Local Development Framework (
LDF
) FAQs
Contact: Planning Policy and Urban Design Team
Telephone: 023 9244 6539
Visit: Public Service Plaza, Civic Centre Road, Havant,
Hampshire, PO9 2AX
The government requires all local planning authorities to
produce a series of documents which together are known as the Local
Development Framework or
LDF
for short. The documents
are known as Local Development Documents or
LDD
s. The process for
producing a
LDD
is
laid down in government guidance and/or regulations and must be
followed. The
LDF
replaces the old style l
ocal plans which were large documents
that take at least five years to prepare and become out of date
very quickly. The new
LDF
system was designed to
tackle this issue.
How can I have a say
when LDF documents are being prepared?
The majority of LDF documents are prepared with input from the
community at different key stages of production. The council has
lists of local organisations and societies that have said they want
to be involved. Documents are also published to make sure all local
residents can get involved. You can register for an emailed
LDF
newsletter
published every quarter by contacting the team above. or completing
this online
form.
Where needed forums, meetings and exhibitions will be held
which the public and/or local organisations can attend.
During public consultations you can object to anything in a
document, anything that it omits or how it has been prepared. If by
the time the document has been submitted to the Secretary of State
for approval, the council cannot resolve objections, then these
will be considered by a planning inspector. Objections can be
considered either as written representations or at public
examination. The inspector's findings are binding on the
council.
What documents currently form the
Development Plan?
The following documents make up the
Development Plan:
South East Plan
Havant Borough Core Strategy
Saved Policies from the Havant Borough
District-Wide Local Plan
A number of Supplementary Planning Documents
What stage are you at with the Local
Development Scheme (LDS)?
A revised timetable for the
Core Strategy and Development Delivery (Allocations) Plan was
approved by the council's executive on 16 September 2009
and approved by GOSE on 9 October 2009. The
Core Strategy has proceeded in accordance with the LDS but the
Allocations Plan timetable will be reviewed.
What stage are you at with the
Statement of Community Involvement?
The
SCI
was adopted by
the council on 18 October 2006. The inspector's report and the
final version of the
SCI
can be viewed
here. The adopted SCI is being reviewed, the consultation
period for the first revision ends 19 December 2011.
What stage are you at with the Core
Strategy?
The council has held a number of consultation periods on
early versions of the Core Strategy. A revised approach was taken
to take account of changes in government guidance on the production
of
LDF
s. A draft
version took forward previous work on the Core Strategy and
considered and incorporated the outcomes of previous public
consultations. A pre-submission version was published Spring
2010 and submitted to the government in June. In September 2010 an
examination in public was held into the strategy in front of an
independent inspector appointed by the Planning Inspectorate who
published his final report on 29 December 2010, finding it sound.
The Core Strategy was adopted by the council in March
2011. Click here to view Core Strategy
documents.
Have you produced a Sustainability
Appraisal?
The council has prepared
Sustainability Appraisals (
SA
s) to accompany the
DPD
s. For the Core
Strategy and subsequent
LDF
documents, a Scoping
Report was prepared which describes the key sustainability issues
for the borough as well as identifying objectives to assist in
preparing the documents. The Scoping Report has since
been used in producing a
SA
for the Core Strategy.
Have you produced any Supplementary
Planning Documents?
Yes - the council has produced a
number of SPDs to date:
Waterlooville Urban Design Framework October 2004
Leigh Park Strategic
Framework July 2006
Havant Town Centre Urban Design
Framework April 2006
Public Service Village February 2010
Residential Car Parking and Cycle
Provision March 2010
Housing SPD 27 July 2011
Borough Design Guide SPD 14 December 2011
Further
SPD
s may be produced in
due course.
Have you produced the Development
Allocations Document?
A consultation period was
held on the first stage, Issues and Options during Spring
2008. Comments received will assist in the council's further
assessment of the sites and this will be taken forward in the draft
Development Delivery (Allocations)
DPD
to be published by
Spring/Summer 2012. You can
view the initial Allocations
DPD (spring 2008) and
its associated maps on our website here. It is early
stages with this document and a final allocations
DPD
is not expected to be
adopted until 2014.
Where can I find more
information?
The guidance and regulations on the production of the documents
within the Local Development Framework can be found on the
Communities and Local Government web pages (
CLG
) and Her Majesty's
Stationery Office (
HMSO
) websites.
If you would like further information, or have any questions
contact the Planning Policy and Urban Design Team on 023 9244 6539
or send an email:
policy.design@havant.gov.uk