The Core Strategy and Development Management Policies
document is one of the most important parts of the Local
Development Framework (LDF) because it:
- Sets out a vision for the district and the context for the rest
of the LDF.
- Identifies where growth is going to occur and where protection
is essential.
- Contains the policies that will be used in determining planning
applications.
We would like to thank all those who took the time to respond to
the latest consultation about where the new homes needed in the
district would be distributed between now and 2025.
Core Strategy meetings update
The Core Strategy has now been the subject of special meetings
of the Council's Community, Customers and Partners Scrutiny
Committee and Cabinet.
On Thursday 18 March it will be discussed at a
special meeting of Full Council at the Trinity Park Showground
starting at 6pm.
Full Council is being recommended to proceed towards final,
formal adoption, which will occur some time during 2011. In the
meantime, it is recommended that the policies as presented are
adopted as interim planning policy for the determining of planning
applications and enforcement.
In addition, a final recommendation is designed to safeguard the
Council’s position should there be a significant change to national
planning policy, something which may or may not occur should there
be a change of government at the national level.
Please note that the Core Strategy document
being presented to the meeting contains a small number of
typographical errors which are identified in a file named
'Core Strategy Corrections' that you will find with the reports for
the meeting if you follow the link below:
Hard copies of the corrections and some extra copies of the
reports will be available at the meeting.
Members of the public are welcome to attend.
Scrutiny Committee and Cabinet meetings
The draft Core Strategy was examined at a meeting of the
Council's Community, Customer and Partners Scrutiny Committee on 21
January 2010, which was adjourned before concluding its business.
The meeting reconvened on 1 February:
In order to enable full consideration to be given to the
comments made by the Community, Customers and Partners Scrutiny
Committee, the special Cabinet meeting to discuss the Core Strategy
was rescheduled and held on Wednesday 24 February:
Details of the Cabinet's decision and its recommendations to
Full Council can been found in the Cabinet decision notice
below:
Full Council will meet on Thursday 18 March to
discuss the Core Strategy (see above). Members of the public are
welcome to attend the meeting.
What happens next?
To complete the process through to adoption, the Core Strategy
is required to go through one further round of public consultation
when comments will be sought specifically in relation to
'soundness', before being submitted for independent examination by
the Planning Inspectorate.
Assuming that the Core Strategy is found to be 'sound' the
Inspector’s comments will be binding on the Council. The only
changes to be made will be to incorporate any amendments required
by the Inspector and this should be the end of the process, with
the Core Strategy finally adopted some time during 2011.
Follow the link below for information about assessing the
'soundness' of LDF documents:
If you have any queries or would like any further information
about the document or the consultation process please contact the
Planning Policy Team on 01394 444761 or email
development.policy@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk.
Previous Core Strategy consultations