Discussion Paper: Options for Development in the Rural Areas
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Consultation on the identification of a rural settlement hierarchy and options for development in the rural areas of the District.
The Council published the document “Discussion Paper: Options for Development in the Rural Areas” in order to seek views on the development of planning policies in the rural areas of West Berkshire using a rural settlement hierarchy. The consultation period has now closed and the responses are available to view. When viewing consultation responses please note that responses are to the separate questions asked within the document. Each response has a question number. The table below indicates the question that relates to each question number. The questions can be found in Sections 4 and 6 of the document.
| Question No. | Question |
|---|---|
| 1 | Do you agree or disagree with the principle of using a hierarchy of settlements to help determine the most sustainable locations for new development? |
| 2 | Do you agree or disagree with the methodology for selecting the hierarchy? (Detailed information about the hierarchy can be found in the settlement hierarchy background paper) |
| 3 | Do you agree or disagree with the approach of controlling development in rural areas by the use of settlement boundaries |
| 4 | For the Leading Rural Service Centres, do you agree or disagree with the option of allowing some new housing development on land adjacent to the existing settlement to meet housing needs? |
| 5 | For the Rural Service Centres, do you agree or disagree with the option of allowing some new housing development on land adjacent to the current settlement to help meet housing needs? |
| 6 | For Service Villages, do you agree or disagree with limiting new housing development to within the existing settlement boundary? |
| 7 | One option is to designate the other settlements as countryside, with no further housing development. Do you agree or disagree with this option? |
| 8 | An alternative option is to allow for some infill housing development in the other settlements to help support the existing facilities. Do you agree or disagree with this option? |
