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Appendix 1: Glossary

Affordable Housing	Social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Eligibility is determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing should include provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision. Social rented housing is owned by local authorities and private registered providers (as defined in section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also be owned by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Homes and Communities Agency. Affordable rented housing is let by local authorities or private registered providers of social housing to households who are eligible for social rented housing. Affordable Rent is subject to rent controls that require a rent of no more than 80% of the local market rent (including service charges, where applicable). Intermediate housing is homes for sale and rent provided at a cost above social rent, but below market levels subject to the criteria in the Affordable Housing definition above. These can include shared equity (shared ownership and equity loans), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent, but not affordable rented housing. Homes that do not meet the above definition of affordable housing, such as “low cost market” housing, may not be considered as affordable housing for planning purposes.
Air Quality Management Areas (AQMA):	Areas designated by local authorities because they are not likely to achieve national air quality objectives by the relevant deadlines.
Ancient Woodland	An area that has been wooded continuously since at least 1600 AD.
Appropriate Assessment	Under the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) as transposed into UK law by the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations (2017) an Appropriate Assessment is required for any plan or project which either alone or in combination with other plans or projects, would be likely to have a significant effect on a European Site (see separate entry) and is not directly connected with the management of the site for nature conservation.
Article 4 Direction	A piece of legislation specific to an area which withdraws some of the automatic planning permissions granted by the General Permitted Development Order.
Authority Monitoring Report (AMR)	A document produced at least annually to report on the progress on the preparation of the Local Plan and monitor the policies.
Biodiversity	The whole variety of life on earth. It includes all species of plants and animals and the ecosystems and habitats they are part of.
Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs)	Recognised programmes that address the protection and restoration of threatened species and habitats. These are prepared on a national and on a sub-regional basis and a BAP is in place for the Lancashire area.
Biological Heritage Site (BHS)	Biological Heritage Sites are considered the key wildlife sites in Lancashire other than designated sites of national or European importance. BHSs are identified using a set of published guidelines. Amendments to the list of sites are made by the Biological Heritage Sites review panel which comprises ecologists from the County Council, Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside and Natural England.
Blue Infrastructure (BI)	The network of aquatic components that lie within and between cities, towns and villages which provide multiple social, economic and environmental benefits. The physical components of blue infrastructure include waterways such as rivers, streams, marshes and lakes.
Brownfield	See the definition of Previously Developed Land (PDL).
Climate Change	Climate change is a large-scale, long-term shift in the planet's weather patterns or average temperatures. (MET office)
Climate change adaptation	Adjustments to natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic factors or their effects, including from changes in rainfall and rising temperatures, which moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities.
Climate change mitigation	Action to reduce the impact of human activity on the climate system, primarily through reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Comparison Goods	Goods for which the consumer generally expects to invest time and effort and visit a range of shops before making a choice including: clothing materials and garments; shoes and other footwear; materials for maintenance and repair of dwellings; furniture and furnishings; carpets and other floor coverings; household textiles; major household appliances, whether electric or not; small electric household appliances; tools and miscellaneous accessories; glassware, tableware and household utensils; medical goods and other pharmaceutical products; therapeutic appliances and equipment; bicycles; recording media; games, toys and hobbies; sport and camping equipment; musical instruments; gardens, plants and flowers; pets and related products; books and stationery; audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment; appliances for personal care; jewellery, watches and clocks; other personal effects.
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)	A levy allowing local authorities to raise funds from owners or developers of land undertaking new building projects in their area.
Concealed Households	Family units, including single adults living within ‘host’ households.
Conservation	(For heritage policy): The process of maintaining and managing change to a heritage asset in a way that sustains and, where appropriate, enhances its significance.
Conservation Area	These are ‘Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which is desirable to preserve or enhance’ and are designated by the local planning authority.
Convenience Retailing	Relates to the purchase of everyday essential items, including confectionary, on goods in COICOP categories: food and non-alcoholic beverages, tobacco, alcoholic beverages (off-trade), newspapers and periodicals, non-durable household goods.
Cumulative effects	The state in which a series of repeated actions have effect greater than the sum of their individual effects; noted here especially in the location of wind turbines.
Curtilage	An area of land around a building.
Density (net)	Net site density includes only those areas which will be developed e.g. for housing and directly associated uses such as access roads within the site, private garden spaces, car parking areas, incidental open spaces and landscaping and children’s  play areas where these are to be provided. It excludes major distributor roads; primary schools; adult/youth play spaces or other open spaces serving a wider area; and significant landscape buffer strips.
Designated Heritage Asset	A World Heritage Site, Scheduled Monument, Listed Building, Protected Wreck Site, Registered Park or Garden, Registered Battlefield or Conservation Area designated as such under the relevant legislation.
Development Management	Development management or development control is the process by which planning and similar applications are determined.
Development Plan	The statutorily adopted suite of development plan documents. In Burnley this will include the Local Plan and the Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan and any Neighbourhood Development Plans.
Development Plan Documents	An individual, separately adopted, part of the Local Plan.
Duty to Cooperate	The Localism Act 2011 introduced a Duty to Cooperate. Bodies subject to the Duty are required to engage constructively, actively and on an ongoing basis to maximise the effectiveness of Local and Marine Plan preparation in the context of strategic cross boundary matters. The duty to cooperate is not a duty to agree.
Ecological networks	These link sites of biodiversity importance. To date in Lancashire they have been defined for woodland and grassland species by Lancashire County Council’s Lancashire Environment Record Network (LERN).
Ecosystem services	The benefits people obtain from ecosystems such as food, water, flood and disease control and recreation.
Extra Care Housing	Housing designed with the needs of older people in mind with varying levels of care and support available on-site. People who live in extra care housing have their own self-contained homes and benefit from communal facilities being available. Properties can be rented, owned or part owned/rented.
European Site	These include candidate and designated and classified Special Areas of Conservation, Sites of Community Importance and Special Protection Areas, as defined in regulation 8 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010.
Flood Risk Assessments (FRA)	Site specific assessments which identify the risks to a site or premises from flooding from all sources, and any risk which may arise elsewhere as a result of development. These assessments are required for development proposals which are in areas of known flood risk (e.g. in flood zones 2 and 3) and for all proposals over 1 hectare in size.
