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Contents

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Foreword

Chapter 1 Introduction and Strategy

Chapter 2 Improving the Quality of Life

QL1 Spatial Strategy

QL2 Promoting Transport Choice

QL3 Flood Risk

QL4 Supply of Land for Employment Development

QL5 Economic Development and Strategic Development Sites

QL6 Urban Regeneration Areas

QL7 Rural Regeneration

QL8 Mixed-Uses

QL9 Design of New Development

QL10 Designing New Development to Meet Functional Needs

QL11 Environmental Impacts and Compatibility of Uses

QL12 Planning Obligations

Chapter 3 Strengthening the Economy and Promoting Regeneration

ER1  Employment Sites

ER2 Principal Business and Industrial Areas

ER3 Protection of Employment Land

ER4 Non-Employment Uses in Employment Areas

ER5 Transport Depots

ER6 Employment in Mixed-Use Areas

ER7 Business, Industrial and Warehouse Proposals

ER8 Extensions to Industrial Buildings

ER9 Offices

ER10 Small Scale Employment Sites in Villages

ER11 Conversion and Re-Use of Rural Buildings

ER12 Hazardous Uses

ER13 Employment Use in Residential Areas

ER14 Small Businesses

ER15 Access to Workplaces

ER16 Tourism and Leisure Uses

ER17 Access to Tourism and Leisure Facilities

ER18 Caravan and Chalet Parks

ER19 Extensions to Static Caravan and Holiday Parks

ER19a Touring Caravans and Tents

ER20 Occupancy Timescales

ER21 Small Holiday Villages

ER22 Small Holiday Villages Requirements

ER23 Touring Caravans and Tents

ER24 Protection of Hotels and Guest Houses and Holiday Homes

ER25 New Hotels and Guest Houses and Holiday Homes

ER26 Conversion of Premises

ER27 Tourist Facilities in the A120 Corridor

ER28 Information and Picnic Sites

ER29 Amusement Centres

ER30 Casinos

ER31 Hierarchies of Centres New Retail Development

ER32 Town Centre Uses Retail Development Outside Existing Town Centres

ER32a Primary Shopping Area

ER33 Non-Retail Uses Within Primary Shopping Frontages

ER34 Non-Retail Uses Outside Primary Shopping Frontages

ER35 Quality of Centres

ER36 Access to Shops

ER37 Small Convenience Stores Outside of Centres

ER38 Proposals for Retail Development in the Countryside

ER39 Market Trading and Car Boot Sales

ER40 Forecourt Trading

Chapter 4 Sustainable and Affordable Housing

HG1  Housing Provision

HG2  Phased Release of Housing Sites

HG3  Residential Development Within Defined Settlements

HG4  Affordable Housing in New Developments

HG5  Local Needs Affordable Housing Outside Village Development Boundaries

HG6  Dwelling Size and Type

HG7  Residential Densities

HG8  Design and Layout of New Housing Development

HG9  Private Amenity Space

HG10  Conversion to Flats and Bedsits

HG11  Residential Conversions Over Shops and Offices

HG12  Extensions to or Replacement of Dwellings Outside Settlement Development Boundaries

HG13  Backland Residential Development

HG14  Side Isolation

HG15  Ribbon Development and Infilling in the Countryside

HG16  Garden Extensions into the Countryside

HG17  Relocatable Dwellings for Agricultural Workers

HG18  Permanent Dwellings for Agricultural Workers

HG19  Removal of Occupancy Conditions

HG20  Plotland Development - Replacement Dwellings and Extensions to Existing Dwellings

HG21  Residential Mobile Homes, Static Caravans and Houseboats

HG22  Gypsy Caravan Sites

Chapter 5 Safer and Healthier Communities

COM1 Access for All

COM2 Community Safety

COM3 Protection of Existing Local Services and Facilities

COM4 New Community Facilities (Including Built Sports and Recreation Facilities)

COM5 Residential Institutional Uses

COM6 Provision of Recreational Open Space for New Residential Development

COM7 Protection of Existing Recreational Open Space Including Children's Play Areas and Pitch and Non-Pitch Sports Facilities

