Harlow Local Development Plan

Adopted December 2020

CONTENTS

Foreword

Background

 

CONTEXT, VISION AND OBJECTIVES

  1. Introduction
  2. Spatial Context
  3. Spatial Vision and Local Plan Strategic Objectives
  4. Spatial Development Strategy

 

STRATEGIC GROWTH STRATEGY FOR THE HARLOW AREA

  1. Development and Delivery of Garden Communities in the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town

 

STRATEGIC GROWTH STRATEGY FOR HARLOW

  1. Promoting Sustainable Development
  2. Housing Strategy and Growth Locations
  3. Economic Development and Prosperity Strategy
  4. Retail Ambitions and Town Centre Redevelopment
  5. Linking Development Sites to the Wider Environment
  6. Strategic Infrastructure Requirements

 

DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

  1. Background to Development Management in Harlow
  2. Placeshaping
  3. Housing
  4. Prosperity
  5. Lifestyles
  6. Infrastructure

 

MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION

  1. Monitoring
  2. Implementation
  3. Glossary

 

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: 5-Year Land Supply Calculation
Appendix 2: Housing Trajectory
Appendix 3: Neighbourhood Centres Frontages

 

Strategic Policies List

Development and Delivery of Garden Communities in the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town

HGT1 Development and Delivery of Garden Communities in the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town

 

Promoting Sustainable Development

SD1 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development

 

Housing Strategy and Growth Locations

HS1 Housing Delivery
HS2 Housing Allocations
HS3 Strategic Housing Site East of Harlow
HS4 Gypsies and Travellers

 

Economic Development and Prosperity Strategy

ED1 Future Employment Land
ED2 Protecting Existing Employment Areas
ED3 Developing a Skills Strategy for Harlow
ED4 Developing a Visitor Economy

 

Retail Ambitions and Town Centre Redevelopment

RS1 Retail Hierarchy
RS2 Future Retail Floorspace
RS3 Protecting and Enhancing Existing Retail Centres

 

Linking Development Sites to the Wider Environment

WE1 Strategic Green Infrastructure
WE2 Green Belt, Green Wedges and Green Fingers
WE3 General Strategy for Biodiversity and Geodiversity
WE4 Safeguarding Wildlife Sites Beyond the District Boundary
WE5 Heritage

 

Strategic Infrastructure Requirements

SIR1 Infrastructure Requirements
SIR2 Enhancing Key Gateway Locations
SIR3 Waste and Minerals

 

Development Management Policies List

Placeshaping

PL1 Design Principles for Development
PL2 Amenity Principles for Development
PL3 Sustainable Design, Construction and Energy Usage
PL4 Green Belt
PL5 Green Wedges and Green Fingers
PL6 Other Open Spaces
PL7 Trees and Hedgerows
PL8 Green Infrastructure and Landscaping
PL9 Biodiversity and Geodiversity Assets
PL10 Pollution and Contamination
PL11 Water Quality, Water Management, Flooding and Sustainable Drainage Systems
PL12 Heritage Assets and their Settings
PL13 Advertisements

 

Housing

H1 Housing Allocations
H2 Residential Development
H3 Houses in Multiple Occupation
H4 Loss of Housing
H5 Accessible and Adaptable Housing
H6 Housing Mix
H7 Residential Annexes
H8 Affordable Housing
H9 Self-build and Custom-build Housing
H10 Travellers’ Pitches and Plots

 

Prosperity

PR1 Development within Employment Areas
PR2 Development within Neighbourhood Service Areas
PR3 Employment Development Outside Employment Areas and Neighbourhood Service Areas
PR4 Improving Job Access and Training
PR5 The Sequential Test and Principles for Main Town Centre Uses
PR6 Primary and Secondary Frontages in the Town Centre
PR7 Sub-division and Internal Alteration of Town Centre Units
PR8 Frontages in Neighbourhood Centres
PR9 Development in Hatches
PR10 Development in Retail Parks
PR11 Evening and Night Time Economy

 

Lifestyles

L1 Open Spaces, Play Areas and Sporting Provision and Facilities in Major Development
L2 The Provision and Loss of Recreational, Sporting, Cultural and Community Facilities
L3 Development Involving the Provision or Relocation or Loss of Public Art
L4 Health and Wellbeing

 

Infrastructure

IN1 Development and Sustainable Modes of Travel
IN2 Impact of Development on the Highways Network including Access and Servicing
IN3 Parking Standards
IN4 Broadband and Development
IN5 Telecommunications Equipment
IN6 Planning Obligations