Issue details

Quality Places Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) and Biodiversity Net Gain Technical Advice Note

 

 

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) and Technical Advice Notes are produced to provide guidance on the implementation of Local Plan policies to provide clarity for all parties in the planning process.

 

The aims of the Kirklees Quality Places Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) and the Biodiversity Net Gain Technical Advice Note are set out below:

 

·        Housebuilder Design Guide SPD - aims to ensure future housing development is high quality, socially inclusive and built to high environmental standards.

 

·        House Extensions and Alterations SPD - aims to help householders, developers, and architects planning extensions/alterations to an existing residential property.

 

·        Open Space SPD - detailed guidance on the requirements for different types of open space, sports and recreation provision to serve new housing developments.

 

·        Biodiversity Net Gain Technical Advice Note – applies to all major developments and provides clarity for applicants how to achieve biodiversity net gain through developments. This includes the introduction of 10% biodiversity net gain as a desirable outcome. Once the law is in place the council will seek to produce an SPD.

 

Once adopted by the Cabinet, these documents would become a material consideration in determining planning applications.

 

The documents above would replace existing Supplementary Planning Guidance which would be revoked at the same Cabinet meeting:

·        Design Guidance for Local Distinctiveness: Erection of Domestic Extensions

Householders Guide to Dormer and Other Roof Extensions

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Affects 2 or more wards;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 17/05/2021

Decision due: Not before 22nd Jun 2021 by Cabinet

Lead member: Portfolio Holder for Culture and Greener Kirklees, Portfolio Holder for Environment, Portfolio Holder for Housing & Highways, Portfolio Holder for Finance & Regeneration

Lead director: David Shepherd

Department: Finance and Regeneration

Contact: John Buddle, Planning Policy Team Leader 01484 221000 Email: john.buddle@kirklees.gov.uk.

Consultation process

The SPDs have been prepared in accordance with the regulations and have been subject to 8 weeks of public consultation which took place from Monday 19th October to Monday 14 December 2020. This has resulted in appropriate changes to the documents, particularly to provide greater clarity, consistency and improved certainty. The consultation comments and changes proposed are set out in the relevant Consultation Statements.

 

 

 

Members/Officers Involved: • Member briefings with Cllr McBride, Cllr Mather, Cllr Scott, Cllr Davies • David Shepherd (Strategic Director Growth and Economy) • Naz Parkar (Service Director for Homes and Neighbourhoods) • Joanne Bartholomew Service Director (Service Director for Growth and Housing) • Mathias Franklin (Head of Planning and Development) • Steven Wright (Planning Policy and Strategy Group Leader) • Emma Mills (Principal Landscape Architect) • Consultation has taken place with a wide range of internal services including Housing Growth, Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing, Landscape Architects, Public Health, the Sports & Physical Activity Manager, Development Management, Highways Development Management, Designing Out Crime Officer, Major Projects, Flood Management and Drainage, and Cultural Development.

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