Core Strategy Preferred Options document - Amazon Web Services

Introduction
What you told us previously What we have done this time
New development should be
environmentally friendly.
We propose to require high
environmental standards from new
developments. Proposed polices within
the Core Strategy address this, for
example by requiring developments to
meet certain standards of the Code for
Sustainable Homes.
Key Documents, the Evidence Base and their influence upon
the Core Strategy
There are a number of documents that have a significant influence on
Rochford District’s Core Strategy: Rochford District Sustainable Community
Strategy and the East of England Plan.
Sustainable Community Strategy
The Sustainable Community Strategy is the long-term vision for the District
which sets out the priorities for improvement and how these will be achieved.
It is developed by the Local Strategic Partnership – a partnership of local
public, private and voluntary sector organisations who play a key part in the
provision of services within the District. Our Core Strategy is required to have
regard to the Sustainable Community Strategy.
The Sustainable Community Strategy and the Core Strategy are more closely
linked than simply having regard to one another, in particular they share parts
of the evidence base.
The emerging Sustainable Community Strategy sets out the following vision
for Rochford District:
“a place that is vibrant, inclusive, safe, sustainable and modern whilst
communities retain their distinctiveness, foster civic pride and where all
have access to quality accessible services.”
From this vision, the Local Strategic Partnership has developed four priority
areas, three, of which, can realistically be addressed within the planning
process:
• Supporting the ageing population – It is important to ensure that as
people get older, and life expectancies increase, they can live
independently for longer, for example through good housing design
and that high quality services are available to the target population
should the need arise.
• Fostering greater community cohesion – The sense of community is
vital for eliminating social exclusion and encouraging cohesion.
Planning can be utilised to design out crime and anti-social
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