The Planning Policy Team now
contribute to the District Councils role of assisting Parish
Councils in the preparation of Parish Plans and Village Design
Statements.
Community Led Plans - Integrating with the Planning System
suggests the best ways to integrate your Parish Plan or Village
Design Statement with the Local Development Framework (the
successor to the Local Plan), so that it effectively influences the
future land use planning of our District.
The leaflet also explains that the District
Councils Spatial Policy Team now offer an advisory
service to inform Parish Plans and Village Design Statements of
how references and linkages can be made to the emerging Local
Development Framework, thereby making the community led plan more
material, so to be used in making representations on planning
applications.
For further information, please contact the Planning Policy team
on 01935 462462, or email planning.policy@southsomerset.gov.uk.
Please note: Parish Plans and Village Design Statements
do not comprise Neighbourhood Development Plans under the terms of
the Localism Act 2011 and the Neighbourhood Planning (General)
Regulations 2012. It should also be noted that the Localism Act
inserted new clauses regarding neighbourhood planning into the
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.