Devon County Council

	Sustainable Development Strategy
S1a	Regional and Sub-Regional Centres	22
S1b	Area Centres	22
S1c	Towns with strategic development role	23
S2	Local Centres	23
S3	Minimising Use of greenfield sites	24
S4	Controlling development in the countryside	24
S5	Settlement Self Sufficiency	24
S6	Infrastructure	26
	Conservation and Enhancement
C2	Landscape character and local distinctiveness	32
C3	National Parks	33
C4	Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty	33
C6	Areas of Great Landscape Value	33
C7	The Coast	34
C9	Enhancing the urban environment	36
C10	Regeneration and revitilisation	37
C11	Historic settlements and buildings	38
C12	Archaeology	38
C13	Biodiversity and earth science diversity	40
C14	Conservation of important sites and features	43
C15	Conservation of important sites and features	43
C17	Conservation of protected species	43
C18	Waste management hierarchy	45
C19	Waste management facilities	45
C20	Waste to energy and landfill	45
C21	Management of waste generated by development	45
C22	Conserving Energy Resources	45
C23	Renewable energy developments	46
C24	Protecting Water Resources	46
C25	Derelict land	47
C26	Contaminated land	47
C27	Agricultural land	48
C28	Soil resources	48
C29	Air Quality	48
C30	Noise Pollution	48
	Transportation (A)
T1	Integrated transport strategy	51
T2	Hierarchy of modes	51
T3	Walking and cycling	53
T5	Public transport network	54
T6	Bus and coach services	55
T7	Rail services and new developments	56
	Transportation (B)
T8	Rail improvement schemes	58
T9	Park and Ride	58
T10	Devon Road Network	60
T11	High Quality Road Network	60
T12	Highway programme	63
T13	Management of the urban road network	64
T14	Management of car parking	65
T15	Roadside service areas	65
T16	Freight	67
T19	Access from development onto the highway network	68
T20	Ports	68
T22	Exeter airport	69
T23	Plymouth airport	69
	Housing
H1	Housing provision	74
H2	Phasing of strategic provision	75
H3	Settlement hierarchy and distribution of development	75
H4	Housing in Rural Areas	75
H5	Residential Densities	76
H6	Affordable Housing	76
H8	Provision for Gypsies	76
H9	Site and locations of sites for Gypsies	76
	Employment (A)
E1	Settlement hierarchy and distribution of development	84
E2	Employment development in rural areas	84
	Employment (B)
E3	Employment Land Provision	85
E4	Safeguarding Employment Land	86
E5	Tourism development in resorts	89
E5a	Tourism development in main settlements (other than resorts)	89
E6	Tourist development in Rural Areas	89
E7	Touring parks and camping sites	90
E8	Tourist village development	91
E9	Visitor Attractions	91
E10	Major recreational facilities (and golf courses)	92
E11	Access to Facilities	93
E12	Development on Estuaries	93
E13	Public Rights of Way	94
E14	Safeguarding Mineral Resources	96
E15	Environmental Effects of Mineral Working	97
E16	Mineral development in National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty	97
E17	Mineral Working Areas	97
E18	Aggregate Minerals	98
E19	Secondary and Recycled Materials	98
E20	Shopping facilities (sequential approach)	99
E21	Shopping facilities and settlement hierarchy	100
E23	Retail Warehouses	101
E24	Shopping Facilities in Rural Settlements	101
E25	Large Food Stores	102
	New Communities
N1	New Community in South Hams District	104
N2	New Community in East Devon District	104
N3	Concept of New Community	105
N4	Implementation of New Community Proposals	106
N5	New Community Setting	106

NOTE: Policies C1, C5, C16, T4, T17, T18, T21, T24, H7 and E22 were formally deleted prior to the adoption of the Structure Plan and therefore not included in the policies listed.