Regulations allowed for the Local Plan policies to be saved for
an initial three years after adoption to allow time for the
replacement Local Development Documents to emerge so the policies
were saved until 26th April 2009.
As the replacement Local Development Documents have yet to
emerge the District Council applied for direction under Paragraph
1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
to effectively extend the life of the policies within the Local
Plan until the replacement Local Development Documents are
adopted.
Not all of the policies in the Adopted Local Plan were
appropriate to save, particularly those that have been superseded
by developments in National Policy guidance, regional planning
guidance and other guidance issued by the Government or policies
that are now inconsistent with the guidance offered in these
documents.
In South Somerset all but six of the policies in the Adopted
Local Plan have been saved. The policies that have
not been saved and should, after April
26th 2009, not be used to judge applications for
development are:
| Policy |
Description |
Justification for not saving |
| EU1 |
Renewable Energy |
Inconsistent with PPS22: Renewable Energy (2004) |
| EU2 |
Wind Turbines |
Inconsistent with PPS22: Renewable Energy (2004) |
| EU5 |
Flooding |
Superseded by PPS25: Development and Flood Risk (2006) |
| HG5 |
Replacement Dwellings in the Countryside |
Inconsistent with class A of the GDPO (1st October 2008) |
| HG13 |
Sites for Travelling Show People |
Inconsistent with Government Circular 04/2007: Planning for
Travelling Showpeople |
| HG14 |
Sites for Travelling Show People |
Inconsistent with Government Circular 04/2007: Planning for
Travelling Showpeople |
In the pages on the website where these policies have been
quoted you will see that the text has now been crossed through to
indicate that these policies are no longer relevant and should not
be referred to.