Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006 (as amended August 2009)

Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calderdale in Context
• Strategic and Core Part One Policies
• 3 Guiding Principles and Key Themes
• 4 Employment, The Economy, Tourism and Regeneration
  • Background to Economic Policy
  • Primary Employment Areas
  • Employment Development Outside the Primary Employment Areas
  • The Need for New Employment Land
  • The Allocation of New Employment Sites
  • Mixed Use Allocations
  • Safeguarding Employment Land and Buildings
  • Office Development
  • Warehouse Development
  • Tourism Attractions and Facilities
  • Rural Diversification
  • Agricultural, Equestrian and Other Animal Based Uses
  • Regeneration of Derelict and Degraded Land and Buildings
  • The Piece Hall
• 5 Housing
• 6 Retailing and Town Centres
• 7 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities
• 8 The Built and Historic Environment
• 9 Transport
• 10 Infrastructure, Education and Community Facilities
• 11 Natural Environment and the Countryside
• 12 Environmental Protection
• 13 Minerals
• 14 Waste Management
• 15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan
• Annex A Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space
• Annex B Trees On or Adjacent to Development Sites
• Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
• Appendix 2 National Minerals Policy
• Appendix 3 Supporting Published Documents
• Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix 6 Policy Topic Index
• Appendix 7 Policy Number Comparison
• Appendix 8 Supplementary Maps

Primary Employment Areas

4.6 In the urban areas of Calderdale there are areas in which industrial and business uses predominate. It is in these Primary Employment Areas (PEAs) where development is encouraged which supports the existing employment activities in order to retain and encourage the creation of jobs. The established land use activities in the PEAs provide a range of local job opportunities close to where many people live and which are accessible by private and good quality public transport. In seeking to make the most effective use of resources it is considered that maximum use should be made of existing urban buildings and land commensurate with environmental, amenity and safety factors. Measures to safeguard and further develop employment opportunities and stimulate investment in these areas are encouraged.

4.7 As well as offering support and encouragement to traditional manufacturing industry in the PEAs, the UDP seeks to promote offices, high technology development and light industry (as set out in The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 Class B1), which are crucially important as sources of jobs. It is considered that flexibility in the use of PEAs will allow for the broadest range of jobs to be created and retained, which in turn will improve the diversity and strength of the local economy. The PEA designation does not safeguard land for just employment uses, but other applicable UDP policies may restrict non-employment development. Of particular relevance Policy E 5 ‘Safeguarding Employment Land and Buildings’ seeks to safeguard for employment use, land and buildings which are either currently used or whose last use was for employment purposes. The use of PEAs for retail or leisure purposes, which cannot be accommodated in town centres, may be acceptable in appropriate circumstances provided that the development is accessible by good quality public transport and satisfies the sequential approach. Retail and major or intensive leisure development should also be able to demonstrate the ‘need’ for the proposal. (POLICY GS 2 ‘THE LOCATION OF RETAIL AND KEY TOWN CENTRE AND LEISURE USES’, Policy S 1 ‘Sequential Approach for Retail and other Key Town Centre or Leisure Uses’ and Policy S 2 ‘Criteria for Assessing Retail Developments’ are of relevance). The following Policy applies to PEAs:-

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