Spatial Strategy: Sustainable living in a National Park Landscape The majority of the land within the National Park boundary is considered countryside and is the subject of strict planning controls. Land that is not countryside is considered settlement. The National Park’s Settlement Strategy seeks to ensure that the majority of development takes place in sustainable locations such as settlements, but this does not mean that appropriately located allotments in countryside locations would not be encouraged. The National Park Authority will ensure that all the communities in the National Park are assured of a vital and sustainable future and are able to meet their day to day needs within each local community. The National Park want to ensure that all development in the Park is able to adapt to the likely effects of climate change beyond the plan period. In order to do this we will ensure that all development takes account of future risks of flooding, is intelligently sited, climate responsive, built with sustainable materials, resource efficient and accessible to all for the lifetime of the development. The Settlement Strategy The National Park vision is to enable and help settlements identified in the Local Development Plan to enhance their level of sustainability, by providing opportunities for community woodland, community allotments, and community energy generation schemes, to improve levels of self-sufficiency. The National Park will encourage development within and adjacent to defined settlements thereby increasing community sustainability, lowering ecological and carbon footprints and ensuring a more vibrant future for National Park Settlements. ((LDP) paragraphs 4.6.2.5 and 4.6.3.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.3.2). The Settlement Strategy of the Local Development Plan uses a settlement hierarchy to identify five types of settlement. Depending on where the settlement is in the hierarchy the settlement is defined by either a Settlement Boundary or a Settlement Extent. Below
Spatial Strategy: Sustainable living in a National Park Landscape The majority of the land within the National Park boundary is considered countryside and is the subject of strict planning controls. Land that is not countryside is considered settlement. The National Park’s Settlement Strategy seeks to ensure that the majority of development takes place in sustainable locations such as settlements, but this does not mean that appropriately located allotments in countryside locations would not be encouraged. The National Park Authority will ensure that all the communities in the National Park are assured of a vital and sustainable future and are able to meet their day to day needs within each local community. The National Park want to ensure that all development in the Park is able to adapt to the likely effects of climate change beyond the plan period. In order to do this we will ensure that all development takes account of future risks of flooding, is intelligently sited, climate responsive, built with sustainable materials, resource efficient and accessible to all for the lifetime of the development. The Settlement Strategy The National Park vision is to enable and help settlements identified in the Local Development Plan to enhance their level of sustainability, by providing opportunities for community woodland, community allotments, and community energy generation schemes, to improve levels of self-sufficiency. The National Park will encourage development within and adjacent to defined settlements thereby increasing community sustainability, lowering ecological and carbon footprints and ensuring a more vibrant future for National Park Settlements. ((LDP) paragraphs 4.6.2.5 and 4.6.3.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.3.2). The Settlement Strategy of the Local Development Plan uses a settlement hierarchy to identify five types of settlement. Depending on where the settlement is in the hierarchy the settlement is defined by either a Settlement Boundary or a Settlement Extent. Below
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