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Draft Core Strategy (incorporating Preferred Options)
1 Introduction
What is the Local Development Framework?
Purpose of the Core Strategy
Stages so far
Sustainability Appraisal
Appropriate Assessment / Habitats Regulations Assessment
Evidence Base
Policy Context
Local Context
Regional Context
National Context
Next Steps
2 Spatial Portrait of South Somerset
Geography, Population and Settlement Pattern
Housing
Economic Prosperity
Transport and Accessibility
Health and Well-Being
Environmental Quality
3 Vision and Strategic Objectives
The Vision for 2026
Strategic Objectives
4 Settlement Strategy
Settlement Hierarchy
Determination of the South Somerset Settlement Hierarchy
Rural Settlements
Rural Clustering
Scale of Growth for the District and the Main Settlements
Housing
Employment
Planning Obligations
Phasing and Cumulative Impact
Planning Obligations
Viability
5 Yeovil - Vision and Proposals
Spatial Portrait
Local Issues
Vision
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Appropriate Scale of Growth
Development within the Urban Framework
Greenfield Development
Location for Urban Extension
Yeovil Urban Village
Urban Village and Extension Eco-town
Yeovil Employment Land Requirement
Yeovil Community Infrastructure
Yeovil Retail Capacity
Modal Shift for Yeovil
6 Market Towns - Visions and Proposals
Castle Cary/Ansford
Spatial Portrait
Local Issues
Local Aspirations
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Chard
Spatial Portrait
Local Issues
Chard Regeneration Framework
Chard Vision
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Crewkerne
Spatial Portrait
Local Issues and Constraints
Local Aspirations
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Ilminster
Spatial Portrait
Local Issues
Local Aspirations
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Somerton
Spatial Portrait
Local Issues
Local Aspirations
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Wincanton
Spatial Portrait
Local Issues
Local Aspirations
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
7 Rural Centres - Visions and Proposals
Bruton
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Ilchester
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Langport/Huish Episcopi
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Martock
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Milborne Port
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
South Petherton
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
Stoke sub Hamdon
What will the Core Strategy Deliver?
8 Housing
Strategic Housing Sites
Yeovil - North of Thorne Lane (Brimsmore)
Yeovil - Lufton
Crewkerne (CLR)
Chard
Housing density
Previously Developed Land
Affordable Housing
Definition of Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing need
Mix of Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing Policy Target
Affordable Housing thresholds
Affordable Housing provision
Market Housing
Dwelling Size and Type for Market Housing
Likely Profile of Household Types requiring Market Housing
Lifetime Homes and Empty properties
Lifetime Homes
Empty Properties
Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople
Replacement dwellings and extensions in the countryside
Agricultural, forestry and other occupational dwellings in the countryside
9 Economic Prosperity
Strategic Employment Sites
Yeovil
Crewkerne
Ilminster
Yeovil Urban Extension
Offices
Safeguarding Employment Land
Delivering Employment Land in the Countryside
Small-scale Economic Development in the Countryside
Re-use and Conversion of Buildings in the Countryside
New Live/Work Units
Expansion of Existing Businesses in the Countryside
Tourism
New Tourism Proposals
Major New Tourist Facilities
Farm Diversification
Retailing and Town Centre Uses
Policy and Trends
Retail Hierarchy
The Sequential Approach to Development
Development within Town Centres
Retail Study Update 2010 and Development Implications for Main Centres
Out-of-centre Retail Development
Local District Centres
Retention of Services and Facilities
10 Transport and Accessibility
Generic District Wide Modal Shift
Travel Plans
Transport Impacts of Development
Parking Standards
11 Health and Well Being
Provision of Open Space, Outdoor Playing Space and Sports, Cultural and Community Facilities in New Development
Local Standards and Planning Obligations
Exemptions
On or Off Site Provision and Contributions
Commuted Sums for Future Maintenance
Sports Zone
Existing Outdoor Sports, Play and Youth Provision
12 Environmental Quality
Addressing Climate Change in South Somerset
Greenhouse Gases
Decentralised Energy and Sustainable Buildings
Flood Risk
Biodiversity and Climate Change
Design/General Development
Biodiversity and New Development
Green Infrastructure
Woodlands and Forest
Air Quality
Equine Development
13 Implementation and Monitoring
Sustainability Appraisal
Other Issues
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