Forest Heath District Council is preparing a Local Development
Framework (LDF), to provide the policy basis for planning decisions
over the next 15 years.
The LDF is made up of a suite of documents. The Core Strategy is
the first and most important of these, since it gives the broad
strategy for future development in the District. The Site Specific
Allocations Plan will allocate sites for development for the period
2009 – 2021.
The Development Management Policies document will provide more
detailed policies for particular types of development – housing,
employment, shopping, leisure activities.
The Core Strategy was submitted to the Secretary of State
(August 2009). The full range of ‘Submission documents’ are
available on the Core Strategy page. In addition there are various
past stages in its preparation, which can be downloaded from that
page. The stage that followed after was an Inspector was
appointed to prepare for an Examination in Public. The
Examination took place between December 2009 and January
2010.
LDF Consultation
Database
LDF
Consultation Database
The LDF Consultation Database is Forest Heath’s list of all
those to be consulted on LDF matters. This includes those residents
and stakeholders who have already either expressed an interest in
being involved in the development of planning policy or have been
identified by the Council as being potentially important
contributors to that process.
If you would like to be added to this database or have your
current details updated please e-mail
fp@forest-heath.gov.uk or log onto our online
consultation system by following the attached link.
Core Strategy and Site Specific consultation
document (September 2006).
Consultations and
Latest Information
The
Proposed Submission Core Strategy Document has been prepared
according to the Town and Country Planning (Local development)
(England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008. The Proposed
Submission Core Strategy is supported by an extensive evidence
base, all of which can be downloaded from the website or viewed at
the Council Offices.
The district council's Core
Strategy ‘Proposed Submission document’ is now available to
download from this site. The public consultation period
was from the 31st March - 5th June 2009.
It should be noted that the consultation period had been extended
to 5pm on the 5th June 2009. To allow consideration of
amendments made to the indicative employment land allocations in
policy CS1 and policy CS6 on 22nd April 2009.
Core Strategy 'Proposed Submission Document'
March 2009 including employment land amendment
Final schedule of proposed amendments to the
core strategy. These amendments have been submitted to
the Sectary of State with the Core Strategy Proposed Submission
document (March 2009) in accordance with regulation 32.
Core Strategy Final Policy Option (August 2008)
Core Strategy Preferred Options (September 2006)
Core Strategy Issues and Options (2005)
Proposals Map
Proposal Map Legend
Final Sustainability Appraisal
Sustainability Appraisal: Final Policy Option
Sustainability Appraisal: Preferred Options
Initial Sustainability Appraisal: Issues and Options
Sustainability Appraisal: Scoping Report
Advertisement Notice (Regulation 27)
Representations Procedure Guidance (Regulation
27)
Representation Form
Core Strategy Statement of Consultation
(Regulation 30 (1) (d))
Core Strategy Statement of Consultation
(Regulation 30 (1) (e))
Copy of Letter to East of England Regional Assembly (Regulation
30)
EERA response to the Core Strategy Proposed
Submission Document
Letter from East of England Regional Assembly
(5th May 2009)
Click here for the current online consultation -
Currently there are no formal rounds of
consultation
The district council's Core Strategy 'Final Policy Option' is now
closed.
Forest Heath Core Strategy Leaflet
Core
Strategy Press Advert (July
2008)
Hard Copy Representation Form – Core Strategy DPD Final Policy
Option Consultation
Letter
to Parish Councils regarding Final Policy Option Consultation
(July 2008)
Letter to Consultees
regarding Final Policy Option Consultation (July
2008)
Core Strategy Final Policy Option Document
(August 2008)
The Local Development
Scheme or 3 year work programme for the LDF is currently being
revised and the draft document is available to view as interim
guidance.
Local Development
Scheme
The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out the timetable
and project plan for the preparation of the policy documents on the
Local Development Framework. It shows which documents will be
produced and in what stages and when. It provides a starting point
if you wish to become involved in commenting on the LDF
documents.
Local Development Scheme (December 2009)
Statement
of Community Involvement
The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) explains how groups
and individuals can be involved in the LDF process and how we will
consult people on planning applications. The statement is still in
draft form, as the document was never submitted for final
approval.
The stages:
A Draft Statement of Community Involvement (October 2004) was
prepared by the council and subject to a consultation period of
seven weeks from 10th December to 28th January 2005.
Draft Statement of Community Involvement
(October 2004)
The responses to the consultation on the draft SCI have been
considered and a report was produced for the LDF Working Group on
19 May 2005.
LDF Working Group Report (May
2005)
In the light of the consultation responses the draft Statement of
Community Involvement (SCI) was amended to produce the Preferred
Option SCI June 2005.
Consultation took place from 20 June to 1 August 2005. The
responses to this consultation have been considered and a report
was produced for the LDF working Group on 29 September 2005.
A further consultation period ran from 26 September to 7 November
2005, but no further responses were recieved. The Statement
of the Proposals Matters provides details about this second
consultation period.
Statement of Community Involvement - Preferred Options (June
2005)
LDF Working Group Report (September 2005)
Statement of the Proposals Matters
Core
Strategy
The Core Strategy outlines the vision and overall
objectives for development in Forest Heath up to 2021 and beyond to
2031. All other Development Plan Documents should conform with the
Core Strategy.
