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Cookley and Caunsall Neighbourhood Development Plan Draft Policies Consultation, June 2019

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Table of Contents

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1.0 Background ................................................................................... 3

2.0 Cookley and Caunsall Neighbourhood Area .................................. 6

3.0 Cookley and Caunsall Neighbourhood Development Plan Key

Issues, Vision and Objectives ...................................................... 10

4.0 Planning Policy Context ............................................................... 12

5.0 Neighbourhood Plan Policies ....................................................... 18

6.0 How to Comment on this Document………………………………...……39

Glossary of Terms.........................................................................40

Appendix 1: Local List………………………………………………..45

Appendix 2: Public Rights of Way…………………………………..52

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1.0 Background

1.1 This is a consultation document. It is an early draft of the Cookley and Caunsall

Neighbourhood Development Plan. This document seeks to address some of the

matters identified by you, the community, in the Key Issues Consultation, through a

set of draft planning policies. We now want your views on those draft policies.

1.2 The Localism Act 2011 gave Parish Councils the power to prepare a statutory

neighbourhood development plan (NDP) to help shape development in their local

area. Through this NDP, local people in Cookley and Caunsall now have the

opportunity to do this. This is the first consultation draft of the Cookley and Caunsall

NDP (CCNDP) and we want you to get involved.

1.3 The CCNDP will sit alongside the Wyre Forest Core Strategy 2006-2026 that was

adopted in December 2010 and the Wyre Forest Site Allocations and Policies Local

Plan 2006-2026 that was adopted in July 2013. These two plans will eventually be

replaced by the Wyre Forest Local Plan Review 2016-2036.

Neighbourhood Plan Process and Preparation

1.4 Wolverley and Cookley Parish Council, as a qualifying body, applied to Wyre Forest

District Council (WFDC) for the area of the parish covering Cookley and Caunsall

villages to be designated as a neighbourhood area in June 2018.The application for

designation was approved by WFDC on 19th September 2018. The designated

Neighbourhood Area is shown on Figure 2.

1.5 A Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group comprising Parish Councillors and local

residents was established to progress work on the plan. The steps in preparing a

Neighbourhood Plan are set out in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1 Neighbourhood Plan Process

Designation

Preparing the plan, including informal consultation

We are here now

Formal Consultation

(minimum 6 weeks)

Revise PlanSubmit to Wyre

Forest DC

Wyre Forest DC Consult for

(minimum 6 weeks)

Examination ReferendumCookley and Caunsall Neighbourhood Plan

made

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Figure 2. Designated Neighbourhood Area of Cookley and Caunsall

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1.6 To make comments on the plan please send them in writing to

[email protected] or by post to Cookley and Caunsall

Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group, c/o 8 Gaymore Road, Cookley, Worcestershire,

DY10 3TT by 9th August 2019.

1.7 Copies of the CCNDP, Policies Map and feedback form can be viewed online at:

https://cookleyandcaunsall.co.uk/

2 Facebook pages. The action group page and a general community page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/110642432970933/


1.8 Hard copies of the plan can be viewed at

• Cookley Village Hall and Sports Club

• Cookley Chip Shop

• Cookley Tandoori

• Farmers Den Cafe, Cookley

• Anchor PH, Caunsall

• Redundant Red Telephone Boxes, Cookley and Caunsall

1.9 We can also email a copy of CCNDP just contact us via the email address

[email protected]

1.10 Finally, do not forget our consultation event at the Village Hall 30th June,

where you will be able to ask questions of the Steering Group and leave

comments using the feedback form or via post-it notes. The event has been

advertised via a leaflet drop throughout both villages, social media and a local

village magazine.

mailto:[email protected]





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2.0 Cookley and Caunsall Neighbourhood Area

Introduction

2.1 Cookley and Caunsall neighbourhood plan area lies to the north of Kidderminster and

covers the area of the 2011 Cookley ward (Figure 2). This area includes the villages

of Cookley and Caunsall and the former Lea Castle Hospital site. Cookley and

Caunsall lie on the River Stour and Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The two

villages are separated from each other, and from Kidderminster, by open countryside

that is protected by Wyre Forest District and national planning policy as Green Belt.

1 Former Pumping Station, Caunsall

2.2 In 2011, the latest date for which figures are available, the neighbourhood area had a

population of 2,563 living in 1,169 households. The average (mean) age of residents

was 45.5 years.

2.3 The name Cookley was originally Culnan Clif, a place for which there is a Saxon

charter with a boundary clause covering a substantial part of the northern part of the

parish of Wolverley and Cookley. The medieval village of Cookley lay on the opposite

side of river Stour to the present village, next to Caunsall1.

1 Wikipedia 27.03.19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookley

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2 St Peter's Church, Lea Lane, Cookley

2.4 The present village of Cookley developed near Cookley Forge, a water-powered

forge on the River Stour. The forge was initially a slitting mill established in about

1639, replacing a corn mill. The forge passed before 1725 to the Knight family and

remained in their hands until it closed in the late 19th century. This works became the

main employer in the area. It prospered in the canal era with the Staffordshire and

Worcestershire Canal running beside the works and a canal arm leading into them.

However, later in the 19th century, in the railway era, the works were at a competitive

disadvantage, because there was no railway connection. Ultimately, the works at

Cookley were closed and relocated to the Cookley Works at Brockmoor near Brierley

Hill in 1886. The site of the forge has remained in industrial use, at one period being

occupied by Steel Stampings Ltd. The present village began with houses built by the

Knight family for their workers and the division of fields along Castle Road into house

plots, starting in the 1810s with Portway Place, Castle Road.2

2.5 Today, Cookley and Caunsall forms a village that nestles in an unspoilt corner of

Worcestershire close to the National Trust area, Kinver Edge. The village straddles

the picturesque River Stour and its man-made cousin, the Worcestershire Canal. The

village has a long and continuing relationship with light Industry and several

remaining historic buildings remind residents of days past. It is served well by

amenities including a school, doctors, shops, and an extremely popular chip shop.

The Village has more than its fair share of unique Public Houses making it an ideal

place to start or finish a long walk, cycle or horse ride. The Village Hall and Sports

Club provide a breathtaking venue for village cricket alongside football, bowls and

angling, the Playing Fields host numerous mass attendance outdoor events.

2 Op. cit.

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3 Cookley from Castle Road

2.6 The former Lea Castle Hospital site is planned to become a new sustainable village.

This will become a settlement within its own right in the neighbourhood area with

enough housing (at least 1,400) to generate a new village centre with its own local

shop, primary school and perhaps a GP surgery. This is in order for this development

to provide for the needs of the new community and minimise impact on nearby social

infrastructure. Housing will be provided to cater for all sections of the community with

a mix of dwelling types, sizes and tenures. It is envisaged that Lea Castle Village will

also provide land for employment uses and new and upgraded sports pitches. All of

this will be provided in an extensive woodland/landscape setting. The central area of

the site has outline planning approval (17/0205/OUTL) for up to 600 dwellings, up to

3,350 sq.m. business (B1) uses, 150 sq.m. A1/A3/D1 uses (local shop/ cafe/

community space), public open space, ecological mitigation, drainage works,

infrastructure and ancillary works. The main access to this part of the site will be from

Park Gate Road with secondary access from The Crescent and limited access from

Axborough Lane.

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4 View through North Lodge Gate. Lea Castle, towards the Malverns

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3.0 Cookley and Caunsall Neighbourhood Development

Plan Key Issues, Vision and Objectives

Key Issues Consultation

3.1 To kick-start the preparation of the neighbourhood plan on Sunday 27th January,

between 11am-4pm, members of the community were invited to a drop-in at the

Village Hall.