Geodiversity	The range of rocks, minerals, fossils, soils and landforms.
Green Belt	A designated area of land around built up areas that aims to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open.
Greenfield	Land which is not been previously developed (see previously-developed land).
Gypsies and Travellers	Persons of nomadic habit of life whatever their race or origin, including such  persons who on grounds only of their own or their family’s or dependants’ educational or health needs or old age have ceased to travel temporarily, but excluding members of an organised group of travelling showpeople or circus people travelling together as such.(This is the definition set out in Appendix 1 of national planning policy document ‘Planning Policy for Traveller Sites August 2015’
Green Infrastructure	A network of multi-functional green space and areas of water, urban and rural, which is capable of delivering a wide range of environmental and quality of life benefits for local communities.
Habitats of Principal Importance in England	Fifty-six habitats identified as requiring action under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and which continue to be regarded as conservation priorities. These habitats are included in the UK Biodiversity List published by the Secretary of State under Section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act which came into force on 1st Oct 2006.
Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA)	Habitat Regulations Assessment is the process by which it is determined whether an Appropriate Assessment is necessary in relation to a proposed plan or project. (See also Appropriate Assessment above).
Heritage Asset	Is defined within the NPPF and refers to features within the historic environment. Heritage assets can be described as ‘designated heritage assets’ or ‘non-designated heritage assets’ (which are defined separately within this glossary).
Historic Environment	All aspects of the environment that result from the interaction between people and places through time, including surviving physical remains of past human activity, whether visible, buried or submerged, and landscape and planted or managed flora.
Infrastructure	In planning terms the physical structures and facilities that are required to support development. Infrastructure typically refers to matters such as roads, water, electricity, schools, doctors, etc.
Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP)	A schedule which identifies any required infrastructure needed to support a Local Plan and how this can be delivered.
Kyoto Protocol	International treaty that sets obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Landscape Character Assessment	An assessment which identifies different landscape areas which have a distinct character based on recognisable pattern of elements, including combinations of geology, landform, soils, vegetation, land-use and human settlement.
Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA)	Local Authority (in Lancashire the County Council) responsible for developing, maintaining and applying a strategy for local flood risk management in their areas and for maintaining a register of flood risk assets. They also have lead responsibility for managing the risk of flooding from surface water, groundwater and ordinary watercourses.
Listed Building	A building of ‘special architectural or historic interest’ included on a statutory list compiled the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Local Development Framework	The term previously used to describe the suite of planning policy documents.
Local Development Scheme	The Local Planning Authority's project plan for the preparation of its Local Plan.
Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)	A body, designated by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, established for the purpose of creating or improving the conditions for economic growth in an area.
Local Nature Partnership	A body, designated by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, established for the purpose of protecting and improving the natural environment in an area and the benefits derived from it.
Local Geodiversity Site (LGS)	A Lancashire-wide designation which identifies valuable local geological and geomorphological sites. Local Geodiversity Sites were formerly known as Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGs).
Local Nature Reserve (LNR)	A statutory designation made under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 by principal local authorities. Parish and Town Councils can also declare local nature reserves but they must have the powers to do so delegated to them by a principal local authority. LNRs are for both people and wildlife. They are places with wildlife or geological features that are of special interest locally.
Local Transport Plan (LTP):	Prepared by the relevant highways authority for the area i.e. Lancashire County Council. The LTP sets out the objectives and plans for developing transport in an area.
Low Carbon Energy	Power produced from technologies which produce a low amount of carbon dioxide compared to fossil fuels.
Main river	Main rivers are watercourses designated as such on main river maps held by the Environment Agency and are generally the larger arterial watercourses. Any alteration or connection to a main river will require consent from the Environment Agency.
Major Development	For dwellings, a major development is one where the number of residential units to be constructed is 10 or more, or if the application does not state the number of units to be constructed, the site area is 0.5 hectares or more. For all other uses, a major development is one where the floor space to be built is 1,000 square metres or more, or where the site area is 1 hectare or more.
Market Housing	Private housing for rent or for sale, where the price and tenure is set in the open market.
Minerals Safeguarding Areas	Areas designated by the Minerals Planning Authority that cover known deposits of minerals, which are desired to be kept safeguarded from unnecessary sterilisation by non-mineral development.
Neighbourhood Development Plan	A statutory plan prepared by a Parish Council or Neighbourhood Forum for a particular neighbourhood area (made under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended principally by the Localism Act 2011).
Objectively Assessed Needs (OAN)	An assessment of the demand e.g. for housing in a housing market area over a plan period - not taking account of the environmental capacity of an area to deliver it.
ONS	Office for National Statistics.
Optimum Viable Use	Optimum viable Use is the use which is viable, and where the changes are optimum in terms of entailing the least harm to the special interest of the heritage asset. The most profitable use may be less than optimum in terms of its impact on the heritage asset.
Ordinary Watercourse	Ordinary watercourses include drains, streams, ditches, and passages through which water flows that do not form part of main rivers. Main rivers are managed by the Environment Agency. Proposals involving alterations to a watercourse require permission from Lancashire County Council first.
Pitches and Plots for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople	A “pitch” means a pitch on a “gypsy and traveller” site and “plot” means a pitch on a “travelling showpeople” site (also sometimes called a “yard”).
Planning Obligation	A legally enforceable agreement between a planning authority and a developer, or an undertaking offered unilaterally by a developer, entered into under section 106  of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 with the intention of helping to mitigate the negative impacts of a development proposal.
Previously developed land (also known as brownfield land)	Land which is or was occupied by a permanent structure, including the curtilage of developed land (although it should not be assumed that the whole of the curtilage should be developed) and any associated fixed surface infrastructure. This excludes: land that is or has been occupied by agricultural or forestry buildings; land that has been developed for minerals extraction or waste disposal by landfill purposes where provision for restoration has been made through development control procedures; land in built-up areas such as private residential gardens, parks, recreation grounds and allotments; and land that was previously-developed but where the remains of the permanent structure or fixed surface structure have blended into the landscape in the process of time.
Primary Shopping Area	Defined area where retail development is concentrated (generally comprising the primary and those secondary frontages which are adjoining and closely related to the primary shopping frontage).
Public Realm	The spaces between buildings and developments that are publicly accessible, including streets, squares, parks and open spaces.
Primary Shopping Frontage	Primary frontages are likely to include a high proportion of retail uses which may include food, drinks, clothing and household goods.
