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Previous Local Development Scheme 

LDS 2005

The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out the work programme for preparing the Stafford Borough Local Development Framework. The 2005 Local Development Scheme was agreed by Government Office for the West Midlands in February 2005 and brought into effect on 15 March 2005 by the Council's Executive.

To view the Stafford Borough Local Development Scheme please click here (pdf format).

To view the Technical Appendices for the Stafford Borough Local Development Scheme please click here (pdf format).

LDS 2007

Following the results of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document Examination process in 2006 all work on the Local Development Framework was suspended. For further information please click here. The Council prepared a revised Local Development Scheme (2007) that was approved by the Council's Cabinet in September 2007. For further details, please click here.