3.2 From this consultation, you have told us what you think are the key issues facing the

neighbourhood area. These are:

• Protect key community facilities – loss of facilities, such as the Post Office,

are badly missed

• Lea Castle and the impact on the local environment, local infrastructure and

lack of access between this area and the existing villages

• Need to protect the Green Belt and the separate identity of Cookley and

Caunsall

• Need for suitable types of housing (e.g. bungalows) and affordable housing

for local people and some of this should be at Lea Castle

• Protect the local environment and wildlife

• Make sure new housing is of good quality design

• Road safety on the A449

• Speeding traffic and car parking problems e.g. in Caunsall at the Anchor

public house

• Better public transport (bus), more footpaths and safer cycling

• Protect and improve local recreation facilities, such as the Canal and

playground

3.3 We also held a separate children and young people’s consultation. 26 children and

young people took part in this consultation (23 of whom attend Cookley Sebright

Primary School). They all agreed that Cookley and Caunsall is a good place for

children and young people to live. The reasons for this being the park, local walks,

living near friends and local activities, such as Brownies. Dislikes were speeding

traffic, dog poo, and teenagers on the park. 24 of the 26 who took part agreed they

would like to live in the area when they become adults.

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Vision

3.4 The CCNDP will help to address some of these key issues with the aim of achieving

our Vision for Cookley and Caunsall in 2036.

2036 Vision for Cookley and Caunsall

Cookley and Caunsall to be a self-sufficient, sustainable village surrounded by Green Belt. Self-sufficient with regard to affordable housing through the Community Land Trust to meet the needs of the village over the next 10 years. To retain its distinctive, individual village identity and to continue being a thriving and vibrant community which protects and enhances its distinctive character, rich heritage and natural assets such as the river, canal and its rural setting.

Objectives

3.5 To achieve this Vision and to help address the key issues identified the following

objectives have been set for the CCNDP. The objectives are not ranked in order of

importance, seeking to achieve all of them is integral to delivering the 2036 Vision for

Cookley and Caunsall.

Cookley and Caunsall Neighbourhood Development Plan Objectives

1) To provide quality housing that meets local needs.

2) To conserve and enhance the built and natural heritage of

the area.

3) To protect local green spaces and open spaces within the

area.

4) To protect and enhance community and recreation

facilities.

5) To ensure that the area has appropriate levels of transport

and other infrastructure.

6) To ensure that Cookley, Caunsall and Lea Castle Village

retain their separate identities whilst at the same time

forging new links to jobs, services, facilities and the

surrounding countryside.

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4.0 Planning Policy Context

4.1 Neighbourhood Development Plans must have regard to national policies and advice

and be in general conformity with the strategic policies of the development plan for

the area. Currently, the Wyre Forest Core Strategy 2006-2026 that was adopted in

December 2010 and the Wyre Forest Site Allocations and Policies Local Plan 2006-

2026). It is, therefore, important that as the Plan is prepared the emerging draft

policies of the CCNDP reflect this higher-level planning framework.

National Planning Policy and Guidance

4.2 National planning policy is set out in the National Planning Policy Framework

(NPPF)3 published in revised form in February 2019. This sets out in paragraphs 7

and 8 that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of

sustainable development by performing an economic role, a social role and an

environmental role.

4.3 National planning policy sets a presumption in favour of sustainable development:

“12. The presumption in favour of sustainable development does not change

the statutory status of the development plan as the starting point for decision

making. Where a planning application conflicts with an up-to-date

development plan (including any neighbourhood plans that form part of the

development plan), permission should not usually be granted. Local planning

authorities may take decisions that depart from an up-to-date development

plan, but only if material considerations in a particular case indicate that the

plan should not be followed.”

4.4 The application of the presumption has implications for the way communities engage

in neighbourhood planning.

“13. Neighbourhood plans should support the delivery of strategic policies

contained in local plans or spatial development strategies; and should shape

and direct development that is outside of these strategic policies.”

4.5 The government also produce National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG) and the

CCNDP has been prepared having regard to this.

Strategic Planning Policy

4.6 Local Strategic Planning Policy is set out in the following:

• Wyre Forest Core Strategy 2006-2026

• Wyre Forest Site Allocations and Policies Local Plan 2006-2026

4.7 The Wyre Forest Core Strategy 2006-2026 is the key strategic level document within

the Local Development Framework (LDF) and sets out the broad strategy and vision

for development within the District up until 2026. It provides the overall context for the

more detailed, site specific elements of the LDF (Wyre Forest Site Allocations and

Policies Local Plan 2006-2026).

3 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6077/2116950.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6077/2116950.pdf

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4.8 Over the plan period the Core Strategy identifies a minimum of 4,000 new homes to

be developed in Wyre Forest. The Core Strategy sets out that proposals for new

development should be located in accordance with the District's settlement hierarchy

(Figure 3). Cookley is identified as a village in the settlement hierarchy where

suitable development would be housing to meet local needs; local services; and

small-scale rural employment.

4.9 Caunsall is not identified in the settlement hierarchy.

4.10 The Wyre Forest Site Allocations and Policies Local Plan 2006-2026 provides greater

detail on lower-level planning matters by allocating and designating areas of land for

particular uses, land to deliver housing but also for other major development needs

such as employment, recreation, open space and community uses, in order to meet

the requirements set out in the Core Strategy. Additionally, this plan sets out

important development management policies which will apply across the whole of the

District and will be used for determining planning applications.

4.11 For Cookley the Site Allocations and Policies Local Plan identifies a settlement

boundary, protected open spaces, a housing site and area of development restraint,

Figure 4. Cookley village centre is identified as an area where small-scale retail

development would be acceptable.

4.12 Caunsall is washed over by Green Belt and only development not considered

inappropriate by national planning policy is permitted in the village.

4.13 The Lea Castle site, as a previously developed site in the Green Belt, is identified

under Policy SAL.PDS1 of the Site Allocations and Policies Local Plan as suitable for

housing, residential institutions, business and health and sport facilities.

Emerging Planning Policy

4.14 Wyre Forest District Council have begun the review of the Core Strategy and Site

Allocations and Development Policies Plan. This new Local Plan has reached Pre-

Submission consultation stage.

4.15 NDPs have to be in general conformity with the adopted strategic planning policies of

the area. Where there is an emerging Local Plan the neighbourhood plan is not

tested against the policies in this emerging document, but the reasoning and

evidence informing the Local Plan process is likely to be relevant to the consideration

of the basic conditions against which a neighbourhood plan is tested (NPPG,

paragraph 009).

4.16 The new Local Plan will have a plan period of 2016-2036. Cookley will remain an

inset village within the Green Belt with a settlement boundary (Figure 5) and a New

Village, also inset within the Green Belt, will be created at Lea Castle (Figure 6).

Caunsall will remain washed over by the Green Belt, although two small housing

sites are also proposed.

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Figure 3. Wyre Forest Core Strategy 2006-2026 Key Diagram

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Figure 4. Wyre Forest Site Allocations and Policies Local Plan 2006-2026,

Cookley

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Figure 5. Emerging Local Plan, Cookley Settlement Boundary

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Figure 6. Lea Castle

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5.0 Neighbourhood Plan Policies

5.1 This section of the CCNDP sets out the draft planning policies to guide development

in the Cookley and Caunsall neighbourhood area up to 2036 The policies are defined

below each NDP objective. Whilst the policies are divided between the objectives

the policies of the plan should and will be read as a whole.