Priority Habitats and Species	Species and Habitats of Principle Importance included in the England Biodiversity  List published by the Secretary of State under section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.
Protected Species	European Protected Species are animals and plants listed in Annex IV of the European Habitats Directive and protected in the UK under The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations (2017). Nationally Protected Species include all European Protected Species and also a large number of species which are specially protected under the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981) or in other legislation such as the Protection of Badgers Act 1992.
Ramsar Site	Wetlands of international importance, designated under the 1971 Ramsar Convention.
Regional (Spatial) Strategy (RSS)	The previous regional planning framework which was revoked in 2013.
Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGS):	These are sub regionally designated sites which are of importance for their geo- diversity (geology and geomorphology).
Registered Provider	Registered providers (often known as social landlords) are the bodies that own and manage social housing. They tend to be non-commercial organisations such as local authorities or housing associations. Housing associations are independent, not-for- profit organisations that can use any profit they make to maintain existing homes and help finance new ones. It is now possible for commercial organisations to build and manage social housing, although this is not yet common practice.
Renewable and Low Carbon Energy	Includes energy for heating and cooling as well as generating electricity. Renewable energy covers those energy flows that occur naturally and repeatedly in the environment – from the wind, the fall of water, the movement of the oceans, from the sun and also from biomass and deep geothermal heat. Low carbon technologies are those that can help reduce emissions (compared to conventional use of fossil fuels).
Scheduled Monument	Nationally important monuments, usually archaeological remains that enjoy protection against inappropriate development as a result of their scheduling under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
Secondary Shopping Frontage	Secondary frontages provide greater opportunities for a diversity of uses such as restaurants, cinemas and businesses.
Setting of a Heritage Asset	The surroundings in which a heritage asset is experienced. Its extent is not fixed and may change as the asset and its surroundings evolve. Elements of a setting may make a positive or negative contribution to the significance of an asset, may affect the ability to appreciate that significance or may be neutral.
Sequential Approach (flood risk)	To locate development to avoid where possible flood risk to people and property and manage any residual risk, taking account of the impacts of climate change.
Sequential Test (flood risk)	The aim of the Sequential Test is to steer new development to areas with the lowest probability of flooding. Development should not be allocated or permitted if there are reasonably available sites appropriate for the proposed development in areas with a lower probability of flooding. The Strategic Flood Risk Assessment will   provide the basis for applying this test.
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	Sites designated nationally as being of special interest by reason of their flora,   fauna, geological or physiological features and have statutory protection to preserve these features, designated by Natural England under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)	Areas given special protection under the European Union’s Habitats Directive, which is transposed into UK law by the Habitats and Conservation of Species Regulations 2017.
Special Protection Areas (SPA)	Areas which have been identified as being of international importance for the breeding, feeding, wintering or the migration of rare and vulnerable species of birds found within European Union countries. They are European designated sites, classified under the Birds Directive.
Species of Principal Importance in England	943 species identified as requiring action under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and which continue to be regarded as conservation priorities. These species are included in the UK Biodiversity List published by the Secretary of State under Section 41 of  the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act which came into force on 1st Oct 2006.
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)	A procedure (set out in the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004) which requires the formal environmental assessment of certain plans and programmes which are likely to have significant effects on the environment.
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)	A study carried out by one or more local planning authorities to assess the risk to an area from flooding from all sources, now and in the future, taking account of the impacts of climate change, and to assess the impact that land use changes and development in the area will have on flood risk.
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)	A study to assess the overall potential for housing development in the area. It identifies specific sites with a development potential over the next 15 years and both informs the development of and monitors the performance of the Local Plan Can include employment land also.
Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA)	Assesses the housing market within the housing market area, and considers the nature of future need and demand for market and affordable housing to inform the development of the Local Plan.
Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)	Documents which add further detail to the policies in the Local Plan. They can be used to provide further guidance for development on specific sites or on particular issues, such as design. Supplementary Planning Documents are capable of being a material consideration in planning decisions but are not part of the development plan.
Sustainability Appraisal (SA)	Sustainability Appraisal is a systematic appraisal process used to assess the social, environmental and economic effects of strategies and policies from the outset of the preparation process.
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)	SuDS are an approach to managing rainwater falling on roofs and other surfaces through a sequence of actions. The key objectives are to manage the flow rate and volume of surface runoff to reduce the risk of flooding and water pollution. SuDS also reduce pressure on the sewerage network and can improve biodiversity and local amenity.
Town Centre	Area defined on the local authority’s policies map, including the primary shopping area and areas predominantly occupied by main town centre uses within or adjacent to the primary shopping area. References (in the NPPF) to town centres or centres apply to city centres, town centres, district centres and local centres but exclude small parades of shops of purely neighbourhood significance. Unless they are identified as centres in Local Plans, existing out-of-centre developments, comprising or including main town centre uses, do not constitute town centres.
Transport Assessment	A comprehensive and systematic process that sets out transport issues relating to a proposed development. It identifies what measures will be required to improve accessibility and safety for all modes of travel, particularly for alternatives to the car such as walking, cycling and public transport and what measures will need to be taken to deal with the anticipated transport impacts of the development.
Transport Statement	A simplified version of a transport assessment where it is agreed the transport issues arising out of development proposals are limited and a full transport assessment is not required.
Travel Plan	A long-term management strategy for an organisation or site that seeks to deliver sustainable transport objectives through action and is articulated in a document that is regularly reviewed.
Travelling Showpeople	Member of a group organised for the purposes of holding fairs, circuses or shows (whether or not travelling together as such). This includes such persons who, on the grounds of their own family’s dependents’ more localised pattern of trading, educational or health needs or old age, have ceased to travel but excludes Gypsies and Travellers defined separately within this glossary.
Use Classes	The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) puts uses of land and buildings into various categories or ‘classes’ e.g. C3 dwellings. Changes of use within these classes do not normally require planning permission and changes between certain classes may not either (permission may still be required for any physical conversion works).
Veteran Tree	A tree which, because of its great age, size or condition, is of exceptional value for wildlife, in the landscape or culturally.

