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Consultation and Accessibility Information
Arun Local Plan 2011 to 2013 - Publication Version showing Modifications - March
2017
This is a draft working document produced to show how the matters raised by the Inspector
during the course of the Examination into the Arun Local Plan 2011 to 2031 can be addressed
by Main Modifications. The document also includes Minor Modifications of updated text,
grammar and corrections that are needed to ensure that the document is up to date and
usable when it is adopted. These modifications both Main and Minor are shown on the
document for ease of understanding for the reader. The document should be read alongside
the Main Modifications table which are the only changes that are available for comments. All
modifications are suggestions and have been approved by Arun District Council to be
presented to the Inspector to address issues of soundness. The modifications are shown as
per the normal convention;
All changed text is highlighted in blue
All addition text is shown underlined
All deleted text is shown struck through.
Where a large section of text such as a whole section has been deleted this has been replaced
by new text so that the document remains usable. Where this has happened is indicated in
the text. The reader should refer to the original copy on the main website
www.arun.gov.uk/emerging-local-plan
These proposed modifications will be presented to Arun District Council for approval and a
further round of consultation.
Fixing our Broken Housing Market February 2017 - Please note that the Government White
Paper was published during the preparation of this document and will need to be considered
and further changes may be required.
UPON ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN ALL SAVED POLICIES FROM THE 2003 ARUN LOCAL
PLAN WILL BE SUPERSEDED. Statement for accordance with Regulation 8(5) of The
Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.The schedule
of superseded policies is available on the Council's website.
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Overview / Spatial Portrait / Vision & Objectives / Key Diagram
1 Foreword 9
2 Overview 11
3 Spatial Portrait 20
4 Vision & Objectives 33
5 The Key Diagram 38
Sustainable Place
6 Sustainable Development 42
6.1 Sustainable Development 42
6.2 Strategic Approach 44
7 Settlement Structure & Green Infrastructure 47
7.1 Settlement structure, Green Infrastructure and landscape 47
7.2 The Built-up Area Boundary and the countryside 48
7.3 Green Infrastructure 51
7.4 Settlement Structure and Gaps Between Settlements 56
7.5 Landscape 57
Prosperous Place
8 Employment & Enterprise 64
8.1 Employment & Enterprise 64
8.2 Coast to Capital LEP 70
8.3 Coastal West Sussex Partnership 71
8.4 Strategic Economic Growth 72
8.5 Economic Growth Areas 75
8.6 Strategic Employment Land Allocations 80
8.7 Employment Land. Development Management 86
8.8 Enterprise Bognor Regis 93
8.9 Littlehampton Harbour 99
8.10 Knowledge and cultural based economic growth 101
8.11 Employment and Skills 102
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8.12 Telecommunications 104
8.13 Planning for uncertainty and flexibility 107
9 Retail 110
9.1 Retail and the hierarchy of centres 110
9.2 Retail development 113
10 Tourism 118
10.1 Tourism related development 119
11 Soils, horticultural and equine developments 123
11.1 Soils 123
11.2 Horticulture 126
11.3 Garden centres 129
11.4 Equine development 130
Living Place
12 Housing Delivery 134
12.1 Housing allocations 134
12.2 Housing mix 150
12.3 Affordable housing 151
12.4 Rural housing & exception sites 156
12.5 Houses in multiple occupation 159
12.6 Independent living & care homes 160
12.7 Traveller accommodation 162
12.8 Agricultural, forestry & horticultural workers' dwellings 165
13 Design 170
13.1 Design 170
13.2 Aspects of form & design quality 171
13.3 Internal & external space standards 180
13.4 Extensions & alterations 188
13.5 Addressing climate change 190
14 Health, Recreation & Leisure 197
14.1 Health, Recreation & Leisure 197
Connected Place
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15 Transport 208
15.1 Transport 208
15.2 Sustainable travel & Public Rights of Way 211
15.3 Safeguarding the main road network 214
15.4 Parking 219
Protected Place
16 Building Conservation & Archaeological Heritage 222
16.1 Built Heritage 222
16.2 Listed Buildings 224
16.3 Locally Listed Buildings or Structures of Character 230
16.4 Conservation Areas 232
16.5 Areas of Special Character 236
16.6 Portsmouth and Arundel Canal 237
16.7 Archaeological heritage 237
17 Natural Environment 242
