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Written Statement Contents



Foreword


Chapter 1 Introduction and Strategy


Chapter 2 Improving the Quality of Life

QL1 Spatial Strategy

QL2 Promoting Transport Choice

QL3 Minimising and Managing Flood Risk

QL4 Supply of Land for Employment Development

QL5 Economic Development and Strategic Development Sites

QL6 Urban Regeneration Areas

QL7 Rural Regeneration

QL8 Mixed-Uses

QL9 Design of New Development

QL10 Designing New Development to Meet Functional Needs

QL11 Environmental Impacts and Compatibility of Uses

QL12 Planning Obligations


Chapter 3 Strengthening the Economy and Promoting Regeneration

ER1 Employment Sites

ER2 Principal Business and Industrial Areas

ER3 Protection of Employment Land

ER4 Non-Employment Uses in Employment Areas

ER5 Transport Depots

ER7 Business, Industrial and Warehouse Proposals

ER10 Small Scale Employment Sites in Villages

ER11 Conversion and Re-Use of Rural Buildings

ER13 Employment Use in Residential Areas

ER16 Tourism and Leisure Uses

ER18 Caravan and Chalet Parks

ER19 Extensions to Static Caravan and Holiday Parks

ER19a Touring Caravans and Tents

ER20 Occupancy Timescales

ER22 Small Holiday Villages

ER24 Protection of Hotels and Guest Houses

ER25 New Hotels and Guest Houses

ER26 Conversion of Premises

ER27 Tourist Facilities in the A120 Corridor

ER28 Information and Picnic Sites

ER29 Amusement Centres

ER30 Casinos

ER31Town Centre Hierarchy and Uses

ER32Town Centre Uses Outside Existing Town Centres

ER32a Primary Shopping Area

ER33 Non-Retail Uses Within Primary Shopping Frontages

ER37 Small Convenience Stores Outside of Centres

ER38 Farm Shops

ER39 Market Trading and Car Boot Sales

ER40 Forecourt Trading


Chapter 4 Sustainable and Affordable Housing

HG1 Housing Provision

HG3 Residential Development Within Defined Settlements

HG3a Mixed Communities

HG4 Affordable Housing in New Developments

HG5 Local Needs Affordable Housing Outside Village Development Boundaries

HG6 Dwelling Size and Type

HG7 Residential Densities

HG9 Private Amenity Space

HG10 Conversion to Flats and Bedsits

HG11 Residential Conversions over Shops and Offices

HG12 Extensions to or Replacement of Dwellings outside Settlement Development Boundaries

HG13 Backland Residential Development

HG14 Side Isolation

HG16 Garden Extensions into the Countryside

HG17 Relocatable Dwellings for Agricultural Workers

HG18 Permanent Dwellings for Agricultural Workers

HG19 Removal of Occupancy Conditions

HG20 Plotland Development - Replacement Dwellings and Extensions to Existing Dwellings

HG21 Residential Mobile Homes, Static Caravans and Houseboats

HG22 Gypsy Caravan Sites


Chapter 5 Safer and Healthier Communities

COM1 Access for All

COM2 Community Safety

COM3 Protection of Existing Local Services and Facilities

COM4 New Community Facilities (Including Built Sports and Recreation Facilities)

COM5 Residential Institutional Uses

COM6 Provision of Recreational Open Space for New Residential Development

COM7 Protection of Existing Recreational Open Space Including Children’s Play Areas and Pitch and Non-Pitch Sports Facilities

COM7a Protection of Existing Playing Fields, Including School Playing Fields

COM8 Provision and Improvement of Outdoor Recreational Facilities

COM8a Proposed New Recreational Open Space

COM9 Allotments

COM10 Built Sports and Recreation Facilities

COM11 Formal Recreation Facilities in the Countryside

COM12 Equestrian Uses and Buildings

COM12a Bridleways

COM13 Country Parks

COM15 Coastal Water Recreation Facilities

COM15a Protection of Existing Water Recreation Facilities

COM16 Hamford Water, the Stour Estuary and the Colne Estuary

COM17 Inland Water Recreation

COM18 Ardleigh Reservoir

COM19 Contaminated Land

COM20 Air Pollution/Air Quality

COM21 Light Pollution

COM22 Noise Pollution

COM23 General Pollution

COM24 Health Care Provision

COM25 Cemeteries and the Crematorium

COM26 Contributions to Education Provision

COM27 Telecommunications Equipment

COM28 Safeguarding of Civil Technical Sites

COM29 Utilities

COM30 Electricity Supply

COM31 Water Supply

COM31a Sewerage and Sewage Disposal

COM32 Sea Defences

COM33 Flood Protection

COM34 Unstable Land

COM35 Managed Re-Alignment


Chapter 6 Sustaining Our Environment

EN1 Landscape Character

EN2 Local Green Gaps

EN3 Coastal Protection Belt

EN4 Protection of the Best and Most Versatile Agricultural Land

EN5 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs)

EN5a Area Proposed As An Extension to the Suffolk Coasts and Heath AONB

EN6 Biodiversity

EN6a Protected Species

EN6b Habitat Creation

EN7 Safeguarding Mineral Supplies

EN11a Protection of International Sites: European Sites and RAMSAR Sites

EN11b Protection of National Sites: Sites of Special Scientific Interest, National Nature Reserves, Nature Conservation Review sites, Geological Conservation Review sites

