In the United Kingdom, a core strategy document is the key compulsory
local development document
A local development framework is the spatial planning strategy introduced in England and Wales by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and given detail in Planning Policy Statements 12. In most parts of the two countries, maintaining th ...
specified in planning law. Every other local development document is built on the principles it sets out, regarding the development and use of land in a
local planning authority
A local planning authority (LPA) is the local government body that is empowered by law to exercise urban planning functions for a particular area. They exist in the United Kingdom and India.
United Kingdom
Mineral planning authorities
The role ...
's area. The principles should be in accordance with the
community strategy.
The core strategy document usually lasts for 15 years.
[Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Core_strategy_for_local_plans]
Legal requirements
Additional to the requirements of all local development documents, core strategy documents:-
*Should be location specific rather than site specific and so may be illustrated by a key diagram or on
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was a ...
-based proposal maps.
*May need to be expressed as criteria-based policies.
See also
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Development plan document
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Local plan
A development plan sets out a local authority's policies and proposals for land use in their area. The term is usually used in the United Kingdom. A Local Plan is one type of development plan. The development plan guides and shapes day-to-day dec ...
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The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004
Examples
Tunbridge Wells Borough CouncilManchester City Council
References
External links
United Kingdom planning policy
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