Local Development Scheme
On the 8th of December 2011 the Cabinet endorsed the proposal for the Council to produce a new Local Plan. The Local Plan will cover the period up to 2036 and, once adopted, will replace all current parts of the development plan, including the Core Strategy 2009 and the saved policies of the Local Plan 1995 and Local Plan Alteration 2002.
An updated Local Development Scheme was approved by Cabinet on 16 February 2012.
What is the Local Development Scheme?
The District Council’s Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out the proposed
programme for the production of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan to 2036. The
programme includes key milestones to inform people about opportunities to be
involved in the plan-making process.
The LDS has been prepared to reflect the amendments to the plan-making
process in the Localism Act, the draft National Planning Policy Framework and
the Local Planning Regulations consultation. If necessary it will be revised
further once national changes have been brought into effect.
'Saved' Local Plan Policies
The provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) allowed for existing statutory plans and accompanying Supplementary Planning Guidance to be saved until replaced by new documents forming part of the LDF. The Secretary of State issued a direction in September 2007 setting out which policies would remain saved. These were policies which reflected the principles of local development frameworks and were broadly consistent with current regional and national guidance. The Huntingdonshire Local Plan to 2036 will replace the 'saved' policies of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan (1995), the Huntingdonshire Local Plan Alteration (2002), and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Structure Plan (2003).