Cotswold District Council is preparing a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) to amplify certain policies set out in the Cotswold District Local Plan relating to Cirencester.
The purpose of the SPD is essentially to amplify Policy CIR. 1 (Traffic Management and related issues in Cirencester Town Centre) and the following site-specific policies of the Cotswold District Local Plan 2001-2011:
- Policy CIR.2 – Livestock Market and Leisure Centre
- Policy CIR.3 – Sheep Street ‘island’ site
- Policy CIR.4 – MemorialHospital site
- Policy CIR.5 – Land adjacent to Brewery car park
- Policy CIR.6 – Land fronting Dyer Street and The Waterloo
- Policy CIR.7 – The Waterloo car park
- Policy CIR.8 – Cricklade Street/West Way
- Policy CIR.15 – Land at City Bank, Beeches Road and the former railway line
In amplifying Local Plan policies, the SDP addresses:
- vitality and viability issues in the town’s commercial centre within the context of Policy 25;
- archaeology issues within the context of Policy 12; and
- guidance on section 106 obligations within the context of Policy 49.