Proposed Main Modifications Schedule

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Plan Appendices:

Appendix 2: List of Superseded Policies

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Category/ Policy No./ Paragraph No.

Appendix 2:

Modification

Delete original table and replace with new table as shown below:

The table below sets out the policies that are to be superseded by this Local Plan. These policies will no longer be part of the development plan for Central Bedfordshire once the Local Plan is adopted.

Superseded policy reference

Description

Replacement Local Plan policy

Central Bedfordshire (North) Core Strategy and Development Management Policies DPD

CS1

Development Strategy

Policy SP1

CS2

Developer Contributions

Policy HQ2

CS3

Healthy and Sustainable Communities

Policy HQ4; Policy EE13

CS4

Accessibility and Transport

Policy T1; Policy T2; Policy T3; Policy T4; Policy T5; Policy T6

CS5

Providing Homes

Policy SP1

CS6

Housing Delivery and Timing

Policy SP1; Policy HA1

CS7

Affordable Housing

Policy H4

CS8

Exceptions Schemes

Policy H5

CS9

Providing Jobs

Policy SP1

CS10

Location of Employment Sites

Policy SP1;

Policy EMP1

CS11

Rural Economy and Tourism

Policy EMP4

CS12

Town Centres and Retailing

Policy R1; Policy R2; Policy R3

CS13

Climate Change

Policy CC1

CS14

High Quality Development

Policy HQ1

CS15

Heritage

Policy HE1; Policy HE2; Policy HE3

CS16

Landscape and Woodland

Policy EE4; Policy EE5

CS17

Green Infrastructure

Policy EE1

CS18

Biodiversity and Geological Conservation

Policy EE2; Policy EE3

DM1

Renewable Energy

Policy CC2

DM2

Sustainable Construction of New Buildings

Policy HQ1; Policy HQ11

DM3

High Quality Development

Policy HQ1

DM4

Development Within and Beyond Settlement Envelopes

Policy SP7

DM5

Important Open Space

Policy EE13

DM6

Development within Green Belt Infill Boundaries

Policy SP4

DM7

Development in Town Centres

Policy R1

DM8

Village Shops and Pubs

Policy R2

DM9

Providing a Range of Transport

Policy T1; Policy T4; Policy T5

DM10

Housing Mix

Policy H1

DM11

Significant Facilities in the Countryside

Policy EMP5

DM12

Horticultural and Redundant Agricultural Sites

Policy DC1; Policy DC5

DM13

Heritage in Development

Policy HE1; Policy HE2; Policy HE3

DM14

Landscape and Woodland

Policy EE4; Policy EE5

DM15

Biodiversity

Policy EE2; Policy EE3

DM16

Green Infrastructure

Policy EE1

DM17

Accessible Greenspaces

Policy EE1; Policy EE13

DM18

Equestrian Development

Policy DC4

Site allocations (North) Development Plan Document

HA2

Former London Road Council Offices, Biggleswade

NA - completed

TC1

Town Centre, Biggleswade

Policy R1; Policy R3

E1

Safeguarded Key Employment Sites

Policy EMP1

DM5a

Important Open Space

Policy EE13

MA1

Land West of Station Road/New Road, Sandy

NA - completed

HA3

Former Meller Beauty Premises, Sunderland Road,

Sandy

NA - completed

HA5

Land North of Church Street, Ampthill

NA - completed

RA1

Flitwick Football Centre, Ampthill Road

NA - completed

HA7

Land rear of Central Garage, Cranfield

NA - completed

HA22

Land rear of The Wrestlers PH, High Street, Langford

NA - completed

HA10

Land at Stanford Road, Shefford

NA - completed

MA6

Land at Bridge Farm, Ivel Road, Shefford

NA - completed

HA15

Land off Barford Road, Blunham

NA - completed

HA17

Land adj Castle Hill Court, Clophill

NA - completed

HA18

Land rear of High Street, Clophill

NA - completed

HA19

Land off Boot Lane, Dunton

NA - completed

HA21

The Heath, Everton

NA - completed

HA27

Land at High Road, Shillington

NA - completed

HA28

Land rear of Station Road, Lower Stondon

NA - completed

Saved Mid Bedfordshire Local Plan Policies

CS21

Important Countryside Gaps

Policy SP5

H08(1)

