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Land and property - statutory development plans
Summary of Service
The Forward Planning function of the County Council prepares the Structure Plan, the Minerals Local Plan, and the Waste Local Plan. These documents together comprise part of what is known as the Development Plan for the area.
In the Development Plan system there is a structure plan (prepared by the County Council), and local plans; which include district-wide plans (prepared by the District Councils) and Waste Local Plans and Minerals Local Plans (prepared by the County Council).
These Plans are legal documents that contain all the planning policies and standards which will be used to make decisions on planning applications. The Plan also indicates where the Council wishes positively to encourage new development in particular areas within the County or on individual sites.
In Britain a 'plan-led' system operates. This means that, unless there are good reasons not to, the plan should be followed in making decisions on planning applications. This helps avoid decisions being made in an arbitrary manner, gives the public the opportunity to shape the way decisions are made and the future of an area and, finally, gives everyone a reasonable level of certainty which can aid the making of property and investment decisions.
Details of Service
This section will outline the key principles of the new planning system (The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 - commenced 28th September 2004) and also what documents will be produced over the next few years as replacements to existing development plans.
The terms Local Development Framework and Minerals and Waste Development Framework are synonymous but interestingly they do not appear in Statute. That said, they are established terms (for further information please refer to Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworks 2004) and are used to describe the 'portfolio' style approach to managing authorities’ local development documents at the local District, Unitary or County level of planning. For the purposes of this web-page the term Minerals and Waste Development Framework (MWDF) will be used as it applies to the County level of planning.
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 has ushered in an entirely new approach to the development plan and development control systems. Structure and Local Plans will no longer be produced. Instead we will see the production of Regional Spatial Strategies (RSS) and a series of local development documents (LDDs) which together will form the Development Plan for an area.
Contact Details
By Post
Minerals and Waste Policy Team
Wiltshire County Council
County Hall
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8JD
By Email
mineralsandwastepolicy@wiltshire.gov.uk
By Telephone
01225 713429
By Fax
01225 713437
| A to Z Names | Land and property - statutory development plans, Land and property - statutory development plans |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Structure plan |
| PID No. | 599 |
| IPSV Category | Planning (town and country) |
| Level 1 Name | Land and property - statutory development plans |
| IPSV ID | 3150 |
