Halton Borough Council

INDEX OF POLICIES

STRATEGIC POLICIES (PART 1 POLICIES)
S1	Regeneration
S2	The Built Environment
S3	The Green Environment
S4	Pollution and Health
S5	Major Accident Land Use Risk
S6	Reuse and Remediation of Previously Used or Contaminated Land
S7	Minerals and Waste
S8	Sustainable Waste Management Facilities
S9	Waste Management Facilities
S10	Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
S11	Renewable Energy Sources
S12	Areas at Risk from Flooding
S13	Transport
S14	A New Crossing of the River Mersey
S15	Leisure and Tourism
S16	Retail Hierarchy
S17	Retail Development
S18	Provision of Land for Housing
S19	Provision of Land for Employment
S20	Regional Investment Sites
S21	Green Belt
S22	Unallocated Land in Urban Areas
S23	Open Countryside
S24	Sustainable Urban Extensions
S25	Planning Obligations
Chapter 1 - Regeneration
RG1	Action Area 1 - Southern Widnes
RG2	Action Area 2 - Central Widnes
RG3	Action Area 3 - Widnes Waterfront
RG4	Action Area 4 - Runcorn and Weston Docklands
RG5	Action Area 5 - Halebank
RG6	Action Area 6 - Castlefields and Norton Priory
Chapter 2 - Built Environment
BE1	General Requirements for Development
BE2	Quality of Design
BE3	Environment Priority Areas
BE4	Scheduled Ancient Monuments
BE5	Other Sites of Archaeological Importance
BE6	Archaeological Evaluations
BE7	Demolition of Listed Buildings
BE8	Changes of Use of Listed Buildings
BE9	Alterations and Additions to Listed Buildings
BE10	Protecting the Setting of Listed Buildings
BE11	Enabling Development and the Conservation of Heritage Assets
BE12	General Development Criteria - Conservation Areas
BE13	Demolition in Conservation Areas
BE14	Outline Applications - Conservation Areas
BE15	Local List of Buildings and Structures of Architectural and Historic Interest
BE16	Alterations to and New Shop Fronts
BE17	Advertising and Advertisements
BE18	Access to New Buildings Used by the Public
BE19	Disabled Access for Changes of Use, Alterations and Extensions
BE20	Disabled Access in Public Places
BE21	Telecommunications Apparatus
BE22	Boundary Walls and Fences
BE23	Temporary Buildings
Chapter 3 - The Green Environment
GE1	Control of Development in the Green Belt
GE2	Hale Village Green Belt
GE3	Extensions, Alterations and Replacement of Existing Dwellings in the Green Belt
GE4	Re-use of Buildings in the Green Belt
GE5	Outdoor Sport and Recreation Facilities in the Urban Fringe and Open Countryside
GE6	Protection of Designated Greenspace
GE7	Proposed Greenspace Designations
GE8	Development within Designated Greenspace
GE9	Redevelopment and Changes of Use of Redundant School Buildings
GE10	Protection of Linkages in Greenspace Systems
GE11	Protection of Incidental Greenspaces
GE12	Protection of Outdoor Playing Space for Formal Sport And Recreation
GE13	Intensifying Use of Existing Outdoor Sports and Recreation Provision
GE14	Noisy Outdoor Sports
GE15	Protection of Outdoor Playing Space for Children
GE16	Protection of Allotments
GE17	Protection of Sites of International Importance for Nature Conservation
GE18	Protection of Sites of National Importance for Nature Conservation
GE19	Protection of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
GE20	Protection and Creation of Local Nature Reserves
GE21	Species Protection
GE22	Protection of Ancient Woodlands
GE23	Protection of Areas of Special Landscape Value
GE24	Protection of Important Landscape Features
GE25	Protection of Ponds
GE26	Protection of Hedgerows
GE27	Protection of Trees and Woodland
GE28	The Mersey Forest
GE29	Canals and Rivers
GE30	The Mersey Costal Zone
Chapter 4 - Pollution and Risk
PR1	Air Quality
PR2	Noise Nuisance
PR3	Odour Nuisance
PR4	Light Pollution and Nuisance
PR5	Water Quality