Land East of Lidlington

(Development complete)

NA - completed

H08(2A)

Land at High Street, Houghton Conquest

(Development complete)

NA - completed

H08(3)

Woburn Road, Marston Moretaine

(Development Complete)

NA - completed

H08(5)

Land adj to Swaffield Close, Ampthill

NA - completed

H08(6)

Woburn Street, Ampthill

NA - completed

H08(6A)

Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill

NA - completed

H08 (7)

Denel End, Flitwick

NA - completed

H08 (9)

Hitchin Street, Biggleswade

NA - completed

H08 (10)

Land South of Stotfold

NA - completed

H08(11)

Land at Queen Street, Stotfold

NA - completed

H08(12)

Fairfield Hospital, Stotfold

NA - completed

H08 (13)

House Lane, Arlesey

NA - completed

H08(13A)

Land West of High Street, South of Cricketers Road, Arlesey

NA - completed

H08 (14)

Church Street, Langford

NA - completed

H08(14A)

Land at Garfield Farm, Langford

NA - completed

H08(15)

The Dairy, Henlow

NA - completed

H08(15A)

Land East of the Dairy, Henlow

NA - completed

H08(16)

Broad Street, Clifton

NA - completed

H08(17A)

Shefford Road/Pedley Lane, Clifton

NA - completed

H08(18)

Land at Bedford Road, Henlow

NA - completed

H08(19)

Shefford Town Football Club

NA - completed

H08(20)

Ampthill Road, Shefford

NA - completed

H08(21)

Ampthill Road, Maulden

NA - completed

H08(22)

Hall End, Maulden

NA - completed

H08(22A)

Land East of the Woodlands Estate, Greenfield

NA - completed

H08(23)

High Street, Meppershall

NA - completed

H08(24)

Myers Road, Potton

NA - completed

H08(25)

Sandy Road, Potton

NA - completed

H08(25A)

Land rear of Braybrooks Drive, Potton

NA - completed

H08(26)

College Farm, Silsoe

NA - completed

H010

Travelling Showpeople

Policy SP8; Policy H9

H012

Gypsies and Travellers

Policy SP8; Policy H8

Saved South Bedfordshire Local Plan Policies

SD1

Sustainability Keynote Policy

Policy SP1; SP2

GB2

Major Developed Sites in the Green Belt

Policy SP1; Policy SP4: Policy EMP5

GB3

Green Belt Villages

Policy SP4; Policy SP7

NE3

Landscape (Area of Great Landscape Value superseded by the Landscape Character Assessment)

Policy EE5; Policy EE7

NE10

Agricultural Land Diversification

Policy DC1; Policy DC5

NE11

Controlling Horse-related Development

Policy DC4

NE12

Re-use of Rural Buildings in the Green Belt

Policy SP4; Policy DC1

NE13

Control of Agricultural and Forestry Development in the Countryside

Policy DC3; Policy DC5

BE6

Control of Development in Areas of Special Character

Policy HE3

BE7

Conservation and Enhancement of Historic Parks and Gardens

Policy HE2

BE8

Design Considerations

Policy HQ1

T4

Public Transport along the Former Luton/Dunstable Railway Line

NA - Scheme complete

T7

Controlling the Supply of Public Car Parking in Town Centres

Policy T3

T8

Controlling the Supply of Public Car Parking in Town Centres

Policy T3

T10

Controlling Parking in New Developments

Policy T3

T11

Securing Contributions for Alternatives to Parking

Policy T3; Policy HQ2

T13

Safeguarding the Routes of Proposed Roads

NA

H1(1)

Carter's Scrapyard, French's Avenue, Dunstable

NA - completed

H1(7)

