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November 2011: Draft Bradley Conservation Area Appraisal consultation. The closing date is Friday 6th January 2012.
November 2011: The Localism Bill was enacted on the 15th November. Please click here for further information.
November 2011: Autumn 2011 LDF Newsletter produced.
September - October 2011: The Plan for Stafford Borough - Draft Publication document consultation closed on Friday 21st October. Please click here for further information.
June 2011: Amendment to Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing in relation to the definition of affordable housing Please click here for further information.
June 2011: The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment has been updated. Click here for further information
June 2011: The Localism Bill had its second reading on the 7th June. The Bill proposes to:
To keep up to date on the progress of the Bill please click here. For a summary of Neighbourhood Planning on the planning portal please click here
May 2011: The Government publishes the Draft National Planning Policy Framework. For more information please click here
May 2011: The 5 year housing land supply statement has been updated. Click here for further information
February 2011: The Staffordshire Wide Renewable Energy Study is published. Please click here for more information
January 2011: The Plan for Stafford Borough - Local Choices. The consultation on this document closed on Friday 28th January 2011. Please see the Local Choices page to view the document and further information.
January 2011: The Town Centre Capacity Study published. Please click here for further information.
December 2010: CLG publish workplan for changes to the planning system. This can be viewed here
August 2010: The 5 year housing land supply statement has been updated. Click here for further information.
6 July 2010: In a letter to Chief Planning Officers across England, Chief Planner Steve Quartermain has confirmed that the Secretary of State has revoked the Regional Strategies with immediate effect. Further information can be found by clicking here.
Amendment to Planning Policy Statement: Housing. PPS3 underpins the delivery of the Government's strategic housing policy objectives. This replaces Planning Policy Guidance 3: Housing (PPG3) published in March 2000 and earlier editions of PPS3 published on 29 November 2006 and 19 January 2010. Please click here for further information.
Delivering the Plan for Stafford Borough - Draft Core Policies. The consultation for this document closed on 9th April 2010. Please click here for further information.
Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning for the Historic Environment - This PPS sets out the Government's planning policies on the conservation of the historic environment and it replaces Planning Policy Guidance 15: Planning and the Historic Environment (PPG15) published on 14 September 1994; and Planning Policy Guidance 16: Archaeology and Planning (PPG16) published on 21 November 1990.
LDF Newsletter Winter 2009/2010. You can view the newsletter by clicking here.
Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth - sets out the Government's comprehensive policy framework for planning for sustainable economic development in urban and rural areas. This replaces Planning Policy Guidance 4: Industrial, Commercial Development and Small Firms (PPG4) and Planning Policy Guidance 5: Simplified Planning Zones (PPG5) both published on 10 November 1992; Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres (PPS6) published on 21 March 2005; and the economic development sections of Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas (PPS7) published on 3 August 2004.
West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase 2 Revision Panel Report - Following the EiP, the Panel prepared a Report of findings and recommendations on the draft Regional Spatial Strategy. This Report was published on Monday 27th September.
The Secretary of State will consider the Report, together with representations made on the draft RSS, with the aim of publishing Proposed Changes by the end of 2009. There will then be a period of public consultation on the Proposed Changes, likely to last 12 weeks.
Following consideration of responses to the consultation on the Proposed Changes, the Secretary of State is expected to publish the final West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase 2 Revision in mid 2010. You can view further information via the West Midlands Regional Assembly website.
The Plan for Stafford Borough - Issues and Options. Stafford Borough Council consulted on 'Delivering the Plan for Stafford Borough - issues & options' document which set out where future development could go. It also set out how we can provide this development taking account of issues such as transport, community services, education and open space.
Sport and Recreation Facilities Strategies, Planning Policy Guidance 17 Assessment Consultation - This was a consultation on interlinked strategies covering indoor and outdoor sports facilities, parks and greenspace, playing pitches and children's play provision. The deadline for comments was 31st December 2008. For more information please click here.
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Initial Findings - This gathering information exercise closed on 11th November 2008. For more information please click here.
Stafford identified as a 'New Growth Point' - click here to view further information.
Principle for Settlement Development - This consultation document set out the principle of and methodology for identifying settlements with future development potential within Stafford Borough. The consultation period closed on 1st August 2008. The document can be viewed online or as a PDF. A Revised Settlement Assessment also sits alongside the document to provide background information.
Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Spatial Planning - This Planning Policy Statement sets out the government policy on LDF's, explains local spatial planning and sets out how development plan documents should be prepared. The document replaces the previous Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworks.
Stafford and Stone Assessment of Services and Facilities. These are important evidence base documents which set out the level of services and facilities in Stafford and Stone. A similar assessment for the rural area was consulted on in January 2008. These documents will be updated in due course to take into account consultation responses. For further information please visit the Limehouse Consultation portal.
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) Methodology. A SHLAA provides information on the opportunities that exist to meet the housing need within Stafford Borough. The Methodology for the SHLAA was consulted on in February 2008. Click here for further information.
Stafford Town and Stone Conservation Area Appraisal/Boundary Reviews. These reviews follow the first round of consultations that took place in 2007. For further information please click here.
First Issues and Options for the Local Development Framework. The three papers published in January 2008 were:
The final Employment Land Review. For further details regarding this document please click here.
West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase 2 Submission Consultation. The partial review has now been submitted to the Secretary of State and published for public consultation starting on Monday 7th January 2008. For further details please click here.
Baroness Andrews (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, CLG) has instructed the West Midlands Regional Assembly that further options be examined to deliver higher housing numbers. To view Baroness Andrews' letter please click here. Government Office West Midlands are in charge of providing and reporting on this extra evidence. To view WMRAs response to this letter please click here.
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