Knowsley Local Plan: Core Strategy

Knowsley Local Plan: Core Strategy Proposed Modifications to the Policies Map

September 2014 Consultation Version

Contents 1. Introduction Page 1.1. The Knowsley Local Plan and Core Strategy 1 1.2. Core Strategy Modifications 1 1.3. Modifications and the Policies Map 1 1.4. The Policies Map in Knowsley 2 1.5. Future of the Policies Map 2 1.6. Further Information 3 2. Proposed Modifications to the Policies Map 2.1 Locations for which the Policies Map will be affected 4 2.2 Map extracts illustrating effect of proposed modifications on the 5-15

Policies Map

Knowsley Local Plan Core Strategy Proposed Modifications to the Policies Map (September 2014)

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1. Introduction 1.0.1 This document has been produced by Knowsley Council as one of a range of

supporting documents for the Examination of the Knowsley Local Plan Core Strategy. This introduction provides further details regarding the Core Strategy, its current stage, and the specific role of this document.

1.1 The Knowsley Local Plan and Core Strategy

1.1.1 The Knowsley Local Plan Core Strategy is being prepared by Knowsley

Council as the part of the statutory development plan for the Borough. Along with other Local Plan documents, the Core Strategy will guide the development of Knowsley up to 2028. The Core Strategy contains a vision and objectives for the development of the Borough, and a range of policies covering matters including housing, employment, retail and town centres, regeneration, the environment, design and infrastructure. It is supported by an extensive range of evidence base and supporting documents.

1.1.2 The Core Strategy has been prepared over a number of years, and has been

subject to several stages of public consultation. In 2013, the Core Strategy was submitted to the Secretary of State. Following this, a Government Planning Inspector was appointed to undertake an Examination in Public into the “soundness” (in accordance with the policies of the National Planning Policy Framework) and legal compliance of the submitted Plan. Examination hearing sessions took place in November 2013 and July 2014.

1.2. Core Strategy Modifications

1.2.1 Following the initial Examination hearing sessions, the Council published an

initial schedule of modifications in December 2013 to improve the soundness of the Plan. In January 2014, the Inspector issued his “Interim Findings” of the Examination process, giving further guidance to the Council regarding the areas of the Plan which should be considered for modification. The Council issued further modifications, which were subject to the Examination hearings in July 2014. Following further Interim Findings from the Inspector, the Council has now issued a schedule of all modifications to the Plan which will be subject to a period of public consultation (see “Knowsley Local Plan Core Strategy: Schedule of Proposed Modifications to the Submission Document – September 2014 – Consultation Version” (Examination Library Reference CS08a)).

1.3. Modifications and the Policies Map

1.3.1 The proposed modifications to the Core Strategy include changes which

would affect the existing adopted Local Plan “Policies Map”. The Policies Map (formerly referred to as a “Proposals Map”) is a constituent part of the adopted Local Plan, and illustrates the effect of the Plan policies on different parts of Knowsley. The National Planning Policy Framework (paragraph 157) sets out that Local Plans should: “[…]indicate broad locations for strategic development on a key diagram and land-use designations on a proposals


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map[…]”. National Planning Practice Guidance is clear that where the adoption of a Local Plan would result in changes to a previously adopted Policies Map, the Council should make available materials indicating how the adopted Policies Map would be changed as a result of the new Local Plan1. This means that the schedule of proposed modifications to the Knowsley Core Strategy must be accompanied by materials showing the changes to the adopted Policies Map. Section 2 of this document presents this information.

1.4. The Policies Map in Knowsley 1.4.1 The Knowsley Policies Map was adopted in June 2006 as part of the

Knowsley Replacement Unitary Development Plan. The Map has been used since this date to show spatial effect of the Unitary Development Plan policies, through designations and allocations for different land uses and types of development across the Borough.

1.4.2 The first amendments to the Unitary Development Plan Policies Map were

made when the Merseyside and Halton Joint Waste Local Plan was adopted in 2013. This Local Plan document allocated five sites across Knowsley for waste management uses. The amendments to the Policies Map were set out in site profiles which formed Appendix 2 of the Joint Waste Local Plan. These allocations effectively sit “on top” of the previous designations or allocations of these sites within the Unitary Development Plan Proposals Map (e.g. for employment uses), meaning that relevant policies from the UDP also still apply to these sites.

1.4.3 Further changes to the Policies Map are now proposed within the Local Plan

Core Strategy, through the modifications process explained in sections 1.2 and 1.3 of this document. These changes are focussed on a limited number of matters, and do not represent a wholesale revision of the existing Policies Map. This is because Core Strategies are strategic plans which do not usually contain many detailed site allocations or changes to a Policies Map. Exceptionally, sites can be allocated within Core Strategies, for strategic reasons. In the case of Knowsley’s Core Strategy, the Council considers it appropriate to reflect modifications proposed to the text of the Plan through revisions to the Policies Map.

