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- Bitteswell Conservation Area
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- Map of Bitteswell Conservation Area
- 1.0 Summary of Special Interest
- 2.0 Introduction
- 3.0 Policy and Legislation
- 4.0 Living and Working in a Conservation Area
- 5.0 Character Location and Uses
- 6.0 Definition of Special Interest
- 7.0 Historic Development of the Area
- 8.0 Assessment of Special Interest
- 9.0 Opportunities for Enhancement
- 10. Management Plan
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- Representations made against Question 1 - Do you have any additional architectural or historical information that could support the Bitteswell Conservation Area Appraisal?
- Representations made against Question 2 - Do you think the document identifies the special architectural and historic interest of the Bitteswell Conservation Area?
- Representations made against Question 3 - Do you have any further comments?
- 11.0 Council Contact Details
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- Appendix A: Listed Buildings and Scheduled Monuments
- Local List of Heritage Assets, 2022 Update
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- Harborough District Green Spaces - Quick Poll
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- Planning Obligations SPD 2021
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- Harborough District Council Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), re-consultation between 5 November and 17 December 2021.
- 1.0 INTRODUCTION
- 2.0 POLICY ON PLANNING OBLIGATIONS
- 3.0 MANAGING PLANNING OBLIGATIONS
- 4.0 TRIGGER POINTS FOR PLANNING OBLIGATIONS
- 5.0 AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- 6.0 COMMUNITY FACILITIES
- 7.0 OPEN SPACE, SPORT AND RECREATION PROVISION
- 8.0 HEALTHCARE
- 9.0 COMMUNITY SAFETY
- 10.0 HOUSEHOLD WASTE & RECYCLING RECEPTICALS
- 11.0 BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN
- 12.0 SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE
- 13.0 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY
- 14.0 LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES
- ANNEX 1 : DRAFT PROPOSED INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
- Harborough District Council Local List of Non-Designated Heritage Assets
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- Shearsby Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan 2021
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- 1.0 Summary of Special Interest
- 2.0 Introduction
- 3.0 Policy and Legislation
- 4.0 Living and Working in a Conservation Area
- 5.0 Character Location and Uses
- 6.0 Definition of Special Interest
- 7.0 Historic Development of the Area
- 8.0 Assessment of Special Interest
- 9.0 Opportunities for Enhancement
- 10.0 Management Plan
- 11.0 Council Contact Details
- Appendix A: Listed Buildings and Scheduled Monuments
- Call For Sites 2021
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- Development Management Local Validation List
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- 1 National Validation Requirements
- 2 Local Validation Requirements – Plans and drawings for householder applications.
- 3 Local Validation Requirements – Plans and drawings for all applications (excluding householder).
- 4 Local Validation Requirements – Information for specific application types.
- 5 Validation Requirements – Residential developments .
- 6 Validation Requirements – Information for Heritage proposals.
- 7 Validation Requirements – Supporting Information (all relevant proposals).
- Development Management SPD
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Design principles
- 3 Residential development in the countryside
- 4 Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings
- 5 Employment and commercial development
- 6 Extensions to dwellings, garden extensions and working from home
- 7 Agricultural, equestrian, and structures in the countryside
- 8 Addressing climate change
- 9 Conversion of redundant and disused buildings
- 10 Landscaping and development
- 11 Shop fronts and advertisements
- Endnotes
- Planning Obligations SPD 2020
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- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. POLICY ON PLANNING OBLIGATIONS
- 3. MANAGING PLANNING OBLIGATIONS
- 4. OTHER ASPECTS OF PLANNING OBLIGATIONS
- 5. AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- 6. COMMUNITY FACILITIES
- 7. OPEN SPACE, SPORT AND RECREATION PROVISION
- 8. HEALTHCARE
- 9. COMMUNITY SAFETY
- 10. SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE
- 11. BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY
- 12. LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES
- General questions
- ANNEX 1: DEVELOPMENT TYPE AND CONTRIBUTIONS
- ANNEX 2: REGISTERED PROVIDERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- ANNEX 3 : DRAFT PROPOSED INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
- ANNEX 4 : THE END to END S106 PLANNING OBLIGATIONS PROCESS
- Statement of Community Involvement (Draft Sept 2019)
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- Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
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- Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Related Documents
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- Harborough Local Plan Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA)
- Duty to Co-operate Statement
- Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA)
- Consultation Statement
- Harborough Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal (SA)
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- Representations made against Harborough Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal (SA)
- Representations made against Harborough Sustainability Appraisal: Non-Technical Summary
- Representations made against Harborough Sustainability Appraisal: Technical Appendix A Housing
- Representations made against Harborough Sustainability Appraisal: Technical Appendix B Employment
- Scraptoft Local Nature Reserve
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- Sustainability Appraisal - Second Interim SA Report Appraising Options for the Provision of Strategic Distribution Growth (Feb 2016)
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- New Local Plan Options
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- Foreword
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A brief portrait of Harborough District
- 3. Vision and Objectives
- 4. Sustainable Settlements
- 5. Housing
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- Representations made against Why do we need to build more houses?