Hartwell Ford, Station Road, Dunstable

NA - completed

H1(9)

Brooke Engineering Union Street, Dunstable

NA - completed

H1(10)

Former Car Auction Site, Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzzard

NA - completed

H1(11)

Camden Motors Site, Adjacent Bell Close, Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard

NA - completed

H1(14)

Pratts Pit, Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard

NA - completed

H1(16)

Weston Avenue Allotments, Linslade

NA - completed

H1(18)

Car Storage Site, Grove Road, Slip End

NA - completed

H1(20)

Land between Waddington's Yard and White Horse Close, Hockliffe

NA - completed

H1(22)

Land between Faldo Road and Bedford Road, Barton

NA - completed

H1(23)

Renault Sports Ground, Park Road North, Houghton Regis

NA - completed

H1(24)

Avery's Garage and Land at Rear of 71-81 Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard

NA - completed

H1(26)

Nursery Gardens, R/O Wing Road, Linslade

NA - completed

H1(28)

Land at Grove Road, Slip End

NA - completed

H1(29)

Land between Conger Lane and Recreation Ground, Toddington

NA - completed

H1(30)

"The Paddocks", Dunstable

NA - completed

H1(5)

Regent Street/Manchester Place, Dunstable

NA - completed

H2

Making Provision for Housing via 'Fall-in' Sites

Policy SP4; Policy SP7

H3

Meeting Local Housing Needs

Policy H1

H4

Providing Affordable Housing

Policy H4

H5

Providing Affordable Housing in Rural Areas

Policy H5

H7

Controlling the Loss of Residential Accommodation

Policy HQ1

H8

Controlling Extensions to Dwellings

(Detailed guidance on extensions and conversions is included within the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide)

Policy HQ1

H9

Controlling Conversions to Dwellings

(Detailed guidance on extensions and conversions is included within the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide)

Policy HQ1

H10

Control of Agricultural Workers Dwellings

Policy DC3

H11

Sub-Division of Agricultural Holdings and Proposals for New Agricultural Workers Dwellings

Policy DC2; Policy DC3

H12

Controlling Infilling in Villages

Policy SP7

H13

Extensions to Dwellings in the Green Belt

Policy SP4

H14

Replacement Dwellings in the Green Belt

Policy SP4

H15

Mobile Homes and Residential Caravans in the Green Belt

Policy SP4

E1

Providing for B1-B8 Development within Main Employment Areas (Category 1)

Policy EMP1; Policy EMP3

E2

Control of Development on Employment Land Outside Main Employment Areas (Category 2)

Policy EMP1; Policy EMP2; Policy EMP3

TCS1

Sustaining and Enhancing the District's Town Centres

Policy R1; Policy R3

TCS2

Main Shopping Areas

Policy R1; Policy R2; Policy R3

TCS3

Houghton Regis Town Centre

Policy R3

TCS4

Town Centre Regeneration Sites in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

Policy R3

TCS5

Houghton Regis Town Centre Enhancement

Policy R3

TCS7

Local and Village Shopping Facilities

Policy R2

R10

Children's Play Area Standard

Policy EE13

R11

Provision of New Urban Open Space in New Residential Developments

Policy EE1; Policy EE13

R12

Protection of Recreational Open Space

Policy EE13

R13

Protection of Recreational Open Space in Rural Area

Policy EE13

R14

Protection and Improvement of Informal Recreational Facilities in the Countryside

Policy EE13

R15

Retention of the Public Rights of Way Network

Policy EE12

R16

Control of Sport and Formal Recreational Facilities in the Countryside

Policy EE13

Central Bedfordshire (North) Core Strategy and Development Management Policies DPD (2009)

Policy Ref.

