Creating Local Development Frameworks
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Planning shapes the places where people live and work and the country we live in. It plays a key role in supporting the Government’s wider social, environmental and economic objectives and for sustainable communities. PLANNING Creating Local Development Frameworks A Companion guide to PPS12 Creating Local Development Frameworks A Companion guide to PPS12 © Crown Copyright 2004 Copyright in the typographical arrangement and design and rests with the Crown. Published for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, under licence from the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. This publication excluding logos, may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to it being reproduced accurately and not in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the publication specified. 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Fax 01603 723000 or email: [email protected] ISBN Printed in the United Kingdom for the Stationery Office Product code 04PD02685 CREATING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS | Contents Contents 1 Introduction . .1 1.1 The Role Of This Guide . 1 1.2 Acknowledgements . 4 2 Main Principles For Local Development Frameworks . 7 2.1 Introduction . 7 2.2 Sustainable Development . 7 2.3 A Spatial Planning Approach . 7 2.4 A Clear And Distinctive Vision . 8 2.5 Integration With Other Bodies And Strategies . 9 2.6 Widespread Ownership . 9 2.7 Front-Loading . 10 2.8 Establishing A Clear Chain Of Conformity . 10 2.9 Producing A Sound Local Development Framework . 11 2.10 Enabling A Flexible And Dynamic Approach . 11 2.11 Review, Monitoring And Survey . 12 2.12 Mainstreaming Sustainability Appraisal And Strategic Environmental Assessment . 12 3 Components Of The Local Development Framework . 17 3.1 Introduction . 17 3.2 Local Development Scheme . 19 3.3 Statement Of Community Involvement . 19 3.4 Core Strategy . 19 3.5 Site Specific Allocations . 20 3.6 Area Action Plans . 20 3.7 Minerals And Waste Development Frameworks . 22 3.8 Proposals Map . 23 3.9 Supplementary Planning Documents . 23 3.10 Generic Development Control Policies . 24 4 The Main Stages In The Process For Preparing Development Plan Documents . 27 4.1 Introduction . 27 4.2 Pre-Production . 28 4.3 Production . 28 4.4 Examination . 30 4.5 Adoption . 30 5 Deciding On The Contents Of The Local Development Framework And Preparing The Local Development Scheme . 33 5.1 Introduction . 33 5.2 Managing, Developing And Analysing The Evidence Base . 34 CREATING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS | Contents 5.3 Transitional Arrangements . 36 5.4 Deciding Which Existing Policies To Maintain . 38 5.5 Approach To The Local Development Scheme . 39 5.6 Format And Content Of The Local Development Scheme . 42 5.7 Examples Of Appropriate Local Development Scheme Content – Possible Scenarios . 48 6 Project And Programme Management . 56 6.1 Introduction . 56 6.2 Implications Of Local Development Frameworks For Programme Management . 56 6.3 The Role Of The Project Manager . 56 6.4 Managing Time Scales . 58 6.5 Managing Resources . 59 6.6 Drawing Upon External Resources . 60 7 Managing Community Involvement . 65 7.1 Introduction . 65 7.2 The Statement Of Community Involvement . 66 7.3 Statement Of Community Involvement Principles . 67 7.4 Content And Format Of The Statement Of Community Involvement . 68 7.5 Preparing The Statement Of Community Involvement . 72 7.6 Preparing The Statement Of Community Involvement: Local Development Documents . 74 7.7 Preparing the Statement of Community Involvement: Planning Applications . 77 7.8 Methods Of Community Involvement . 80 7.9 Appropriate Methods For Different Local Development Documents And Significant Applications . 83 8 Development Plan Documents Production Stage . 87 8.1 Introduction . 87 8.2 Developing The Evidence Base And Scoping Sustainability Appraisal . 87 8.3 Preparing Issues And Alternative Options And The Initial Sustainability Report . 91 8.4 Preferred Options Document And The Formal Sustainability Appraisal Report . 91 8.5 Addressing Representations To The Preferred Options Document . 95 8.6 Preparing The Submission Development Plan Document And Need For Amendments To The Sustainability Appraisal Report . 97 CREATING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS | Contents 8.7 Area Action Plans . 101 8.8 Site Specific Allocations Of Land . 103 8.9 Generic Development Control Policies . 104 8.10 Proposals Map . 105 9 Development Plan Document Examination And Adoption . 111 9.1 Introduction . 111 9.2 Submission . 111 9.3 Setting Up The Examination . 112 9.4 Response To Representations On The Submission Development Plan Document And Sustainability Appraisal Report . 113 9.5 Examination . 114 9.6 Adoption And The Binding Inspector’s Report . 115 10 Producing Supplementary Planning Documents . 119 10.1 Introduction . 119 10.2 Pointers For Preparing Supplementary Plan Documents . 121 10.3 Evolving Existing Supplementary Planning Guidance Into The New System . 122 11 Revising Local Development Frameworks . 125 11.1 Introduction . 125 11.2 Main Factors Influencing The Type, Extent, And Timing Of Revisions . 126 11.3 Review And Monitoring Of The Local Development Framework . 127 11.4 Content Of The Annual Monitoring Report . 128 12 Publishing And Disseminating The Local Development Framework . 135 12.1 Introduction . 135 12.2 Publishing The Local Development Framework Electronically . 136 13 Glossary . 141 vi CREATING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS | Section Checklists 1a Changes In Plan Preparation Under The New System . 3 3a Minerals And Waste Development Frameworks . 22 3b Supplementary Planning Documents . 24 5a Components Of The Evidence Base . 35 5b Local Development Scheme – Indicative Schedule Of Proposed Local Development Documents . 44 5c Format For Local Development Document Profiles . 46 6a Role Of The Project Manager . 58 6b Managing Timetables . ..