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

Planning Schedule Date: 10/08/2004
that facilities are accessible by walking, cycling and public transport as alternatives to the use of
the car.
Sports and Recreation Provision in Designated Areas.
27. Designation of areas as National Parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty does not
preclude the use of land for sporting and recreational activities, but noisy or other intrusive
activities should be restricted to locations where they will have minimal or no impact on residents
or other recreational users. National Park Authorities should work with other local authorities and
with sports and recreational bodies with a view to securing new sports and recreational facilities
in appropriate locations within National Parks.
28. In Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty local planning authorities should look to meet the
demands for sporting and recreational activities where the proposals are consistent with the
primary objective of conservation of the natural beauty of the landscape, and the needs of
agriculture, forestry and other uses.
29. Planning permission for development in or near a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for
temporary or permanent sporting and recreational activities, should be granted only if the
permission is subject to conditions that will prevent damaging impacts on the SSSI, or if other
material factors are sufficient to override nature conservation considerations.
30. This relates to Green Belts and is not applicable in determining this application.
PPG 13 relates to transport and the need to provide developments which are both sustainable
and safe. Similar approaches have been adopted via the Council's own Local Plan and Policies
T1 and G5 relate to these aspects. Further such matters form part of the Council's consultations
with Gloucestershire County Council, as Highway Authority, when considering proposals.
PPG 16 relates to Archaeology, as do Policies B12 and B13 of the Stroud District Local Plan
Revised Deposit Version (as amended June 2001). In determining the proposals due regard has
been taken regarding any archaeological implications. The applicant has produced both a desk
top assessment and field evaluation. These have been submitted to the County Archaeologist for
consideration and his response is listed under the consultation section of this report. It has been
found that the proposals do not adversely affect any archaeological remains. As such the
development is not at variance with these policies.
Noise
With regard to Planning and Noise PPG24 outlines the fact that noise is a material planning
consideration and the general principles to be adopted when determining planning applications
which generate noise.
To this end the following extracts are relevant when considering the proposal the subject of this
application.
General principles
2. The impact of noise can be a material consideration in the determination of planning
applications. The planning system has the task of guiding development to the most appropriate
locations. It will be hard to reconcile some land uses, such as housing, hospitals or schools, with
other activities which generate high levels of noise, but the planning system should ensure that,
wherever practicable, noise-sensitive developments are separated from major sources of noise
(such as road, rail and air transport and certain types of industrial development). It is equally
important that new development involving noisy activities should, if possible, be sited away from
noise-sensitive land uses. Development plans provide the policy framework within which these
issues can be weighed but careful assessment of all these factors will also be required when
individual applications for development are considered. Where it is not possible to achieve such a
separation of land uses, local planning authorities should consider whether it is practicable to
control or reduce noise levels, or to mitigate the impact of noise, through the use of conditions or
planning obligations.
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