Policy Name

Saved

Superseded

Superseded by:

Core Strategic Policies

CS1

Development Strategy

✓

SP1

CS2

Developer Contributions

✓

HQ2

CS3

Healthy and Sustainable Communities

✓

HQ4; EE13

CS4

Accessibility and Transport

✓

T1; T2;T3;T4;T5;T6

CS5

Providing Homes

✓

SP1

CS6

Housing Delivery and Timing

✓

SP1; HA1

CS7

Affordable Housing

✓

H4

CS8

Exceptions Schemes

✓

H5

CS9

Providing Jobs

✓

SP1

CS10

Location of Employment Sites

✓

SP1' EMP1

CS11

Rural Economy and Tourism

✓

EMP4

CS12

Town Centres and Retailing

✓

R1; R2; R3

CS13

Climate Change

✓

CC1

CS14

High Quality Development

✓

HQ1

CS15

Heritage

✓

HE1; HE2; HE3

CS16

Landscape and Woodland

✓

EE4; EE5

CS17

Green Infrastructure

✓

EE1

CS18

Biodiversity and Geological Conservation

✓

EE2; EE3

Development Management Policies

DM1

Renewable Energy

✓

CC2

DM2

Sustainable Construction of New Buildings

✓

HQ1; HQ11

DM3

High Quality Development

✓

HQ1

DM4

Development within and Beyond Settlement Envelopes

✓

SP7

DM5

Important Open Space

✓

EE13

DM6

Development within Green Belt Infill Boundaries

✓

SP4

DM7

Development in Town Centres

✓

R1

DM8

Village Shops and Pubs

✓

R2

DM9

Providing a Range of Transport

✓

T1; T4; T5

DM10

Housing Mix

✓

H1

DM11

Significant Facilities in the Countryside

✓

EMP5

DM12

Horticultural and Redundant Agricultural Sites

✓

DC1; DC5

DM13

Heritage in Development

✓

HE1; HE2; HE3

DM14

Landscape and Woodland

✓

EE4; EE5

DM15

Biodiversity

✓

EE2; EE3

DM16

Green Infrastructure

✓

EE1

DM17

Accessible Greenspaces

✓

EE1; EE13

DM18

Equestrian Development

✓

DC4

Site Allocations (North) Development Plan Document (2011)

Policy Ref.

Policy Name

Saved

Superseded

Superseded by:

