Planning Schedule Date: 10/08/2004 - Stroud District Council

Planning Schedule Date: 10/08/2004
New development should be located so as to minimise the length and number of motorized
journeys, and encourage the use of public transport, cycling and walking. New development
should be genuinely accessible by these modes of transport as alternatives to the car.
Policy RE.1
The retention and provision of a wide range of recreational facilities in urban areas and all
principal settlements, to meet local and sub-regional needs, will be supported. Local Plans will
give special consideration to:
(a) Areas which are deficient in recreational facilities;
(b) Facilities which provide for as wide a range of the population; as possible;
(c) Increased accessibility for all potential users particularly by public transport, cycling and
walking; and
(d) Local scale of provision of a non-specialist nature, for example local halls capable of some
recreational uses, will be encouraged provided they are well related to the communities they
serve.
Policy S.5
In providing for development, local authorities will have regard to the need for community facilities
and services, including education, health, and cultural facilities, local shopping facilities, sport and
leisure facilities, transport services and infrastructure, housing including affordable housing and
public utilities. In determining the type, scale and location of development, the adequacy
infrastructure and community services will be taken into account.
Provision for development will be made where related infrastructure and community services are
in place or will be provided in appropriate phases in an environmentally acceptable way.
PPG's
PPG 1, PPG 13, PPG 16, PPG 17, PPG 24 and RPG 10, are relevant in terms of considering this
proposal. PPG 17 relates to sport and recreation and PPG24 to noise.
PPG 1 deals with general policies and principles and includes reference to development
proposals which are in the public interest and to restrict those which are not. The expressions of
support and objection to the development are material considerations. The advice given states:
Private interests
64. The planning system does not exist to protect the private interests of one person against the
activities of another, although private interests may coincide with the public interest in some
cases. In fact "the public interest ... may require that the interests of individual occupiers should
be considered. The protection of individual interests is one aspect, and an important one, of the
public interest as a whole" (Stringer v MHLG 1971). It can be difficult to distinguish between
public and private interests, but this may be necessary on occasion. The basic question is not
whether owners and occupiers of neighbouring properties would experience financial or other
loss from a particular development, but whether the proposal would unacceptably affect
amenities and the existing use of land and buildings which ought to be protected in the public
interest. Good neighbourliness and fairness are among the yardsticks against which development
proposals can be measured; for example, it might be material to consider the question of
overlooking or loss of privacy experienced by a particular resident.
The Governments objectives for sport and recreation are set out below and are taken from PPG
17:
Planning Objectives
Open spaces, sport and recreation all underpin people's quality of life. Well designed and
implemented planning policies for open space, sport and recreation are therefore fundamental to
delivering broader Government objectives. These include:
* Supporting an urban renaissance - local networks of high quality and well managed and
maintained open spaces, sports and recreational facilities help create urban environments that
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