The Core Strategy
The Core Strategy will be the first development
plan document of the new Local Development Framework. All
other documents will have to conform to the policies laid out
within it. It sets out the overarching vision for future
development within the borough and offers guiding policies for how
said development can be implemented. The Core Strategy cannot,
however, dictate site specific allocations, which are covered
by the Site Specific Allocations
Development Plan Document and by the Proposals Map.
The Issues and Options paper for the Core Strategy, which puts
forward a number of options for future development based on current
local issues, is currently available to download. Once
consultation has ended, the next stage will be to use
submitted comments to inform on the production of the
Core Strategy Preferred Options paper.
We expect
to adopt the finished Core Strategy in 2010.
Latest News
The Council has produced a revised version of
the spatial options discussion paper for the Core
Strategy. It can be downloaded below.
The Core Strategy Issues & Options paper is now available to
download. Official consultation ended on the 27th October
2006, however, please feel free to send us any comments you
may still have on this document. There is also a
Summary Document available for those who
would prefer a more simplified version.
We have provided the complete range of comments received so far
during the Issues & Options process below. The comments have
had to be divided into 4 parts to cut down on download
sizes.
An updated version of the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping
Report is available for download below.