Technical Papers

The following Technical Papers have been prepared (and can be downloaded) in order to provide background information to the Gedling Local Plan.

Adobe Icon Technical Paper 1 ‘Urban Capacity Study’ (1999)  (PDF 317Kb)

The Local Plan adopts a sequential approach for the process of allocating land for development.  Before considering the release of land from the Green Belt, research was undertaken to assess how many houses could be planned for in the existing built-up areas.  This work represented the first stage in the sequential approach to the allocation of development in accordance with national planning guidance contained in PPG3.

Adobe Icon Addendum to Urban Capacity Study: Windfalls Revised 30.1.02.  (PDF 131Kb)

This is the first addendum to Technical Paper 1 and relates to the commercial contingency component of the housing figures. The original Urban Capacity Study was revisited in order to survey the land resource that previously disregarded uses occupy in the Borough and to investigate the redevelopment potential of some of these sites.

Adobe Icon Addendum to Technical Paper 1 (Revised) – Urban Capacity Study: Identification of Urban Capacity Sites (2003)  (PDF 614Kb)

This is the second addendum to Technical paper 1 and relates to the identification of urban capacity sites. This identifies urban capacity sites greater than 0.4ha and provides information such as ownership, existing use, capacity assumptions, constraints and an indication of any discounting applied to each of these sites.

Adobe Icon Technical Paper 2 (Revised) ‘Green Belt Review’ (2000)  (PDF 353Kb)

The boundaries of the Green Belt were reviewed in the form of a sieve analysis which, effectively identified the land on the edge of the urban area with least constraints.  This exercise represented the second stage in the sequential approach.  

Adobe Icon Addendum to Technical Paper 2 (Revised) - Green Belt Review (2003)  (PDF 89Kb)

This addendum to Technical Paper 2 explains why safeguarded white land was removed from the First Replacement Revised Deposit Draft Local Plan.

Adobe Icon Technical Paper 3 (Revised) ‘Environmental and Sustainability Appraisal (2002)  (PDF 2.5Mb)

The Local Plan has been the subject of an Environmental Appraisal at all stages of it’s preparation.  Environmental appraisal provides an opportunity to highlight policies that perform well or badly against specific environmental criteria.  Policies that perform badly can, in some cases, be adjusted to positively contribute to sustainability goals.  This continual appraisal ensures that the Plan is kept up to date.  

Adobe Icon Technical Paper 4 ‘Affordable Housing’ (February 2000)  (PDF 132Kb)

This paper sets out further information on the issue of affordable housing, in conjunction with the housing proposals and policies in the Local Plan.

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