1.

INTRODUCTION

1.1

Need for a Borough Local Plan

1.2

Format of the Local Plan

1.3

Procedures for Adoption of the Plan

1.4

Status of the Local Plan

1.5

Other Documents

1.6

Environmental Appraisal

1.7

Resources and Implementation

1.8

Monitoring the Performance of the Local Plan

1.9

Timescale of the Local Plan

2.

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

2.1

Aims

2.2

The Strategy

2.3

Sustainability

2.4

Planning Briefs and Master Plans for Major Sites

2.5

Kings Hill

2.6

East Bank of the Medway

2.7

Tonbridge Town Centre

2.8

Countryside Protection

2.9

Safeguarded Land

2.10

Strategic Gap

2.11

Green Wedges

2.12

Performance Indicators

3.

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

3.1

Aims

3.2

Sustainability and Nature Conservation

3.3

Landscape

3.4

Land

3.5

Water

3.6

Pollution

3.7

Energy

3.8

Performance Indicators

4.

BUILT AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

4.1

Aims

4.2

Protection of Cultural Heritage

4.3

Protection of the Built Environment

4.4

The Quality of the Built Environment

4.5

Performance Indicators

5.

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

5.1

Aims

5.2

Housing

5.3

Employment

5.4

Retail Development

5.5

District Centres

5.6

Urban Local Centres

5.7

Urban Tourism

5.8

Performance Indicators

6.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

6.1

Aims

6.2

Rural Settlements

6.3

Rural Housing

6.4

Rural Diversification

6.5

Major Developed Sites in the Green Belt

6.6

Rural Lanes

6.7

Rural Services

6.8

Rural Tourism

6.9

Performance Indicators

7.

COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

7.1

Aims

7.2

The Transportation Strategy

7.3

Public Transport

7.4

Roads

7.5

River Transport

7.6

Cycling

7.7

Pedestrians

7.8

Telecommunications

7.9

Transport Impacts of Development

7.10

Vehicle Parking

7.11

Performance Indicators

8.

COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE

8.1

Aims

8.2

Availability of Infrastructure in New Developments

8.3

Open Playing Space

8.4

Sports Facilities

8.5

Informal Recreation

8.6

Community Services

8.7

Utility Services

8.8

Performance Indicators

POLICY ANNEXES

PA2/11

Tonbridge Town Centre Shopping Area: Definition of Shopping Blocks (Ground Floor Premises Only)

PA2/15

Local Vehicle Parking Standards

PA3/7

Areas of Local Landscape Importance

PA4/12

Residential Extensions

PA4/13

Shopfront Design

PA6/6

Kits Coty

APPENDICES

A

Housing Land Supply

B

Employment Land Supply

C

Other Documents Referred to in the Local Plan

GLOSSARY

INDEX

TABLES

1

Housing Provision

2

Employment Provision

MAPS

A

East Bank Strategy

B

Area at Flood Risk Upstream of Allington

C

Area at Flood Risk Downstream of Allington

D

Transportation Strategy

E

Long Distance Footpaths

F

Existing Road Hierarchy

G

Proposed Road Hierarchy

Note: REPRINTED OCTOBER 2001, INCORPORATING ERRATA TO POLICIES P5/20 AND P5/21.