Local Development Scheme
What the Local Development Scheme is
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended by the Localism Act 2011 requires the council to prepare and maintain a Local Development Scheme (LDS). The Wiltshire LDS sets out the Development Plan Documents (DPDs) prioritised for production by Wiltshire Council and the timetable for their preparation that will, when complete, together with other adopted documents, comprise the Development Plan for Wiltshire.
Local Development Scheme March 2025
Wiltshire Local Development Scheme March 2025 (PDF, 5 MB)(opens new window)
The LDS is required to be kept up to date and was last reviewed in March 2024. This review updates the timetables for both the Local Plan review and Gypsies and Travellers Development Plan Document. This revised LDS also responds to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government's request for Local Planning Authorities to review and update their LDS no later than 6 March 2025 in the light of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024) and transitional arrangements. It is anticipated that a further review of the LDS will take place later this year once further details of the new plan making system are published, and progress can be made on the timetable for reviewing the minerals and waste plan and a new Local Plan timetable brought into the LDS to respond to the standard method housing figure.
The LDS does not include a timetable for the preparation of individual neighbourhood plans as the timing and delivery of these are the responsibility of the 'qualifying bodies' which, in Wiltshire, is generally the parish councils. However, the LDS does provide a summary of those plans that have been made, and which now form part of the development plan and identifies those that have progressed significantly to at least submission stage at the time of writing (3 March 2025).
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