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7.12 Concerns were expressed at both the Issues and Options and Preferred Options consultations

about changes to this site that effected allotment plots including the provision of new car

parking.

7.13 Three alternative options were published with the Preferred Options consultation relating to

this site. Two of these alternatives were promoted by allotment holders seeking solutions

which minimised the impact upon existing allotment plots and retained the existing Jubilee

building. One included a small element of residential development within it to improve its

deliverability. Both alternatives however, failed to address the relationship issues that existbetween the Jubilee building and the park, including the children's playground and public

toilets and have been rejected by the Council. The solutions would not provide any significant

improvement to environmental qualities of the neighbourhood nor do they address the objective

as set out in the plan.

7.14 A further alternative was promoted by businesses and operators of the local centre and

provided a new car park to the south of the existing Jubilee building which could be overlooked

from Peverell Park Road. The proposal also retained the existing Jubilee building, but resulted

in the removal of four allotment plots. The Council has rejected this alternative as it failed to

address the objective as set out in the plan and similarly left unresolved the relationship

issues between the Jubilee building, children's play area and public toilets.

7.15 Another alternative put forward during the Preferred Options consultation included removingthe Jubilee building without replacing it, providing car parking and a viewing point. This

alternative however has been rejected as it does not fit with the Core Strategy's objective of

supporting sustainable neighbourhoods, retaining and strengthening local centres. A further

suggestion was to increase car parking for the local centre using existing residential streets.

However this would not meet the expressed needs of businesses to have car parking close

to local centre and would cause issues with existing residents parking. A final suggestion

was to remove existing planting in the centre of the turning area at Pounds House and create

new parking. This alternative has also been rejected as it is remote from the local centre,

difficult to access and would not provide a reasonably safe environment.

Summary of Key Evidence

EvidenceDocument

Identifies the need to improve this local centre and strengthen its

relationship with central park.

Plymouth Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessments (2005) LDA -

Peverell

Indicatesthat the the proposal is financially viable given valuations.Valuation Report Executive Summary Central Park Site Option 6

Peverell Park Rd /Outland Road Corner (2007) Frank Knight LLP

Identifies the need to provide new car parking associated with this

local centre.

Central Park Action Plan (2000) and consultation, Plymouth City

Council.

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EvidenceDocument

Indicates the publics desire to relocatethe problematic public toilets

and achieve improvements to pedestrian crossings.

Community Planning Studies (2000), for Drake and Trelawny,

Plymouth City Council.

Table 5 Key Evidence relating to Peverell Park Road / Outland Road Corner

Pennycomequick

Policy/Proposal CP 6

Proposal - Pennycomequick

To develop this site and improve the edge of city and the park with:

97 residential dwellings of which 19 should be built to “lifetime homes” standard.

Development proposals should provide for:

1. Building heights that are complementary to their specific context.

a. 2 storeys along Jefferson Walk and returning south fronting the parkand

overlooking the vacant and disused allotment site

b. 3 storeys along Alma Road with up to 4 storeys for focus buildings on

corners including 4 storeys for a new lodge building on the junction of

Upper Nollys Terrace.

2. An arrangement of development which fronts the park and its associated peripheralnew access road, providing road linkages to both Holdsworth St and Wake St and

pedestrian linkages between the same and the park

3. Reduced on-site parking given the site’s proximity to the City Centre and public

transport facilities

4. For home owners at the end of Holdsworth St and Wake St, an arrangement which

maintains their current access and their ability to maintain their properties

5. An adapted layout for Swarthmore allotments that provides a replacement Trading

Hut, car parking, retaining existing allotment plots

6. The establishment of a safe and efficient new highway system to serve the new

development

7. Contributions to the delivery of park enhancements as set out in this AAP.

This proposal also supports Objective 4, to create a safe and well-connected park with

its surrounding neighbourhoods and the City Centre.

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Pennycomequick Proposal Before and After

7.16 Homes at Pennycomequick face away from the park, generating environments that feel unsafe

for park users and allotment holders at the adjacent Swarthmore allotment plots. This also

forms an unattractive edge to the park and hampers proper park management. The existing

privately owned access track running along the top of Holdsworth Street and Wake Street,

known as Jefferson Walk, is in a very poor condition and is used as ad-hoc car parking, creating

access problems to Central Park and annoyance to residents. Access to the park from the

surrounding neighbourhood is very weak including its relationship to Alma Road and publictransport facilities.