 

Appendix 2:     Reference List

Legislation

Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk

National Planning Policy

National Planning Policy Framework https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-planning-policy-framework

Written Ministerial Statements https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/planning-practice-guidance#other-planning-policies

Planning Policy for Traveller Sites, 2015 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-policy-for- traveller-sites

National Planning Practice Guidance

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/planning-practice-guidance

Other National Guidance, Policy and Information

Playing Fields Policy and Guidance (2018) Sport England https://www.sportengland.org/media/12940/final-playing-fields-policy-and-guidance-document.pdf

Active Design: Planning for Health and wellbeing through sport and physical activity (2015) Sport England
https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-planning/active-design/

Access to and Use of Buildings: Approved Document M (2016) Department for Communities and Local Government:         https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-and-use-of-buildings-approved-document-m

Contaminated Land Statutory Guidance (2012) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contaminated-land-statutory-guidance

National Character Areas List (2016) Natural England
http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/category/587130

National Character Area Profile 35 Lancashire Valleys (2013) Natural England

National Character Area Profile 36 Southern Pennines (2012) Natural England

Developers: Get Planning Advice on your Planning Proposals (2015) Natural England, Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs www.gov.uk/guidance/developers-get-environmental-advice-on-your-planning-proposals

The National Heritage List for England https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list

The National Heritage at Risk Register https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/

Lancashire Historic Environment Record http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/archives-and-record-office/historic-environment-record.aspx

The Setting of Heritage Assets Historic Environment Good Practice Advice in Planning Note 3 (Second Edition December 2017) Historic England https://content.historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/gpa3-setting-of-heritage-assets/heag180-gpa3-setting-heritage-assets.pdf/

Enabling Development and the Conservation of Significant Places (2008), Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/enabling-development-and-the-conservation-of-significant-places/

Environment Agency (2016) Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea) https://data.gov.uk/dataset/bed63fc1-dd26-4685-b143-2941088923b3/flood-map-for-planning-rivers-and-sea-flood-zone-3

Environment Agency (2016) Risk of Flooding Form Surface Water Map http://watermaps.environment-agency.gov.uk/

Environment Agency (2016) Guidance Flood Risk Assessments: Climate Change Allowances http://environment-agency.gov.uk/

Manual for Streets (2007) Department for Transport https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/manual-for-streets

Non-statutory Technical Standards for Sustainable Urban Drainage (2015) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-drainage-systems-non-statutory-technical-standards

Technical Housing Standards – Nationally Described Space Standards (2015) Department for Communities and Local Government https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-housing-standards-nationally-described-space-standard

Regional and Sub-Regional Plans

Joint Lancashire Structure Plan (2005) Joint Advisory Committee for Strategic Planning (Revoked) www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/297246/LCC15-Joint-Lancashire-Structure-Plan-2001-2016-adopted-March-2005.pdf

The North West of England Plan Regional Spatial Strategy to 2021 (2008) Department for Communities and Local Government (Revoked) http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100529165024/http://www.gos.gov.uk/gonw/Planning/RegionalPlanning/?a=42496

Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Development Framework Core Strategy DPD (2009). Lancashire County Council http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/council/planning/local-planning-policy-for-minerals-and-waste.aspx

Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Site Allocation and Development Management Policies (2013): http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/council/planning/local-planning-policy-for-minerals-and-waste.aspx

Former Local Plan

Burnley Local Plan Second Review (2006) Burnley Borough Council:
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-adopted-local-plan-2006

Other Local Planning Documents

Annual Monitoring Reports, Burnley Borough Council www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/burnleys-annual-monitoring-report

Local Development Scheme (LDS) (2018), Burnley Borough Council
https://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/LDS%202018%20-%202021%20FINAL_0.pdf

Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (July 2017 Version 2), Burnley Borough Council
https://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/IDP%20v2%20July%202017.pdf

Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) https://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/statement-community-involvement

