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Adur Local Development Framework (LDF)
A Local Development Framework (LDF) is being prepared for the district to ensure that the right amount of development, in particular for new homes and jobs, takes place in the right locations up to 2026. It must also ensure that the best of Adur's environmental assets - the countryside as well as green open spaces within the urban area are protected and improved. A Core Strategy and an Area Action Plan for Shoreham Harbour (the latter being prepared jointly with Brighton & Hove City Council and West Sussex County Council) are currently being prepared as a part of the LDF.
The new planning system which is in now in place requires development plans (now called local development frameworks) to be prepared in a different format and in a different way. Local Development Frameworks will consist of a suite of different documents which can be prepared at different times. This will ensure greater flexibility and enable documents to be prepared more quickly. The timetable for Adur's documents is contained in the council's Local Development Scheme. This document is currently being reviewed. The Government is putting much more emphasis on community involvement and the new Planning Regulations require local authorities to set down their consultation and involvement intentions in Statements of Community Involvement. Consultation with stakeholders is an iterative process and must take place before wider and more formal community consultation. The Government also requires that a number of the LDF documents be subject to a sustainability appraisal to assess their environmental, social and economic impacts.
In addition to specifying the type of documents to be produced, Planning Regulations and Government guidance also set down a number of key stages in the their preparation :
- Evidence gathering
- Consultation with stakeholders and community on a draft plan including options
- Publication of plan (pre-submission)
- Submit Document to Secretary of State (not required for a Supplementary Planning Document)
- Public Examination (not required for a Supplementary Planning Document)
- Receive inspector's report
- Adoption
- Monitoring and review
The new development plan system places more emphasis on the need for good evidence to support policies and strategies. This is necessitating, in many cases, the need to undertake detailed technical studies, often with the help of consultants. A number of studies will support the LDF.
Want to know more?
For more up to date information on the Local Development Framework - see the Core Strategy webpage.
Documents :
- Statement of Community Involvement
- Core Strategy
- Annual Monitoring Report
- Technical
studies :
- Adur Local Development Framework Strategic Transport Study (.PDF 5.2Mb) - large file
- Adur Retail Study :
- Employment Land Review :
- East Worthing Access Road Study, January 2006 (.PDF 231kb)
- Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study (.PDF 26.8mb) - large file
- Strategic Level Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
- River Adur Catchment Flood Plan :
- Urban Fringe Study (UFS) :
- Urban
Housing Potential Study (.PDF 6.48mb) - large
file
- Note : Further studies will be made available in due course
- Other documents on our website :
- Adur Community Strategy
- Community Profile for Adur
- Interim Supplementary Planning Guidance for Affordable Housing (.PDF 44b)
- Minerals Local Plan
- Shoreham Maritime Project
- Shoreham Renaissance
- Waste Local Plan
- West Sussex Structure Plan
- South East Plan (on South East England Regional Assembly website) (www.southeast-ra.gov.uk/seplan.html)
- See also :
Annual Monitoring Report
The government requires all local planning authorities to produce Annual Monitoring Reports in order to assess how well they are performing in progressing their Local Developments Frameworks as well as achieving the policies contained in their Local Development Framework documents.
Adur District Council has produced its Annual Monitoring Report for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009. This report assesses our performance in meeting the timetable milestones (as contained in our project plan - the Local development Scheme) for the various documents which will eventually form our new Local Development Framework. The report also assesses the effectiveness of the saved policies in the adopted Local Plan using a number of indicators as advised by the government. For example, the report measures the amount of new employment floorspace and new homes we have provided against the overall requirement as contained in the West Sussex Structure Plan. It also indicates the different types of employment floorspace completed, the number of affordable homes secured and the proportion of new homes provided on brownfield land. Information is also provided for indicators on open space, flood protection, transport and biodiversity.
Please note that the AMR also contains the Saved Policies 2009.
This will be rolled forward and submitted to the government again in December 2010.
Previous year's reports :
- Annual Monitoring Report 2008 (.PDF 827kb)
- Annual Monitoring Report 2007 (.PDF 255b)
- Annual Monitoring Report 2006 (.PDF 263b)
- Annual Monitoring Report 2005 (.PDF 112b)