The stages:
Core Strategy and Development Policies - Issues
and Options Questionnaire: - COMPLETED
Forest Heath News Questionnaire: - COMPLETED
Core Strategy and Development Control Policies
Preferred Options: - COMPLETED
-
Core Strategy Final Issues and
Options - WENT OUT ON CONSULTATION BETWEEN 04th AUGUST
2008 - 22nd SEPTEMBER 2008
- Development Control Issues and Options - Late 2008
- Proposed submission consultation - March/April 2009
- Examination - January/February 2010
- Adoption - June 2010
Site Specific
Allocations
The Site Specific Allocations Plan will identify which sites
should be developed, in order to achieve the aims of the Core
Strategy. It will include proposals for new housing, employment,
shopping and other development, together with other uses of land
such as parks and open spaces. One stage of consultation has
already been carried out, and we have published a Strategic Housing
Land Availability Appraisal (SHLAA) – details of these can be found
on that page.
The stages:
Development
Control policies
At the start of the process we included these policies in the
Core Strategy, so the early stages of consultation dealt with both.
The Development Control Policies document will now be
prepared and consulted on separately in 2010. It will bring forward
policies for the type of development that will gain approval in
Forest Heath. The Submission Core Strategy does not include such
policies.
Sustainability Appraisal
Sustainable development is now the statutory purpose of
planning. To help deliver this, and at the same time satisfy
the European Directive on Strategic Environmental Assessment, the
Council must subject all its new Local Development Documents
to Sustainability Appraisal. In this way the Council
will make the most sustainable choices in developing its planning
policies.
We are currently consulting on the updated
Sustainability Appraisal report for the Core Strategy 2008.
The Council's Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Scoping Report was
approved in March 2005 and sets out the Council's SA
Framework.
Core Strategy preferred options sustainability
appraisal report (2006)
Core Strategy preferred options sustainability
appraisal appendices (2006)
Sustainability appraisal scoping report (March 2005)
Previous versions of the Sustainability Appraisal report for the
Core Strategy incorporating Development Control Policies:
Sustainability Appraisal of the Issues and Options (July
2005)
Sustainability Appraisal of Core Strategy for the Forest Heath
District Council Local Development Framework
Sustainability Appraisal of Core Strategy Final
Policy Option Report (July 2008)
Sustainability Appraisal Representation Form (July 2008)
Annual Monitoring Report
The Annual Monitoring Report provides an important aspect of
the process. It identifies changes that may trigger a review of the
LDF policies. We will prepare Annual Monitoring Reports to asses
the extent to which policy objectives are being achieved, or are
failing to achieve their objectives.
Each Annual Monitoring Reports (AMRs) are based on the period 1
April to 31 March. They are submitted to the Secretary of
State no later than the end of December each year.
Annual Monitoring Reports have been published each year from
2005.
Annual Monitoring Report (December 2008 -
2009)
Annual Monitoring Report (December 2007 -
2008)
Annual Monitoring Report (December 2006 - 2007)
Annual Monitoring Report (December 2005 -
2006)
Background studies / Evidence base
The documents below provide the evidence base for the preparation
of Local Development Framework.
This list is kept up to date with the most recently published
documents.
Index for Core Strategy
Parish Profile and Settlement Hierarchy (May
2008)
Environment
FH CS Habitat Regulations Assessment (March
2009)
FHDC Greenspace Study (Draft Nov 2008) -
Final document due May 2009
FH PPG 17 and Built Facilities Audit (Draft Oct
2007) - Final document due May 2009
FH Green Space Built Facilities Overview (Nov
2009)
Playing Pitch Strategy (2002)
Supporting Statement: Natural Environment (March
2009)
Landscape Character Assessment (Draft Dec
2008)
Conservation Area
Appraisals
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment and Water Cycle
Study
Retail
Retail and Town Centre Study (2006)
Supporting Statement: Retail Strategy (March
2009)
Housing
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
(Draft Feb 2009)
FH Affordable Housing Strategy (July
2007)
Strategic housing Market Assessment (May
2008)
Affordable Housing Viability Study (November
2009)
FH Housing Needs Assessment (2005)
Housing Strategy
(2007-2010)
Gypsy and Travellers Survey (May 2006)
Supporting Statement: Housing (March
2009)
Employment
FH Employment Land Review (Oct
2006)
Economic Development Strategy (includes
Tourism as a sub set) SWAT analysis (Draft March 2009) -
Final document due mid
2009
Final Report - Western Suffolk Employment Land
Study (May 2009)
Appendix
Transport
Suffolk Local Transport Plan
(2007)
Support Statement: Transport (March
2009)
Transport Impact Study
General
West Suffolk Community Strategy 2006 -
2016
Forest Heath District Council Corporate Plan
2008 - 2012
Annual Monitoring Report 2007 -
2008
Newmarket to Felixstowe Corridor Study
(2005)
Urban Capacity Study (2003) (Volume One)
Urban Capacity Study (2003) (Volume Two)
Mildenhall Healthcheck Report (2006)
Supporting Documents