Christchurch Supplementary Planning Guidance

Christchurch Borough Council has adopted a number of non-statutory guidance documents on a variety of matters. The content of these documents is too detailed for inclusion in the Local Plan and they therefore supplement adopted Local Plan policies.

The Local Development Scheme Borough of Christchurch Local Development Scheme sets out (at Annex B) which Supplementary Planning Guidance documents will be retained to support saved policies of the Christchurch Borough Local Plan and which will be deleted.

Current Supplementary Planning Guidance comprises the following:

• Amusement Centres & Arcades Policy 1986     
• Granny Annexe - Procedure for Planning Considerations 1999 
• Business Activities from Home - A Users Guide 1999 
• Designing for Accessibility - An Essential Guide for Public Buildings 2000 
• You and Your Listed Building - Advisory Notes 2000
• Conservation Areas - Advisory Notes 2000
• Development Related Travel Plans 2005 (Dorset County Council)

• Christchurch Borough-wide Character Assessment

  The Character Assessment aims to help identify and protect the identity of the borough through a comprehensive assessment of urban and landscape character areas. Guidance is set out regarding the capacity of areas to accommodate new development and their unique sensitivity to change.

• Christchurch conservation area appraisals and management plans

  Christchurch Council is required to conduct periodic appraisals of the borough's 12 conservation areas to ensure that the essential character of the town is protected.

• Christchurch Magistrates Court Site Development Brief

  The Development and Planning Brief prepared for the former Magistrates Court site, police station and adjoining land at Barrack Road and Bargates in Christchurch, adopted in November 2003.

• Christchurch Shopfronts and Advertisement Design Guide

  This Supplementary Planning Guidance was produced in February 2005. It sets out the requirements of national and local planning policy to help people seeking planning consent for changes to shopfronts and aims to expand on Local Plan policy (and its successor) by setting out the basic principles of good shopfront and advertisement design.

• Christchurch Town Centre Strategy

  The Town Centre Strategy aims to clarify a vision for the development of Christchurch Town Centre over the next 20 years. It provides a framework to manage future changes while protecting the range of high quality heritage aspects. The Strategy was adopted in November 2003.

• Design Advice Note 1 (2003) - extending or otherwise altering your house

  This advice note was adopted in November 2003 and sets out a number of considerations that we wish to see reflected in alterations and extensions to existing residential properties.

• Druitt Gardens Planning, Design and Development Framework

  A Planning and Development Brief for land west of Christchurch High Street including Druitt Gardens, the Lanes and Cornfactor sites prepared May 2005.

• Druitt Gardens Landscape Master Plan

  Consultation on the Druitt Gardens Landscape Master Plan.

• South East Dorset Interim Transport Contributions Policy

• Heathland Interim Planning Framework

• Community & Planning Policy Manager
  Name: Simon Trueick
  Email: strueick@christchurchandeastdorset.gov.uk
  Tel: 01202 495038
  Fax: 01202 495108
  Full details for Simon Trueick