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Planning Local Development Framework
The Government has decided on radical changes to the planning system and Parliament has passed legislation which will change the way development plans are drawn up across England. The relevant provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act came into force at the end of September 2004. A review of the Royal Borough's Development Plan will need to be undertaken in accordance with the new system.
The Act requires the Council to prepare a Local Development Framework - which will be made up of a portfolio of Local Development Documents (LDDs) - by September 2007. This will replace the Unitary Development Plan at that point. The UDP is "saved" for those three years.
The Local Development Framework (LDF) will include several Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and a number of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs). The Development Plan Documents, along with the Mayor of London's London Plan, will form the Royal Borough's Development Plan and will be the basis upon which all planning decisions are made.
The following sets out the major components of the new system as it relates to development plans.
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