- Representations made against How many new houses do we need to build?
- Representations made against Potential Strategic Development Areas
- Representations made against Alternative Housing and Employment Options
- Representations made against Option 1: Rural
- Representations made against Option 2: Core Strategy Distribution
- Representations made against Option 3: Urban
- Representations made against Option 4: Scraptoft / Thurnby SDA
- Representations made against Option 5: Kibworth SDA
- Representations made against Option 6: Lutterworth SDA
- Representations made against Option 7: Scraptoft / Thurnby SDA and Kibworth SDA
- Representations made against Option 8: Scraptoft / Thurnby SDA and Lutterworth SDA
- Representations made against Option 9: Lutterworth SDA and Kibworth SDA
- Representations made against Testing the Options
- Representations made against Q3. Which Housing and Employment Option(s) do you favour? You can select a single option, a number of options or suggest a new option. You can also tell us which options you don't like.
- Representations made against How will new housing be delivered?
- Representations made against Potential housing site allocations
- Representations made against Development Management
- Representations made against Q4. Do you have any comments on the proposed criteria-based policy to replace Limits to Development?
- 6. Housing in the Countryside
- 7. Affordable Housing
- 8. Gypsy and Traveller, and Travelling Showpeople Provision
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- Representations made against How many Gypsy and Traveller pitches do we need to provide?
- Representations made against How many Travelling Showpeople plots do we need to provide?
- Representations made against How will future need be met?
- Representations made against Q6. Would you like to submit any potential sites to accommodate gypsies and travellers, or travelling showpeople?
- 9. Employment
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- Representations made against Why do we need to provide land for more jobs?
- Representations made against How much employment land do we need to provide?
- Representations made against How will provision for new jobs and employment land be met?
- Representations made against Q7. Do you have any comments on the list of employment sites proposed to be retained and protected?
- Representations made against Where will new land for employment be provided?
- Representations made against Continuing current distribution of Development (Options 1-3)
- Representations made against Options involving delivery of 1 or 2 Strategic Development Areas (Options 4-9)
- Representations made against Potential general employment site allocations
- Representations made against Provision for Strategic Distribution
- Representations made against Q8. Which Strategic Distribution Option(s) do you favour? You can select a single option, a number of options or suggest a new or hybrid option or suggest another location.
- Representations made against Q9. Do you have any comments regarding the proposed policy approach for Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground?
- Representations made against Q10. Do you have any comments regarding the proposed policy approach for Leicester Airfield?
- 10. Green Infrastructure
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- Representations made against Green Wedges
- Representations made against Preventing the coalescence of settlements
- Representations made against Q11. Which is your preferred option to prevent coalescence of settlements?
- Representations made against Q12. Do you have any comments on the list of proposed Local Green Space?
- 11. Town Centres and Retail
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- Representations made against How much new retail floorspace is needed to 2031?
- Representations made against Where should retail and town centre needs be met?
- Representations made against Q13. Do you have any comments on the potentail retail sites? (Set out in Appendix I)
- Representations made against Q14. Do you have any comments on the suggested Town Centre or Primary Shopping Area Boundary for Market Harborough?
