Communities are becoming more aware of the need for renewable energy development proposals in light of climate change and the move towards a low carbon economy. d) Any parking provided is well-designed, conveniently sited, safe, overlooked, well-landscaped and sensitively integrated into the public realm or built form, so that it does not dominate the street scene. Significant weight will be given to outstanding or innovative designs which respond to positive, locally distinctive features. b) A new distinctive character has been created, based on positive features found in the wider area, including any heritage assets or landscape features, where high quality distinctive features do not exist either within or around the site. New technology, different attitudes and direction from national policy means a new approach can be explored to help meet the numerous challenges that continue to face South Gloucestershire. 30. Since the Core Strategy and the Policies, Sites and Places Plans were adopted we have entered into period of significant challenge and change. For non- residential development, only one policy option is presented which requires 100% reduction in carbon emissions (net zero carbon) arising from regulated energy use. Go back to the Local Plan 2020 Phase 1 Issues and Approaches document landing page. We also want to open up new channels of communication, both digitally and through our face to face engagement and service interactions so we can reach all of our residents. Creating well-designed places requires an understanding of a wide range of principles, across numerous disciplines. These are published on our website and well provide regular updates to track our progress against those commitments, ensuring that we are transparent and accountable. South Gloucestershire Council 05:00, 24 FEB 2023 Are Bradley Stoke and Kingswood part of Bristol? Town Centres, High Streets, Shopping and Leisure., 10. Additionally, we have sought to demonstrate the scale of the new approach we are taking to addressing issues affecting the most vulnerable. 2. We are actively engaging with partners and stakeholders to identify how we can continue to target resources to those most dependent on the council and ensure equality of opportunity.By their very scale, these issues cannot be tackled in isolation and require commitment from senior leadership, direct staff resource and a comprehensive whole community approach with residents and partners. 24. Where possible, our priority is to prioritise development where it supports regeneration of existing town centres, high streets and communities and promotes the sustainability of existing services. As a minimum, evidence should be submitted to demonstrate how development proposals:a) Are located away from areas vulnerable to increased flooding taking account of the latest available climate projections; andb) Incorporate measures to adapt to potential flood risk at building and site level, and minimise flood risk to the wider area; andc) Incorporate measures to mitigate high temperatures expected from future climate at building and site level; andd) Incorporate opportunities for supporting local food production; ande) Incorporate measures to optimise green infrastructure and enhance biodiversity; andf) Incorporate measures to reduce stress on water resources, and improve water efficiency; andg) Incorporate measures to improve public health and well-being. These would be focussed around designated town centres and transport hubs. What are strategic and non-strategic policies? Do you think there are any other issues? Further, for some specific groups within the local community inequality gaps are evident from early years, which continue throughout their education. An explanation as to how any necessary Environmental Impact Assessment requirements will be met and Habitats Regulations compliance achieved, should accompany the strategic masterplan and individual proposals for the site. The strategies for dealing with the different levels of waste vary according to their radioactivity characteristics, with higher activity wastes such as nuclear fuel having already been removed off site, intermediate level wastes being treated and packaged at Oldbury prior to being moved to Berkeley for long term storage until such time as a national geological disposal facility is available. Passivhaus is an international energy standard for buildings. Designated Biodiversity Sites & Protecting and Enhancing Biodiversity, 20. Although the principles of decommissioning will be agreed at the project planning stages, due to the long timescales involved, flexibility will be required in how these are met. We have local and national targets for reducing carbon emissions and increasing renewable energy generation that must be met. The masterplan proposals will also need to address the sensitivity of the site and its surrounding environment, including but not limited to, consideration of the effects on: The international and national designations on the estuary, including avoiding disturbance to protected wildlife both on the estuary and the levels, reversing biodiversity decline at Lagoon 3 and delivering net gain; The high archaeological potential of the Severn Levels and the potential for surface or sub surface features and finds. The open character of the surrounding Levels Landscape Flood risk The capacity of the road network, effects on residential settlement and the safety of other road users protecting the amenity of local communities, including along transport routes; ensuring flood and climate change resilience as well as the protection of air and water quality, and the distinctive rural character of the surrounding landscape and the public rights of way network, including the Severn Way, for interim states as well as end state. The existing reactor buildings, with their distinctive blue and white stripes that form a distinctive feature of the local landscape and are locally listed. The Local plan includes policies for deciding planning applications in Bristol. We need to make sure that any current private and on-street parking provision is designed so that it can relatively easily be repurposed if the need for it diminishes. Unregulated energy includes cooking, appliances and other small power consumption. priorities set out in the Council Plan (adopted 2020); declaration of a Climate Emergency on 17 July 2019; the Covid-19 pandemic and the impacts this has had on communities, the health services and the economy; updates to the National Planning Policy Framework in 2019 with more expected to come forward in the next few years; there have been, and will continue to be, updates to National Planning Policy Guidance which supports the NPPF; and. 28. Reference should also be made to saved Core Strategy Policy CS4 Renewable or Low Carbon District Heat Networks. Doing so would help meet the Councils carbon reduction and renewable energy generation targets set out in emerging Local Plan 2020 policy Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. We are extremely proud of what we have achieved over recent years, continuing to offer high quality services at a time when we have delivered over a hundred million pounds in annual savings. Pollution We are committed to reducing. We will build on this strength, forging new partnerships and enhancing established relationships. The new Local Plan for Milton Keynes, Plan:MK was adopted by Milton Keynes Council at its meeting on the 20 March 2019, details of which can be found at Council 20 March 2019. Following the decision of the WECA Mayor to stop all