Part 3: Five character areas

Following public consultation, we’ve focused on five areas across the borough. A local vision will help ensure that any development reflects the local character and is clear about what could happen on specific sites.

The five character areas include:

Each character area supports the spatial strategy by accommodating new homes and jobs, as well as providing new and improved community facilities and services.

The Local Plan explores each character area and includes a vision, objectives, place principles (policies for the area) and site allocations (policies for specific sites).

Tell us whether you agree with the character area approach below.

Read more about the character areas - each one has its own section in the Local Plan and on this website.

Read the Summary Document which presents all five character areas on a map.

Full details are set out in the Local Plan: Main Issues and Preferred Approaches document.