Black Country Core Strategy Issue and Option Report
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Black Country Today - the Existing Strategy
- 3. The Strategic Challenges and Opportunities
- Key Issue 1 - Updating the evidence base
- Key Issue 2 - Meeting the housing needs of a growing population
- Key Issue 3 - Supporting a resurgent economy
- Key Issue 4 - Supporting strong and competitive centres
- Key Issue 5 - Protecting and enhancing the environment
- Key Issue 6 - Reviewing the role and extent of the green belt
- Key Issue 7 - Keeping the Black Country connected
- Key Issue 8 - Providing infrastructure to support growth
- Key Issue 9 - Working effectively with neighbours
- Summary of the Key Issues
- 4. Reviewing the Strategy to Meet New Challenges and Opportunities
- 5. Delivering Growth - Infrastructure and Viability
- 6. Review of Existing Core Strategy Policies and Proposals
- Policy Area A - Health and Wellbeing
- Policy Area B - Creating Sustainable Communities in the Black Country
- Policy Area C - The Black Country Economy
- * Policy DEL2 - Managing the Balance between Employment Land and Housing
- * Policy EMP1 - Providing for Economic Growth and Jobs
- * Policy EMP2- Strategic High Quality Employment Land and Policy EMP3 - Local Quality Employment Land
- * Policy EMP4 - Maintaining a supply of readily available employment land
- * Policy EMP5 - Improving access to the labour market
- * Policy EMP6 - Cultural Facilities and the Visitor Economy
- Policy Area D - The Black Country Centres
- * Policy CEN1: The Importance of the Black Country Centres for the Regeneration Strategy
- * Policy CEN2: Hierarchy of Centres
- * Policy CEN3: Growth in the Strategic Centres
- * Policy CEN4: Regeneration of Town Centres
- * Policy CEN5: District and Local Centres
- * Policy CEN6: Meeting Local Needs for Shopping and Services
- * Policy CEN7: Controlling Out-of-Centre Development
- * Policy CEN8: Car Parking in Centres
- Policy Area E - The Black Country Transport Network
- Policy Area F - The Black Country Environment
- * Policy ENV1 - Nature Conservation
- * Policy ENV2 - Historic Character and Local Distinctiveness
- * Policy ENV3 - Design Quality
- * Policy ENV4 - Canals
- * Policy ENV5 - Flood Risk, Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) and Urban Heat Island Effects
- * Policy ENV6 - Open Space, Sport and Recreation
- * Policy ENV7 - Renewable Energy
- * Policy ENV8 - Air Quality
- Policy Area G - Waste
- * Policy WM1 - Sustainable Waste and Resource Management
- * Policy WM2 - Protecting and Enhancing Existing Waste Management Capacity
- * Policy WM3 - Strategic Waste Management Proposals
- * Policy WM4 - Locational Considerations for New Waste Management Facilities
- * Policy WM5 - Resource Management and New Development
- Policy Area H - Minerals
- Policy Area J - Growth Network Detailed Proposals
- Policy Area K - Monitoring and Additional Policies
- Appendices
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