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Selby District Submission Draft Core Strategy – May 2011 ___________________________________________________________________ Rural Diversification Introduction 6.32 While most employment opportunities are concentrated in the three towns, the rural nature of Selby District also gives rise to a scattered distribution of settlements and associated employment opportunities. The quality of agricultural land within the District supports an agricultural industry of national importance, which will continue to be supported. Nevertheless employment opportunities within agriculture and associated employment have declined over the years and are forecast to continue to decline. One objective of the Strategy is to support rural regeneration by diversifying and strengthening the rural economy. 6.33 Maintaining existing businesses and encouraging new businesses helps diversify rural employment opportunities, maintain the viability of smaller settlements and reduce the need for local people to travel longer distances to work. Policy CP10 outlines the principles for the location of new employment in rural areas, having regard to the sensitive nature of the local environment. Context 6.34 Rural regeneration remains a strategic planning priority. PPS4 (Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth), indicates that LDFs should: • Support diversification for business purposes that are consistent in their scale and environmental impact with their rural location while strictly controlling economic development in open countryside away from existing settlements. • Support the conversion and re-use of appropriately located and suitably constructed existing buildings in the countryside. • Seek to remedy any deficiencies in local shopping and other facilities to serve peoples day to day needs and help address social exclusion. • Where appropriate support equine enterprises providing for a range of suitably located recreational and leisure facilities and the needs of training and breeding businesses that maintain environmental quality and countryside character. • Support the provision and expansion of tourist and visitor facilities in appropriate locations where identified needs are not met by existing facilities in rural service centres balance against protecting landscapes and environmentally sensitive sites. - 91 -
Selby District Submission Draft Core Strategy – May 2011 ___________________________________________________________________ Relevant Strategic Objectives 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13 6.35 Core Strategy Objectives 3 and 4 recognise the importance of minimising the need to travel and commute in order to access services and employment. This is especially relevant in the rural part of Selby District where access to local employment opportunities, and support for rural diversification are currently limited. 6.36 While it is important that economic growth is concentrated on Selby and the Local Service Centres, it is also important that opportunities are provided in rural locations to maintain the viability of rural communities and to reduce the need to travel. This could include the redevelopment of existing businesses within their curtilages, the redevelopment or re-use of rural buildings for suitable employment purposes, as well as farm diversification activities. Homeworking, where this constitutes “development” and requires planning permission will also be supported where this represents a viable and sustainable life choice, which benefits the individual as well as the environment. Proposals for appropriate forms of recreation and tourism activity will also be encouraged. 6.37 Employment development outside the Designated Service Villages will be carefully assessed against development management, environmental and highways criteria, with considerable weight attached to safeguarding the character of the area and minimising the impact on existing communities. Proposals within Green Belt will need to comply with national Green Belt policy and Policy CPXX (PC5.43). (PC6.75) Policy CP10 Rural Diversification Proposals for rural diversification will be supported where this would entail: a) The extension or re-use of existing appropriately located and suitably constructed premises within the existing curtilage of the property, b) Farm diversification enterprises for business purposes, or c) Recreation and tourism activity. Development should not harm the rural character of the area, be appropriate in scale and type to a rural location, and positively contribute to the amenity of the locality. In Green Belt, development must conform to national Green Belt policies and Policy CPXX (PC5.44). (PC6.76) - 92 -
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