Local Plan - List of Revisions

B1.2

B1.2/A

505/B46, 686/B67, 745/B33

Joint Replacement Structure Plan (JRSP) Policy 2(a) defines Bath as a Main Urban Area where the general policy is to concentrate development for jobs, housing, shops, recreational and community facilities within and, where it is in accordance with Green Belt policy, immediately adjoining adjacent to the urban built up area.

B1.3

B1.3/B

Change arising from deletion of site GDS.1/K2

Not all development can be concentrated in Bath. In accordance with JRSP Policy 2(d), the next priority should be those settlements which have significant existing advantages over other locations in respect of public transport access to major employment areas and other important facilities. The Urban Area of Keynsham has both good rail and bus links to Bath and Bristol and significant potential to improve upon existing reasonable rail services. It also has a good range of local facilities and services. The town is therefore suitable for significant levels of development. To accommodate this, JRSP Policy 2(l) provides for a change to the Green Belt.

B1.7

B1.7/C

721/B17

Within the context of providing only limited development in rural settlements and in line with PPG3, PPG7 and PPG13, the main focus of development in rural areas should be in those settlements that act as local service centres. These act as focal points for housing and transport and may serve other nearby villages or be the key villages in settlement clusters where a range of services may be shared. They are defined in the Local Plan as those villages which have a good level of provision of local shops, community facilities and which have reasonable access to major employment areas and other important facilities by public transport.

B1.8

686/B68

Limited development is likely to be appropriate in these local service centres except in cases where lack of local employment opportunities and Green Belt character, setting and other environmental constraints militate against this. The villages meeting these criteria that meet the service and accessibility criteria described in para B1.7 and are not subject to the constraints described in para B1.8 are referred to as R.1 Rural Settlements. They are Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Paulton, Peasedown St John, Saltford and Timsbury.

B1.10

B1.10/B

2263/B12

There are a number of other villages included in the R.1 category because, although not acting as local service centres, they do have at least a reasonable provision of local services and reasonable access by public transport accessibility to a local service centre, town or city and are not washed over by within the Green Belt designation. These are the villages of Whitchurch, Bishop Sutton, Farmborough and High Littleton. In some cases they The latter three also contribute to provision of services for village clusters. These are the villages of Whitchurch, Bishop Sutton, Farmborough and High Littleton.

B1.11

B1.11/A

2263/B12

Clutton and Temple Cloud are also included under R.1 as they are in close proximity and combine to provide a reasonable level of local services and facilities, with a and there is reasonable level of accessibility between them.

B1.13

B1.13/A

2262/B12

A second category of villages, R.2 Rural Settlements, are those where there is limited provision of and accessibility to local facilities, services and employment,. and Some also have environmental constraints and therefore means development should be further more restricted than envisaged within R1 Settlements. This approach will avoid exacerbating unsustainable travel patterns and protect the countryside. Many of these settlements are also washed over covered by Green Belt designation which further restricts development to infilling and these are categorised as R.3 Rural Settlements.

Diagram 3

DIAG3/A

Editorial

Clarify diagram by showing that only when considered together do Temple Cloud & Clutton merit R1 settlement status. See Diagram 3 attached