DM5a

Important Open Space

✓

EE13, HQ10

E1

Safeguarded Key Employment Sites

✓

EMP1

Housing Allocations

HA1

Land at Potton Road, Biggleswade

NA

NA

Completed

HA2

Former London Road Council Offices, Biggleswade

NA

NA

Completed

HA3

Former Meller Beauty Site, Sunderland Road, Sandy

NA

NA

Completed

HA4

Land West of Abbey Lane, Ampthill

N/A

N/A

Completed

HA5

Land North of Church Street, Ampthill

NA

NA

Completed

HA6

Land at Former Hostel Site, Houghton Conquest

NA

NA

Completed

HA7

Land Rear of Central Garage, Cranfield

NA

NA

Completed

HA8

Land at High Street/Lodge Road, Cranfield

NA

NA

Completed

HA9

Land East of Sutton Mill Road, Potton

✓

NA

HA10

Land at Stanford Road, Shefford

NA

NA

Completed

HA11

Land at Shawmer Farm, Stotfold

✓

NA

HA12

Land at Arlesey Road, Stotfold

✓

NA

HA13

Land at Roker Park, The Green, Stotfold

✓

NA

HA14

Land at Roecroft School Site, Stotfold

✓

NA

HA15

Land off Barford Road, Blunham

NA

NA

Completed

HA16

Land at New Road, Clifton

NA

NA

Completed

HA17

Land Adjacent to Castle Hill Court, Clophill

NA

NA

Completed

HA18

Land Rear of 122-124 High Street, Clophill

NA

NA

Completed

HA19

Land off Boot Lane, Dunton

NA

NA

Completed

HA20

Sandy Road, Everton

✓

NA

HA21

The Heath, Everton

NA

NA

Completed

HA22

Land Rear of the Wrestlers Public House, Langford

NA

NA

Completed

HA23

Land off Church Street, Langford

NA

NA

Completed

HA24

Land at Moor Lane, Maulden

✓

NA

HA25

Land Rear of High Street, Meppershall

NA

NA

Completed

HA26

Land Rear of The Guinea Public House, Bedford Road, Moggerhanger

NA

NA

Completed

HA27

Land at High Road, Shillington

NA

NA

Completed

HA28

Land Rear of Station Road and Bedford Road, Lower Stondon

NA

NA

Completed

HA29

Peckworth Industrial Estate, Bedford Road, Lower Stondon, Henlow

✓

NA

MA1

Land West of Station Road/New Road, Sandy

NA

NA

Completed

MA2

Land at Steppingly Road and Froghall Road, Flitwick

✓

NA

MA3

Land South of Wixams

✓

NA

MA4

Land at Moreteyne Farm, Marston Moretaine

✓

NA

MA5

Land East of Biggleswade Road, Potton

N/A

N/A

Completed

MA6

Land at Bridge Farm, Ivel Road, Shefford

NA

NA

Completed

MA7

Land at Former Pig Development Unit, Hitchin Road, Stotfold

NA

NA

Superseded by approved application for residential development

MA8

Land at Chase Farm and Land West and N-E of High Street, Arlesey

✓

NA

MA9

Cranfield University Campus, Silsoe

NA

NA

Completed

Town Centre Policies

TC1

Town Centre, Biggleswade

✓

R1, R3

TC2

Town Centre, Flitwick

✓

R1, R3

Recreation Policies

RA1

Flitwick Football Centre, Ampthill Road, Flitwick

NA

NA

Completed

Employment Allocations

EA1

Land East of Stratton Business Park, Biggleswade

✓

NA

EA2

Land North of Beamish Close, Sandy

✓

NA

EA3

Land at Doolittle Mill

✓

NA

EA5

Land West of University Way and Wharley End, Cranfield

✓

NA

EA6

Land Between A421 and Marston Gate Distribution Park, Brogborough

NA

NA

Completed

EA7

Land Adjacent to 29 Clophill Road, Maulden

✓

NA

EA8

Land at Quest Pit, Ampthill Road, Houghton Conquest

✓

Saved

South Bedfordshire Local Plan

Policy Ref.

Policy Name

Saved

Superseded

Superseded by:

Sustainability Principles and The Development Strategy

SD1

Sustainability Keynote Policy

✓

SP1; SP2

Green Belt Policies

GB1

Control of Development in the Green Belt

✓

SP1; SP4; EMP5

GB2

Major Development in the Green Belt

✓

SP1; SP4; EMP5

GB3

Green Belt Villages

✓

SP4; SP7

GB4

Safeguarding Land for Long-Term Requirements ('White' Land)

✓

SP4

Natural Environment Policies

NE1

Location and Design of Development in the Countryside

✓

EE1, EE2, EE3

NE2

Control of Development in the AONB

✓

EE7

NE3

Control of Development in Area of Great Landscape Value

✓

EE5; EE7

NE4

The Protection and Enhancement of Trees and Woodlands

✓

EE4

NE5

Control of Development affecting Watercourses

✓

EE11

NE6

Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

✓

EE2, EE3

NE7

The Protection and Enhancement of Nature Conservation Sites

✓

EE2, EE3

NE8

Control of Development affecting Protected Species

✓

EE3

NE9

Countryside Management

✓

EE3, EE4, EE5

NE10

Diversifying the Use of Agricultural Land

✓

DC1; DC5

NE11

Controlling Horse-Related Development

✓

DC4

NE12

The Re-Use and Adaptation of Rural Buildings

✓

SP4; DC1

NE13

Control of Agricultural and Forestry Development in the Countryside

✓

DC3; DC5

Built Environment Policies

BE1

Control of Development affecting Scheduled Monuments and Areas of Archaeological Importance

✓

HE1

BE2

Control of Development affecting Listed Buildings

✓

HE3

BE3

Building Preservation Notices

✓

HE3

BE4

Control of Development in Conservation Areas

✓

HE3

BE5

Control of Development in Conservation Areas (cont.)

