Planning policy evidence base

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The planning policy evidence base comprises a number of studies, reports and assessments that support documents, such as the emerging Wiltshire Core Strategy, which are produced by the Spatial Planning Team.

Wiltshire-wide studies, reports and assessments (since April 2009)

Work towards one core strategy for Wiltshire began shortly before the transition to a unitary authority in the county. The following evidence base studies have either been produced since then, or they relate to Wiltshire as a whole.

Documents	Date Published
Chippenham Transport Strategy - Land Allocation Report	January 2012
Trowbridge Transport Study Trowbridge transport strategy development - proposed objectives 281kb Trowbridge transport strategy development - options assessment report 8mb Trowbridge Traffic Model - Forecasting Problems and Issues Report 15mb Traffic in Trowbridge 7mb	January 2012
Devizes Transport Study Devizes model forecasting 8mb Devizes model development and validation report 9mb	January 2012
Green Infrastructure Strategy Update 412kb	January 2012
Annual Monitoring Report (Including 5 year land supply statement)	December 2011
Strategic Housing Market Assessment 7mb	December 2011
Chippenham draft core strategy strategic sites delivery and trajectory information 952kb	November 2011
Chippenham alternative strategic sites delivery and trajectory information 1mb Automatically imported picture.	November 2011
Surface Water Management Plan	November 2011
Future Employment Needs in Wiltshire 2mb	April 2011
Wiltshire Town Centre and Retail Study	March 2011
Chippenham Workshop Report 417kb	March 2011
Wiltshire Sustainable Energy Planning Study	January 2011
Annual Monitoring Report	December 2010
Chippenham Visioning Event Report 3mb	September 2010
Housing Land Availability Report	April 2010
West of Swindon study	October 2009
Wiltshire Core Strategy Habitat Regulations Assessment 4mb	October 2009
Wiltshire Workspace Strategy	August 2009
South Wiltshire Core Strategy Equalities Impact Assessment 479kb	July 2009
Wiltshire Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1	June 2009
Wiltshire LDF Sustainability Appraisal	April 2009
Wiltshire LDF Strategic Transport Assessment 1mb	April 2009
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)
South Wiltshire SHLAA East, North and West Wiltshire SHLAA SHLAA for Wiltshire	May 2009 March 2008 December 2011
Wiltshire Landscape Character Assessment	December 2005

Area-based studies, reports and assessments

Prior to there being a unitary authority in Wiltshire, the four district councils were each developing their own set of planning policy documents, including individual core strategies. The evidence base documents produced to inform these processes are available below. The work undertaken towards the former district council core strategies will not be wasted but instead continue to inform the preparation of the Wiltshire Core Strategy and associated documents.

• North Wiltshire (former North Wiltshire District Council)
• East Wiltshire (former Kennet District Council)
• West Wiltshire (former West Wiltshire District Council)

Salisbury District Council did not amalgamate its core strategy process with those of the other district councils. Instead, it continued to pursue a separate core strategy for the south of Wiltshire, now called the South Wiltshire Core Strategy. The evidence base documents used to inform this document are available through the link below.

• South Wiltshire (former Salisbury District Council), now South Wiltshire Core Strategy)

Minerals and waste studies, reports and assessments

Evidence base documents to support the Minerals and Waste DPDs are available through the link below.

• Waste background studies
• Minerals background studies

Last updated: 1 February 2012