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CCNDP OBJECTIVE 1 - To provide quality housing that meets

local needs.

5.2 Strategic planning policy set by Wyre Forest District Council covers issues such as

future housing numbers and where development should be located. Cookley has a

defined Settlement Boundary (Figure 4). Housing development is acceptable within

this Boundary. Caunsall is washed over by the Green Belt and housing development

is much more limited.

5.3 The Local Plan Review does not change this approach – although it does put forward

an amended Settlement Boundary for Cookley (Figure 5), with a site allocated for

housing. Caunsall remains washed over by Green Belt, but, again, with two small

sites put forward as housing allocations.

5.4 The CCNDP does not seek to duplicate any of this adopted or emerging planning

policy. These matters, such as the future revision of the Cookley Settlement

Boundary and housing site allocations are left as matters for the Local Plan Review.

This is not to say the Parish Council and others will not be involved and seek to

shape the future Local Plan.

5.5 Within the strategic planning framework the CCNDP will seek to shape planning

policy in three key areas:

i. By seeking to support the work of the Community Land Trust (CLT) by setting

planning policy and identifying sites for housing to be developed by the CLT.

ii. By setting policy to address local housing need.

iii. By establishing more detailed design policy.

5.6 The Cookley and Caunsall Action Group (https://cookleyandcaunsall.co.uk/cookley-

caunsall-community-land-trust/) are part of the Wyre Forest Community Land Trust

(https://cookleyandcaunsall.co.uk/the-wyre-forest-community-land-trust-website-is-

launched/). The Action Group want to make sure that housing needs in the area’s

villages are met now and in the future. This includes ensuring that the potential for

such housing is met at the Lea Castle Development (Figure 6).

5.7 Community Land Trusts are a form of community-led housing, set up and run by

ordinary people to develop and manage homes as well as other assets important to

that community such as Green Spaces, Public Houses, Shops, Gardens, Allotments.

CLTs act as long-term stewards of these community assets, ensuring that homes

remain genuinely affordable, based on what people actually earn in their area, not

just for now but for every future occupier. All other assets are protected and held in

Trust by the CLT thus protecting them for the future. Wyre Forest District Council

have been allocated £190,000 funding for community led housing.

5.8 So far, the CLT has been working with the National Community Land Trust and has

successfully secured funding for a consultant who is taking the CLT through the

process of legal set up. The CLT has also been working alongside Wyre Forest’s

Community Led Housing Coordinator on a project to potentially design and build eco-

affordable homes to both buy and rent and self-build housing.

https://cookleyandcaunsall.co.uk/cookley-caunsall-community-land-trust/

https://cookleyandcaunsall.co.uk/cookley-caunsall-community-land-trust/

https://cookleyandcaunsall.co.uk/the-wyre-forest-community-land-trust-website-is-launched/

https://cookleyandcaunsall.co.uk/the-wyre-forest-community-land-trust-website-is-launched/

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5.9 One significant way in which the CCNDP can support this work is by bringing

together the work of the CLT with planning policy. To begin to do this Draft Policy

CCNDP1 has been prepared for this consultation.

Draft Policy CCNDP1 – Community-led Housing Community-led housing projects will be supported when they are for any of the following:

a) Small-scale development for affordable housing (as defined in the NPPF, see Glossary to this document) to meet local community needs as identified in the Parish Housing Needs Survey.;

b) Community-led affordable housing, self-build and custom build housing as part of the Lea Castle Village development, see also Draft Policy 12 of the CCNDP); and

c) Development brought forward as a Community Right to Build Order. Development meeting criteria a) and c) will also be assessed against Site Allocations and Policies Local Plan Policy SAL,DPL2. Community-led housing development should seek to include the sustainable design features that achieve zero carbon or reduce to a minimum carbon emissions and minimise energy costs for residents.

Consultation Question. Through the CCNDP we are looking at the possibility of identifying suitable sites for community-led housing. Do you know of such a site? Would you like to put a site forward? A number of sites have previously been put forward through the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments, links below, some of these have been assessed as not suitable for future housing: https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/media/89676/Site-assessment-sheets-rural.pdf and https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/media/89658/SHLAA-maps.pdf

There is no need to re-submit these sites as part of the CCNDP process, we want to hear of any additional sites.

Background/Justification

5.10 Draft Policy CCNDP1 will support District-wide and local ambitions to secure

community-led housing through a Community Land Trust.

5.11 Draft Policy CCNDP1 will support such initiatives when they are small-scale

developments, including in the Green Belt for affordable housing. The NPPF defines

affordable housing as housing for rent, starter homes, discounted market sales, and

https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/media/89676/Site-assessment-sheets-rural.pdf

https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/media/89676/Site-assessment-sheets-rural.pdf

https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/media/89658/SHLAA-maps.pdf

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other affordable routes to home ownership. For a fuller description of these

definitions consult the glossary to this document. When identifying such needs

planning proposals should use the data available in the latest Parish Housing Needs

Survey, currently the Wolverley and Cookley Housing Needs Survey 2018.

5.12 One of the key aspirations of the CLT is to secure community-led housing at the Lea

Castle Village development site. This is already supported through the policy

framework set by Policy 31.1 of the Core Strategy and Policy 31.2 the development

principles for the site. The CCNDP, therefore, seeks to secure an element of

affordable housing for residents of the neighbourhood area. This affordable housing

provision is also expected to be in line with Policy 8b of the Core Strategy.

5.13 The CCNDP will also support community-led housing development brought forward

as part of a Community Right to Build Order (CRTB). A CRTB can bring forward

housing development in the Green Belt when it would not be appropriate in other

circumstances. When made, such an Order grants planning permission for the

housing development. This type of Order may be useful in securing some of the

wider design and sustainability aspirations of the CLT, such as eco-homes and

modular construction.

Draft Policy CCNDP2 – Housing Mix New housing development should seek to provide a range of dwelling types, tenures and sizes that helps to meet the local housing needs identified in the most up-to-date Parish Housing Needs Survey,


5.14 Wyre Forest strategic planning policy CPO5: Delivering Mixed Communities seeks to

deliver mixed communities that meet the District’s housing needs as set out in the

District’s Strategic Housing Market Assessment. The CCNDP seeks to ensure that

local housing needs are also addressed across the neighbourhood area, including at

Lea Castle Village.

