Local development framework: Difference between revisions

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Sometimes certain policies from an old document remain effective when that document is superseded. These policies are known as "saved" policies.<ref>Elmbridge Council, {{cite web|url=http://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/planning/policy/localplan.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-07-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717190026/http://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/planning/policy/localplan.htm |archivedate=2015-07-17 }}</ref>
 
==Key government aims==
#Flexibility
#Strengthening community and stakeholder involvement
#Front-loading sometimes – [[local authorities]] to take key decisions early in the preparation of local development documents.
#Sustainability appraisal
#Programme management
#Soundness – local development documents must be soundly based in terms of their content and the process by which they are produced. The must also be based upon a robust, credible evidence base.
 
 
===Legal requirements of all local development documents===
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DPDs must be examined with a [[sustainability appraisal]] to ensure economic, environmental and social effects of the plan are in line with sustainable development targets.
 
==Key government aims==
#Flexibility
#Strengthening community and stakeholder involvement
#Front-loading sometimes – [[local authorities]] to take key decisions early in the preparation of local development documents.
#Sustainability appraisal
#Programme management
#Soundness – local development documents must be soundly based in terms of their content and the process by which they are produced. The must also be based upon a robust, credible evidence base.
 
 
==Criticism==