Local Plan
Our planning policy is contained in the Local Plan, which is made up of a series of detailed maps and policies. The Local Plan will eventually be replaced by the Local Development Framework (LDF) - a new approach that aims to simplify development planning. Until then, you should take a look at the policies in the Local Plan before making any planning application.
November 2007: changes to the Local Plan
Because the LDF is still being developed, we have had to update the Local Plan by removing some of its Policies, to guide development in the district until the LDF takes over. We've updated all the published Policies on our website, discontinued policies have been struck through and a text box below each advises which policy you should use instead. For reference please see our page for the schedule of saved policies.