work on the West of England Combined Authority Spatial Development Strategy, the Local Plans for Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire will now provide the strategic planning framework for the West of England Combined Authority area.The issue of housing need will now be addressed through individual Local Plans for each of the Local Councils. The charity makes a positive contribution to the lives of hundreds of older people in South Gloucestershire every week. Further updates and evidence will be added to this page to support production of the new Local Plan. We have delivered thousands of new homes to help meet current requirements, but demand is set to intensify further over the coming years. Policies Sites and Places policy PSP6 Onsite renewable and low carbon energy. For example, we know we need to set a new strategy and policies for where new homes, jobs and infrastructure will go, to eventually replace existing policies like CS5 (Location of development), CS12 (Safeguarded areas for economic development), and our approach to town centres and high streets (Policies CS14 and PSP31). Proposals that address the greenhouse gas emissions arising from the development itself and also contribute to mitigating wider greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. Our priorities are brought to life through a package of 20 commitments. role as consultee on the DCO and the preparation of a Local Impact Report;iii. It also identifies land and allocates sites for. In terraced houses, space for the storage of a range of waste and recycling bins or containers, can be successfully integrated into the fronts of properties, in screened storage structures, which can also be integrated within porch canopies, also providing bike storage and electrical car-charging cables. Policies Sites and Places Plan policy PSP16: Parking Standards, Use Classes Order (September 2020) update. 17. Status : Local Plan document However, it can occur by a legal agreement that guarantees to pay a percentage of the income generated by selling heat or electricity to the grid, into a Community Trust Fund, or other suitable mechanism, controlled by the local community for spending on other local infrastructure and energy efficiency initiatives. We will ensure that children and young people are supported in their early years, We will work to eliminate child poverty across South Gloucestershire, We will support all children and young people to achieve positive mental health and wellbeing, We will provide appropriate support to facilitate choices for children with a learning difficulty, We will provide the best support possible to those children and young people we are responsible for in care, as they leave care and beyond as they begin independent lives, We will ensure people have access to the best possible information, advice, and guidance to support themselves and their families, We will shift the balance of support towards prevention, We will support the most vulnerable adults to maintain and promote their independence, We will enable communities to work together to help improve their lives and address the problems that are important to them, We will ensure that people feel safeguarded and supported in our care, at home and in their communities, We will clean streets and maintain roads effectively, We will lead the response to the climate emergency and deliver on our commitments, We will promote clean, affordable, high quality design of new and existing communities, We will plan to join up housing and appropriate infrastructure such as schools and transport networks that make it easier for people to get around, prioritising sustainable and low carbon travel choices, We will enable people and business to recover and thrive within cohesive communities that value diversity, We will demonstrate how well we deliver value for money in the services we provide and commission from others, We will increase our commercial operations to generate income to support council services and use our assets for maximum benefit to our communities, We will work as one council providing staff with the skills, tools, and support to perform at their best, promote equality of opportunity for all and live our values, We will develop our digital infrastructure to support residents and staff in day-to-day life. Therefore, proposals for the management and storage of radioactive waste would form part of any application for the project. Housing developments must be tenure blind/inclusive, with the same attention to detail and use of high-quality materials and boundary treatments used in affordable housing provision as market housing. The South Gloucestershire planners have been clear that government-set targets for housebuilding in the area CANNOT be met by development in urban areas and . Note: Regulations are continuously reviewed and the status of the site may change in future. The Council acknowledges the potential for NNB to deliver low carbon energy and high quality education, training, supply chain and employment opportunities and will work with a project promoter to maximise benefits and legacy for local communities and businesses. Economic health South Gloucestershires Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018 was 12,865m, ranking us 11th highest GDP of all local authorities in England outside of London. 1) Context and IdentityPara 127 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires that developments are, sympathetic to local character and history, including the surrounding built environment and landscape setting, while not preventing or discouraging appropriate innovation or change (such as increased densities).. gas boilers). Parking standards will form an important part in enabling and controlling car parking, including electric vehicle charging provision and bicycle parking provision, which alongside other policies will support the objectives to enable the new approach. This will include a new strategy and policies to guide and manage growth and change in our area over at least the next 15 years. The public consultation on our plan to introduce restrictions on the rights of homeowners to convert existing housing into houses in multiple occupation in the Stoke Park and Cheswick ward, and parts of the Filton ward closed on 31 January 2023. We have to accept however that we are likely to be in a period of transition which might well extend beyond the timeframe of the Local Plan. It may be necessary for context and character appraisals to look further afield than the immediate locality or most numerous buildings in an area to identify and respond to distinctive building types and other features of quality, such as boundary treatments, plot size and shape, and landscape treatments, to inform new development. The changes to the Order specifically relates to the way that retail, employment and leisure uses are classified. The establishment of agreed design parameters, and well defined, effective and long term monitoring arrangements, mechanisms and KPIs are key to this. To give an idea of the type of detail which might come forward, we have set out the existing planning policies that currently address the headline topic and priority issue. Almost 2,000 households are registered as being in housing need. Minimise cooling demand by reducing internal heat gains e.g. ecological crisis and inequalities within South Gloucestershire. A planning designation of Parking zones, for certain urban parts of the authority, to indicate where reduced parking provision may be appropriate, would be progressed as part of this approach.