PR6	Land Quality
PR7	Development Near to Established Pollution Sources
PR8	Noise Sensitive Developments
PR9	Development within the Liverpool Airport Public Safety Zone
PR10	Development within the Liverpool Airport Height Restriction Zone
PR11	Development of Sites Designated under the Control of Major Hazards (Planning) Regulations 1999 (COMAH)
PR12	Development on Land Surrounding COMAH Sites
PR13	Vacant and Derelict Land
PR14	Contaminated Land
PR15	Groundwater
PR16	Development and Flood Risk
Chapter 5 - Minerals and Waste Management
MW1	All Minerals and Waste Management Developments
MW2	Requirements for all Applications
MW3	Requirements for all Waste Management Applications
MW4	Aggregate Minerals
MW5	Protection of Mineral resources
MW6	Aftercare
MW7	Waste Recycling and Collection Facilities
MW8	Aerobic Composting Facilities
MW9	Anaerobic Digestion Facilities
MW10	Wastewater and Sewage Treatment Facilities
MW11	Extensions to Wastewater Treatment Facilities
MW12	Recycling and Household Waste Centres
MW13	Energy Recovery
MW14	Incineration
MW15	Landfill/Landrising of Non-inert Wastes
MW16	Landfill/Landrising of Inert Wastes
MW17	Waste Minimisation and Recycling
MW18	Energy from Non-fossil Sources
Chapter 6 - Transport
TP1	Public Transport Provision as Part of New Development
TP2	Existing Public Transport Facilities
TP3	Disused Public Transport Facilities
TP4	New Public Transport Facilities
TP5	Taxi Ranks and Offices
TP6	Cycle Provision as Part of New Development
TP7	Pedestrian Provision as Part of New Development
TP8	Pedestrian Improvement Schemes
TP9	The Greenway Network
TP10	The Trans-Pennine Trail and Mersey Way
TP11	Road Schemes
TP12	Car Parking
TP13	Freight
TP14	Transport Assessments
TP15	Accessibility to New Development
TP16	Green Travel Plans
TP17	Safe travel for All
TP18	Traffic Management
TP19	Air Quality
TP20	Liverpool Airport
Chapter 7 - Leisure, Tourism and Community Facilities
LTC1	Developments of Major Leisure and Community Facilities within Designated Shopping Centres
LTC2	Developments of Major Leisure and Community Facilities on the Edge of Designated Shopping Centres
LTC3	Development of Major Leisure and Community Facilities in Out-of-Centre locations
LTC4	Development of Local Leisure and Community Facilities
LTC5	Protection of Community Facilities
LTC6	Children’s Day Care Provision
LTC7	The Proposed Halton Arts and Cultural Centre Site
LTC8	Protection of Tourism Attractions
LTC9	Tourism Development
LTC10	Water Based Recreation
Chapter 8 - Shopping and Town Centres
TC1	Retail and Leisure Allocations
TC2	Retail Development to the Edge of Designated Shopping Centres
TC3	Warrington Road/Eastern Widnes Bypass Site
TC4	Retail Development within Designated Shopping Centres
TC5	Design of Retail Development
TC6	Out of Centre Retail Development
TC7	Existing Small Scale Local Shopping Facilities Outside Defined Shopping Centres
TC8	Non-retail Uses within Primary and Secondary Shopping Areas
TC9	Non-retail Uses within Neighbourhood Centres
TC10	Runcorn Mixed Town Centre Uses Area
TC11	Food and Drink Outlets
Chapter 9 - Housing
H1	Provision for New Housing
H2	Design and Density of New Residential Development
H3	Provision of Recreational Greenspace
H4	Sheltered Housing
H5	Gypsy Sites
H6	House Extensions
H7	Conversions to Flats
H8	Non Dwelling House Uses
Chapter 10 - Employment
E1	Local and Regional Employment Land Allocations
E2	Priority Employment Redevelopment Areas
E3	Primarily Employment Areas
E4	Complementary Services and Facilities within Primarily Employment Areas
E5	New Industrial and Commercial Development
E6	Daresbury Laboratories
E7	Ditton Strategic Rail Freight Park

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