- Representations made against Proposed new Local Plan policy approach
- 12. Infrastructure Planning
- 13. Settlement Sections
- Appendix A: Neighbourhood Planning in Harborough District
- Appendix B: Maps to illustrate Potential Strategic Development Areas
- Appendix C: Housing Distribution Options - residual requirements
- Appendix D: Illustration of the residual housing requirement under a proportionate increase
- Appendix E: Outstanding Employment permissions and allocations - as at 31 March 2015
- Appendix F: Existing Employment sites proposed for retention and protection
- Appendix G: Maps showing Sites for Potential Employment Allocation
- Appendix H: Employment Options - residual requirements by settlement
- Appendix I: Maps to illustrate potential Strategic Distribution sites for Options A, B and C
- Appendix J: Proposed Local Green Space sites
- Appendix K: Potential Retail / Town Centre Uses Development Areas
- Appendix L: Glossary
- New Local Plan Options - Sustainability Appraisal Interim Report
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- Open Spaces Strategy
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- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Open Spaces Strategy
- Chapter 2: What is the Open Spaces Strategy?
- Chapter 3: What the Open Spaces Strategy will do.
- Chapter 4: Policy Context
- Chapter 5: Strategy Vision
- Chapter 6: The Benefits of Open Space
- Chapter 7: Harborough District: Spatial Portrait and Open Space
- Chapter 8: Current provision of Open Space in Harborough District
- Chapter 9: Current Management Arrangements and Partnerships
- Chapter 10: Harborough District Councils Open Spaces
- Chapter 11 Future Management Proposals for Open Space in Harborough District
- Chapter 12: The value of Open Space to Business and the Local Community
- Chapter 13: Minimum Provision, Accessibility and Quality Thresholds
- Chapter 14: Aims of the Open Spaces Strategy
- Chapter 15: Aim 1.The provision and maintenance of appropriate and good quality open space that is open to all and protected for future generations
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- Representations made against 15.12 Objective 1: To ensure creatively designed and appropriate open spaces are provided on new developments that are accessible and support community requirements. Ensure that schemes are well desig
- Representations made against 15.14 Objective 3: To develop a prioritised and strategic approach to open space improvements and that this remains an inclusive process.
- Chapter 16: Aim 2. The natural environment, conservation and habitat is enhanced and protected
- Chapter 17: Aim 3. To ensure open spaces are safe and litter free, and contribute towards a safe environment
- Chapter 18: Aim 4. Voluntary groups are supported to use and manage open spaces
- Chapter 19: Aim 5: Deliver value for money services when managing open space
- Chapter 20: Aim 6. Open Space supports business and income is maximised
- Chapter 21: Aim 7. Ensure that open spaces support health and wellbeing of local people
- Chapter 22: Open Space Strategy Action Plan
- Chapter 23: Consultation
- Chapter 24: Strategy Review
- Chapter 25: List of Appendices
- Chapter 26 Introduction to Provision for Open Space Sport and Recreation
- Chapter 27 Scope of the open space and sport and recreation consultation
- Chapter 28 Open Space Calculations
- Chapter 29 When will the policy be applied?
- Chapter 30 What types of open space, sport and recreation facilities will require developer contributions?
- Chapter 31 How will the policy operate?
- Chapter 32 Where are the open spaces to be provided?
- Chapter 33 Appendix S: Developer contributions for new provision/enhancement of open space
- Chapter 34 Appendix T: Developer Contributions towards the Future Maintenance Costs of Outdoor Play Space, Amenity Areas and other Open Spaces
- Planning Obligations SPD
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- Chapter 1: Preamble: Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document Consultation
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- Representations made against Question 1: Is the document clear enough? If no, please suggest improvements.
- Representations made against Question 2: Do you think the document covers the priorities for planning obligations arising from development? If no, what alternatives do you propose? Are there matters which should not be included w
- Representations made against Question 3: Does the draft SPD comply with the requirements of national planning policy, guidance and relevant regulations such as the Community Infrastructure Levy regulations? If no please explain w
- Representations made against Question 4: Does the draft document provide the required level of clarity to explain which types of development will be expected to make planning obligations ?
- Representations made against Question 5: Is it clear to you how the Council will seek obligations based on specific amounts per dwelling to support relevant community infrastructure from appropriate sites?
- Representations made against Question 6: What other matters, if any, should be included within this SPD?
- Representations made against Question 7: Can we simplify and improve the presentation of this SPD, to make it more accessible to people not directly involved in the planning system?
- Chapter 2: Introduction
- Chapter 3: Policy Framework and Planning Obligations
- Chapter 4: Managing Planning Obligations
- Chapter 5: Guidance on Specific types of obligation
- Chapter 6: Affordable Housing
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- Representations made against Question 27: What are your views on Harborough's affordable housing requirements in respect of the percentage sought and the tenure mix. Does this approach meet the housing needs of Harborough residen
- Representations made against Question 28: Is the formulae for determining off site contributions for affordable housing appropriate, fair and reasonable? If not what approach would you propose?
