Colchester City Council Preferred Options Local Plan Regulation 18 Consultation 2025

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14. Appendices

Appendix A - Superseded Policies and Documents Comment

14.1 Colchester Local Plan Section 1 (February 2021) and Section 2 (July 2022) will be superseded by the Colchester Local Plan 2026 to 2041. The table below sets out the adopted Local Plan policies and the name of the relevant new policy. It also identifies any policies which are to be saved from the Section One Local P Lan.

Colchester Local Plan 2017 to 2033		Colchester Local Plan Review 2026 to 2041
Existing Policy Reference	Existing Policy Name	New Policy Reference	New Policy Name
Section 1
SP1	Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development
SP2	Recreational disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (RAMS)	EN1	Nature Conservation and Designated Sites
SP3	Spatial Strategy for North Essex	ST3 ST4	Spatial Strategy Development in the Countryside
SP4	Meeting Housing Needs	ST5	Colchester's Housing Need
SP5	Providing for Employment	ST6	Colchester's Employment Need
SP6	Infrastructure and Connectivity	ST7	Infrastructure Delivery and Impact Mitigation
SP7	Place Shaping Principles	ST8	Placemaking Principles
SP8	Development and Delivery of New Garden Community in North Essex		Saved
SP9	Tendring/Colchester Borders Garden Community		Saved
Section 2
SG1	Colchester's Spatial Strategy	ST3 ST4	Spatial Strategy Development in the Countryside
SG2	Housing Delivery	ST5	Colchester's Housing Need
SG3	Economic Growth Provision	ST6	Colchester's Employment Need
SG4	Local Economic Areas	E1 PEP1-PEP11	Protection of Employment
SG5	Centre Hierarchy	E4	Retail and Centres
SG6	Town Centre Uses	E4	Retail and Centres
SG6a	Local Centres	E4	Retail and Centres
SG7	Infrastructure Delivery and Impact Mitigation	ST7	Infrastructure Delivery and Impact Mitigation
SG8	Neighbourhood Plan
ENV1	Environment	ST2 EN1 EN2 EN3 EN4	Environment and the Green Network Nature conservation designated sites Biodiversity net gain (BNG) and environmental net gain Biodiversity and geodiversity Irreplaceable habitats
ENV2	Coastal Areas	LC3	Coastal areas
ENV3	Green Infrastructure	GN1	Green Network and Waterways Principles
ENV4	Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty	LC2	Dedham Vale National Landscape
ENV5	Pollution and Contaminated Land	EN9	Pollution and Contaminated Land
CC1	Climate Change	NZ1 GN4	Net Zero Carbon Development (in operation) Tree Canopy Cover
PP1	Generic Infrastructure and Mitigation Requirements	ST7	Infrastructure Delivery and Impact Mitigation
TC1	Town Centre Policy and Hierarchy	E4	Retail and Centres
TC2	Retail Frontages	E4	Retail and Centres
EC1	Knowledge gateway and University of Essex Strategic Economic Area	PEP2 UE1	Knowledge Gateway University of Essex
WC3	Colchester Zoo	E5	Colchester Zoo
SS12b	Coast Road West Mersea	LC3	Coastal Areas
SS12c	Mersea Island Caravan Parks	CS6	Caravan Parks
OV1	Development in Other Villages	ST3	Spatial Strategy
OV2	Countryside	ST4	Development in the Countryside
DM1	Health and Wellbeing	ST1 PC1	Health and Wellbeing  Healthier Food Environments
DM2	Community Facilities	CS1 CS2	Retention of Community Facilities Enhancement and Provision for new Community Facilities
DM3	Education Provision	CS3	Education Provision
DM4	Sports Provision	CS4	Sports Provision
DM5	Tourism, leisure, Culture and Heritage	CS5	Tourism, Leisure, Arts, Culture and Heritage
DM6	Economic Development in Rural Areas and the Countryside	E2	Economic Development in Rural Areas and the Countryside
DM7	Agricultural Development and Diversification	E3	Agricultural Development and Diversification
DM8	Affordable Housing	H2	Affordable Housing
DM9	Development Density	PC4	Development Density
DM10	Housing Diversity	H3 H4 H5 H6	Student Accommodation Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) Specialist Housing including Housing for an Aging Population Self and Custom Build
DM11	Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople	H7	Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople
DM12	Housing Standards	PC6 H5	Design and Amenity Specialist Housing including housing for an aging population
DM13	Domestic Development	PC5	Domestic Development
DM14	Rural Workers Dwellings	H8	Rural Workers Dwellings
DM15	Design and Amenity	PC6	Design and Amenity
DM16	Historic Environment	EN6 EN7	Conserving and Enhancing the Historic Environment Archaeology
DM17	Retention of Open Space	GN6	Retention of Open Space
DM18	Provision of Open Space and Recreation Facilities	GN1	Green network and waterways principles
DM19	Private Amenity Space	PC8	Private amenity space
DM20	Promoting Sustainable Transport and Changing Travel Behaviour	PC2	Active and Sustainable Travel
DM21	Sustainable Access to development	PC2	Active and Sustainable Travel
DM22	Parking	PC3	Parking Standards
DM23	Flood Risk and Water Management	EN8	Flood Risk and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
DM24	Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems	EN8	Flood Risk and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
DM25	Renewable Energy, Water Waste and Recycling	NZ4 NZ3	Renewable Energy Wastewater and Water Supply
Place Policies		Place Policies PP1-PP49; OA1-OA4

14.2 The following Supplementary Planning Documents and Guidance are superseded:

Colne Harbour Masterplan – January 2008
Colne Harbour Design Framework – January 2001
Colne Harbour Public Space Design Guide
Essex County Hospital Development Brief – December 2014
Stanway Railway Sidings Development Brief – April 2011
Stanway Southern Sites Access Development Brief – December 2013
Garrison Masterplan – November 2002
Sustainable Drainage Systems Design Guide – December 2014
Planning Guidance Note on Air Quality – August 2012
Sustainable Construction SPD

14.3 The following Supplementary Planning Documents and Guidance remain:

Abro Development Brief - SPD
Active Travel SPD
Climate Change SPD
Biodiversity SPD
Affordable Housing SPD
Backland and Infill SPD
Essex Coast RAMS SPD
North Colchester Growth Area SPD
Provision of Community Facilities SPD
Provision of Open Space, Sport and Recreational Facilities SPD
Shopfront Design Guide SPD
Street Services Delivery Strategy SPD
Colchester City Centre Masterplan SPD
Vehicle Parking Standards SPD – 2009
Development and Public Rights of Way – Jan 2010
Managing Archaeology in Development SPD – 2015
External Materials Guide for New Development – July 2004
Developing a Landscape for the Future – September 2013
Magdalen Street Development Brief – February 2014
Magdalen Street Sidings Development Brief – February 2014
Planning for Broadband – February 2016
Rural Workers Dwelling – Guidance Note for Applicants – August 2012
Tollgate Vision July 2013

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