Local List of Buildings, Unscheduled Ancient Monuments and Gardens of Historic Interest http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Burnley%27s%20Locally%20Listed%20Buildings%2C%20Unscheduled%20Ancient%20Monuments%20and%20Gardens%20of%20Historic%20Interest%20-%20Updated%202001.pdf

Supplementary Planning Guidance/ Documents and Local Development Orders (LDO)

Burnley Aerospace Supplier Park (2013) LDO Burnley Borough Council https://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/local-development-orders/burnley-aerospace-supplier-park

Children’s Day Nurseries SPG (1988) http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/supplementary-planning-documents

Design Guidance for Burnley Wood SPD (2006) Burnley Borough Council
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/supplementary-planning-documents

Design Guidance for Daneshouse, Stoneyholme, Duke Bar SPD (2006) Burnley Borough Council
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/supplementary-planning-documents

Design Guidance for South West Burnley SPD (2006) Burnley Borough Council
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/supplementary-planning-documents

Dormer Extensions SPG (1991) http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Dormer%20Extensions.pdf

Burnley Town Centre Public Realm Strategy (2011) Burnley Borough Council
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/supplementary-planning-documents

Weavers’ Triangle Public Realm Strategy SPD (2011) Burnley Borough Council
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/supplementary-planning-documents

Shop Front Security Shutters SPG (1998) http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/supplementary-planning-documents

South West Burnley Development Brief (2010) Burnley Borough Council:
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/supplementary-planning-documents

Evidence Base Studies

Housing

Burnley SHMA Addendum 2014-based SNHP Update October 2017: Lichfields for Burnley Borough Council.
https://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/EL1.006%20Burnley%20SHMA%20Addendum%20-%202014-based%20SNHP%20Update.pdf

Burnley Strategic Housing Market Assessment Update (2016), Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners for Burnley Borough Council http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Burnley%20SHMA%20Update%20May%202016.PDF

Burnley and Pendle Housing Needs Study and Strategic Housing Market Assessment (2013), Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners for Burnley Borough Council http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/strategic-housing-market-assessment

Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment Addendum (2016), Burnley Borough Council https://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/gypsy-traveller-and-travelling-show-people-accommodation-assessment-burnley-and-pendle

Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment: Burnley and Pendle (2012), Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit for Burnley Borough Council http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/gypsy-traveller-and-travelling-show-people-accommodation-assessment-burnley-and-pendle

Housing Land Availability (2009 – 2017) Burnley Borough Council http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/housing-land-availability

Strategic Housing and Employment Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) (Update 1 March 2017) Burnley Borough Council http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/strategic-housing-land-availability-assessment

Economy and Employment

Burnley Employment Land Demand Study Update (2016), Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners for Burnley  Borough Council https://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/employment-land-study

Burnley Local Plan Viability Study, HDH Planning & Development for Burnley Borough Council, March 2017 https://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policy/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/local-plan-viability-assessment

Burnley-Pendle Growth Corridor (Stage 1: Data Collection and Problem Identification Report) (2014) Jacobs for Lancashire County Council http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/497020/Burnley-Pendle-Growth-Corridor-Stage-1-Report.pdf

Burnley-Pendle Growth Corridor Strategic Outline Business Case (2015) http://www.lancashirelep.co.uk/lep-priorities/transport-and-connectivity/burnley-pendle-growth-corridor.asp

Retail & Town Centres

Retail, Leisure & Office Assessment (2013), Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners for Burnley Borough Council https://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/burnley-retail-office-and-leisure-assessment

Burnley Town Centre Strategy (January 2016): https://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Burnley%20Town%20Centre%20Strategy%202015%20v4%20changes%20marked.%20cp%20140116docx%20CP.pdf

Burnley Car Parking Strategy https://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/car_park_strategy.pdf

Transport

East Lancashire Highways and Transport Masterplan (2014) Lancashire County Council and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/council/strategies-policies-plans/roads-parking-and-travel/highways-and-transport-masterplans/east-lancashire-highways-and-transport-masterplan

Burnley Highways Impact Assessment Jacobs for Lancashire County Council and Burnley Borough Council March 2017 www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/transport-studies

South Pennines Route Based Strategy Evidence Report (2014): http://assets.highways.gov.uk/our-road-network/route-strategies/South%20Pennines.pdf

Open Space, Sports and GI

Burnley Green Infrastructure Strategy (2013), TEP for Burnley Borough Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/GI%20Strategy%20Report.pdf

Burnley Play Strategy (2007-2011) Burnley Borough Council:
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/PlayStrategyJan09.pdf

Rossendale, Pendle and Burnley Playing Pitch Assessment Report and Strategy 2016-2026 (2016), KKP for Pennine Lancashire Authorities: www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/parks-open-spaces/playing-pitch-strategy-2016-2026

Green Spaces Strategy (2015), Burnley Borough Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/node/1910

Indoor Sports Facility Review (2015) Burnley Borough Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policy/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/sports-studies

Flood Risk

Burnley Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 (2017) Burnley Borough Council, incorporating Local Plan Potential Sites Assessment, summary report and mapping by JBA Consulting (2017)

Burnley Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 (2017) Burnley Borough Council, incorporating Interim Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment by JBA Consulting (2017)

https://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/strategic-flood-risk-assessment

Lancashire and Blackpool Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (2014) Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/council/strategies-policies-plans/environmental/lancashire-and-blackpool-flood-risk-management-strategy.aspx

Landscape and Green Belt

Burnley Green Belt Review (2016) LUC for Burnley Borough Council:
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Burnley_Green_Belt_Review_Final%20Report.pdf

Lancashire County Council, 2000, Landscape Strategy: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/council/strategies- policies-plans/environmental/landscape-strategy.aspx

