The Suffolk Coastal Local Plan sets out the Council's policies
and proposals for the development and use of land within the
district. It includes detailed policies to guide planning
decisions. The policies in the Local Plan provide everyone
concerned with development in the area with information about what
kind of development is likely to be permitted.
The current Suffolk Coastal Local Plan was adopted by the
Council in 1994 and subject to a First Alteration which was adopted
in 2001. A Second Alteration, dealing specifically with
affordable housing, came into effect on 31 March 2006.
Local planning authorities across the country are in the
process of replacing their Local Plans with
Local Development Frameworks (new
window) as required by the
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (new
window).
Revised planning policy schedule - 27 September 2007
The Suffolk Coastal Local Plan consists of 263 specific planning
policies (prefixed AP) which sum up key parts of the Local
Plan.
In order to ensure continuing planning policy coverage during
the transition from the adopted Suffolk Coastal Local Plan to the
new Suffolk Coastal Local Development Framework, the
Council applied to the Secretary of State (GO-East) to 'save' the
majority of policies contained in the Suffolk Coastal Local Plan
Incorporating First Alterations until such time as the new
Local Development Framework is adopted.
The affordable housing policies included in the Suffolk Coastal
Local Plan Second Alteration were automatically 'saved' having
only been adopted in March 2006.
Confirmation of this was received from the Secretary of
State in the form of a 'DIRECTION UNDER PARAGRAPH 1(3) OF SCHEDULE
8 TO THE PLANNING AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ACT 2004 POLICIES
CONTAINED IN SUFFOLK COASTAL LOCAL PLAN INCORPORATING THE FIRST
ALTERATION 2001'.
Those policies not listed in the direction expired on 27
September 2007.
Second Alteration to the Local Plan - March 2006
Suffolk Coastal reviewed the policies which deal specifically
with
affordable housing in advance of the production
of the Suffolk Coastal Local Development Framework. The
revised policies have been incorporated into the Local Plan as a
Second Alteration and came into effect on 31 March 2006.
The Second Alteration concentrates on the subject of affordable
housing and changes have only been made to policies AP37 and AP38.
These have been replaced with policies AP37A and AP38A. Also
replaced are paragraphs 3.49 to 3.57 as seen in the First
Alteration. You can view the replacement text and policies by
following the link below. No changes have been made to any of the
proposals maps.
Copies of the Local Plan can be purchased from our
publications list (new window PDF 49KB). The
Local Plan can also be viewed during office hours at our Melton
Hill offices in Woodbridge and public libraries in the
district.
Follow this link for help with downloading and opening PDF
files.