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Local Development Framework - Simplified Planning Zones

Heywood Distribution Park Simplified Planning Zone Scheme

Status / Progress

The Simplified Planning Zone (SPZ) for Heywood Distribution Park was adopted on, and will be in effect for 10 years from, 8 April 2010.

Role of Heywood Distribution Park SPZ Scheme

A SPZ is a tool for stimulating and encouraging economic growth, investment and job creation. It achieves this by granting a blanket planning permission for particular types of development within its designation. Any conforming development proposed within the site will not require a separate planning application thus ensuring speed and certainty for firms and businesses wishing to locate at the Park. The SPZ at Heywood Distribution Park enables the consolidation of previous planning permissions to allow better management of the floorspace to meet the future development needs of the Borough.

Conditions are attached to the SPZ , similar to normal planning conditions, which allow the Council to retain control over developments within the Park. The SPZ will operate for a period of 10 years, from 8 April 2010 to 7 April 2020, after which normal planning procedures over the control of development will resume.

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Please contact the Strategic Planning Team on 01706 924375 if you have any queries.