In September 2004, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act was
passed and brought in a fundamentally new development plan system.
Local authorities must start work on replacing their existing Local
Plans with Local Development Frameworks (LDF).
Contact details for the Development Plan
Team:
Tel: (01827) 709279, 709278, 709384 or
709275
Fax: (01827) 709277
Email: developmentplan@tamworth.gov.uk
Update on Regional Spatial Strategy
The Regional Spatial Strategy for the West Midlands together
with the Tamworth Local Development Framework will make up the new
development plan for Tamworth. The West Midlands Regional Assembly
has submitted its latest plans for the Phase Two Revision of the
West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy to the Secretary of State.
This part of the Strategy will set out how a range of issues in the
Region will be dealt with, including housing and employment land,
centres and transport. Following a letter from Baroness Andrews,
Government Office for the West Midland Additional commissioned
consultants to review the Region's housing figures. The report was
produced in October 2008.
The Examination closed in June 2009 and the Panel Report
was published on 28 September 2009. Please click
on West
Midlands Regional Assembly website or the Planning
Inspectorate's website for further details.
Update on Tamworth Local Plan
Under the
provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the
Local Plan policies remained in force for three years from 6
July 2006, which is when it was adopted. The Council had to
apply to the Secretary of State for agreement to issue a direction
to save any of these beyond 5 July 2009 and an application was
made in November 2008 to save 27 policies. The
Secretary of State has agreed to the Council’s request and has
issued a direction to this effect. Click on the Local
Plan link on the right for further information and to download
the Saved Policy version of the Local Plan.
Local Development Framework
Local Development Frameworks are made up of two types of Local
Development Documents: Development Plan Documents (DPDs) that set
out specific policies and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs)
which expand these policies or provide additional detail.
The following documents also form part of the Local Development
Framework: the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), the Local
Development Scheme (LDS) and the Annual Monitoring Report
(AMR).
What documents will we prepare?
We will produce the following documents over the next three
years:
- A Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out the
Council's programme for the production of Local Development
Documents over the next three years.
- The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)
sets out how the Council will involve the public in the preparation
of the Local Development Framework and planning application
decisions.
- A Core Strategy will set out the area-specific
vision, measurable objectives and strategic policies in the
borough.
- An Allocations Development Plan Document will identify sites
for future development including sites for housing and
employment.
- Sustainability Appraisals (SA) will assess the
social, economic and environmental effects of policies and
proposals included in a Local Development Document. A
Sustainability Appraisal will be prepared alongside the Core
Strategy and Allocations DPD (Housing). It may also be necessary to
prepare a SA in conjunction with a Supplementary Planning
Document.
- An Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) will be
prepared each year in December providing details of policy
implementation and progress on Local Development Document
preparation.
- Supplementary Planning Documents will be
produced as necessary.
Evidence Base
We have been collecting evidence since 2006 and as well as
producing a main summary document, we have undertaken a large
number of individual studies around different issues. You can
access the evidence base documents via the link on the
right.
Current Consultations
We have just finished consulting on the Proposed Spatial
Strategy version of the Core Strategy. Please click on
the link to the Core Strategy on the right for further
information. The next stage will be to report the
responses to Cabinet in early 2010.