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Chapter 9: Community Services: CS Policies


 

‘Bold Type’  CS Policies - the policy without the supporting text

See the Bristol Local Plan for the full text.

Chapter 9: Community Services

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Contents

  1. 1     CS1 Protection of Community Service Land and Buildings
  2. 2     CS2 Development of New ‘Neighbourhood’ Community Facilities
  3. 3     CS3 Community Centres, Youth Clubs and Libraries
  4. 4     CS4 City Farms
  5. 5     CS5 Sites for New School Buildings
  6. 6     CS6 Expansion of Other Schools and Colleges of Further Education
  7. 7     CS7 Higher Education Facilities
  8. 8     CS8 Primary Health Care Facilities
  9. 9     CS9 New Hospital Facilities
  10. 10   CS10 Community Resource Centres
  11. 11   CS11 ‘Day-Care’ Facilities
  12. 12   CS12 New Places of Worship
  13. 13   CS13 New Crematoria and Cemetery Facilities
  14. 14   CS14 Ambulance, Fire and Police Services

    CS1 Protection of Community Service Land and Buildings

CS1 Development involving the loss of existing community service land or buildings or the change of use of community service buildings will be permitted except where:–

  • (i) The building is capable of continued use as a community facility or is capable of economic and sensitive adaptation to other community uses; or
     
  • (ii) There is a demonstrable need for community facilities within the locality which could be accommodated within the existing site or building in an economic and sensitive manner; or

  • (iii) The loss of the land/property does not form part of a larger scheme for the development of community services serving the needs of local people; or

  • (iv) No compensatory facilities of an equivalent community benefit are provided

    CS2 Development of New ‘Neighbourhood’ Community Facilities

details p197

    CS3 Community Centres, Youth Clubs and Libraries

details p198

    CS4 City Farms

CS4 Extensions of existing city farms and the development of new city farms will be permitted provided:–
  • (i) The amenity of local residents would not be adversely affected due to noise or other disturbance; and

  • (ii) any additional traffic generated would not result in a road safety hazard

    CS5 Sites for New School Buildings

    Details p199

    CS6 Expansion of Other Schools and Colleges of Further Education

CS6 Expansion of existing schools and colleges of further education will be permitted provided:–
  • (i) The amenity of local residents would not be materially harmed due to noise or other disturbances

  • (ii) Any additional traffic generated would not result in unacceptable harm to highway safety.
 

    CS7 Higher Education Facilities

CS7 Development of new higher educational facilities, and expansion of existing facilities will be permitted provided:–
  • (i) The amenity of local residents is not adversely affected due to noise or other disturbance

  • (ii) Any additional traffic generated would not result in unacceptable harm to highway safety

  • (iii) The site is accessible by public transport
 
In determining Applications for proposals, the council will take into account the benefits arising from the provision of additional student residential accommodation.
 

    CS8 Primary Health Care Facilities

CS8 The expansion of existing general practitioners, dentists and other primary health care facilities or the development of new primary health facilities will be permitted provided:–
  • (i) The amenity of local residents would not be adversely affected due to noise or other disturbance

  • (ii) Any additional traffic generated would not result in unacceptable harm to highway safety
 

    CS9 New Hospital Facilities

Details p201
 

  CS10 Community Resource Centres

CS10 The development of community health resource bases and resource centres will be permitted, provided:–
  • (i) The amenity of local residents would not be materially harmed due to noise or other disturbance

  • (ii) Any additional traffic generated would not result in unacceptable harm to highway safety
 

  CS11 ‘Day-Care’ Facilities

CS11 The development of community day nurseries will be permitted, provided that:–
  • (i) The amenities of local residents would not be unacceptably harmed due to noise or other disturbance

  • (ii) The development would not result in unacceptable harm to highway safety
 

  CS12 New Places of Worship

CS12 The development of religious facilities will be permitted provided:–
  • (i) The amenity of local residents would not be unacceptably harmed due to noise or other disturbance
     
  • (ii) Any additional traffic generation would not unacceptably harm highway safety
 

  CS13 New Crematoria and Cemetery Facilities

Details p203
 

  CS14 Ambulance, Fire and Police Services

CS14 The development of ambulance, fire and police services, or the expansion of existing services will be permitted, provided:–
  • (i) They do not materially harm the amenity of local residents due to noise or other disturbance

  • (ii) Any additional traffic generation would not result in unacceptable harm to highway safety