✓

HE3

BE6

Control of Development in Areas of Special Character

✓

HE3

BE7

Conservation and Enhancement of Historic Parks and Gardens

✓

HE2

BE8

Design Considerations

✓

HQ1

BE9

Contaminated Land

✓

CC8

BE10

Advertisement Control

✓

NA

Transport Policies

T1

Controlling the Location and Traffic Impact of Development

✓

T1

T2

Traffic Management Schemes

✓

T1, T2

T3

Maintenance and Improvement of Bus Services and Facilities in the District

✓

T4

T4

Public Transport Services along Former Luton/Dunstable Rail Line

NA

NA

Completed

T5

Improving the Pedestrian Environment

✓

T1, T2

T6

Provision of Cycle Routes and Facilities

✓

T1, T2

T7

Controlling the Supply of Public Car Parking

✓

T3

T8

Controlling the Supply of Public Car Parking (cont.)

✓

T3

T9

Parking Outside Town Centres

✓

T3

T10

Controlling Parking in New Developments

✓

T3

T11

Securing Contributions for Alternatives to Parking

✓

T3, HQ2

T12

New Road Construction

✓

T1,T2

T13

Safeguarding the Routes of Proposed Roads

NA

NA

NA

Population and Housing Policies

H1

Making Provision for Housing and Accompanying Schedule of Proposed Housing Sites

✓

H1 (1)

Carter's Scrapyard, French's Avenue, Dunstable

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (2)

Hartwell Trucks, Skimpot Road, Dunstable

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (3)

Balkan Cars,

High Street North, Dunstable

✓

NA

H1 (4)

Gas Works Site, North Station Way, Dunstable

✓

NA

H1 (5)

Regent Street / Manchester Place, Dunstable

✓

NA

H1 (6)

Car Park – south end of Renault site – Carter's Yard and adjoining areas, Luton Road, Dunstable

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (7)

Hartwell Ford, Station Road, Dunstable

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (8)

Three Valleys Water Premises, High Street South, Dunstable

✓

NA

H1 (9)

Brooke Engineering Union Street, Dunstable

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (10)

Former Car Auction Site, Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzzard

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (11)

Camden Motors Site, Adjacent Bell Close, Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (12)

Dunham and Haines Site, Leighton Road, Linslade

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (13)

Land at RAF Stanbridge, Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzzard

✓

Under construction

H1 (14)

Pratts Pit, Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (15)

Pratts Quarry, Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (16)

Weston Avenue Allotments, Linslade

NA

NA

NA

H1 (17)

Land at Grovebury Farm, Leighton Buzzard

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (18)

Car Storage Site, Grove Road, Slip End

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (19)

Land at Dunstable Road and Folly Lane, Caddington

✓

NA

H1 (20)

Land between Waddington's Yard and White Horse Close, Hockliffe

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (21)

A5 Garage, Watling Street, Hockliffe

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (22)

Land between Faldo Road and Bedford Road, Barton

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (23)

Renault Sports Ground, Park Road North, Houghton Regi

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (24)

Avery's Garage and Land at Rear of 71-81 Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (25)

Land off Baker Street/Rear of 55-69 North Street, Leighton Buzzard

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (26)

Nursery Gardens, Rear of Wing Road, Linslade

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (27)

Former Railway Sidings, Wing Road, Linslade

✓

NA

H1 (28)

Land at Grove Road, Slip End

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (29)

Land between Conger Lane and Recreation Ground, Toddington

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (30)

The Paddocks', Dunstable

NA

NA

Completed

H1 (31)

