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BIG ISSUE: Local Development Frameworks

Grant seeks to speed up frameworks

27 June 2008

Councils that fail to draw up their local development frameworks (LDFs) on time will miss out on housing and planning delivery grant funding, it has emerged.

Planning Officers Society publishes sub-regional report

26 June 2008

The Planning Officers Society has published a best practice report on sub-regional planning.

Frameworks guide online

6 June 2008

Councils will get a clearer idea of how to produce local development frameworks (LDFs) with fresh guidance launched online this week.

Rugby orders space audit

22 February 2008

Alliance Planning and Halcrow are to examine open space for Rugby Borough Council to provide evidence for its local development framework (LDF).

Levy debate pushes framework link-up

1 February 2008

Planning experts have called on the government to force authorities to take up the community infrastructure levy (CIL) in their local development plans.

Sector seeks links for levy

11 January 2008

The property sector is calling for the mooted community infrastructure levy to be integrated into local development frameworks (LDFs).

Ashford hopeful on strategy approval

14 December 2007

Ashford Borough Council is satisfied it has allayed concerns over its local development framework (LDF), Planning learnt this week.

Government proposes development plan reforms

29 November 2007

Councils should no longer have to return to square one if their local development frameworks are found unsound, the DCLG has proposed.

Mayor slams council plan

2 November 2007

Mayor Ken Livingstone has criticised the London Borough of Wandsworth for not including enough affordable homes for rent in its local development framework.

Frameworks effort urged

12 October 2007

Local authorities must step up efforts on local development frameworks (LDFs), DCLG housing and planning director-general Richard McCarthy urged this week.

Planners flag policy holes

21 September 2007

Councils could face gaps in policy if they are not allowed to retain some local plan policies beyond next week, it has emerged.

Southend set for changes

14 September 2007

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council will have to change its core strategy to make it fit for purpose, an inspector ruled this week.

Crawley plan approved

24 August 2007

Inspectors have backed plans to safeguard land in Crawley for Gatwick's potential expansion.

Clean bill for Norfolk Broads planning strategy

17 July 2007

The Broads Authority in Norfolk has had its core strategy development policy approved by a planning inspector.

Housing deficiencies lead to core strategy withdrawal

2 July 2007

A London council has withdrawn its draft core strategy due to concerns that it did not provide for enough new homes.

Inspectorate slams quality of core strategies

21 June 2007

Local authorities are producing core strategies which are too vague, the Planning Inspectorate has warned.

Blyth Valley Borough Council's core strategy sound

22 June 2007

Blyth Valley Borough Council's core strategy has been declared sound.

Epsom and Ewell's core strategy declared sound

25 May 2007

Epsom and Ewell's core strategy has been declared sound by a planning inspector, despite some shortcomings on housing supply.

Surrey councils hit core strategy problems

27 April 2007

Two Surrey councils have hit major hurdles in their attempts to bring forward sound core strategies.

Chelmsford to revise housing capacity policy

16 April 2007

Chelmsford Council has appointed consultants to look again at the its housing requirements.

Core strategy for city gets nod from inspectors

3 April 2007

Planning inspectors have passed their first local development framework core strategy covering an urban area.

Sound rating in Hambleton

23 February 2007

Hambleton District Council became the latest authority to get its core strategy approved this week.

Yorkshire council gets core strategy sound rating

22 February 2007

Hambleton District Council became the latest authority to get its core strategy approved this week.

Core strategy pioneer slammed by inspectors

14 February 2007

The first council to have its core strategy approved is at risk of failing to deliver its planned housing growth, according to government inspectors.

Chichester defends core strategy policy proposals

26 January 2007

Chichester District Council has told an inspector examining its core strategy that the document is sound and does not need to be redrafted.

Horsham core strategy given conditional approval

12 January 2007

Horsham District Council's core strategy earned a sound rating this week but inspectors insisted that it should not be used as a template by other councils.

Ryedale shock at core strategy plan rejection

12 January 2007

Ryedale District Council is seeking legal advice after its core strategy was declared unsound this week.

Horsham strategy earns sound rating

12 January 2007

Horsham District Council's core strategy earned a sound rating this week but inspectors insisted that it should not be used as a template by other councils.