Renewable Energy

Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy Development in the South Pennines (2010) Julie Martin Associates for Rossendale, Burnley, Bury, Calderdale, Rochdale and Kirklees: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/South%20Pennines%20Final%20Report%20CD%20version.pdf

Landscape Guidance for Wind Turbines up to 60m high in the South and West Pennines (2013), Julie Martin Associates: https://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Smaller%20Turbines%20Guidance%20Final%20Guidance%20Jan%202013.pdf

South Pennines Wind Energy Landscape Study (2014), Julie Martin Associates and LUC for Burnley Borough Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/South%20Pennines%20Wind%20Energy%20Landscape%20Study%20Final.pdf

Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Study (2010) Maslen Environmental for Burnley Borough Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Renewable%20%26%20Low%20Carbon%20Energy%20Study%20-%20Maslen%20Dec%202010.pdf

Lancashire Sustainable Energy Study: A technical report for Lancashire County Council (2011) SQW Consultants/CLASP

Taking Forward the Deployment of Renewable Energy: A Final Report to Lancashire County Council (2011), CLASP for Lancashire County Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2-%20LCC%20-Taking-forward-deployment-July-2011.pdf

The Lancashire Climate Change Strategy 2009 – 2020 (2009) Lancashire Climate Change Partnership: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/council/strategies-policies-plans/environmental/lancashire-climate-change-strategy.aspx

Renewable Energy Target Setting & Policy Development: A Final Report to Lancashire County Council (2012) CLASP for Lancashire County Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/3-%20LCC%20-%20Renewable%20Energy%20Targets%20-%20FINAL%20March%202012.pdf

Ecology

Burnley Wildlife and Habitats Survey (2007) Golder Associates for Burnley Borough Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Burnley%20Wildlife%20and%20Habitat%20Survey%20Report.pdff

Ecological Assessment of Local Plan (Issues and Options) Sites (2015) LERN/Lancashire County Council for or Burnley Borough Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/node/2578

Burnley Protected Species Surveys (2013, 2014 and 2017), Burnley Borough Council:
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/node/2578

Lancashire Ecological Networks Maps (Version 1a1) Grassland and Woodland (2016), LERN/Lancashire County Council http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policy/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/ecological-networks

Lancashire Ecological Network Approach and Analysis (Version 1a) (2015) LERN http://chorley.gov.uk/Documents/Planning/Planning%20Policy/Lancashire%20Ecological%20Network%20Approach%20and%20Analysis%20Document%20v1.pdf

Ecological Appraisal: Former Heckenhurst Reservoir, Burnley (2017). The Greater Manchester Ecology Unit http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Ecological%20Appraisal%20Former%20Heckenhurst%20Reservoir_0.pdf

Ecological Appraisal: Land West of Smithyfield Avenue, Burnley (2017) The Greater Manchester Ecology Unit http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Ecological%20Appraisal%20Land%20West%20of%20Smithyfield%20Avenue_0.pdf

Ecological Assessment of Local Plan (Issues and Options) Sites (2015) LERN/Lancashire County Council for or Burnley Borough Council: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/node/2578

Burnley Protected Species Surveys (2013, 2014 and 2017), Burnley Borough Council:
http://www.burnley.gov.uk/node/2578

Heritage

A Local List of Lancashire’s Unregistered Historic Designed Landscapes (2013) Lancashire Gardens Trust with Lancashire County Council and Manchester Metropolitan University. http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/A%20Local%20List%20of%20Lancashires%20Unregsitered%20Historic%20Designed%20Landscapes%202013.pdf
Lancashire Extensive Urban Survey Historic Town Assessment Report – Burnley (2005) Lancashire County Council and Egerton Lea Consultancy http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Lancashire%20Extensive%20Urban%20Survey%20Historic%20Town%20Assessment%20Report%20-%20Burnley.pdf

Lancashire Extensive Urban Survey Historic Town Assessment Report – Padiham (2005) Lancashire County Council and Egerton Lea Consultancy http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Lancashire%20Extensive%20Urban%20Survey%20Historic%20Town%20Assessment%20Report%20-%20Padiham.pdf

Burnley Housing Sites Rapid Heritage Assessment (2017) Lancashire Archaeological Advisory Service http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Housing%20Sites%20Assessment.pdf

Burnley Employment Sites Rapid Heritage Assessment (2017) Lancashire Archaeological Advisory Service http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Employment%20Sites%20Assessment.pdf

Burnley TC4 Rapid Heritage Assessment (2017) Lancashire Archaeological Advisory Service http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/TC4%20Assessment.pdf

Lancashire Historic Landscape Characterisation Programme (2002) Lancashire County Council http://www.burnley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Lancashire%20Historic%20Landscape%20Characterisation%20Programme%202002.pdf

Other

Burnley’s Future: The Sustainable Community Strategy for Burnley 2017-2010 Burnley Borough Council / Burnley Action Partnership: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/about-council/our-strategies-and-policies

Lancashire Strategic Economic Plan (2014), Lancashire Enterprise Partnership:
www.lepnetwork.net/modules/downloads/download.php?file_name=22

Rural Masterplanning Study (2011) Burnley Borough Council & CABE:http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policies/burnleys-emerging-local-plan/evidence-base/rural-masterplanning

Appendix 3: List of Superseded Policies

The following policies are considered too specific for, or no longer relevant to the new local plan:

Existing Policy Ref:	Policy Title (2006 Local Plan Second Review)
EW10	Development and Training Provision
TM6	Walking and Horse Riding in the Countryside
TM7	Cycling Network
TM8	Quality Bus Routes
TM9	Rail and Railway Stations
TM10	East Lancashire Rapid Transit
TM11	Traffic Management in Burnley Town Centre
TM12	Movement of Freight
TM13	Former Padiham Rail Line
PTC5	Padiham Market