- Representations made against Question 29: Do you have any comments to make about Affordable Housing Contributions?
- Chapter 7: Community Facilities
- Chapter 8: Open Space Sport and Recreation Provision
- Chapter 9: Public Health
- Chapter 10: Community Safety
- Chapter 11: Sustainable Drainage
- Chapter 12: Broadband and Connectivity
- Chapter 13: Leicestershire County Council Services
- Chapter 14: Appendix 1 - Registered Providers of Social Housing - Contacts
- Open Spaces Strategy First Stage Issues Consultation
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- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Background
- Chapter 3 Purpose of the current consultation and preparation timetable
- Chapter 4 PART 1 : Purpose and format of the Open Spaces Strategy
- Chapter 5 Structure of the Open Space Strategy
- Chapter 6 Open Space Typologies
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- Representations made against 6.1 Intended Outcomes
- Representations made against 6.2
- Representations made against 6.4 Table 2
- Representations made against Question 4: If Civic Spaces are included as a typology what would be the benefits or drawbacks of this approach?
- Representations made against 6.6 Table 3
- Representations made against Question 5: Should it be an aspiration of the District Council to provide a series of 'Greenways' for cycling and walking and how could this aspiration be delivered?
- Representations made against 6.8 Table 4
- Chapter 7 Aims
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- Representations made against Question 6: Do you agree with the approach of developing a series of aims for the Open Spaces Strategy?
- Representations made against Question 7: Do you have comment to make on the draft aims as detailed in Table 5?
- Representations made against Question 8: Do you agree that a series of simple icons should be used to identify the aims and how they are supported by policy?
- Chapter 8 Open Space in Harborough District - Background and Benefits of Open Space
- Chapter 9 Open Spaces Vision
- Chapter 10 Open Spaces Audit and Assessment of Need
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- Representations made against 10.5
- Representations made against 10.11
- Representations made against Question 10: Do you consider the minimum provision standards are still relevant, or should they go up or down?
- Representations made against Question 11: Can you provide evidence for an increase in or decrease in the minimum provision threshold?
- Representations made against 10.12
- Representations made against 10.14 Table 7
- Representations made against Question 12: Do you consider the minimum accessibility standards are still relevant, or should they go up or down?
- Representations made against Question 13: Can you provide evidence for an increase in or decrease in the minimum accessibility standards threshold?
- Representations made against 10.16
- Representations made against Question 14: Do you consider that the quality vision for open space is still relevant? If not, how should it be updated?
- Representations made against Question 15: Is a single overall quality vision preferred to a quality vision for each typology of open space?
- Chapter 11 Open Space and Planning Policies
- Chapter 12 Achieving the Vision
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- Representations made against 12.1 Intended Outcomes
- Representations made against 12.4
- Representations made against 12.6
- Representations made against Question 16: Do you consider that a differential approach should be taken to settlements?
- Representations made against Question 17: Do you consider that a differing approach should be taken between urban and rural areas, or should a more tailored approach be taken to recognise the settlement hierarchy?
- Representations made against Question 18: For what reasons have you given your above answers?
- Representations made against Question 19: How should the priorities of communities be recognised if they want to support an existing facility through contributions from development?
- Representations made against Question 20: Do you consider that the District Council should routinely adopt open spaces on new development?
- Representations made against Question 21: What reasons do you have for your answer concerning adoption of open space above?
- Representations made against Question 22: If the District Council does not routinely adopt open space, what other mechanisms should be used to ensure that open space is maintained satisfactorily in perpetuity?
- Chapter 13 The Way Forward - Strategy Implementation
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- Representations made against 13.3
- Representations made against 13.6
- Representations made against Question 23: Do you consider that a the District Council should protect and maintain open space at all costs?
- Representations made against Question 24: Should a more flexible approach be adopted to allow the District Council to dispose of assets if a surplus of open space has been identified?
- Representations made against Question 25: Should the District Council seek to dispose of open space assets to communities to reduce the Authorities responsibilities for maintenance?
- Representations made against Question 26: Should sponsorship of open spaces be included as part of the open spaces strategy?
- Representations made against 13.9
- Representations made against Question 27: How can external funding opportunities be maximised by the Council?
