3 Principles for Preparing the Local Development Scheme
Principles for Preparing the Local Development Scheme
3.1 The Government has set out comprehensive advice and guidance on the scope and content of this LDS. The Council has followed this advice and guidance, and as such, this LDS:-
- provides an introduction to the new plan-making process;
- sets out a brief description of proposed Local Development Documents (LDD’s);
- illustrates how the different documents interrelate;
- in the transitional period between the “old” and “new” development plan systems sets out, which, if any, plans and policies are to be saved;
- provides a profile of each local development document;
- summarizes how the evidence base needed to support and justify the content of these documents will be developed and managed;
- explains how monitoring and review of the LDS will be carried out;
- presents in diagrams the overall programme and timetable for preparing the documents, illustrating the key milestones in their preparation process, showing the linkages between the documents, and where relevant showing which documents relate to the particular areas of the Council
3.2 The Planning Advisory Service (PAS), a division of the I&DeA (Improvement and Development Agency), has given advice to Authorities for reviewing and revising their LDS. It is quite clear that once submitted the LDS will be binding upon the Council and is likely to be linked to the allocation of planning delivery grant (PDG). It is therefore important that the revised LDS is robust and deliverable as and when stated.