Policy and legislation - Local and regional
In England, local authorities (in this context referring to district or unitary authorities rather than parish or town councils) are required to produce local level planning policy to provide a clear framework to guide development in their area. A range of documents, called local development documents, are produced and these are known collectively as the Local Development Framework (LDF).
These must be in accordance with the both national planning policy (PPSs) and regional planning policy (the relevant Regional Spatial Strategy). This section provides more information and guidance on local development documents and other polices relevant at the local level.
- Government Documents
- Other Documents
- Other Resources
- Organisations
- Resource Classification
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- Planning and compulsory purchase act 2004
- Ref:
- 0470-GovC
- Author:
- Office of Public Sector Information, May 2004
- Type:
- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2004/20040005.h...
- A key element of the Government's agenda for speeding up the planning system. The compulsory purchase act gives local authorities powers to obtain unused buildings.v show details
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- Revocation of regional strategies
- Ref:
- 0516-GovC
- Author:
- CLG, July 2010
- Type:
- External PDF File
- Link:
- www.communities.gov.uk/documents/plannin...
- This is a letter to local authorities announcing the revocation of the Regional Strategies, which is supported by a series of questions and answers. Question 20 is of particular relevance to low carbon planning.v show details
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- Sustainability appraisal of regional strategies and local development documents
- Ref:
- 0210-GovC
- Author:
- UK Government (ODPM), January 2005
- Type:
- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.communities.gov.uk/publications/plan...
- Guidance on how to carry out a sustainability appraisal from regional spatial strategy revisions and local development frameworks. This has now been superseded by the new Government's letter to chief planning officers on the immediate revocation of regional strategies.v show details
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- The planning system: General principles
- Ref:
- 0110-GovC
- Author:
- ODPM, January 2007
- Type:
- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.communities.gov.uk/publications/plan...
- These documents provide an extremely useful general description of the key elements of the planning system, which include its structure, the determination of planning applications and the Secretary of State's role in the process.v show details
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- Regional renewable energy assessments
- Ref:
- 0141-GovN
- Author:
- Oxera Environmental for DTI and DTLR, February 2002
- Type:
- External PDF File
- Link:
- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file30589.pdf
- This document is a review of regional renewable energy assessments produced in 2001, with the intention of assessing whether the anticipated combined output for each region would meet the 2010 targets.v show details
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- Sustainable energy in the built environment: Best practice for Scottish planners
- Ref:
- 0510-GovN
- Author:
- Energy Saving Trust, April 2010
- Type:
- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/scottishpla...
- The Energy Saving Trust (Scotland) website contains information about various recommendations on how planners in both policy and development management can encourage the sustainable use of energy. It also contains 15 case studies which show how some of these recommendations have been put into practice.v show details
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