7.17 New residential development would repair this relationship by providing new dwellings which

would overlook the park. This would have real benefits in terms of park management, providing

surveillance from new dwellings, both onto parkland spaces and to existing allotments at

Swarthmore. Development would also make this part of the park more attractive and give a

better sense of security for park users as illustrated on the following diagram:

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7.18 This proposal would involve the provision of new homes fronting the park along the northern

edge of Holdsworth Street and Wake Street, fronting Alma Road to the west and continuing

east to front the existing vacant and disused allotment land. The development would be served

by a new access road which would run along the periphery of the development and the park

and would provide linkages to both Holdsworth Street and Wake Street. Pedestrian access to

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the park would be improved and the long-standing problems relating to Jefferson Walk couldbe resolved. The proposal would require the relocation of the existing trading hut and car

parking for Swarthmore allotments in order to adequately provide vehicular access to the new

homes.

7.19 The proposal also includes the provision of new dwellings at the junction of Upper Nollys Terrace

with Alma Road. Such development would front Alma Road and be in the form of a Lodge

building which would frame a new prominent pedestrian park entrance on Alma Road allowing

views into the park.

7.20 Planning permission has already been granted for new homes in the southern part of the

proposal which fronts Alma Road. This proposal provides an opportunity to improve on the

current consent and improve the relationship of new dwellings with the park as they turn the

corner and wrap existing dwellings along the northern edge of Holdsworth Street and WakeStreet.

7.21 Given that the justification for this development is in terms of its role in improving the park,

Planning Obligations will be prioritised to help deliver improvements to the park and its facilities.

Affordable housing is therefore not sought by this proposal.

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7.23 Both the Issues and Options and the Preferred Options consultations raised significant

objections to the building of residential development in the park on greenfield sites.

7.24 The proposal for Pennycomequick has been modified and now substancially retains the

vacant and disused allotment site as greenspace.

7.25 Other alternatives included variations to the nature of the development proposed, one

suggestion being for the provision of mixed use residential development and the other a

multi-storey car park. Both these ideas have been rejected as mixed use would not be

compatible with safeguarding nearby local centres as set out in the Core Strategy's Strategic

Objective of achieving Sustainable Linked Communities. A multi-storey car park is not

appropriate within this part of the park, being too remote from major new sports and

recreational facilities and would not promote an integrated sustainable transport strategy for

Central Park. It would also be a completely inappropriate form of development for this

prominent location.

7.26 Further alternatives suggested ideas for the provision of further leisure facilities for the park

and include the provision of a bowls facility, an events and performance space, and a sensory

garden. These ideas have also been rejected by the Council as they are remote from the

main focus of new leisure facilities at Central Park and it would not it be efficient in

management terms to promote such uses at Pennycomequick.

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7.27 Other alternatives included the provision of a City Farm, educational demonstration allotmentsand the provision of new allotments on the vacant and disused allotments site. The Council

has included proposals for new allotments in the AAP as extensions to the Swarthmore

Allotment site. However, no evidence has been provided to suggest a City Farm proposal

at this site would be deliverable .

Summary of Key Evidence

EvidenceDocument

Supports proposals and the use of residential development which

improves the relationship between the park and the city and

achieves enabling development on Central Park.

Destination Central Park, (2003), Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners

and Jacobs Consultancy.

Identifies the need to improve links between the surrounding

neighbourhoods and Central Park, considers new development

should front onto streets and public spaces.

Plymouth Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessments (2005) LDA -

Stoke, Mutley and Greenbank

Indicatesthat the the proposal is financially viable given valuations.Valuation Report Executive Summary Central Park Site Option 7

Pennycomequick (2007) Frank Knight LLP

Table 6 Key Evidence relating to Pennycomequick

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8 Delivery

8.1 The delivery of many of the proposals contained in this Area Action Plan will be coordinated

by Plymouth City Council working with private developers and public transport operators.

8.2 Timing of the improved indoor sports and leisure developments (CP1 & CP2) will be dependent

on two key aspects. Where demolition is involved, replacement facilities may need to be

available before existing facilities are lost in order to maintain continuity of services. This

involves existing facilities both on site and at the Pavilions site at Millbay. In addition

the necessary transport infrastructure will need to be provided in tandem with the development.

