The Core Strategy will set out the broad principles for
development and broad locations for growth. The Core Strategy will
also provide a spatial vision and key objectives for Tamworth, a
broad suite of policies and a monitoring and implementation
framework.
The Core Strategy production process is outlined
below.
Production Process
| Core Strategy |
Current LDS Timetable |
Progress |
| Evidence base |
2006 onwards, ongoing |
|
| Vision and Issues |
November 2007 |
|
| Issues and Options |
March - April 2008 |
|
| Option |
February - March 2009 |
|
| Proposed Spatial Strategy |
October - November 2009 |
We are here |
| Regulation 27 Publication |
January 2010 |
|
| Submission |
March 2010 |
|
| Examination |
June-July 2010 |
|
| Adoption |
September 2010 |
|
What we have done so far?
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.
We have undertaken a number of informal consultations on the
vision, issues and options in 2007 and 2008 and most recently, an
Option document in early 2009. You can download the Council's
responses to comments received to the Option document on the
right.
We have just finishing consulting on the Proposed Spatial
Strategy version of the Core Strategy. You can download
the document on the right, along with a newsletter and the report
to Full Council on 15 September 2009. We will be reporting
the responses to the consultation to Cabinet in early 2010.
Sustainability Appraisal
Alongside the Core Strategy we will prepare a Sustainability
Appraisal, the purpose of which is to evaluate the social,
environmental and economic effects of the Core Strategy to ensure
that the document contributes to the achievement of sustainable
development.
The Initial Sustainability Appraisal considered each of the four
spatial options in the Issues and Options report against a range of
sustainability objectives that were established through the Scoping
Report. It recorded the main environmental, social and economic
implications of each option and assesses the relative advantages
and disadvantages. You can download the Scoping Report and Initial
Sustainability Appraisal on the right.
We have undertaken an Interim Sustainability Appraisal on the
Proposed Spatial Strategy, to assess the overall strategy against
the four spatial options presented in the Option Document and the
majority of the policies. The Council will be producing a
further Sustainability Appraisal for the Publication draft Core
Strategy.
Do you own land that you wish to be considered for
development?
If you own land within the Borough that you would like the
Council to consider for development, we would like to hear from
you. Please fill in a developer intent form to give us some basic
information about the site. You can download a form on the right
hand side, making sure you use a separate form for each
site. If housing is the intended use it would also
be helpful if you could supply information about indicative numbers
of units and a layout if available.
How can you find out more?
If you have any queries about the Core Strategy or would like to
be kept informed of progress, please contact a member of the
Development Plan Team using the details below:
Contact details
Tel: (01827) 709279, 709278, 709384 or 709275
Fax: (01827) 709277
Email: developmentplan@tamworth.gov.uk
Development Plan Team
Strategic Planning and Development Service
Tamworth Borough Council
Marmion House
Lichfield Street
Tamworth
B79 7BZ