Explanation H6

5.50

Proposals for the demolition of existing housing can be submitted to the Council as Local Planning Authority in the following ways:

•  If the demolition is associated with a scheme for rebuilding, as part of the planning application; or

•  If no redevelopment is proposed at the time of demolition, an application must be submitted (under the terms of the General Development Order - see glossary) for approval of the detailed method of the demolition works

5.51

The Council considers it reasonable that a management plan for the treatment of the resultant vacant land shall be submitted as part of such proposals. This should include a timescale for redevelopment; maintenance of the vacant sites free of litter or any other nuisance; and (where the timescale for redevelopment is uncertain) interim treatment such as low-maintenance planting schemes.

5.52

It is important that, when redevelopment does eventually take place, this is done on a comprehensive basis without prejudicing the redevelopment of other land e.g. by leaving a site which is inaccessible from the public highway or which is too small to be of realistic interest to developers.

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