8.3 To deliver the necessary improvements to the park the Council will need to develop a masterplan

for the entire park setting out the full extent of works and detailed changes. This will be

undertaken by Plymouth City Council in consultation with stakeholders and the public and islikely to be implemented as a series of phases as funding becomes available.

8.4 The figures below give an indication of the main delivery issues including delivery mechanisms,

resourcing issues and likely timescales. Figure 1 gives a summary of delivery timescales over

the Area Action Plan period, Figure 2 gives more detail for each proposal and Figure 3 sets

out a trajectory indicating a graphic image of the provision of housing over the Plan period.

Figure 1 - Delivery Timetables over the AAP Period

20202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007 Area Action Plan Proposal

XXXXXXXXOCP1 The Life Centre

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XXXXXXOOCP5 Peverell Pk / Outland Rd Corner

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Feasibility studies, site assembly, demolition, planning application, and other consentsO

Construction and completionXX

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Figure 2 - Delivery of AAP Proposals

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9 Community Benefits

9.1 All major planning applications need to consider the contributions that need to be made to

provide wider community benefits, usually negotiated through Section 106 Agreements. These

will be reasonably related to development proposal, and need to be agreed on a scheme by

scheme basis. However, the highest priorities for the Central Park Area Action Plan are outlined

below, and these are shown as indicative only and will be subject to negotiation:

Figure 3 - Community Benefits

DeliveryJustificationS106 requirement

This will assist the Council to achieve much

needed improvements to the landscape,

Identified as a priority in the Core StrategyMeasures to improve the fabric of the park

bio-diversity and general infrastructure of the

park to raise its quality and create a

destination befitting a premier city location.

This enable the Council to provide a network

of high quality routes within the park which

Identified as a priority in the Core StrategyMeasures to enhance pedestrian and cycle

links

aresafe, convenient andeasy to understand.

These will make good linkages with

surrounding neighbourhoods and the City

Centre and include improved and new park

entrances.

This will help the Council provide facilities

that support the public's use of the park

Identified as a priority in the Core StrategyMeasures to improve park facilities

including the Life Centre. Such facilities will

be limited to strategic points to combine

provisions such as new sports changing

rooms, public toilets and cafes. It also

includes improvements to children's play,

allotments, the Council's Parks Depot,

information points and interpretation of key

points of interest.

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10 Monitoring

Review and monitoring is an important aspect of evidence based policy making and it is a key factor

of the “plan, monitor and manage” approach to the new planning system. An important aspect of the

new system is the flexibility to update components of the Local Development Framework and respond

quickly to changing priorities in the area. Monitoring will play a critical part in identifying any review

of the Central Park Area Action Plan that may be required. It will also enable early action to be taken

to overcome any barriers to delivery of the Plan’s objectives and/or proposals and policies.The

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires local planning authorities to produce an Annual

Monitoring Report (AMR) every year and this will be the main mechanism for assessing the Area

Action Plan’s performance and effects. It must be based on the period 1 April to 31 March and be

submitted to the Secretary of State no later than the end of the following December. AMRs are required

to assess the implementation of the Local Development Scheme, and the extent to which policies inlocal development documents are being successfully implemented.The Council will measure the

performance of this Area Action Plan against the targets, objectives and related policies set out in

this document, and in the Core Strategy. It will also undertake more general monitoring for the city

and its sub-region as a whole to assess the extent that the Local Development Framework spatial

strategy is being delivered, remains appropriate and is sustainable. The AMR will identify potential

measures that need to be taken to rectify any issues raised through monitoring. This will potentially

include the need to review parts or all of any particular local development document.Significant issues

will be monitored through the Annual Monitoring Report process, although it is accepted that in relation

to some indicators the impact of the Plan will only be felt after a number of years. In relation to this

Area Action Plan, monitoring will specifically include:

Checking that the development targets identified in the Area Action Plan are being met

and identifying the actions needed to address any barriers and blockages.Monitoring the quality of new developments in Central Park and their compliance with the

policies and proposals of the Plan.

Assessing the potential impacts on the Area Action Plan of new or updated national,

regional and local policy and guidance.

