Contents

Executive Summary

1. Foreword... How this Plan came to be

2. What a Neighbourhood Plan does and why it's important for Charmouth

• Its Purpose
• Reading the Plan
• The Vision and Objectives for our Neighbourhood Plan
• SWOT Analysis
• Village Improvement Projects

3. Overview

• Location and description of Charmouth Parish and Neighbourhood Plan area
• Summary of key environment, social and economic characteristics
• Historical background, evolution of the village and Conservation area
• Communications
• Conservation Area
• AONB and the Jurassic Coast

4. Protecting Our Heritage and History

• Context
• Listed Buildings
• Conservation Area
• Non-Designated Heritage Assets
• Consideration of development with respect to the above
• POLICY HH1: Designated and Non-Designated Heritage Assets

5. Protecting Our Assets and Amenities

• Context
• Important Community Assets and Amenities
• POLICY AA1: Important Community Assets and Amenities

6. Protecting Our Natural Environment

• Context
• Landscape
• Habitats Regulations Assessment
• POLICY HRA1: Habitats Regulations
• Landscape characteristics
• POLICY NE1: Landscape
• Views and Vistas
• POLICY NE2: Views and Vistas
• Natural Habitats, Wildlife Corridors and Biodiversity
• The Importance of Biodiversity
• Green corridors and ecological networks
• Species biodiversity
• And specifically with regard to development
• POLICY NE3: Biodiversity and Natural Habitats
• Local Green Spaces
• POLICY NE4: Local Green Spaces
• Lighting and Pollution
• POLICY NE5: Street Lighting, and Light Pollution
• POLICY NE6: Pollution
• Land Instability and Geology
• POLICY NE7: Land Instability and Geology

7. Supporting Our Local Economy

• Context
• Tourism within Charmouth
• Visitors
• Commercial/Retail Properties
• POLICY BET1: Charmouth's Retail Hub
• Local Businesses and Employment
• Facilitating Home Working
• Business Space and its Use
• Habitats Regulations
• Economic Development and Premises for New Businesses
• POLICY BET2: Economic Development and Premises for New Businesses
• Reuse of Rural Buildings
• POLICY BET3: The Reuse of Rural Buildings and Land for Employment Use

8. Creating Homes for Charmouth's Needs

• Context
• New Housing Development
• Size of Housing
• Constraints on Development
• Number of Houses Required
• Location of Housing
• POLICY H1: New Housing Developments
• Affordable Housing
• Housing Need Priorities
• Encouraging Rural Exception Site Development
• Allocation of Houses to Local People
• POLICY H2: Affordable Housing
• Benefitting from New Housing
• Principal Residency Condition
• Protecting the Stock of Small Houses
• POLICY H3: Benefitting from New Housing
• Housing Form and Layout
• POLICY H4: Housing Form and Layout
• Housing Design
• POLICY H5: Housing Design

9. Getting Around Charmouth

• Context
• Existing Pathways and Public Footpaths
• Pedestrian Routes
• Protecting existing pedestrian routes
• Providing New Pedestrian Routes
• POLICY GA1: Pedestrian Routes
• Transport and Traffic Impact
• Parking
• Parking implication arising from new Housing Development
• POLICY GA2: Car Parking
• Other Traffic considerations

10. Energy Efficiency and Coastal Change

• Context
• Charmouth context
• Energy Efficiency
• POLICY CC1: Energy Efficiency
• The Coast
• Coastal Change and Sea Level Rise, and their Effects
• Impact of Failing Coastal Defences at the Foreshore
• The River
• River Flooding and its Effects
• The Future
• POLICY CC2: Coastal Change and Flooding

11. Implementation and Monitoring of the Plan

• Planning Applications
• Plan Review
• Village Improvement Projects

Appendices

• Appendix A- Glossary
• Appendix B - Abbreviations
• Appendix C - Hyperlinks to Documents
• Appendix D - Main Activities Timeline - Community Engagement and Consultation
• Appendix E - Supporting Documents for the Neighbourhood Plan
• Appendix F - Listed Buildings
• Appendix G - Village Improvement Projects and Actions
• Appendix H - Local Green Spaces Maps