COM7a Protection of Existing Playing Fields, Including School Playing Fields

COM8 Provision and Improvement of Outdoor Recreational Facilities

COM8a Proposed New Recreational Open Space

COM9 Allotments

COM10 Built Sports and Recreation Facilities

COM11 Formal Recreation Facilities in the Countryside

COM12 Equestrian Uses and Buildings

COM12a Bridleways

COM13 Country Parks

COM14 Bridleways

COM15 Coastal Water Recreation Facilities

COM15a Protection of Existing Water Recreation Facilities

COM16 Hamford Water, the Stour Estuary and the Colne Estuary

COM17 Inland Water Recreation

COM18 Ardleigh Reservoir

COM19 Contaminated Land

COM20 Air Pollution/Air Quality

COM21 Light Pollution

COM22 Noise Pollution

COM23 General Pollution

COM24 Health Care Provision

COM25 Cemeteries and the Crematorium

COM26 Contributions to Education Provision

COM27 Telecommunications Equipment

COM28 Safeguarding of Civil Technical Sites

COM29 Utilities

COM30 Electricity Supply

COM31 Water Supply

COM31a Sewerage and Sewage Disposal

COM32 Sea Defences

COM33 Flood Protection

COM34 Unstable Land

COM35 Managed Coastal Re-Alignment

Chapter 6 Sustaining Our Environment

EN1  Landscape Character

EN2  Local Green Gaps

EN3  Coastal Protection Belt

EN4  Protection of the Best and Most Versatile Agricultural Land

EN5  Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs)

EN5a Area Proposed As An Extension to the Suffolk Coasts and Heath AONB

EN6  Biodiversity

EN6a Protected Species

EN6b  Habitat Creation

EN7  Safeguarding Mineral Supplies

EN8  Historic Landscapes

EN9  Historic Parks and Gardens

EN10  Protected Lanes

EN11  Protection of Sites Designated for their Nature Conservation, Geological or Other Scientific Value

EN11a Protection of Internation Sites: European Sites and RAMSAR Sites

EN11b  Protection of National Sites: Sites of Special Scientific Interest, National Nature Reserves, Nature Conservation Review Sites, Geological Conservation Review Sites

EN11c Protection of Local Sites: Local Nature Reserves, County Wildlife Sites, Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Sites

EN12  Design Statements for Large Development Sites

EN13  Sustainable Drainage Systems Use of Water

EN13a  Renewable Energy

EN14  Waste Management

EN15  Landscaping for New Development

EN16  Agricultural and Related Development

EN17  Conservation Areas

EN18  Advertisement Control in Conservation Areas

EN18a Fascia and Shopfront Signs in Conservation Areas

EN18b  Advertisement Control

EN19  Satellite Dishes in Conservation Areas

EN20  Demolition within Conservation Areas

EN21  Demolition of a Listed Building

EN22  Extensions or Alterations to a Listed Building

EN23  Development within the Proximity of a Listed Building

EN24  Redundant Listed Agricultural Buildings

EN25  Satellite Dishes on Listed Buildings and in Conservation Areas

EN26  Historic Church Extensions

EN27  Enabling Development

EN28  Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs)

