Suffolk Coastal is drawing up a new Local Development
Framework setting out the planning policies, proposals and
actions for the
future development of our district to 2025 and
beyond.
The Local Development Framework (LDF) is a new type
of plan which will replace the
Suffolk Coastal Local Plan. A number of
documents make up the LDF, each of which must go through various
consultation stages.
Current Local Development Framework consultations
Core Strategy Preferred Options - have
your say on our preferred approach towards the future
development of the district, covering subjects such as housing,
settlement hierarchy, economy, environment and community
well-being.
Please note - immediately following publication
of the Core Strategy Preferred Options document it was discovered
that a typesetting error had occurred at paragraph 3.46. In
particular the bullet points listed should have read as
disadvantages associated with the Preferred Option. The explanatory
text for the option was also missing. The wording and layout has
now been corrected and the document updated on the website. Anyone
known to have been sent a document prior to the update has been
notified of the change. The consultation deadline has been extended
to 20 February 2009 to allow for any inconvenience
this may have caused.
Site Specific Allocations and Policies Issues and
Options - give us your thoughts on the sites which
landowners, developers and others have submitted to the Council
for consideration for allocation for development. Also, we are
inviting comments on what criteria should be used when deciding
where to draw the physical limits boundaries, or ‘envelopes’, of
those settlements where new development will be directed. The
consultation runs from 8 December 2008 until 20 February
2009.
Find out more at our information roadshows
A series of information roadshows are being held across the
district when you will be able to come along and find out more
about the LDF. Planning officers will be available at drop-in
sessions to discuss issues and answer your questions. Follow this
link for a
list of dates, times and venues.
Why so many consultations stages?
The Government requires that local authorities undertake a
series of consultations as each LDF document progresses and before
it is formally adopted and becomes council policy. Each document
may be subject to a number stages:
- Issues and Options consultation.
- Preferred Options consultation.
- Formal Submission consultation.
- Examination in Public.
How have we done so far?
This is the first Local Development Framework produced by
Suffolk Coastal and we are following the guidance and regulations
issued by the Government in order to draw it up and consult with
the public. We would like your views about how we have done so far
and any comments or suggestions you have on how we could do it
better. Please email us at
development.policy@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk or write to:
Head of Planning Services,
Suffolk Coastal District Council,
Melton Hill,
Woodbridge,
Suffolk IP12 1AU.