5.15 The Wolverley and Cookley Housing Needs Survey 2018 provides data to support

this. Assessed housing need for Wolverley and Cookley (Wolverley is not in the

neighbourhood area) over the next 1-5 years is:

• 4 x 3 bed bungalow to own

• 25 x 2 bed house to own

• 7 x 2 bed bungalows to own

• 1 x 2 bed flat

• 3 x 2 bed bungalows shared ownership

• 7 x 2 bed house shared ownership

• 5 x 1 bed bungalow to own

• 1 x 1 bed flat to own

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• 1 x 2 bed house private rented

• 3 x 2 bed bungalows affordable rent

• 2 x 2 bed house affordable rent

• 6 x 1 bed bungalow affordable rent

• 1 x 1 bed flat affordable rent

Draft Policy CCNDP3 – Design Principles All new development will be expected to respond positively to the key attributes of the neighbourhood area and the key local design features of the village in which it is to be situated. Development will not be supported where it is of poor design that has an adverse impact on the character of the area. To ensure good design is achieved development should be designed to take account of and will be assessed against the following criteria, where relevant it:

(a) promotes or reinforces local distinctiveness by demonstrating that appropriate account has been taken of existing good quality examples of street layouts, blocks and plots, building forms, materials and detailing, building style and the vernacular of the settlement;

(b) is designed in such a way so as to make a positive use of local landform, trees, hedgerows and other vegetation and for larger proposals has had suitable regard to landscape setting and settlement pattern;

(c) conserves and/or creates new wildlife habitats;

(d) uses space and creates new public open spaces that are enclosed, integrated and overlooked by buildings and are in prominent useable locations;

(e) includes sufficient amenity space to serve the needs of the development and its users;

(f) includes appropriate boundary treatments that reflect local context for example by matching those of adjoining properties;

(g) does not have a detrimental effect on the amenity of existing or future occupiers in neighbouring property;

(h) does not have a severe cumulative adverse effect on the safe and efficient operation of the existing transport and road infrastructure;

(i) includes measures that seek to improve pedestrian facilities and linkages in the neighbourhood area and beyond to encourage walking and cycling, wherever possible;

(j) respects the height of the immediate surrounding area and be domestic in scale. New buildings should not adversely affect prominent local buildings;

(k) uses, and where appropriate re-uses, local and traditional materials appropriate to the context of the site, or suitable high-quality alternatives that authentically reinforce or positively contribute towards local distinctiveness;

(l) contributes to reducing carbon emissions by including sustainable design and renewable energy features, where possible, and where

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such features are included they are a sympathetic enhancement to the building and surrounding area;

(m) is designed to be as water efficient as possible;

(n) includes space for refuse, recycling and vehicle charging points; and

(o) has appropriate car parking in accordance with locally adopted standards and, where possible, this is sited so that it is unobtrusive and does not dominate the street scene e.g. by minimising the visual impact of car parking.

Domestic extensions should be generally subordinate and be sympathetic to the character of the existing building in terms of proportions, scale, materials and detailing.

Poor design when assessed against the above criteria will not be supported.


5.16 National planning policy seeks to achieve well-designed places. Good design is a key

aspect of sustainable development. Draft Policy CCNDP3 seeks to provide a

framework within which planning proposals and applications can be assessed so that

future design is of good quality. Policy CCNDP3 should also be read alongside Wyre

Forest District planning policies for design.

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CCNDP OBJECTIVE 2 - To conserve and enhance the built

and natural heritage of the area.

Draft Policy CCNDP4 – Development affecting Locally Listed and other non-designated heritage assets Development affecting Locally Listed (Appendix 1) and other non-designated heritage assets should conserve those assets in a manner appropriate to their significance. Development that would result in the loss of, or have a significant adverse impact on, these assets will only be supported in the following circumstances:

a) Where renovation or alteration of non-designated heritage assets require planning permission, such changes are designed sensitively and with careful regard to the heritage asset’s historical and architectural value and paying appropriate regard to the asset’s setting; or

b) Where a development proposal would result in the loss of, or substantial harm to a locally non-designated heritage asset, such development will only be supported when the public benefit of the proposed development outweighs the loss of or harm to the asset and its setting; and

c) Where such development is permitted, this will be conditioned in such a way so as to ensure the proposed development takes place after the loss, or harm, has occurred (e.g. demolition or removal of a building feature); and that appropriate recording of the heritage takes place prior to any loss or harm.

The CCNDP will seek to bring forward additions to the Local List including the Caunsall Iron Bridge.


5.17 As well as designated heritage assets, such as Listed Buildings and the

Conservation Area, that already have statutory protection through existing legislation,

the neighbourhood plan area includes several other buildings and structures that

have heritage value. In “planning speak” these are termed non-designated heritage

assets. These assets are links and reminders to the area’s long and varied history.

National planning policy is set so that heritage assets should be conserved in

accordance with their significance.

5.18 A number of the neighbourhood area’s non-designated heritage assets are included

on a Local List compiled by Wyre Forest District Council. The entries from this list

that can be found in the neighbourhood area are included in Appendix 1. Draft Policy

CCNDP4 seeks to give further protection to the Local List by making it part of the

development plan.

5.19 In accordance with national planning policy (paragraph 197) the effect of a planning

proposal on a non-designated heritage asset should be taken into account in

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determining planning applications. In considering applications that directly or

indirectly affect such assets requires a balanced judgement having regard to the

scale of any harm or loss and the significance of the heritage asset. Policy CCNDP4

should also be read in conjunction with Site Allocations and Policies Local Plan

Policy SAL.UP6 Safeguarding the Historic Environment.

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Draft Policy CCNDP5 – Conservation Area New development affecting the Conservation Area must preserve or enhance the Conservation Area and its setting. To assess the impact of new development planning applications, will, alongside other considerations, be assessed against the following impact on:

a) original canal buildings, engineering structures and landmarks;

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b) views into and out of the Conservation Area; and

c) Impact of lighting, street furniture, highways and hard and soft landscaping.


5.20 Part of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Conservation Area is situated in

the neighbourhood area. This includes many buildings originally associated with the

Canal, although many of these are now in private residential use, and key landmarks,

such as Cookley Tunnel and Caunsall Bridge. Draft Policy CCNDP5 seeks to identify

the key features of the Conservation Area and to ensure that any new development

preserves or enhances the Conservation Area and its setting. Conservation Areas

also have statutory protection through the Planning Acts and Draft Policy CCNDP5

will not affect this protection. The Canal is also a major environmental and

recreational asset of the District. It plays a vital role as a tourist attraction for visitors

such as boat users, walkers, cyclists and anglers. It also provides an important

means of accessing the wider attractive countryside. In addition, the whole Canal is

designated as a Special Wildlife Site in recognition of its importance for nature

conservation.

8 Canal view, adjacent to Lea Lane

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Draft Policy CCNDP6 - Protecting Landscape Character

New development should conserve and enhance the local landscape by:

(a) Conserving and enhancing the landscape setting, landscape features and settlement pattern (including historic farmsteads) of the neighbourhood area;

(b) Conserving and enhancing the areas of ancient woodland (Axborough Wood and Cookley Wood), woodland and coppice in the neighbourhood area;

(c) Conserving and enhancing water features, including the River Stour, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, streams and ponds;

(d) Conserving in situ known heritage assets of archaeological value;

(e) Conserving and enhancing mature trees and hedgerows, or where removal is proposed, as a last resort, offsetting by way of replacement planting of native species is provided elsewhere on-site or within the neighbourhood plan area;

(f) Where new planting and landscaping is proposed use of native species in landscape design so as to ensure that such treatment is suitable when considered within the wider local landscape, and where appropriate, links to existing woodland and hedgerows;

(g) Taking account of the impact of the development on significant and important views, including the view from Castle Road to Kinver, the view from the playing field to Wolverley and the view from the Castle Gates to the Malverns;

(h) Where opportunities arise creation of new views and vistas;

(i) Seeking to minimise the encroachment of development into visually exposed landscapes and where development is proposed on the edge of the village, it enhances views of the settlement edge from the surrounding countryside and does not lead to inappropriate incursion into the surrounding countryside by reason of its siting, design, materials or use of landscaping; and by

(j) Seeking to conserve and enhance the integrity and fabric of historic buildings and their settings, particularly where new uses are proposed through the use of appropriate styles and sustainable locally distinctive materials.

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5.21 As well as built environment heritage the neighbourhood area also has valuable

natural environmental heritage. Draft Policy CCNDP6 seeks to identify the key

features of the local landscape character in order for this to be fully considered and

reflected in development proposals and planning applications.