EN29  Archaeology

EN30  Historic Towns

EN31  Provision of Public Art

Chapter 7 Sustainable Transportation

TR1a Development Affecting Highways

TR1 Transport Assessment

TR2 Travel Plans

TR3 Provision for Walking

TR3a Provision for Walking

TR4 Safeguarding and Improving Public Rights of Way

TR5 Provision for Cycling

TR6 Provision for Public Transport Use

TR7 Vehicle Parking at New Development

TR8 Public Car Parking

TR9 Access of Freight to Transport Networks

TR10 Promoting Rail Freight

TR10a General Aviation

Chapter 8 Clacton-on-Sea

CL1 Town Centre Office Development

CL2 Clacton Pavilion

CL3 Tourism Related Facilities Along Clacton Seafront Enhancing the Seafront

CL4 Martello Bay Watersports Centre

CL5 Amusement Centres

CL6 Clacton Pier

CL7 New Town Centre Retail and Mixed-Use Development

CL8 Specialist Shop/Café Area

CL9   Food and Drink Uses in Pier Avenue South

CL10 Extension to the Waterglade Centre

CL11 Warwick Castle Site, Old Road/Pier Avenue

CL12 Clacton Factory Shopping Village

CL13 Retail Development at Brook Park

CL14 Open Market

CL14a Mixed Use Development in North-West Clacton

CL15 Residential Development in Brooklands and Grasslands Jaywick

CL15a Jaywick Regeneration

CL16 Planning Controls in Jaywick

CL17 'The Gardens' Area of Special Character

CL18 Bus/Rail Interchange

CL19 Pedestrian Priority Measures

CL20 New Off-Street Parking

CL21 Clacton Airstrip

Chapter 9 Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkeston, Ramsey and Little Oakley

HAR1 Bathside Bay

HAR2 Land East of Pond Hall Farm

HAR3 Development within the Vicinity of Carless Refinery

HAR3a  Small Businesses in the Harwich Area

HAR4 Conservation Area Enhancement

HAR5 Harwich Town Station Area

HAR4a  Harwich Masterplan

HAR6 Beacon Hill Fort

HAR7 Parkeston Village Environmental Enhancement Scheme

HAR8 Tourism

HAR9 'The Hangings'

HAR10 Water Based Recreation and Marina Development

HAR11 Land Adjoining Barrack Lane

HAR12 Dovercourt Town Centre Regeneration Area

HAR13 Environmental Improvements and Relocation of the Market within Dovercourt Town Centre

HAR14 The Market

HAR15 Dovercourt Town Centre Traffic Improvement

HAR16 Port Development

HAR17 Bus and Ferry Services

HAR18 New Primary School Site

HAR19   Harwich and Dovercourt District General Hospital

Chapter 10 Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze and Kirby Cross

FW1  Tourism Related Development

FW2  Amusement Centres

FW3  Provision for a New Community Hall

FW4  Multi-Use Games Area

FW5  'The Avenues' Area of Special Character

FW6  Changes of Use in 'The Avenues' Area of Special Character

FW7  Rear Servicing

Chapter 11 Brightlingsea

BR1 Brightlingsea Waterside Regeneration

BR2 Port Facilities

BR3 Mixed Development Brightlingsea Shipyard

BR4 Lime Street Area

BR5 Protection of River Frontage

Chapter 12 Lawford, Manningtree and Mistley

LMM1a Port Expansion

LMM1  Mistley Quayside Maltings Mistley Quay and Riverside Maltings

LMM2  Land Safeguarded for a New Fire Station

Chapter 13 The Rural Area

RA1  Martells Pit, Ardleigh

RA2  Thorpe-le-Soken Maltings

RA3  Motel

RA4  Housing Infill Development Within Defined Villages

RA5  Provision for a New Community Hall, Frating

RA6  Village Pubs

RA7  Provision of a New Police Station

RA8 Agricultural Reservoirs

Chapter 14 Implementation and Monitoring

Chapter 15  Appendices

Appendix 1 Rolled Forward Dwelling Commitments on Large Sites

Appendix 2 New Housing Site Allocations

Appendix 2a Rural Areas Where Rural Exception Schemes Under Policy HG5 Are Applicable

Appendix 3 Supporting Information Required to Demonstrate Lack of Need and/or Viability of Local Facilities

Appendix 3a  Retention of Employment Sites

Appendix 4 The Location and Design of New Golf Courses

Appendix 5 Ancient Woodland Inventory

Appendix 6 Historic Parks and Gardens

Appendix 7 Protected Lanes

Appendix 8 County Wildlife Sites Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation

Appendix 8a  Site of Special Scientific Interest St. Osyth Pit, Colchester Road, St. Osyth

Appendix 9 Conservation Areas

Appendix 10 Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs)

Appendix 10a  Vehicle Parking Standards

Appendix 11 Monitoring and Implementation Schedule

Appendix 12 Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG)/Supplementary Planning Documents

Appendix 13 Glossary of Terms

Appendix 14 Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 2005

Appendix 15 Essex and Southend-on-Sea Replacement Structure Plan Policies