1.5. Future of the Policies Map 1.5.1 If the Knowsley Local Plan Core Strategy is adopted in accordance with the

modifications currently proposed, the amendments set out in this paper will be incorporated into the adopted Policies Map. This Map will then be operational on adoption of the Core Strategy. Additional extensive changes to the Policies Map are likely to be proposed as part of the preparation of additional Local Plan documents, including the future Knowsley Local Plan: Site Allocations and Development Policies.

1 Planning Practice Guidance (http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/), Paragraph: 010,

Reference ID: 12-010-20140306, Revision date: 06/03/2014

http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/


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1.6. Further Information

1.6.1 Further information about the Knowsley Local Plan Core Strategy, the

Examination process, and the proposed modifications, is available on the Knowsley Council website at:

http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/localplan Selected documents are also available to view at Knowsley Council libraries

and One Stop Shops during normal opening hours. 1.6.2 If you have any queries regarding the Examination process, please contact

the Local Plan Examination Programme Officer, as follows:

Address: Programme Officer, Knowsley Local Plan Core Strategy Examination, Municipal Buildings, Archway Road, Huyton, Merseyside, L36 9YU

Telephone: 0151 443 3077 Email: [email protected]

http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/localplan

mailto:[email protected]


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2. Proposed Modifications to the Policies Map 2.0.1 This section sets out the proposed modifications to the Policies Map, as

described in Section 1 of this report. The proposed amendments are closely related to the proposed modifications to the policy wording of the Local Plan Core Strategy.

2.1 Locations for which the Policies Map will be affected 2.1.1 The diagram below shows the areas of Knowsley affected by the proposed

modifications to the Policies Map.


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2.2. Map extracts illustrating effect of proposed modifications on the Policies Map 2.2.1 The following pages show a series of maps which show how the Policies Map

would change if the Core Strategy is adopted with the proposed modifications for each area affected. The maps are for purely illustrative purposes and do not represent the scaling of the Policies Map which will be to a single scale covering the whole Borough. The Borough-wide diagram in section 2.1 above shows the locations covered by each of the extracts. Each extract is accompanied by a brief description of the proposed amendment to the relevant Core Strategy policies, and parts of the proposed modifications schedule which provide the policy wording to inform the change. The extracts are for the following proposed land allocations proposed in the modifications to the Core Strategy:

1. Sustainable Urban Extension: Bank Lane, Kirkby 2. Sustainable Urban Extension: East of Knowsley Industrial and Business

Parks, Kirkby

3. Sustainable Urban Extension: Knowsley Lane, Huyton

4. Sustainable Urban Extension: Edenhurst Avenue, Huyton

5. Sustainable Urban Extension: Land bounded by A58, Prescot

6. Sustainable Urban Extension: Carr Lane, Prescot

7. Sustainable Urban Extension: East of Halewood

8. Sustainable Urban Extension: South of Whiston & Land South of M62

9. Land Safeguarded for Future Urban Extension: Land at Knowsley Village


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Map extract 1)

Sustainable Urban Extension: Bank Lane, Kirkby

Description Modification to show changed designation of land from Green

Belt to Sustainable Urban Extension (for residential use)

Modification to show changed designation of land east of Bank Lane from White Land to Urban Greenspace and Educational Land

Core Strategy Policies Reference: CS5, SUE1, SUE2

Modifications Schedule Reference: M078, M168 and M272


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Map Extract 2) Sustainable Urban Extension: East of Knowsley Industrial and Business Parks, Kirkby


Belt to Sustainable Urban Extension (for employment use)




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Map Extract 3)

Sustainable Urban Extension: Knowsley Lane, Huyton


Belt to Sustainable Urban Extension (for mixed employment and residential use)

Core Strategy Policies Reference: CS5, SUE1, SUE2, SUE2a



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Map Extract 4)

Sustainable Urban Extension: Edenhurst Avenue, Huyton


Belt, and Urban Greenspace and Educational Land to Sustainable Urban Extension (for residential use)




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Map Extract 5)

Sustainable Urban Extension: Land bounded by A58, Prescot



Modification to show changed designation of playing fields at the north of the Sustainable Urban Extension from Green Belt to Urban Greenspace and Educational Land




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Map Extract 6)

Sustainable Urban Extension: Carr Lane, Prescot






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Map Extract 7)

Sustainable Urban Extension: East of Halewood



Core Strategy Policies Reference: CS5, SUE1, SUE2, SUE2b



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Map Extract 8)

Sustainable Urban Extension: South of Whiston & Sustainable Urban Extension: Land South of M62

Description South of Whiston

Modification to show changed designation of land from Green Belt to Sustainable Urban Extension (for residential use)

Modification to show changed designation of Fox’s Bank Lane Cemetery from Green Belt to Urban Greenspace and Educational Land Land South of M62

Modification to show changed designation of land from Green Belt to Sustainable Urban Extension (for employment and country park uses)

Core Strategy Policies Reference: CS5, SUE1, SUE2, SUE2c



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Map Extract 9)

Land Safeguarded for Future Urban Extension: Land at Knowsley Village


Belt to Safeguarded Land (for residential use post 2028)

Modification to show revised Local Wildlife Site (LWS) boundary for LWS 40: Knowsley Park

Core Strategy Policies Reference: CS5, SUE1


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