17.1 Natural Environment 242
17.2 Non designated sites 251
17.3 Trees & woodland 253
17.4 Development & biodiversity 256
18 Water 259
18.1 Water 259
18.2 Water supply & quality 260
18.3 Flooding 266
18.4 Sustainable drainage systems 268
18.5 Coastal erosion 271
19 Natural resources & minerals safeguarding 275
19.1 Natural Resources & Minerals 275
20 Waste management 278
20.1 Waste management 278
21 Quality of the environment 281
21.1 Quality of the environment 281
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21.2 Noise pollution 282
21.3 Light pollution 287
21.4 Air pollution 288
21.5 Contaminated land 289
Deliverable Place
22 Infrastructure provision & implementation 293
23 Monitoring 302
Glossary
24 Glossary 334
Policies
Policy SD SP1 Sustainable development 43
Policy SD SP1a Strategic Approach 45
Policy SD SP2 Built-up Area Boundary 50
Policy C SP1 Countryside 51
Policy GI SP1 Green Infrastructure and development 55
Policy SD SP3 Gaps Between Settlements 57
Policy LAN DM1 Protection of landscape character 59
Policy LAN DM2 The setting of Arundel 60
Policy EMP SP1 Employment land provision Strategic Economic Growth 74
Policy EMP SP2 Economic Growth Areas 79
Policy EMP SP3 Strategic eEmployment lLand aAllocations 85
Policy EMP DM1 Employment Land: Development Management. 89
Policy EMP DM2 Enterprise Bognor Regis 96
Policy EMP DM3 Littlehampton Harbour 100
Policy EMP DM4 Knowledge and cultural based economic growth and regeneration 102
Policy SKILLS SP1 Employment and Skills 104
Policy TEL SP1 Strategic delivery of telecommunications infrastructure 105
Policy TEL DM1 Telecommunications 106
Policy RET SP1 Hierarchy of centres 112
Policy RET DM1 Retail development 114
Policy TOU SP1 Sustainable tourism and the visitor economy 119
Policy TOU DM1 Tourism related development 120
Policy SO DM1 Soils 125
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Policy HOR DM1 Horticulture 128
Policy RET DM2 Garden centres 130
Policy EQU DM1 Equine development 131
Policy H SP1 Housing Allocation 138
Policy H SP2 Strategic Site Allocations 141
Policy H SP2a Greater Bognor Regis Urban Area 143
Policy H SP2b Greater Littlehampton Urban Area 145
Policy H SP2c Inland Arun 147
Policy H DM1 Housing mix 151
Policy AH SP2 Affordable housing 155
Policy H SP3 Rural housing and exception sites 158
Policy H SP4 Houses in multiple occupation 160
Policy H DM2 Independent living and care homes 161
Policy H SP5 Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation 164
Policy H DM3 Agricultural, forestry and horticultural workers' dwellings 166
Policy D SP1 Design 171
Policy D DM1 Aspects of form and design quality 178
Policy D DM2 Internal space standards 182
Policy D DM3 External space standards 187
Policy D DM4 Extensions and alterations to existing buildings (residential and
non-residential) 190
Policy ECC SP1 Adapting to climate change 191
Policy ECC SP2 Energy and climate change mitigation 194
Policy ECC DM1 Renewable energy 195
Policy HWB SP1 Health & Wellbeing 198
Policy OSR DM1 Open space, sport & recreation 202
Policy OSR SP1 Allotments 205
Policy T SP1 Transport and Development 210
Policy T DM1 Sustainable Travel and Public Rights of Way 213
Policy T SP2 Littlehampton to Arundel Green Link 214
Policy T SP3 Safeguarding the Main Road Network 218
Policy T DM2 Public car parkings 219
Policy HER SP1 The historic environment 224
Policy HER DM1 Listed Buildings 229
Policy HER DM2 Locally Listed Buildings or Structures of Character 231
Policy HER DM3 Conservation Areas 235
Policy HER DM4 Areas of Special Character 237
Policy HER DM5 Remnants of the Portsmouth and Arundel Canal 237
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Policy HER DM6 Sites of Archaeological Interest 239
Policy ENV SP1 Natural Environment 242
Policy ENV DM1 Designated Sites of biodiversity or geological importance 247
Policy ENV DM2 Pagham Harbour 250
Policy ENV DM3 Non designated sites 253
Policy ENV DM4 Protection of trees 255
Policy ENV DM5 Development and biodiversity 257
Policy W SP1 Water 260
Policy W DM1 Water supply and quality 265
Policy W DM2 Flood risk 268
Policy W DM3 Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems 270
Policy W DM4 Coastal protection 273
Policy NR DM1 Natural resources and minerals safeguarding 276
Policy WM DM1 Waste Management 279
Policy QE SP1 Quality of the environment 281
Policy QE DM1 Noise pollution 286
Policy QE DM2 Light pollution 288
Policy QE DM3 Air pollution 289
Policy QE DM4 Contaminated land 290
Policy INF SP1 Infrastructure provision and implementation 298
Policy INF SP2 New Secondary School 300
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