Housing and the Built Environment

Aim:

To support future growth whilst retaining the distinctive historic character of the town, together with maintaining the rural setting and views.

Objectives:

To allocate a site for future development in Shepton Mallet to meet the identified needs of the community including the provision of affordable homes
To ensure new development is sustainable and helps to protect the distinctiveness, character and historic assets of Shepton Mallet, which also does not harm the conservation area
To ensure new houses are of high-quality design, in keeping with the established character of the area and built to BREEAM4 home standards
The mix of housing in any new development should be designed to meet the needs of the existing and future community and be built to Lifetime Homes Standards
To provide affordable market homes and smaller houses / flats suited to those wishing to downsize, to secure their first home, or to live in the neighbourhood area due to local connections
To concentrate development within, or immediately adjacent to, existing settlement boundaries
To maintain the Shepton Mallet conservation area
To utilise suitable brownfield sites within the settlement boundary for re-development
To provide appropriate levels of parking within new developments to ensure on road parking is minimised
To ensure any infill development in Cowl Street and Hillmead area is of high quality and sympathetic to its surroundings