9 View of Kinver Edge, from Cookley

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CCNDP OBJECTIVE 3 - To protect local green spaces and

open spaces within the area.

Draft Policy CCNDP7 - Protecting Local Green Space The following local green spaces as shown also shown on the Policies Map are designated in accordance with paragraphs 99 and 100 of the NPPF: CCNDP7/1 - Cookley Churchyard CCNDP7/2 - Land at junction of Lionfields Road & Castle Road CCNDP7/3 - Land between Westhead Road North and Lea Lane Development of these Local Green Spaces will only be permitted when consistent with national planning policy for Green Belt.


5.22 Paragraph 99 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) advises that “local

communities through local and Neighbourhood Development Plans should be able to

identify for special protection green areas of particular importance to them. By

designating land as Local Green Space communities will be able to rule out new

development other than in very special circumstances”.

5.23 Paragraph 100 of the NPPF goes on to advise that “the Local Green Space

designation will not be appropriate for most green areas or open space. The

designation should only be used:

• where the green space is in reasonably close proximity to the community it

serves;

• where the green area is demonstrably special to a local community and holds a

particular local significance, for example because of its beauty, historic

significance, recreational value (including as a playing field), tranquillity or

richness of its wildlife; and

• where the green area concerned is local in character and is not an extensive

tract of land.”

Consultation Question. Do you have any suggestions for important green spaces that should be protected through the CCNDP?

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CCNDP OBJECTIVE 4 - To protect and enhance community

and recreation facilities.

Draft Policy CCNDP8 – Protection of Existing Community Facilities and Local Shops The following community facilities also shown on the Policies Map will be protected in accordance with Local Plan policy SAL.DPL11:

CCNDP8/1 - Cookley Sebright Primary School, Cookley CCNDP8/2 - St Peter’s Church, Cookley CCNDP8/3 - Cookley Medical Centre CCNDP8/4 - Cookley Village Hall and Sports Club, Cookley CCNDP8/5 - Eagle and Spur, Cookley CCNDP8/6 - The Bull’s Head, Cookley CCNDP8/7 - The Anchor Inn, Caunsall CCNDP8/8 - Park Gate Inn, Parkgate Road CCNDP8/9 – Island Pool, Wolverhampton Road

Once complete the community facility provision at Lea Castle will be protected under Policy CCNDP8 and SAL.DPL11. Within the neighbourhood plan area, the following local shops will also be protected for A1 retail use

CCNDP8/10 - Red Lion Stores, 1 Lionfields Road, Cookley CCNDP8/11 – Anthonys David, 122 Castle Road, Cookley

10 Anchor Inn, Caunsall

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5.25 Community facilities are the essential glue that help bind a community together. They

provide important services, places for people to meet and interact contributing to an

individual’s and the community’s health and well-being.

5.26 National planning policy acknowledges that the planning system can play an

important role in facilitating social interaction and creating healthy, inclusive

communities.

5.27 From the drop-in session and work with young people we know that existing facilities

and services are valued by those who live in the neighbourhood area.

Draft Policy CCNDP9 – Cookley Village Centre Within Cookley Village Centre as identified on the Policies Map development for A1 retail uses will be supported. Development of existing A1 retail uses for other uses such as hot food takeaways will only be supported when they would not lead to the loss of a viable A1 use and would not have a significant adverse impact on traffic or local amenity. Loss of off-street car parking in the Village Centre will be resisted. The following environmental improvements within the centre will be supported:

i. Improvements to public transport infrastructure e.g. bus shelter, signage.

ii. Improvements to the Austcliffe Road car park for both car parking and as a temporary space to host community events.

iii. Landscaping and planting. iv. Unobtrusive storage of bins and recycling facilities.


5.28 In the Wyre Forest Core Strategy settlement hierarchy, Cookley is identified in the

fourth tier of settlements – villages. This is, in part, because of the local services the

village provides. These are primarily situated in the village centre. The centre has a

local supermarket (Tesco), two pubs, Post Office, a tea room and two hot food

takeaways. Currently, the village centre is identified in the Wyre Forest DC Site

Allocations and Policies Local Plan under Policy SAL.GBP3. This policy supports

new retail development for conversion or extension of existing facilities as long as

this does not exceed 280 sq. m. net.

5.29 Draft Policy CCNDP9 identifies the village centre on the Policies Map and supports

new or replacement retail development (Use Class A1) within this centre.

Development for other uses will be acceptable when it meets the criteria in Draft

Policy CCNDP9. The pubs are protected as community facilities under Draft Policy

CCNDP8.

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5.30 To enhance the quality of the village centre Draft Policy CCNDP9 also sets out a

small number of environmental improvements.

11 Cookley village centre

Draft Policy CCNDP10 – Sport and Recreation Facilities The following recreation facilities will be protected:

CCNDP10/1 - Recreation Ground, Lea Lane (including playing field, bowling green, MUGA, play area, skatepark, community garden and cycle track CCNDP10/2 - Allotments, Lionfields Road CCNDP10/3 - Amenity area to rear of Austcliffe Road CCNDP10/4 – Lea Castle Playing Field

Development proposals for the improvement of the existing recreation facilities on these sites will be supported when they would not have a significant adverse impact on residential amenity. Development proposals that would result in the loss of these facilities will only be supported when the applicant can demonstrate that the facility is no longer needed for recreational use or suitable alternative provision can be provided elsewhere within the neighbourhood area to an equivalent or better standard and in a location that is in close proximity to the community it serves.

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5.31 The neighbourhood area has a limited number of recreational facilities these play

home to various formal and informal recreation activities. To support the health and

well-being of those living in the area, and to offer opportunities for people to meet

and interact the recreation facilities identified under Draft Policy CCNDP10 will be

protected. Proposals to enhance and improve these facilities will be supported.

Parish Council Supporting Actions

The Parish Council will work with others to:

Reinstate tennis courts at the Recreation Ground

12 Cookley Village Hall and Sports Club

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CCNDP OBJECTIVE 5 - To ensure that the area has

appropriate levels of transport and other infrastructure

Draft Policy CCNDP11 - Traffic Management and Transport Improvements Proposals to improve road safety and traffic management throughout the neighbourhood area will be supported, including:

• Measures to improve road safety on the A449, including pedestrian crossing facilities to provide safe and convenient access between Cookley and Lea Castle.

• Traffic calming and improvements to car parking in Caunsall e.g. in and around the Anchor Inn.

• Improved bus services to and from Kidderminster, particularly to the town centre and rail station. Opportunities should be taken to increase bus patronage by combining routing through Lea Castle.

• Improvements to the Canal towpath for walking and cycling.

• Measures to reduce speeding in Cookley.


5.30 The neighbourhood area has a number of transport, traffic and accessibility issues.

Draft Policy CCNDP11 identifies a number of areas where such issues can be

improved through the planning system and should be considered for inclusion in

planning applications. Some of the areas identified could also form separate distinct

projects, and the Parish Council will pursue these, or work with other agencies to

implement these, e.g. action on speeding issues.

5.31 As well as transport issues that are highlighted in Draft Policy CCNDP11 there are

also a number of non-planning related traffic and transport issues. These cannot be

tackled through the planning system but require other action. The Parish Council

think it is important that these issues are addressed and so have identified the

following supporting Parish Council Actions to ensure these issues are recorded and

commitments made to do something about them. Some road traffic issues, such as

inconsiderate car parking and speeding, do not necessarily need any formal action

they are matters that can be more simply addressed by moderating behaviour.

