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| Community Facilities |
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| 11.1 |
Community facilities are often an important
element of local life fostering activities and encouraging the participation
of residents in local events. Community facilities such as sport,
educational activities and youth clubs are of particular value to
the more disadvantaged sectors of the community such as the unemployed,
the elderly, the disabled and the young. Good provision will enhance
the quality of life in the District. Activities can focus on a variety
of venues such as schools, village halls, pubs, clubs and community
centres. The retention of these buildings is therefore encouraged
and proposed changes from this use to other uses will not normally
be favoured. |
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| New And Enhanced Community
Facilities |
| S28 |
The provision of new or enhanced
community facilities and the retention of existing ones will
be supported providing there is no conflict with other policies
of this Plan. The District Council will seek a planning obligation
under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990,
to provide for new community facilities in the case of new housing
development, where the need for these arise directly from the
development concerned. The District Council will also encourage
the inclusion of such facilities on suitable major new developments. |
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| 11.2 |
The location of any new community facilities
should be well related to the existing and proposed structure of each
settlement and should be easily accessible by private and public transport
as well as by pedestrians. The scale of provision should be commensurate
with the scale and nature of the individual settlement and proposed
new development. The District Council will in principle support the
retention of existing facilities. |
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| Access For The Disabled |
| S29 |
The District Council will be concerned
to ensure that new building for use by the general public has
adequate provision, by means of its layout and design, for access
by the disabled. In particular the Council will require that: |
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sufficient disabled parking spaces
are available; |
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the layout of the site and access
from car parking facilities to the buildings minimises inconvenience
for disabled persons; |
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where appropriate, alternative
access points to the building are provided. |
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| 11.3 |
In assessing proposals where public access
to a building is intended, the District Council will have regard to
the likely ease of use of the building. In considering these matters
the Council will liaise with organised groups representing disabled
people. The District Council will place an emphasis on good design
that also helps to achieve improved access with a safe and secure
environment. |
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| Development At Educational
Establishments |
| S31 |
No development proposals at educational
establishments will be permitted which lead to an unacceptable
loss of open space and/or sports facilities (see Policy S32)
and all proposals will be subject to the other Policies of the
Plan, especially those relating to the quantity and location
of housing and employment land. Subject to the above, the District
Council will consider favourably development required to facilitate
the provision of education and training or for purposes ancillary
to such provision, for example student accommodation and additional
buildings supporting the present operations of the establishment. |
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| Loss Of Private Playing Fields |
| S32 |
Proposals leading to the loss
of private playing fields, school playing fields and other private
or public outdoor sports facilities will not be allowed unless
they satisfy the following criteria: |
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that the provision of playing
fields to Council standards (see Appendix 14) would still be
met; |
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there is alternative local provision
of playing space; or |
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an alternative replacement site
could be provided in a suitable location; or |
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the scheme would lead to an improvement
in the facilities available elsewhere on the site. |
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| Mobile Classrooms |
| S33 |
The District Council will grant
temporary permission for mobile classrooms only where there
is a genuine short term need. The applicant will need to justify
the need for temporary accommodation and will be required to
indicate the anticipated period of use for the structure. Where
a building is likely to be required in excess of 5 years the
Council will require that a permanent building is provided.
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| 11.4 |
Changes in the provision and administration
of education services may lead to a change in the ways in which buildings
and land within education use are viewed. The District Council will
continue to support proposals which lead to improvements in the physical
form and structures of schools and colleges where these are part of
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| 11.5 |
The District Council will discourage the
overuse of temporary classrooms to give extra classroom space at educational
establishments. The Local Education Authority and other appropriate
organisations must prove that the need for such classroom space is
only short term. The District Council would wish to see permanent
classroom structures built, whenever possible. |
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