 

Appendix 4: Designated Heritage Assets

Listed Buildings

1. Burnley has 308 listed building entries on the National Heritage List for England, administered by Historic England on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It should be noted that this number does not truly represent the total number of listed buildings within the borough, since one listing may cover several individual buildings. Details of the borough’s Listed Buildings are accessible through the National Heritage List for England at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/
2. The listing includes the building identified on the list together with any ancillary building or structure within its curtilage and attached to it or any freestanding building or structure within its curtilage that pre-date 1 July 1948. Not all buildings have a curtilage. With those that do there will be cases where the extent of the curtilage will be clear (such as a garden boundary) but in others it may not. Further advice on curtilage can be found in the Historic England Advice Note, Listed Buildings and Curtilage.
3. The National Heritage List includes a description of each building which may refer to some, but not all the important features of the building. Every part of a building is listed even if it is not included in the description. This includes the interior and any later alterations or additions.

Conservation Areas

 

4. There are currently 10 designated Conservation Areas within the Borough. These are defined under Section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, as “Areas of Special Architectural or Historic Interest the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance”. Conservation areas in the Borough are listed below and the detailed boundaries are shown on the Policies Map.

Name	Area	Designated
Canalside	34.2 ha	1988 (Revisions 1990, 1993 and 1997)
Burnley Wood	24.7 ha	1985
Harle Syke	13.9 ha	1977 (Revisions 1985)
Padiham	13.8 ha	1975 (Revisions 1981 and 1984)
Burnley Town Centre	11.0 ha	1992
Top O'Th' Town	8.5 ha	1992
Worsthorne	6.7 ha	1978
Jib Hill	5.1 ha	1971
Hurstwood	4.6 ha	1973
Palatine	4.5 ha	1977

 

Registered Parks and Gardens

5. The Historic England 'Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England' established in 1983, currently identifies 5 sites in the borough assessed to be of particular significance. All are registered Grade II and include:
   • Towneley Park
   • Queen's Park
   • Thompson Park
   • Gawthorpe Hall Gardens
   • Scott Park

Detailed descriptions of each entry are accessible through the National Heritage List for England at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/

Scheduled Monuments

6. There are currently 22 Scheduled Monuments within the Borough as follows:

Parish	List Entry Number	Title
Briercliffe	1005084	Oakmount Mill engine and engine house, Wiseman Street
	1005089	Ice House at Towneley Hall
Ightenhill	1005100	Ightenhill Manor (site of)
Briercliffe	1008916	Small stone circle on Delf Hill
Briercliffe	1008917	Pike Low bowl barrow and site of beacon, Bonfire Hill
Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood	1008918	Bowl barrow on Hameldon Pasture
Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood	1008919	Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture
Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood	1009112	Ring cairn on Slipper Hill
Briercliffe	1009113	Bowl barrow 90m east of Twist Castle
Briercliffe	1009114	Bowl barrow 140m east of Beadle Hill
Briercliffe	1009115	Bowl barrow 140m east of Beadle Hill
Briercliffe	1009116	Saucer barrow 90m east of Ell Clough
Briercliffe	1009117	Ring cairn 25m east of Ell Clough
Briercliffe	1009487	Beadle Hill Romano-British farmstead
Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood	1009488	Two Romano-British farmsteads known as Ring Stones
Briercliffe	1009497	Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead
Briercliffe	1013814	Burwains Camp prehistoric defended settlement west of Broad Bank Hill
Hapton	1013816	Hapton Castle
Cliviger	1018362	Warren at Everage Clough 450m north east of New Copy Farm
Dunnockshaw	1020666	Hameldon Hill World War II bombing decoy, 390m north of Heights Farm
Cliviger	1021252	Thieveley lead mine 330m south west and 910m WSW of Buckleys
Hapton	1432881	Spigot mortar (Blacker Bombard) position

 

Detailed descriptions of each entry are accessible through the National Heritage List for England at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/

Appendix 5: Housing Trajectory

Appendix 6: Main and Small Villages (Tiers 3 and 4) – Audit of Facilities - April 2016

Definitions:
Local shop – Shop or facility selling basic household and grocery (convenience) goods

Play area – Equipped Play Area

Bus stop – Serviced bus stop – A bus service for this measure is one which runs at least every 30 minutes between 8am-6pm.

Appendix 7: Protected Open Spaces

Appendix 8: Transport Assessments and Travel Plans

Transport Assessments/Transport Statements

1. Transport Assessments are required to assess the impact of proposals on transport infrastructure, including the capacity of roads, public transport and walking and cycling infrastructure, and to detail action to manage this impact. They are required to present qualitative and quantitative information about the anticipated transport and related environmental impacts before, during and after implementation of the proposed development, including details of the accessibility of the site by all transport modes and all users, including disabled people, and the likely modal split of journeys to and from the site.
2. Where a full Transport Assessment is not necessary, a less detailed assessment in the form of a Transport Statement may be required. Whatever the scale of Transport Assessment/Statement undertaken, it should be used to inform the final design of the development and if applicable, the Full Travel Plan.
3. Developers are required to demonstrate that the Transport Assessment/Transport Statement has informed the design of the proposed development and the Full Travel Plan. Development proposals should meet the identified needs and address anticipated impacts of the development through the design of the scheme, effective management, including through a Travel Plan where appropriate, and through mitigating any impacts of the scheme, including through planning contributions where appropriate.