Parish Council Supporting Actions

The Parish Council will work with others to:

Make improvements to Caunsall Iron Bridge

Address car parking and speeding traffic issues arising from Titan Works

Improve signage from the canal towpath to the facilities and services in Cookley and Caunsall villages

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CCNDP OBJECTIVE – 6. To ensure that Cookley, Caunsall

and Lea Castle Village retain their separate identities whilst at

the same time forging new links to jobs, services, facilities

and the surrounding countryside

5.32 One of the most significant changes and potential impacts on the neighbourhood

area is the development of Lea Castle Village. Policy 31 of the Wyre Forest District

Core Strategy allocates this area for what is planned as a sustainable, well-designed

village. Figure 7 shows the development framework for the site. Overall this includes

an indicative 1,400 new homes and 7 hectares of employment land with associated

green spaces and community facilities.

Draft Policy CCNDP12 – Lea Castle Village New development at Lea Castle should:

a) Provide sites and plots for Community-led housing in line with Draft Policy CCNDP1 of this plan;

b) Create physical links between the three communities for walking and cycling;

c) Maximise the potential for creating economics of scale by integrating public transport serving the neighbourhood area;

d) Ensure that Green Belt to the north of Lea Castle Village remains permanently open by planning positively for the beneficial use of this area.


5.33 Objective 6 of the CCNDP seeks to ensure that Cookley, Caunsall and Lea Castle

Village retain their separate identities whilst at the same time forging new links

between the separate communities and the surrounding countryside. To do this,

working within the policy framework set by Policy 31.1 of the Core Strategy, and

Policy 31.2 the development principles for the site, the CCNDP seeks to:

• Secure an element of affordable housing for residents of the neighbourhood

area in accordance with Draft Policy CCNDP1 of this plan. Affordable housing

provision on the site is also expected to be in line with Policy 8b of the Local

Plan.

• Improve foot and cycle links between Cookley and Caunsall and Lea Castle

including the existing Cookley village centre and the proposed Lea Castle

centre and Primary School.

• Protection of the Lea Castle Playing Pitches and changing facilities and future

artificial grass pitch under Draft Policy CCNDP10..

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Figure 7. Lea Castle Village Concept Plan

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• By seeking measures to improve public transport to Cookley and Caunsall by

using economies of scale brought about by the introduction of a service to

Lea Castle Village. Currently, a through route serving the school/community

facility and the residential development is proposed.

13 Bluebells, Axborough Lane

5.34 The final part of Objective 6 and Draft Policy CCNDP12 is to ensure that whilst

forging strong new links Cookley, Caunsall and Lea Castle Village retain their

separate identities, especially in physical, geographical terms. Once developed Lea

Castle Village will leave to its north and south two small fingers of Green Belt. To the

north between Cookley and Lea Castle Village; and to the south between Lea Caste

Village and Kidderminster (Broadwaters). Only the first of these areas is within the

neighbourhood area. This area of Green Belt will become even more critical in terms

of the purposes of Green Belt by:

• checking the unrestricted sprawl of the large built-up area of Kidderminster;

• preventing the merging of Kidderminster with Lea Castle Village and Lea

Castle Village with Cookley;

• assisting in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment; and by

• assisting in urban regeneration, by encouraging the recycling of derelict and

other urban land, particularly within the town of Kidderminster.

5.35 To ensure that this land remains permanently open, given the crucial role it will play,

in line with national planning policy which states:

141. Once Green Belts have been defined, local planning authorities should

plan positively to enhance their beneficial use, such as looking for

opportunities to provide access; to provide opportunities for outdoor sport and

recreation; to retain and enhance landscapes, visual amenity and biodiversity;

or to improve damaged and derelict land.”

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A “beneficial” open land use should be identified for this area in line with the

Kidderminster North Green Infrastructure Concept Statement and the Wyre Forest

District Green Infrastructure Strategy.

14 Park Gate Pub and Restaurant

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6.0 How to comment on this document

6.1 To make comments on the plan please send them in writing to

[email protected] o by post to Cookley and Caunsall Neighbourhood

Plan Steering Group, c/o 8 Gaymore Road, Cookley, Worcestershire, DY10 3TT by 9th

August 2019.]

6.2 Copies of the CCNDP, Policies Map and feedback form can be viewed online at:


2 Facebook pages. The action group page and a general community page:



6.3 Hard copies of the plan can be viewed at

• Cookley Village Hall and Sports Club

• Cookley Chip Shop

• Cookley Tandoori

• Farmers Den Cafe, Cookley

• Anchor PH, Caunsall

• Redundant Red Telephone Boxes, Cookley and Caunsall

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6.4 We can also email a copy of CCNDP just contact us via the email address

[email protected]

6.5 Finally, do not forget our consultation event at the Village Hall 30th June, where

you will be able to ask questions of the Steering Group and leave comments

using the feedback form or via post-it notes. The event has been advertised via a

leaflet drop throughout both villages, social media and a local village magazine.






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Glossary of Terms

The Glossary is neither a statement of law nor an interpretation of the law, and its status is

only an introductory guide to planning terminology and should not be used as a source for

statutory definitions.

Affordable housing: housing for sale or rent, for those whose needs are not met by the

market (including housing that provides a subsidised route to home ownership and/or is for

essential local workers); and which complies with one or more of the following definitions:

a) Affordable housing for rent: meets all of the following conditions: (a) the rent is set in

accordance with the Government’s rent policy for Social Rent or Affordable Rent, or is at

least 20% below local market rents (including service charges where applicable); (b) the

landlord is a registered provider, except where it is included as part of a Build to Rent

scheme (in which case the landlord need not be a registered provider); and (c) it includes

provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households, or for the

subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision. For Build to Rent

schemes affordable housing for rent is expected to be the normal form of affordable

housing provision (and, in this context, is known as Affordable Private Rent).

b) Starter homes: is as specified in Sections 2 and 3 of the Housing and Planning Act

2016 and any secondary legislation made under these sections. The definition of a

starter home should reflect the meaning set out in statute and any such secondary

legislation at the time of plan-preparation or decision-making. Where secondary

legislation has the effect of limiting a household’s eligibility to purchase a starter home to

those with a particular maximum level of household income, those restrictions should be

used.

c) Discounted market sales housing is that sold at a discount of at least 20% below

local market value. Eligibility is determined with regard to local incomes and local house

prices. Provisions should be in place to ensure housing remains at a discount for future

eligible households.

d) Other affordable routes to home ownership is housing provided for sale that provides

a route to ownership for those who could not achieve home ownership through the

market. It includes shared ownership, relevant equity loans, other low-cost homes for

sale (at a price equivalent to at least 20% below local market value) and rent to buy

(which includes a period of intermediate rent). Where public grant funding is provided,

there should be provisions for the homes to remain at an affordable price for future

eligible households, or for any receipts to be recycled for alternative affordable housing

provision, or refunded to Government or the relevant authority specified in the funding

agreement.

Ancient or veteran tree: A tree which, because of its age, size and condition, is of

exceptional biodiversity, cultural or heritage value. All ancient trees are veteran trees. Not all

veteran trees are old enough to be ancient, but are old relative to other trees of the same

species. Very few trees of any species reach the ancient life-stage.

Ancient woodland: An area that has been wooded continuously since at least 1600 AD. It

includes ancient semi-natural woodland and plantations on ancient woodland sites (PAWS).

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Brownfield land: See previously developed land.