Brickyard Quarry, Leighton Buzzard

✓

NA

H2

Making Provision for Housing via 'Fall-in' Sites

✓

SP4, SP7

H3

Meeting Local Housing Needs

✓

H1, H2, H3, H4

H4

Providing Affordable Housing

✓

H4

H5

Providing Affordable Housing in Rural Areas

✓

H5

H6

Housing Density

✓

HQ1

H7

Controlling the Loss of Residential Accommodation

✓

H8

Control of Extensions to Dwellings

✓

Permitted Development Rights, HQ1

H9

Controlling the Conversion of Property to form Dwellings

✓

Permitted Development Rights, HQ1, DC1

H10

Control of Agricultural Workers Dwellings

✓

DC3

H11

Sub-Division of Agricultural Holdings and Proposals for New Agricultural Workers Dwellings

✓

DC2, DC3

H12

Controlling Infilling in Villages

✓

SP7

H13

Extensions to Dwellings in the Green Belt

✓

SP4

H14

Replacement Dwellings in the Green Belt

✓

SP4

H15

Mobile Homes and Residential Caravans in the Green Belt

✓

SP4

H16

Control of Gypsy Sites

✓

H8

Employment and Economic Regeneration Policies

E1

Providing for B1-B8 Development within Main Employment Areas (Category 1)

✓

EMP1, EMP3

E2

Control of Development and Employment Land outside Main Employment Areas (Category 2)

✓

EMP1, EMP2, EMP3

E3

Industrial and Commercial Development in the Rural Area

✓

EMP4

E4

Industrial and Commercial Development in Villages Excluded from the Green Belt

✓

EMP1, EMP4

E5

Restricting the Expansion of Non-Conforming Employment Uses

✓

EMP1

E6

Relocating Non-Conforming Uses

✓

EMP1

Town Centres and Shopping Policies

TCS1

Sustaining and Enhancing the District's Town Centres

✓

R1; R3

TCS2

Main Shopping Areas

✓

R1, R2, R3

TCS3

Houghton Regis Town Centre

✓

R3

TCS4

Town Centre Regeneration Sites in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

✓

R3

TCS5

Houghton Regis Town Centre Enhancement

✓

R3

TCS6

New Provision of an Extensions to Major Retail, Leisure, Entertainment and Service Developments Outside Town Centres

✓

R2

TCS7

Local and Village Shopping Facilities

✓

R2

TCS8

Local and Village Shopping Facilities (cont.)

R2

TCS9

Shop Fronts

✓

R1, R2, R3

Recreation, Leisure and Open Space Policies

R1

Encouragement

✓

EE13

R2

Proposed Areas of New Urban Open Space in Dunstable

✓

NA

R3

Proposed Areas of New Urban Open Space in Houghton Regis

✓

NA

R4

Implementation of the Ouzel Valley Park, Leighton Linslade

✓

NA

R5

Ouzel Valley Park Proposals: North of Bridge Street

✓

NA

R6

Ouzel Valley Park Proposals: South of Bridge Street

✓

NA

R7

Proposed Areas of New Urban Open Space in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade and Enhancement Proposals of Existing Open Space

✓

NA

R8

Proposed Area of New Urban Open Space in Caddington

✓

NA

R9

Proposed Area of New Urban Open Space in Hockliffe

✓

NA

R10

Children's Play Area Standard

✓

EE13

R11

Provision of New Urban Open Space in New Residential Developments

✓

EE1, EE13

R12

Protection of Recreational Open Space

✓

EE13

R13

Protection of Recreational Open Space in Rural Areas

✓

EE13

R14

Protection and Improvement of Informal Recreational Facilities in the Countryside

✓

EE13

R15

Retention of Public Rights of Way Network

✓

EE12

R16

Control of Sport and Formal Recreational Facilities in the Countryside

✓

EE13

R17

Provision of Specialist or Indoor Sport Facilities in the Main Urban Areas

✓

HQ4

Infrastructure and Community Services Policies

IS1

Controlling Development Which May Affect the Quality of Ground or Surface Water

✓

CC6

IS2

Controlling Water Abstraction for Development

✓

CC6

IS3

Controlling Development in Areas at Risk of Flooding

✓

CC3

IS4

Controlling Surface Water Run-off from Development

✓

CC5

IS5

Sewerage and Sewage Disposal to Serve Development

✓

CC6

SI6

Controlling Telecommunications Development

✓

HQ5

IS7

Improvement of Community Based Care Facilities

✓

HQ3/H3

Implementation, Monitoring and Review

IMP1

Using Legal Agreements and Planning Obligations to Implement the Plan

✓

HQ2

Mid Bedfordshire Local Plan (2005)

Policy Ref.