- Representations made against 13.13
- Chapter 14 Monitoring and Review
- Chapter 15 Policies and Proposals for Open Space Typologies
- Chapter 16 PART 2: Purpose and format of the Provision for Open Space Sport and Recreation: Developer Guidance document
- Chapter 17 Structure of the First Stage Issues Consultation Document 40
- Chapter 18 Introduction for Open Space Sport and Recreation
- Chapter 19 Methodology of Assessment
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- Representations made against 19.4 Table 10
- Representations made against Question 31: Do you consider the minimum accessibility standards are still relevant, or should they go up or down?
- Representations made against Question 32: Can you provide evidence for an increase in or decrease in the minimum accessibility standards threshold?
- Representations made against 19.7 Table 11
- Representations made against Question 33: Do you consider the minimum provision standards are still relevant, or should they go up or down?
- Representations made against Question 34: Can you provide evidence for an increase in or decrease in the minimum provision threshold?
- Representations made against 19.10
- Representations made against Question 35: Do you believe that the quality vision for open space is still relevant?
- Representations made against Question 36: Is a single overall quality vision preferred to a quality vision for each typology of open space?
- Representations made against 19.12
- Representations made against 19.14
- Chapter 20 Open Space Provision Calculations
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- Representations made against Question 37: Do you believe that the threshold for application of contributions for developments of 10 dwellings or more is still relevant?
- Representations made against Question 38: Do you believe the threshold for application of contributions from development should change?
- Representations made against 20.4
- Representations made against 20.5 Table 12
- Chapter 21 Operation of the Guidance
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- Representations made against Question 40: Are the assumed numbers of persons per new dwelling in table 13 still relevant?
- Representations made against Question 41: Is an average number of persons per dwelling of 2.3 still relevant?
- Representations made against Question 42: Should the amount of open space required from any development be adjusted in line with the settlement hierarchy in the Local Plan?
- Representations made against Question 43: Do you consider that communities should be able to determine whether a particular type of open space is required as a priority over others?
- Representations made against Question 44: How could prioritisation of open space be implemented?
- Chapter 22 Determining Open Space Contributions including towards Quality of Open Space
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- Representations made against Question 45: Do you consider that the quality vision for open space is still relevant?
- Representations made against 22.4
- Representations made against 22.5
- Representations made against 22.6
- Representations made against 22.7
- Representations made against Question 47: Should the District Council always seek to provide open space on site, or are there occasions when off site contributions are acceptable?
- Representations made against Question 48: In your opinion where, geographically, should off site contributions from a development be spent
- Representations made against 22.14
- Representations made against 22.15
- Representations made against Question 49: The current commuted sum maintenance period is 15 years. Do you consider that this should be extended or reduced?
- Representations made against Question 50: Do you consider that District Council contract figures should be used to calculate maintenance costs or an industry recognised index such as Spons Guide?
- Chapter 23 Securing Open Space Contributions
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- Representations made against Question 52: Should communities take a greater role in managing and maintaining new open space in the future?
- Representations made against Question 53: Should commuted sums for maintenance be transferred directly to communities or by instalments annually?
- Representations made against Question 54: Should the developer be obliged to provide a landscape maintenance plan for the on site open space?
- Representations made against Question 55: Is this sufficient assurance that the on site open space will be adequately maintained?
- Representations made against Question 56: How will developer or management company maintained open space be monitored in the future?
- Representations made against Question 57: How will none compliance with a landscape management plan be rectified and enforced?
- Representations made against Question 58: In your opinion who is best placed to make the decision about future management and adoption of new open space?
- Representations made against 23.6
- Representations made against Question 62: What do you consider would be a reasonable length of time for off site contributions for open space to be spent by communities?
- Chapter 24 Appendices
- Chapter 25 Glossary of Terms
- Consultation draft Statement of Community Involvement
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- Adopted documents
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- Shearsby Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan 2021
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- 1.0 Summary of Special Interest
- 2.0 Introduction
- 3.0 Policy and Legislation
- 4.0 Living and Working in a Conservation Area
- 5.0 Character Location and Uses
- 6.0 Definition of Special Interest
- 7.0 Historic Development of the Area
- 8.0 Assessment of Special Interest
- 9.0 Opportunities for Enhancement
- 10.0 Management Plan
- 11.0 Council Contact Details
- Appendix A: Listed Buildings and Scheduled Monuments
- Harborough Local Plan 2011 to 2031
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