Climate change adaptation: Adjustments made to natural or human systems in response

to the actual or anticipated impacts of climate change, to mitigate 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.

Community forest: An area identified through the England Community Forest Programme

to revitalise countryside and green space in and around major conurbations.

Community Right to Build Order: An Order made by the local planning authority (under

the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) that grants planning permission for a site-specific

development proposal or classes of development.

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.

Deliverable: To be considered deliverable, sites for housing should be available now, offer a

suitable location for development now, and be achievable with a realistic prospect that

housing will be delivered on the site within five years. In particular:

a) sites which do not involve major development and have planning permission, and all

sites with detailed planning permission, should be considered deliverable until

permission expires, unless there is clear evidence that homes will not be delivered within

five years (for example because they are no longer viable, there is no longer a demand

for the type of units or sites have long term phasing plans).

b) where a site has outline planning permission for major development, has been

allocated in a development plan, has a grant of permission in principle, or is identified on

a brownfield register, it should only be considered deliverable where there is clear

evidence that housing completions will begin on site within five years.

Designated heritage asset: A World Heritage Site, Scheduled Monument, Listed Building,

Protected Wreck Site, Registered Park and Garden, Registered Battlefield or Conservation

Area designated under the relevant legislation.

Developable: To be considered developable, sites should be in a suitable location for

housing development with a reasonable prospect that they will be available and could be

viably developed at the point envisaged.

Development plan: Is defined in section 38 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act

2004, and includes adopted local plans, neighbourhood plans that have been made and

published spatial development strategies, together with any regional strategy policies that

remain in force. Neighbourhood plans that have been approved at referendum are also part

of the development plan, unless the local planning authority decides that the neighbourhood

plan should not be made.

Green infrastructure: A network of multi-functional green space, urban and rural, which is

capable of delivering a wide range of environmental and quality of life benefits for local

communities.

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Habitats site: Any site which would be included within the definition at regulation 8 of the

Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for the purpose of those

regulations, including candidate Special Areas of Conservation, Sites of Community

Importance, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and any relevant

Marine Sites.

Heritage asset: A building, monument, site, place, area or landscape identified as having a

degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions, because of its heritage

interest. It includes designated heritage assets and assets identified by the local planning

authority (including local listing).

Historic environment: All aspects of the environment resulting from the interaction between

people and places through time, including all surviving physical remains of past human

activity, whether visible, buried or submerged, and landscaped and planted or managed

flora.

Historic environment record: Information services that seek to provide access to

comprehensive and dynamic resources relating to the historic environment of a defined

geographic area for public benefit and use.

International, national and locally designated sites of importance for biodiversity: All

international sites (Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, and Ramsar

sites), national sites (Sites of Special Scientific Interest) and locally designated sites

including Local Wildlife Sites.

Local housing need: The number of homes identified as being needed through the

application of the standard method set out in national planning guidance (or, in the context of

preparing strategic policies only, this may be calculated using a justified alternative approach

as provided for in paragraph 60 of this Framework).

Local planning authority: The public authority whose duty it is to carry out specific planning

functions for a particular area. All references to local planning authority include the district

council, London borough council, county council, Broads Authority, National Park Authority,

the Mayor of London and a development corporation, to the extent appropriate to their

responsibilities.

Local plan: A plan for the future development of a local area, drawn up by the local planning

authority in consultation with the community. In law this is described as the development

plan documents adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. A local

plan can consist of either strategic or non-strategic policies, or a combination of the two.

Main town centre uses: Retail development (including warehouse clubs and factory outlet

centres); leisure, entertainment and more intensive sport and recreation uses (including

cinemas, restaurants, drive-through restaurants, bars and pubs, nightclubs, casinos, health

and fitness centres, indoor bowling centres and bingo halls); offices; and arts, culture and

tourism development (including theatres, museums, galleries and concert halls, hotels and

conference facilities).

Natural Flood Management: managing flood and coastal erosion risk by protecting,

restoring and emulating the natural ‘regulating’ function of catchments, rivers, floodplains

and coasts.

Neighbourhood plan: A plan prepared by a parish council or neighbourhood forum for a

designated neighbourhood area. In law this is described as a neighbourhood development

plan in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

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Non-strategic policies: Policies contained in a neighbourhood plan, or those policies in a

local plan that are not strategic policies.

Older people: People over or approaching retirement age, including the active, newly retired

through to the very frail elderly; and whose housing needs can encompass accessible,

adaptable general needs housing through to the full range of retirement and specialised

housing for those with support or care needs.

Open space: All open space of public value, including not just land, but also areas of water

(such as rivers, canals, lakes and reservoirs) which offer important opportunities for sport

and recreation and can act as a visual amenity.

People with disabilities: People have a disability if they have a physical or mental

impairment, and that impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their

ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. These persons include, but are not limited to,

people with ambulatory difficulties, blindness, learning difficulties, autism and mental health

needs.

Planning condition: A condition imposed on a grant of planning permission (in accordance

with the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) or a condition included in a Local

Development Order or Neighbourhood Development Order.

Planning obligation: A legal agreement entered into under section 106 of the Town and

Country Planning Act 1990 to mitigate the impacts of a development proposal.

Playing field: The whole of a site which encompasses at least one playing pitch as defined

in the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order

2015.

Previously developed land: Land which is or was occupied by a permanent structure,

including the curtilage of the 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 was last occupied by agricultural or forestry buildings; land that

has been developed for minerals extraction or waste disposal by landfill, where provision for

restoration has been made through development management procedures; land in built-up

areas such as 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.

Rural exception sites: Small sites used for affordable housing in perpetuity where sites

would not normally be used for housing. Rural exception sites seek to address the needs of

the local community by accommodating households who are either current residents or have

an existing family or employment connection. A proportion of market homes may be allowed

on the site at the local planning authority’s discretion, for example where essential to enable

the delivery of affordable units without grant funding.

Self-build and custom-build housing: Housing built by an individual, a group of

individuals, or persons working with or for them, to be occupied by that individual. Such

housing can be either market or affordable housing. A legal definition, for the purpose of

applying the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), is contained in

section 1(A1) and (A2) of that Act.

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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.

Significance (for heritage policy): The value of a heritage asset to this and future

generations because of its heritage interest. The interest may be archaeological,

architectural, artistic or historic. Significance derives not only from a heritage asset’s physical

presence, but also from its setting. For World Heritage Sites, the cultural value described

within each site’s Statement of Outstanding Universal Value forms part of its significance.

Stepping stones: Pockets of habitat that, while not necessarily connected, facilitate the

movement of species across otherwise inhospitable landscapes.

Strategic environmental assessment: 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 policies: Policies and site allocations which address strategic priorities in line with

the requirements of Section 19 (1B-E) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

Strategic policy-making authorities: Those authorities responsible for producing strategic

policies (local planning authorities, and elected Mayors or combined authorities, where this

power has been conferred). This definition applies whether the authority is in the process of

producing strategic policies or not.

Supplementary planning documents: Documents which add further detail to the policies in

the development 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.

Sustainable transport modes: Any efficient, safe and accessible means of transport with

overall low impact on the environment, including walking and cycling, low and ultra-low

emission vehicles, car sharing and public transport.

Wildlife corridor: Areas of habitat connecting wildlife populations.

