Issue - meetings

Local Development Framework

 

 

Meeting: 01/09/2009 - Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 28)

Local Development Framework

To receive a presentation from John Knight Head of Planning and Policy.

Minutes:

John Knight Head of Planning and Policy attended the meeting and gave a presentation on the Local Development Framework (LDF) process.

 

The LDF system introduced a spatial planning approach which provided the basis for guiding future development within the Borough. Unlike the former Structure Plan/Local Plan system, the LDF process involved all stakeholders at all stages of the process. The LDF consisted of a folder of planning documents, which would provide a single source for all the Council’s planning policies.

 

The folder contained the following documents:

 

  • Local Development Scheme

 

  • Statement of Community Involvement

 

  • Annual Monitoring Report

 

  • Core Strategy

 

  • Site Allocations Development Plan Document (DPD)

 

  • Area Action Plans

 

  • Proposals Map

 

  • Supplementary Planning Documents

 

To date the Council had achieved progress in the following areas:

 

  • The Local Development Scheme had been adopted Feb 2009, comprising the Core Strategy, Site Allocations DPD (from 2010), Area Action Plans for Congleton Town Centre and Middlewich Canal Corridor (from 2011) and various Supplementary Planning Documents
  • Work was underway on the Core Strategy evidence base

 
  • Undertaken a public consultation on  Alsager Town Centre SPD

 

  • Produced a draft Statement of Community Involvement

 

 

The draft Core Strategy timetable was follows:

 

  • Issues and Options consultation (jointly with Sustainable Community Strategy) – end 2009

 

  • Consultation on Preferred Option – Spring 2010

 

  • Publication of draft Strategy for consultation November 2010

 

  • Independent Examination – September 2011

 

  • Binding Report – January 2012

 

  • Adoption – April 2012

 

Further presentations were due to be given to the Environment and Prosperity Scrutiny Committee and Sustainable Scrutiny Committee.

 

 

RESOLVED – That the presentation be received and noted