EN11c Protection of Local Sites: Local Nature Reserves, County Wildlife Sites, Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphologic Sites

EN12 Design and Access Statements

EN13 Sustainable Drainage Systems

EN13a Renewable Energy

EN16 Agricultural and Related Development

EN17 Conservation Areas

EN18 Fascia and Shop front Signs in Conservation Areas

EN18a Advertisement Control in Conservation Areas

EN18b Advertisement Control

EN20 Demolition within Conservation Areas

EN21 Demolition of a Listed Building

EN22 Extensions or Alterations to a Listed Building

EN23 Development within the Proximity of a Listed Building

EN24 Redundant Listed Agricultural Buildings

EN25 Satellite Dishes on Listed Buildings and in Conservation Areas

EN26 Historic Church Extensions

EN27 Enabling Development

EN27a St Osyth Priory

EN29 Archaeology

EN30 Historic Towns


Chapter 7 Sustainable Transportation

TR1a Development Affecting Highways

TR1 Transport Assessment

TR2 Travel Plans

TR3a Provision for Walking

TR4 Safeguarding and Improving Public Rights of Way

TR5 Provision for Cycling

TR6 Provision for Public Transport Use

TR7 Vehicle Parking at New Development

TR8 Public Car Parking

TR9 Access of Freight to Transport Networks

TR10 Promoting Rail Freight

TR10a General Aviation


Chapter 8 Clacton-on-Sea

CL2 Clacton Pavilion

CL3Tourism Related Facilities along Clacton Seafront

CL4 Martello Bay

CL5 Amusement Centres

CL7 New Town Centre Retail and Mixed-Use Development

CL8 Specialist Shop/Café Area

CL9 Food and Drink Uses in Pier Avenue South

CL10 Extension to the Waterglade Centre

CL12 Clacton Factory Shopping Village

CL14 Open Market

CL14a Mixed Use Development in north-west Clacton

CL15 Residential Development in Jaywick

CL15a Jaywick Regeneration

CL16 Planning Controls in Jaywick

CL17 “The Gardens” Area of Special Character

CL18 Bus/Rail Interchange

CL19 Pedestrian Priority Measures

CL21 Clacton Airstrip


Chapter 9 Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkeston, Ramsey and Little Oakley

HAR1 Bathside Bay

HAR2 Land East of Pond Hall Farm

HAR3 Development within the Vicinity of Carless Refinery

HAR3a Small Businesses in the Harwich Area

HAR4a Harwich Masterplan

HAR6 Beacon Hill Fort

HAR8 Tourism

HAR10 Water Based Recreation and Marina Development

HAR11 Land Adjoining Barrack Lane

HAR12 Dovercourt Town Centre Regeneration Area

HAR13 Environmental Improvements within Dovercourt Town Centre

HAR14 The Market

HAR15 Dovercourt Town Centre Traffic Improvement

HAR16 Port Development

HAR17 Bus and Ferry Services


Chapter 10 Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze and Kirby Cross

FW1 Tourism Related Development

FW2 Amusement Centres

FW3 Provision for a New Community Hall

FW4 Multi-Use Games Area

FW5 'The Avenues' Area of Special Character

FW6 Changes of Use in 'The Avenues' Area of Special Character

FW7 Rear Servicing


Chapter 11 Brightlingsea

BR1 Brightlingsea Waterside Regeneration

BR2 Port Facilities

BR3 Brightlingsea Shipyard

BR4 Lime Street Area

BR5 Protection of River Frontage


Chapter 12 Lawford, Manningtree and Mistley

LMM1a Port Expansion

LMM1 Mistley Urban Regeneration Area

LMM2 Land Safeguarded for a New Fire Station


Chapter 13 The Rural Area

RA1 Martells Pit, Ardleigh

RA2 Thorpe-le-Soken Maltings

RA3 Motel

RA4 Housing Development within Defined Villages

RA6 Village Pubs

RA8 Agricultural Reservoirs


Chapter 14 Implementation and Monitoring


Chapter 15 Appendices

Appendix 1 Rolled Forward Dwelling Commitments on Large Sites

Appendix 2 New Housing Site Allocations

Appendix 2a Rural Areas Where Rural Exception Schemes under Policy HG5 Are Applicable

Appendix 3 Supporting Information Required to Demonstrate Lack of Need and/or Viability of Local Facilities

Appendix 3a Retention of Employment Sites

Appendix 4 The Location and Design of New Golf Courses

Appendix 5 Ancient Woodland Inventory

Appendix 6 Historic Parks and Gardens

Appendix 7 Protected Lanes

Appendix 8 County Wildlife Sites

Appendix 8a Site of Special Scientific Interest St. Osyth Pit, Colchester Road, St. Osyth

Appendix 9 Conservation Areas

Appendix 10 Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs)

Appendix 10a Vehicle Parking Standards

Appendix 11 Monitoring and Implementation Schedule

Appendix 12 Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG)/Supplementary Planning Documents

Appendix 13 Glossary of Terms

Appendix 14 Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 2005

Appendix 15 Essex and Southend-on-Sea Replacement Structure Plan Policies