic environmental quality at international, national and strategic levels, in compliance with policy NC1 and PPS9;
  7. managing the demand for water resources and sewerage infrastructure by controlling the location, scale and phasing of development so as to protect environmental and wildlife interests.

For more information, please see the Combined Policies document