Measuring the performance of the Plan against the Plan’s Vision and Objectives and

assessing whether the Objectives are still appropriate.

Measuring the performance of the Plan against other relevant local, regional and national

targets.

Measuring the impact of delivery of the Plan against the sustainability indicators and

assessing whether the Central Park Area Action Plan is meeting its objectives and whether

there are any significant unforeseen adverse effects.

Monitoring local conditions at Central Park in conjunction with partners to assess the needfor further spatial interventions.

Monitoring Collecting appropriate data and making use of the data collected by other

partners to support the evidence base of the Plan and any subsequent review.

Sharing information collected as part of this monitoring regime with other partners and the

community. Issues identified within the sustainability appraisal will also be monitored and

a series of significant effects indicators have been identified within the AMR.

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As a result of this monitoring regime, conclusions may be reached which have implications for theobjectives, policies and proposals of the Plan. In some cases, monitoring of the delivery of the Area

Action Plan may identify supportive actions that need to be taken by other partners.A full review of

the Plan will take place after five years unless the results of any of the above suggest that an earlier

review is necessary.The following tables bring together the targets for each of the Plan’s proposals,

clearly showing the relationship between the objectives, indicators and targets for the Central Park

Area Action Plan.Table 4 shows the likely completion rate for housing showing overall numbers as

well as the total numbers of affordable and Lifetime Homes. It also shows how each proposal

contributes to the other targets relating to housing density, and balancing the housing mix within

Central Park.Table 5 shows the likely completion rate for economic development in this Area Action

Plan, including employment office use and retail.

Figure 4 - Monitoring of Sport, Leisure & Environmental Improvements

Plan TargetIndicator

76.5Ha Area of Improved Parkland

built by 2012Delivery of the Life Centre

built by 2012Delivery of Home Park

Figure 5 - Monitoring of Housing Development


TotalCP6CP5

1239726Building of new dwellings

24195of which lifetime homes

32320of which on previously developed land

Figure 6 - Monitoring of Employment Development


TotalCP5CP1

7007000Retail space sq m

5,38005,380Employment space sq m

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11 Proposals Map

Milehouse

Pennycomequick

Peverell

Ford Park Cemetery

CP05

CP02

CP01

CP03

CP04

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CP06

CP06

Pennycomequick CP06

Park Enhancements CP04

Peverell Park Road / OutlandRoad Corner CP05

Plymouth Argyles Home ParkDevelopment CP02

Life Centre and Social CentreCP01

Central Park Area Action Plan Boundary

CENTRAL PARK PROPOSALS MAP

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New Allotments CP04

Existing Allotments

Proposed car parking &transport interchange CP03

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1 Evidence Base Links

Central Park AAP - Key Evidence Base Documents & Links

Evidence Base Documents

Central Park Issues & Options Report (2005) - Plymouth City Council.

Preliminary Sustainability Appraisal for Central Park (2005) - Land Use Consultants.

Report Summarising the Responses to the Issues & Options Consultation for Central Park (2005) - Plymouth City Council.

Central Park Preferred Options Report (2006) - Plymouth City Council.

Sustainability Appraisal of Central Park Area Action Plan (2006) - Land Use Consultants

Central Park Area Action Plan Preferred Options Summary (2007) - Plymouth City Council

Our Cities Health (2005), Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust & Plymouth 2020 Partnership.

Active People S urvey (2006), Sport England.

City of Plymouth Sports Plan 2020 (2001), Plymouth City Council.

Plymouth Swimming Facilities Strategy (2004), Plymouth City Council.

Extended Phase One Habitat Survey of Central Park (2007), Andrew McCarthy Associates.

Local Transport Plan II, (2006 -2011) Plymouth City Council.

Central Park Life Centre, Outline Business Case (2005), Capita Symonds.

Destination Central Park, (2003), Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners and Jacobs Consultancy.

Central Park, A Historic Landscape Study (2002), Alan Baxter Associates.

Central Park Action Plan (2000) and consultation, Plymouth City Council.

Community Planning Studies (2000), for Drake and Trelawny, Plymouth City Council.

City of Plymouth Greenscape Assessment (2004) Land Use Consultants.

