Local Development Framework - Core Strategy
Role of Core Strategy
The Core Strategy will set out the Council’s vision, objectives
and overall strategy for the future development of the Borough.
All other
DPD
s in
the
LDF
will need
to conform to the Core Strategy. When the Core Strategy and
Allocations
DPD
are
adopted they will replace the
UDP
. The role of the Core
Strategy is to:
- Give more detailed spatial guidance on the level and broad
location of development, the identification of strategic sites and
their relationship with transport and other infrastructure;
- Be integrated with other strategies of the Council, its
partners, other organisations and neighbouring authorities;
and
- Provide a more robust framework for the physical regeneration
of the Borough.
The Allocations
DPD
will provide detailed site
allocations boundaries and policies. In the preparation of the Core
Strategy the following stages have been carried out:
Current stage of Core Strategy
Examination in Public Stage - 2011
Background
Following on from the Submission Stage of
the Core Strategy to the Secretary of State on 31 March
2011, the next stage was the Examination in
Public.
Current News
An Inspector undertook an Exploratory Meeting to explore a
number of his concerns relating to the soundness of the document
on 27 July 2011. Following this the Council requested a
suspension of the Examination process for a period of six months to
allow them time to review the evidence base.
Officers have now concluded that the best course of action is to
withdraw the Core Strategy completely and to draw up a new one as a
matter of urgency.
As a result the hearings set out below WILL NOT BE GOING
AHEAD:
- Pre-Hearing on 6 March 2012, and
- Hearings to deal solely with the South Heywood Economic Growth
Corridor week commencing 16 April 2012
The formal decision to withdraw will need to be made by the
Cabinet and full Council. Given the Committee timetable, the
earliest opportunity to get a Council resolution is 19
March 2012.
The letters setting out full details of the inspectors review
and the subsequent exchanges of correspondence can be viewed and
downloaded from this site.
Officers will also be asking Cabinet to agree a timetable for
the preparation of the new Core Strategy and details of that will
be published on this web site in due course.
For more information and documents relating to the
Examination in Public and Core Strategy, please use the link below
(please note that you do no need to register to view the
documents).
If you have any queries at this stage or should you wish to
discuss any of the above please do not hesitate to contact the
Council on the telephone number 01706 924369 or email: corestrategyEIP@rochdale.gov.uk
Previous stages of the Core Strategy
Issues and Options Report Stage - 2008
We consulted on the Issues and Options report and other
documents, along with a call for possible development sites, in
late 2008. The report set out what we thought the key issues are in
planning the future of the borough and the options for tackling
those issues. It outlined six spatial options on where new
development could be focused. It offered choices on what and how
much development is needed, and where it could go.
To read the Issues and Options report and other documents, the
comments that were made and our response to those comments, please
use the link below (please note that you do not need to register to
view the documents):
Preferred Options Report Stage - 2009
We considered your views and suggestions from the Issues and Options
Report consultation, and took account of new information, in
preparing our Preferred Options Report. We called these Preferred
Options because we wanted to give you the opportunity to tell us
what you thought of them.
We carried out a public consultation on the Preferred Options
Report between 2 November 2009 and 29 January 2010. We then
produced a document that listed all the representations received
and provided our response to the points made.
To read the Preferred Options report and other documents, please
use the link below (please note that you do not need to register to
view the documents):
Publication Draft Stage - 2010
The Publication Draft Core Strategy is the version of the Core
Strategy that we intend to submit to the government for approval,
and was subject to a formal 6 week public consultation.
In preparing this document we have taken into account all the
representations we received on the Preferred Options
Report. We have carried out further studies to support
proposals and to answer objections, and have tried to make the
document clearer and to ensure it is fully consistent with
government policy.
The new government has announced intended changes to the
planning system that have had a direct impact on our work on the
Core Strategy. The most important of these was the revocation of
Regional Spatial Strategies, with their proposed eventual
abolition. The RSS for the North West has provided strategic
policies and target figures for employment and housing development
in the borough. Because of this we have reviewed and amended our
proposed strategy to ensure that it is still sound in this new
policy context.
We carried out our formal 6 week public consultation from 8
November 2010 to 23 December 2010. We have also published a
report with our responses to the points you made on the Preferred
Options, and have provided other documents and evidence that
supports our proposed strategy.
To read the Publication Draft Core Strategy and other documents,
please use the link below (please note that you do not need to
register to view the documents):
Submission Stage - 2011
The Core Strategy was submitted to the Secretary of State
on 31 March 2011. Other relevant documents
submitted alongside the Core Strategy
(Publication Draft) include:
- Core Strategy Submission statement of consultation;
- Schedule of changes to the Core Strategy Publication Draft and
accompanying documents;
- Main issues raised at Publication Stage and schedule of
responses;
- Responses made on Publication Draft Core Strategy (Database
report);
- Explanation of categories within the submission database;
- Evidence base informing the production of the Core
Strategy;
- Submission document - Conformity with Town and Country Planning
regulation 2008; and
- Statement of availability of the Submission document.
To read the documents relating to submission, please use the
link below (please note that you do not need to register to view
the documents). They can also be viewed at libraries and
Customer Service Centres in the borough.