Rochford Area Action Plan: Schedule of Modifications

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Change title of the plan to ‘Rochford Town Centre Area Action Plan’.

AM2

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Figure 1

Include key to Figure 1.

AM3

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1.1 (first paragraph)

Amend paragraph as follows:

Rochford District Council is committed to preparing Area Action Plans (AAP) for its three main centres of Rayleigh, Rochford and Hockley. The AAPs will form part of the statutory development plan for Rochford District. This document focuses on guiding the development of Rochford town centre INSERTED:during the plan period to 2025, and also considers its immediate surroundings.

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Section 3.2; Vision

Amend the vision as follows:

Rochford will develop its existing strengths as a small and attractive historic market town serving the needs of its local population and visitors. By INSERTED:2025 DELETED: 2026 , the town centre offer will be more mixed, and will include a greater diversity of town centre uses, such as restaurants, cafés, and bars, leisure uses and community facilities, whilst retaining its existing office stock. Environmental enhancements and new development will improve key spaces, build on the town’s historic character and make better use of unused or unattractive sites. Improvements to existing routes and the addition of new links will make the town more permeable and make travel by all modes of transport easier.

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Policy 4

Amend policy as follows:

The Council will support new B1a (office) employment development within the Locks Hill employment site INSERTED:(Figure 8) and protect the area from uses that would undermine its role as an employment generator. Alternative uses will be considered having regard to:

1. The number of jobs likely to be generatedDELETED: . INSERTED:;
2. The compatibility with and impact on existing B1(a) usesDELETED: . INSERTED:;
3. The impact on the vitality and viability of Rochford town centreDELETED: . INSERTED:; and
4. Wider sustainability issues such as traffic generation considered against travel by sustainable modes.

Any new development at the Locks Hill employment site should be of a quality befitting this gateway location, safe and inclusive design which acts as a landmark and responds positively to its local context.

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Section 5.2; bullet point 2

Change bullet point 2 as follows:

Consider the benefits of rationalisation of the taxi provision – it is currently on both sides of the 'central island’ and could be rationalised. It may be necessary to allocate spaces in an alternative location, with Back Lane INSERTED:car park, DELETED: Baxter Close and Roche Close potentially DELETED: all providing viable alternatives.

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Text explaining Figure 11

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Section 6.4 (third paragraph)

Amend paragraph as follows:

The AAP sets out priorities for delivering environmental improvements and highways schemes. The Council will expect that new developments within, and affecting, the AAP area contribute towards these identified priorities INSERTED:either through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), Section 106 or Section 278 agreements as appropriate, in accordance with the Core Strategy.

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First row, last column

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The Council will record development throughINSERTED: the Annual MDELETED: monitoring INSERTED:RDELETED: reportDELETED: s INSERTED:(AMR), keeping track of commitments and completions.

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Second row, last column

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Office commitments and completions will be recorded as part of the INSERTED:Annual MDELETED: monitoring INSERTED:RDELETED: report INSERTED:(AMR).

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Third row, last column

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The quality of new development will be monitored as planning decisions are madeINSERTED:, and recorded in the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR).

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Fourth row, last column

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The quality of new development will be monitored as planning decisions are madeINSERTED:, and recorded in the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR).

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6.5 (third paragraph)

Amend paragraph as follows:

The Council’s INSERTED:Annual MDELETED: monitoring INSERTED:RDELETED: report INSERTED:(AMR) will document whether or not the AAP’s objectives are being met and will set out the necessary actions to aid the delivery of the AAP.