Plymouth Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessments (2005) LDA - Peverell, Stoke, Beacon Park & Pennycross, Mutley & Greenbank.

A Vision for Plymouth (2004) MBM Arquitectes/ AZ Studio.

Plymouth Playing Pitch Strategy (2007) Plymouth City Council.

Valuation Report Executive Summary Central Park Site Peverell Park Rd /Outland Road Corner (2007) Frank Knight LL.P.

Valuation Report Executive Summary Central Park Site Pennycomequick (2007) Frank Knight LLP.

Milehouse Junction Traffic Modelling Study (2007) SIAS.

Central Park Area Action Plan Sustainability Appraisal Submission Version (2007) Plymouth City Council including: An Assessment of Health Impacts (2007) Plymouth City Council,

Habitats Regulations Assessment (2007) Plymouth City Council,

Equalities Impact Assessment (2007) Plymouth City Council.

Table 7 Key Evidence Base Documents and Links

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2 Glossary of terms

Active frontage - A building frontage that responds positively to the street and particularly at

the ground floor promotes uses, entrances, and windows that generate activity and promote

safety on the street.

Affordable housing - Housing, whether for rent, shared ownership or outright purchase,

provided at a cost considered affordable in relation to incomes that are average or below

average, or in relation to the price of general market housing.

Amenity - A positive element or elements that contribute to the overall character or enjoyment

of an area. For example, open land, trees, historic buildings and the inter-relationship between

them, or less tangible factors such as tranquility.

Area Action Plan (AAP) – A type of Development Plan Document that will be used to provide

a planning framework for areas of significant change or conservation.

Brownfield site - Previously developed land is that which is or was occupied by a permanent

structure (excluding agricultural or forestry buildings), and associated fixed-surface infrastructure.

The definition covers the curtilage of the development.

BREEAM - Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, this is

regarded by the UK's construction and property sectors as the measure of best practice in the

environmental design and management. This assessment measures the environmental

performance of both new and existing buildings.

Built core – The focus of existing buildings comprising: the Mayflower Centre, Central Park

Pools, Plymouth Argyle’s Home Park Stadium, Milehouse Park and Ride and related spaces.

Commitment - All land with current planning permission or allocated in adopted development

plans for development (particularly residential development).

Constraint - A limiting factor that affects development, conservation etc.

Core Strategy – One of the key Development Plan documents in the Local Development

Framework. It will set out the long-term spatial vision and spatial objectives for the local planning

authority area and the strategic policies and proposals to deliver that vision. It will contain a set

of primary policies for delivering the core strategy. Broad locations for development may be set

out in a key diagram.

Council – The local authority, Plymouth City Council.

Development Brief - A document that outlines detailed planning requirements for the

development of a site. It is subject to public consultation prior to publication.

Development Plan - This will consist of Regional Spatial Strategies (Spatial Development

Strategy in London) and Development Plan Documents contained within a Local Development

Framework. It will also contain any ‘saved plans’ that affect the area.

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Development Plan Documents (DPDs) – These are prepared by the relevant plan-makingauthority. They will be spatial planning documents and subject to independent examination.

There will be a right for those making representations seeking change to be heard at an

independent examination.

Environmental appraisal - Applicants for certain types of development, usually more significant

schemes, are required to submit an "environmental statement" accompanying a planning

application. This evaluates the likely environmental impacts of the development, together with

an assessment of how the severity of the impacts could be reduced.

Evidence Base – The researched, documented, analysed and verified basis for all the

components of a Local Development Framework

Infrastructure - The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of acommunity. It normally includes transport, communications, water and power.

Informal open space – Open space with the principle purpose of creating a pleasant amenity

in an area, rather than use for recreation and leisure.

Inset Maps - will form part of the proposals map but are likely to be at a more detailed scale

depending on the nature of the area covered and the degree of detail required. Proposals for

area action plans may be shown on inset maps. Where the inset map is used to illustrate the

proposals for change the map should define the boundaries of individual sites which have been

allocated in an area action plan for specific uses (or mixed uses) in accordance with any

requirements of the core strategy. The map might usefully also identify in general terms the

access arrangements, including public transport routes, walking and cycling routes, interchanges

and any road proposals. The key to the map may include the list and scale of the mix of uses

proposed within any area action plan as defined in the core strategy. Inset maps relating to

areas of conservation will identify sites/areas where specific conservation measures are proposed

and areas which will be subject to specific controls over development, as set out in the policies

in the development plan document.