Policy Name

List of saved policies from the Mid beds Local Plan in the Core Strategy (2009)

Saved

Superseded

Superseded by:

CS21

Important Countryside Gaps

✓

SP5

H08 (1)

Land East of Lidlington

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (2)

Land at Stewartby (Houghton Conquest Parish)

✓

NA

H08 (2A)

Land at High Street, Houghton Conquest

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (3A)

Land East of Bedford Road, Marston Moretaine

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (5)

Land Adjacent to Swaffield Close, Ampthill

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (6A)

Land at Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (8)

Land East of Biggleswade

✓

NA

H08 (9)

Hitchin Street, Biggleswade

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (10)

Land South of Stotfold

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (11)

Land at Queen Street, Stotfold

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (12)

Fairfield Hospital, Stotfold

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (13A)

Land West of High Street, South of Cricketers

Road, Arlesey

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (14A)

Land at Garfield Farm, Langford

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (15A)

Land to the East of the Dairy, Henlow

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (19)

Shefford Town Football Club

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (22A)

Land East of the Woodlands Estate, Greenfield

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (25A)

Land to the Rear of Braybrooks Drive, Potton

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (26)

College Farm, Silsoe

NA

NA

Completed

H08 (26A)

Home Farm, Cranfield

✓

NA

H010, H011

Travelling Showpeople

✓

SP8, H9

H012

Gypsies

✓

H8

EMP4 (1)

Stratton Business Park, London Road, Biggleswade

✓

NA

EMP4 (2)

Land North of Sunderland Road, Sandy

✓

NA

EMP4 (3)

Land West of A1, Girtford Underpass, Sandy

✓

NA

EMP4 (4)

Land at Arlesey Brickworks, Arlesey

NA

NA

Completed

EMP4 (6)

Cranfield Technology Park

✓

NA

EMP4 (10A)

Land Adjoining 29 Clophill Road, Maulden

✓

NA

EMP 12

Local Airfields and Airstrips

✓

NA

TCS8

Biggleswade – Land at London Road

NA

NA

Completed

Appendix 4:

MM 217a

Category/ Policy No./ Paragraph No.

Appendix 4:

Modification

Appendix 4: Existing Employment sites and land that should be considered favourably for alternative (Non-Employment) Uses

Existing Employment sites and land that should be considered favourably for alternative (Non-Employment) Uses. As identified within the 2016 Employment Land Review:

  • Hampden House, Arlesey
  • Land East of Arlesey (Chase Farm) as identified by Policy MA8 of the Central Bedfordshire (North): Site Allocations DPD (2011)
  • Land South of Stotfold as identified by Policy HO9 (10) of the Mid Bedfordshire Local Plan (2005)
  • Former Pig Development Unit, Fairfield
  • Luton Road, Dunstable
  • Ludun Close, Dunstable
  • Tavistock Place/ Street, Dunstable
  • French's Avenue, Dunstable
  • Land Adjacent to 29 Clophill Road, Maulden
  • Land at Doolittle Mill, Flitwick
  • Russel Farm, Maulden
  • Steppingly Road/ Froghall Road, Flitwick as identified by Policy MA2 of the Central Bedfordshire (North): Site Allocations DPD (2011)
  • Land South of Wixams as identified by Policy MA3 of the Central Bedfordshire (North): Site Allocations DPD (2011)
  • Land East of Biggleswade Road, Potton as identified by Policy MA5 of the Central Bedfordshire (North): Site Allocations DPD (2011)
  • Land East of Bedford Road, Maulden Marston Moretaine
  • Land at Moreteyne Farm, Marston Moretaine

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