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Suffolk Coastal Local Plan

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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.

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