Development Plan

Latest news

• High Street/ Best Street Masterplan- A public consultation runs from 7 June to 19 July 2010.
• Medway Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA) - The draft SLAA March 2010 is now available to download.
• On Tuesday, 22 December 2009 a revised Local Development Scheme (LDS) came into effect. This sets out the current programme for the preparation of the Local Development Framework (LDF) and what will be covered in each document.
• Strood Town Centre Masterplan
• Gun Wharf Masterplan
• Core Strategy- Issues and Options Report
• To submit online comments and view LDF progress and related documents, visit http://medway-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal.
• Medway Core Strategy- What it is and how to get involved (pdf 180KB)
• State of Medway Reports
• Sustainability Appraisal/ Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Economic development strategy

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Background

The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2004/20040005.htm) that came into force in September 2004, established a new approach to spatial planning.

The 2004 Act requires that each Local Planning Authority prepares an LDF and each Regional Planning Body prepares a Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS). It replaces the old system of regional planning guidance, structure plans and local plans.

An effective LDF:

• takes account of national, regional and strategic planning policies;
• identifies sites for and the requirements of major development;
• provides the framework of policies for assessing all planning applications;
• enables infrastructure and service providers to bring forward their services when needed by new development;
• enables the public to be fully involved in developing local policies and proposals.

The LDF will consist of a portfolio of Local Development Documents (LDDs) instead of a single plan:

• Development Plan Documents (DPDs), such as the Core Strategy, will be subject to public examination by an independent inspector.
• Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) will not need to be subject to a public examination.

Medway's LDF documents:

• Local Development Scheme (LDS);
• Statement of Community Involvement (SCI);
• Annual Monitoring Report (AMR);

More information:

• Area Profiles
• Medway's LDF - a brief history;
• Development Plan;
• Development Control;
• Lodge Hill, Chattenden (www.lodgehill.info).

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