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Appendix 1– Local List

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Key: GV included for Group Value

C20 20th Century

CA Conservation Area C19

19th Century

SWC Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Conservation Area W

Wolverley Conservation Area

Street or Road Number or

name Side Description CA GV

Beechtree Lane Beechtree Farm N Late Georgian farmhouse, extended in C20, with barn complex to rear. Plain render,

hipped slate roof. Original building has 6/6 sash, with stressed voussoirs and stone lintels, and porch/ portico to front entrance. Extension mimic

this style, but with horizontally elongated windows.

GV

Bridge Road Cookley Works S Two buildings within site are included within List – Art Deco building to Bridge Road, single storey, cream-painted brickwork, stone string-course running around

building above window level, stone mullions between windows; parapet to roof. Second building lies to canal, closest to tunnel. Dating from late C18th, parapet to gabled roof covered in red clay plain tiles, painted brickwork, arched windows containing steel windows, with circular window to gable facing

canal.

Bridge Road 2 & 4 E Village shop and butchers, with cottage in between. Rendered, with faint traces of stucco remaining, rendered rusticated quoins to 4, originally slate roof, still present on 2, but replaced with concrete tiles to 4. stressed voussoirs to first floor windows.

Bay windows to post office.

GV

Bridge Road 6 E

Forms middle building between 4 and 8 Bridge Road, retaining original shopfront to lhs, above which window with stressed voussoirs, echoed on rhs. Entrance door to

rhs, covered by broken pedimented canopy. Painted brickwork with slate roof.

GV

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Bridge Road 8 & 10 E The Bulls Head – painted brick, with timber sash windows, and stressed voussoirs to

first floor at no.8, bow window to no.10. gabled slate roof to No 8, with hipped slate roof to No.10.

GV

Bridge Road 14 E Georgian property, forming end of terrace of properties.3-bay, 3 Storey, slate roof, canopy over door, side entrance. Rendered. 2-storey rear wing

SWC

Bridge Road 16-28 (even) E Terrace of 7 cottages, forming important focal point from canal. Mostly red brick with red clay plain tiles, although 2 rendered properties. Nos 24-28 have raised

roofline in comparison to others. Included for Group Value.

SWC GV

Bridge Road 31-33 (odd) W

Probably C17th cottages, possibly earlier, with linear gabled roofs, creating central valley. Now rendered in pebbledash with dormers to first floor.

Extension to rear and modern garage to front. Hand-made plain clay tiles to roof.

Bridge Road 56 (Baskerville

House)

E Part of original Parish Rooms, built early-mid C19th, now converted into dwelling house. Painted red brick, with slate roof. Pitched roof, with parapeted gabled roof

to Bridge Road.

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Castle Road Eagle and Spur PH

E Originally four houses, (2 facing Lea Lane, and two facing Bridge Road), all

converted to pub during C20th. All originally dating from C18th. Conversion introduced bay windows to front, and modern extensions have joined

properties together. Painted brick, with concrete tiled roof. Sash windows remain at first floor and at ground floor where not replaced by bay windows. Included for value within street scene, and as historic set of properties within

Cookley.

Caunsall Road Anchor Inn N C18th building originally an Inn, but now a pub. Stucco still evident on front

elevation, squared bay windows to front, with central door and porch, gabled roof, with rear wing. Timber windows, although replaced from sash with top hung casements to first floor. Included for value in street scene and as historic boarding

house in Caunsall.

Caunsall Road Post box S Victorian post-box embedded in wall with aeration holes (originally to barn?) relating to Barn Cottage.

Caunsall Road Caunsall Bridge N/A Bridge over Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (No.26), allowing

Caunsall Road to cross canal. Red brick construction, although partially rebuilt on western side, and substantially rebuilt on eastern side. Original sandstone coping to

arch still remains on southern elevation, western side.

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Caunsall Road Caunsall Farm and barns

S Set of 4 C18th and C19th red brick barns with plain clay tiles to Caunsall Road: Barns 1 & 2 lie on N/S and E/W axis and are 2-storey height and single-storey height

respectively - Barn 1 has two apertures facing onto Caunsall Road, one above the other, and Barn 2 is butted up to the eastern

elevation of the former, is weather boarded on the eastern gable, and has two small windows onto Caunsall Road, one retaining the timber boarding within the windows

aperture. Barn 3 lies on a N/S axis, and has aeration holes on both eastern and western elevations and is of a typical Worcestershire barn style, with full height doors on side elevations. Barn 4 lies on E/W axis, with access hatch

to eastern elevation at first floor level.

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Caunsall Road Webbs Farm N C18th farmhouse and barn complex. Barns now converted to residential use,

forming courtyard to the north and east of farmhouse, together with single barn to north-west. Red brick construction with plain clay tiled roofs.

Farmhouse with chimneys at each gable, and small catslide roof to rear. 3 bay, with windows under brick arches. New dormer windows to roof. Full length

windows introduced to front elevation at ground floor.

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Caunsall Road River View N Late C18th residential property, red brick construction with blue welsh slate roof.

Chimney stack to each gable. 3/3 light top-hung casements imitating sash windows at ground floor capped by rendered triangular pediment, with projecting bracketed baseline; first floor windows with same windows and

straight bracketed lintel. Rubbed bricks forming arch above door, central to front elevation. Red brick dwarf wall to front elevation, capped with blue half round

copings.

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Common Barn Farm Lane

Common Barn Farm barn

S Barn to west of Common Farm Barn – typical Worcestershire grain barn – red brick and red plain clay tiled roof, aeration holes to principal elevations, with full-height

central door to front and rear. Lying on E/W axis. Projecting gables.

Lea Lane Cookley NW Two school buildings. Southern most building was the original Sebright

Sebright Endowed First

School

school, founded in 1849, funded from the Sebright Education foundation, and the northern most erected in 1867, and extended during the early C20. Both red

brick with blue Welsh slate roofs. Original building on N/s axis, with gables to E and W. School bell tower and bell still present to front elevation.

Northern building on similar axis, although larger, and also with gables and wings to E & W.

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Lea Lane 2-6 Upper Lea

Cottages (inclusive)

W Set of red brick cottages adjacent to the SWC Canal, painted white, with red plain

clay tiled roofs.

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New Road, Caunsall 1 & 2 Alma Cottages

NE

C18th houses, built on U plan. Painted red brick, with concrete tiled roof (would have originally had slate roofing). 4/4 sash windows to front elevation.

Ground floor windows surmounted by rendered lintels, and first floor windows have bracketed rendered lintels. With arched windows central to each property. Simple canopied doorways. Dwarf walls to front capped with half round bricks.

New Road, Caunsall K6 telephone box

W Original K6 telephone box, with Tudor Crown as emblem, identifying it as dating between 1935 and 1952.

Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Austcliffe Bridge & weir

N/A Bridge over Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal (No.24), originally serving Austcliffe Farm. Red brick construction, with sandstone copings.

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Staffordshire & Clayhouse N/A Bridge over Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal (No.25). Red brick SWC Worcestershire Canal Bridge construction, with sandstone copings.

Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Cookley Tunnel

N/A Structure No.23. 59 m long, constructed in red brick, passing underneath Bridge Road, Cookley, cut through the sandstone bedrock.

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Debdale Bridge, lock and

weir

N/A Bridge over Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal (No.22). Red brick pillar, with

sandstone copings, with timber bridge. Lock gates and paddles and associated infrastructure.

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Debdale caves S Cave associated with Debdale Lock, possibly for overnight stabling for the canal horses.

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Lock House, Debdale/ Cookley

N Red brick lock keeper’s cottage, painted off-white, with slate roofing. Windows are

cottage style casements. Stable to side and various sheds and outbuildings. Weir contained within garden.

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