North Dorset District Council Planning Policy
The Planning Policy Team is responsible for preparing documents that set out the councils approach to the management of development in the district. The planning system in England and Wales follows a plan-led system. This involves preparing plans containing policies that explain what can be built and where.
The system was updated by an Act of Parliament (the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act) in December 2004 which required local authorities to replace their Local Plans with a process known as the 'Local Development Framework'.
In 2010 the newly elected Coalition Government also announced that there would be changes to the planning system in line with its 'Big Society' agenda. In November 2011 the Localism Act was published it includes reforms the Government believe will make the planning system clearer, more democratic and more effective. In summary the act will abolish regional targets and enable local communities through neighbourhood planning to play an active role in shaping the place in which they live and work.
Latest news
- A revised Planning Guidance Note (PGN) on Planning Obligations for the Provision of Community Infrastructure was approved by Cabinet on 19th December 2011.
- The consultation on the Issues and Options stages of the Dorset-wide Gypsy and Traveller (including Travelling Showpeople) site allocations will run between Friday 18 November 2011 and Friday 10 February 2012.
- The Local Plan
The current plan for North Dorset is the District Wide Local Plan which was adopted by the council in January 2003. It comprises a written statement and a set of proposals maps that cover the whole district.
- Local Development Framework
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 came into effect in September 2004 and it involved changes to the planning system, including the way development plans are prepared.
- Evidence and other planning documents
The Local Development Documents (LDDs) that the council will produce as part of its Local Development Framework (LDF) must be soundly based in terms of their content being based upon a robust, credible evidence base.
- The New Planning System
The Coalition Government has promised to radically reform the planning system to give local people far more ability to determine the shape of the places in which they live and work.
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Name: Planning Policy (North Dorset)
Email: planningpolicy@north-dorset.gov.uk
Tel: 01258 484201
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