London Borough of Southwark Unitary Development Plan Foreword
London Borough of Southwark Unitary Development Plan Foreword I am very pleased to introduce the Southwark Unitary Development Plan. It is an extremely important document and will form the basis of our development policies for the next decade. In recent years Development Plans have been given increased status by the Government in helping to reach planning decisions on all applications for development - for housing, office, industrial, shopping, community and other uses of the Borough's land and buildings. In addition Southwark's UDP provides a framework to guide investment and manage the best use of land and infrastructure, and its Proposals Map shows where changes are expected and what uses are preferred. By making sure the right sort of development goes in the right place, its policies aim to benefit communities and neighbourhoods most in need, provide jobs and improve the transport system, enhance our environment and protect our heritage, and provide equality and opportunity to all. The adoption of the UDP on 19 July 1995 was the culmination of an extensive period of plan preparation begun by the Council in 1989. I am very grateful to everyone who took part in the plan preparation process - commenting on the Consultation Draft from March to November 1990, objecting to or supporting the Deposit Draft between July and September 1991, taking part in the Public enquiry held between June and August 1992 and responding to the Proposed Modifications over the period July to September 1994. I am confident that this extensive exercise in public consultation has helped us to produce a development plan with the long-term vision essential to guide and control development in Southwark through to the twenty-first century.
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