Unitary Development Plan

Adopted 25 May 2002, as amended 28 September 2007

The Unitary Development Plan (UDP) is a land use plan. It provides the statutory planning framework for the local planning authority setting out the objectives, policies and proposals for the use of land and buildings in the area for the next 10 years.

Under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 the policies contained within the Council’s UDP were saved for 3 years until 27 September 2007.

The Act also allows for the extension of policies beyond this date. This requires a specific direction from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

• The Secretary of States direction [PDF file] (File size 384Kb)
• The Secretary of States covering letter [PDF file] (File size 98Kb)

Only the policies listed in the Secretary of State’s direction can be used for the determination of planning applications. A copy of the UDP as amended by the direction can be viewed below.

The struck out policies within the red-shaded boxes expire on September 27 2007. The remaining policies constitute the Council’s UDP as amended 28 September 2007.

For information on buying or viewing the adopted UDP visit Information about the adopted UDP.

See also:

• Unitary Development Plan The Inspector's Report
• UDP The Council's Response to the Inspector's Report
• Supplementary Planning Guidance

Table of Contents for the Unitary Development Plan

	Section	Unitary Development Plan	File Size
	Chapter 1	Introduction	(103 Kb)
	Chapter 2	The Context Chapter	(209 Kb)
	Chapter 3	Strategic Policies	(104 Kb)
	Chapter 4	Conservation and Development	(841 Kb)
	Chapter 5	Housing	(222 Kb)
	Chapter 6	Offices and Industry	(1.9 Mb)
	Chapter 7	Transportation	(792 Kb)
	Chapter 8	Shopping	(238 Kb)
	Chapter 9	Social and Community	(139 Kb)
	Chapter 10	Hotels	(112 Kb)
	Chapter 11	Leisure and Recreation	(587 Kb)
	Chapter 12	Environment	(160 Kb)
	Chapter 13	Planning Standards	(440 Kb)
	Chapter 14	Monitoring and Implementation	(114 Kb)
	Chapter 15	Schedule of major development sites	(106 Kb)
		Glossary	(180 Kb)
		Appendix 1 Conservation Areas	(57 Kb)
		Appendix 2 Shopping Centres Note this file contains a number of maps. It is a very large file and may take some time to download	(2.28 Mb)
		Appendix 3 Schedule of Road Hierarchy	(Kb)
		UDP Proposals Map The map key is interactive and permits a person to access the relevant UDP policies. Go to interactive UDP proposals map key

Related information

• UDP Chapter 13 Planning standards

Planning

• Building Control
• Current Applications
• Weekly Planning Applications
• Planning Decisions
• Planning Appeals
• Planning Enforcements
• Weekly Tree Applications
• Tree Decisions
• Conservation Areas
• Listed Buildings
• Unitary Development Plan
• Supplementary Planning Guidance
• Local Development Framework
• Shopping Survey
• Application Forms
• Planning Portal
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