Preparing the LDF
The preparation of the
LDF
will be a continuous one
and over time
LDF
documents will replace the
borough’s Unitary Development Plan (UDP) adopted in
June 2006. The new system of
LDF
s was introduced in 2004 by
the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
Consultation
Consultation with all interested parties and the local community
is a key requirement and the Council works hard to ensure that
everyone can get involved a have their say.
We have launched a consultation portal for the
LDF
and other planning policy
documents. This system will permit the online submission of
comments during public consultations on, and viewing of,
DPD
s and
LDD
s.
Planning Policy
Consultation Portal
Key benefits of making representations online include:
- Specify preference - how any future contact should be made
regarding documents updates or mailshots.
- Save time - view documents/representations online.
- Optional instant updates of new drafts available for
consultation.
- Ability to view other consultees' representations once they
have been processed by the council.
- Search - to view other representations on different items
within a particular document.
- Update personal details instantly, such as change of address or
email.
- Environmental - electronic systems save paper.
- Free online help.
This will enable you to be kept up to date on the progress of
the
LDF
by your
preferred means of contact. If you would like to register your
interest please follow the link below to the consultation portal.
For further information contact the Strategic Planning Service.
All
DPD
s and
the
SCI
will be prepared in stages in full consultation with the local
community and other interested parties and adopted by the
Council following independent and binding examination by an
Inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate.
All
SPD
s
will be prepared and adopted by the Council in full consultation
with the local community. The
LDS
will be prepared and adopted
by the Council in consultation with the Local Strategic
Partnership, subject to the approval of the Department for
Communities and Local Government.
Sustainability appraisals
Sustainable development is a term that has been commonly used
since the Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Its aim is
to balance economic progress with social and environmental
needs. A widely used definition was drawn up by the world
commission on Environment and Development in 1987.
"Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs".
Sustainability Appraisal (SA) is a process which provides a
mechanism for balancing the often conflicting needs of economic,
social and environmental issues and identifies how improvements or
compromises can be made to agree on the most sustainable
outcome.
In accordance with the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act
2004, all
DPD
s and
SPD
s are
Subject to
SA
.