Travel Plans

4. Travel Plans are the key management tool for implementing any transport solutions highlighted by the Transport Assessment/Statement, and are one of the primary tools for mitigating negative transport impacts of development proposals. Travel Plans are required to detail the developer's response to the Transport Assessment/Statement and deliver sustainable transport objectives with a package of measures to promote sustainable transport, including measures to achieve a shift to the most sustainable forms of transport: walking and cycling.
5. Although a Travel Plan will be unique to any given site, all should contain the following:
   • Background – explaining the site, location, numbers of staff and visitor/residents measures already in place or confirmed/committed
   • Named Travel Plan Co-ordinator
   • Baseline Data – current travel patterns to and from work, business travel undertaken during the working day, travel patterns of visitors to the site or residents trips from it
   • Objectives – stating in general terms what the Plan is trying to achieve
   • Travel and Infrastructure Audit – description of existing travel infrastructure and facilities and the accessibility of the site
   • Targets – clearly identified targets against which the effectiveness of the Plan will be measured, or targets for its delivery. Targets should be site-specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time related (SMART)
   • Actions – detailing the proposed actions and measures for achieving the stated targets, with specific dates and named responsible person
   • Promotion – how the Plan itself and specific measures will be promoted
   • Monitoring – setting out arrangements for the review and monitoring of the Travel Plan to determine whether the objectives are being met; a monitoring period of at least 5 years from occupation will normally be appropriate

Framework Travel Plan

6. A Framework Travel Plan is usually associated with an unoccupied or undeveloped site. It sets out the intention, timeframe and steps to be taken to develop a Full Travel Plan.

Full Travel Plan

7. A Full Travel Plan requires a site or location to be occupied either in full or in part. It must incorporate all the components of a Travel Plan. Where a site isn’t fully occupied there should be a commitment to review the Travel Plan as occupation increases or when the site becomes fully occupied. No detail or content should be presumed, estimated or proxy in nature. All measures and actions included in a Full Travel Plan are expected to be implementable within the timescales specified and should not be speculative or subject to further approval.

Timescales

8. Where a Travel Plan is required, the documents should be submitted at the following stages in the development process:
   • Submission of planning application: Framework Travel Plan
   • 6 months after first occupation or other agreed milestone: Full Travel Plan

Thresholds for Transport Assessments and Travel Plans

9. Developments above the following thresholds will be required to submit a Transport Assessment, Transport Statement and a Full Travel Plan.

Table 9: Thresholds for Transport Assessments, Statements and Travel Plans

Use Class	Transport Assessment and Travel Plan Threshold (Gross floor area in m2 unless stated)
A1 Retail	>800
A1 Non Food Retail	>1500
A2 Financial and professional services	>2500
A3 Restaurants and cafes	>2500
A4 Drinking Establishments	>600
A5 Hot food takeaways	>500
B1 (a) Offices other than those within A2; (b) Research and Development; and (c) Light Industry	>2500
B2 General Industry	>4000
B8 Storage and Distribution	>5000
C1 Hotels	>100 bedrooms
C2 Residential Institutions, Hospitals and nursing homes	>50 bedrooms
C2 Residential College and school	>150 students
C2 Residential institutions – Institutional hostels	>400 residents
C3 Dwelling houses	>80 units
D1 Non-residential institutions	>1000
D2 Assembly and Leisure	>1500
Other Uses	To be determined in consultation with the local highway authority
	Transport Statement
All	‘Major’ development not above the thresholds

 

10. The Council may still require that a Transport Assessment and a Full Travel Plan accompany applications for new developments below these thresholds, where the Council, in consultation with the local highway authority, considers that a development is likely to have a significant negative impact on the operation of transport infrastructure; or a cumulative impact from a number of developments in the vicinity is expected.

Appendix 9: Car Parking Standards

i. The following minimum and maximum parking standards will be used as set out in Policy IC3.

 

Further Guidance and Application

What constitutes a car parking space?

1. A car parking space is a clearly defined and suitably surfaced space or garage.

Dimensions

2. Each space should be 2.4m in width and 5m in length.

3. Parking spaces in front of garage doors should be a minimum of 5.5m in length to enable up and over doors to open. A relaxation of this standard to 5m may be considered depending on the type of garage door to be installed.

4. Domestic garages should be a minimum size of 3m in width x 6m* in length to enable bicycles or other storage at the rear of the garage. (*unless alternative storage is provided)

Accessing Spaces

5. A minimum 6 metres clearance is required to enable cars to reverse out of a car parking space.

Mobility parking in non-residential developments

6. Mobility parking spaces (3m by 5m) shall be provided at a minimum level of 1 per 10 car parking spaces.

7. A 1.2m hatched area is required both sides of the space (only 1 space if it is at the open end of a row) and normally 1 metre hatched area behind.

Cycle parking in residential developments

8. Adequate space within should be provided for cycle parking either within the curtilage of each dwelling or within a convenient and secure communal space.

Cycle parking in non-residential developments

9. A minimum of 1 per 10 car parking spaces is required. Long stay covered areas shall be provided on all developments employing 30 or more full or part time staff.

Motorcycle parking in non-residential developments

10. A minimum of 1 per 25 car spaces. Long stay covered areas shall be provided on all developments employing 30 or more full or part time staff.

Parking in Town Centre Locations

11. In the Town Centres of Burnley and Padiham or where schemes including redevelopment to secure the future of a heritage asset, the minimum standards (other than for taxi booking offices) may not be applied in full in cases where public parking exists nearby or where on-street parking is available and the development would not cause or exacerbate congestion, highway safety issues or on-street parking problems.

Electric Car Charging Points

12. Additional provision over and above the minimum requirements set out above will be encouraged and supported in line with Policy NE5 subject to the consideration of the townscape impact in accordance with Policy SP5 and IC5. Where these affect heritage assets, care should also be taken to avoid harm and damage to historic fabric in accordance with Policies HE2 and 3.

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