Planning Supporting Statement - Partnerships for Renewables

Louth Canal Wind Energy Development
6.3.6 Policy 26 (Protecting and Enhancing the Region’s Natural and Cultural Heritage) states
that sustainable development should ensure the protection, appropriate management and
enhancement of the Region‟s natural and cultural heritage. As a result the following principles
should be applied (relevant to proposed Development):
The Region‟s internationally and nationally designated natural and historic assets
should receive the highest level of protection;
Damage to natural and historic assets or their settings should be avoided wherever
and as far as possible, recognising that such assets are usually irreplaceable;
Unavoidable damage must be minimised and clearly justified by a need for
development in a relevant local context and where possible in ways which also
contribute to social and economic objectives; and
The region‟s best and most versatile agricultural land should be protected from
permanent loss or damage.
6.4 Local Planning Context
Introduction
6.4.1 The saved policies of the East Lindsey Local Plan form part of the statutory development plan
for the determination of individual planning applications. However, alongside the Saved
Policies other material considerations exist which are considered to be relevant; these are
contained within national planning policy and the emerging Core Strategy.
6.4.2 Central Government guidance (contained within Planning Policy Statements and their
supplements) is now of increasing importance in determining individual planning applications,
particularly where development plans have not been updated to reflect the latest national
guidance.
6.4.3 Upon adoption, the emerging Core Strategy and other development plan documents will form
part of the statutory development plan for development control purposes. These documents
are currently under preparation and therefore have limited weight in the determination of
planning applications.
Saved Policies from the East Lindsey Local Plan (1995)
6.4.4 The Saved Policies (2007) from the East Lindsey Local Plan alongside the Regional Strategy
for the East Midlands form part of the Statutory Local Development Plan for Craven District.
However it should be noted that the Saved Policies do not reflect the more recent planning
policy set out in national planning policy statements.
6.4.5 The East Lindsey Local Plan policy on renewable energy generation was not saved by the
Secretary of State, it therefore no longer forms part of the development plan. Other policies
that are relevant to the proposed development at Louth Canal include the following (see
overleaf).
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