Key Diagram - A diagrammatic interpretation of the spatial strategy as set out in the core

strategy. This is a device that some authorities may wish to use to enable them to illustrate the

broad strategy for the area in a similar fashion to existing structure plans’ key diagrams. It is

most likely to be appropriate to an area of significant change where the general location of

broad areas of future development can be identified together with linkages between such areas

and the relationship to other strategies and neighbouring areas. Broad areas of protection/little

anticipated change could also be shown.

Legal Agreement / (Section 106) - A legally binding contract, between a developer and thelocal planning authority that constitutes a planning obligation See Planning Obligations.

Lifetime homes -The Lifetime Homes standards and the Housing Association Scheme

Development Standards go a little further than Building Regulations in their requirements for

adaptability and flexibility to be designed into the home. Most of the requirements are minor, it

seems sensible to design homes which achieve all of these requirements, and are thus ‘universal’

in their appeal and application A 16 point standard devised by Joseph Rowntree foundation

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can be found at the following web address, and includes features such as wider driveways.,level thresholds, wider hallways, a downstairs WC etc.

http://www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/lifetimehomes/

Local Development Framework (LDF) - This will include a portfolio of Local Development

Documents that provide a framework for delivering the spatial planning strategy for the area.

It will also contain a number of other documents, including the annual monitoring report, and

any ‘saved’ plans that affect the area.

Local Development Document (LDD) - This it will be either a Development Plan Document

or a Supplementary Planning Document and will be contained in a Local Development

Framework.

Local Transport Plan (LTP2)- A five-year rolling plan produced by the Highway Authority.

Local Development Scheme (LDS) - This sets out the programme for the preparation of the

local development documents. All plan-making authorities –have submitted a local development

scheme to the First Secretary of State.

Monitoring (and review) – The process of measuring (in terms of quantity and quality). the

changes in conditions and trends, impact of policies, performance of the plan. against its

objectives and targets, and progress in delivering outputs.

Objective - A statement that specifies the direction and amount of desired change in trends or

in conditions.

Public Realm- Those areas in cities and towns that are visible, useable, and accessible by the

public.

PPG and PPS - Planning Policy Guidance Note and Planning Policy Statement.

Proposal - A positive-worded policy of the Local Planning Authority that proposes a course of

action or an allocation of land for a particular use or development.

Proposals Map - The function of the proposals map is to illustrate the policies and proposals

in the development plan documents and any saved policies that are included in the local

development framework. It will have a geographical base at a scale that allows the policies

and proposals to be illustrated clearly in map form.

Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) - The regional spatial strategy covers at least a 15 to 20 year

period and will set out the policies in relation to the development and use of land in the region.

‘Soundness’ (of plan) - A judgement of quality and procedure based upon key elements of

the plan-making process (see the tests of soundness set out in para 4.24 of PPS12).

Spatial Plan - One or more Local Development Documents; also includes a Regional Spatial

Strategy.

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Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) - This will set out the standards which theplan-making authority intend to achieve in relation to involving the community in the preparation,

alteration and continuing review of all local development documents and in development control

decisions, and also how the local planning authority intends to achieve those standards. The

Statement of Community Involvement will not be a development plan document but will be

subject to independent examination. In respect of every local development document, the LPA

is required to publish a statement showing how it complied with its Statement of Community

Involvement.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - A generic term used internationally to describe

environmental assessment as applied to policies, plans and programmes.

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) - They will cover a wide range of issues on

which the plan–making authority wishes to provide policies or guidance to supplement thepolicies and proposals in development plan documents. They will not form part of the

development plan or be subject to independent examination.

Supplementary Planning Guidance - Supplementary Planning Guidance may cover a range

of issues, both thematic and site specific and provide further detail of policies and proposals in

a development plan.

Sustainable Development - A widely used definition drawn up by the World Commission on

Environment and Development in 1987: "Development that meets the needs of the present

without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

Sustainability Appraisal – This is a mandatory process under the Planning and Compulsory

Purchase Act 2004 and is used to promote sustainable development through the integration of

social, economic considerations into DPDs and SPDs.

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