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POLICY ECON10 - TOURISM AND HERITAGE SITES AND CANAL CORRIDORS

  1. 1. Outside the Main Towns, Green Belt Market Town and Local Service Centres, small scale development in connection with existing tourism facilities and alongside the canal network will be permitted subject to:
    1. The scale, siting and design of facilities respecting the character of the area and its surroundings
    2. The development not generating traffic of a type or amount inappropriate to the character of local roads
    3. The proposal having a direct functional relationship with the tourism or heritage site concerned, or to use and enjoyment of the canal network.
    4. Any jobs created meeting a local need
  2. 2. Where development of sites with historic features, fittings or equipment is proposed development will not be permitted unless suitable provision is made for them to be preserved in situ. Where this is not practicable, prior to development, the Council will require a photographic and written record of such features, fittings and equipment to be made by the developer.
  3. 3. Where development is permitted on new sites with a nature conservation interest, the developer will be required to protect and enhance the existing assets.

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