This Document brings together the long-term spatial strategy with a comprehensive set of national planning policies to form part of the statutory development plan. The Spatial principles identified in the Spatial Strategy are six overarching principles: 1) Just transition. We will empower people to shape their places and ensure the transition to net zero is fair and inclusive; 2) Conserving and recycling assets. We will make productive use of existing buildings, places, infrastructure and services, locking in carbon, minimising waste, and building a circular economy; 3) Local living. We will support local liveability and improve community health and wellbeing by ensuring people can easily access services, greenspace, learning, work and leisure locally. 4) Compact urban growth. We will limit urban expansion so we can optimise the use of land to provide services and resources, including carbon storage, flood risk management, blue and green infrastructure and biodiversity. 5) Rebalanced development. We will target development to create opportunities for communities and investment in areas of past decline, and manage development sustainably in areas of high demand. 6) Rural revitalisation. We will encourage sustainable development in rural areas, recognising the need to grow and support urban and rural communities together. By applying these spatial principles, the National Spatial Strategy will support the planning and delivery of: Sustainable places, where we reduce emissions, restore and better connect biodiversity; Liveable places, where we can all live better, healthier lives; and Productive places, where we have a greener, fairer and more inclusive wellbeing economy. Part 2 entails the National Planning Policy. The Policy is organised in three sections Sustainable Places, Liveable Places and Productive Places. Under Sustainable Places the Policyc aims to: 1) Tackling the climate and nature crises - To encourage, promote and facilitate development that addresses the global climate emergency and nature crisis. 2) Climate mitigation and adaptation - To encourage, promote and facilitate development that minimises emissions ; 3) Biodiversity - To protect biodiversity, reverse biodiversity loss, deliver positive effects from development and strengthen nature networks; 4) Natural Places - To protect, restore and enhance natural assets making best use of nature-based solutions; 5) Soils - To protect carbon-rich soils, restore peatlands and minimise disturbance to soils from development; 6) Forestry - To protect and expand forests, woodland and trees; 7) Historic Assets and Places - To protect and enhance historic environment assets and places, and to enable positive change as a catalyst for the regeneration of places; 8) Green Belts - To encourage, promote and facilitate compact urban growth and use the land around our towns and cities sustainably; 9) To encourage, promote and facilitate the reuse of brownfield, vacant and derelict land and empty buildings, and to help reduce the need for greenfield development - To encourage, promote and facilitate the reuse of brownfield, vacant and derelict land and empty buildings, and to help reduce the need for greenfield development. 10) Coastal zone - To protect coastal communities and assets and support resilience to the impacts of climate change; Energy - To encourage, promote and facilitate all forms of renewable energy development onshore and offshore. This includes energy generation, storage, new and replacement transmission and distribution infrastructure and emerging low-carbon and zero emissions technologies including hydrogen and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS). 11) Zero waste -To encourage, promote and facilitate development that is consistent with the waste hierarchy. Under Liveable Places the Policy makes policy intents in the context of rural homes, flood risk management. Under Productive Places policy formulations are made in the mineral and aquaculture sectors. This latter the Policy intent states: To encourage, promote and facilitate aquaculture development and minimise any adverse effects on the environment, including cumulative impacts. Planning should support an aquaculture industry that is sustainable, diverse, competitive, economically viable and which contributes to food security, whilst operating with social licence, within environmental limits and which ensures there is a thriving marine ecosystem for future generations.
Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии · 2023-02-01