Babergh Development Framework

Babergh Development Framework

What is the Local Development Framework (LDF) (General Explanatory Information)

• Real Time Information
• BDF Consultation

• Planning Policy FAQs

Local Development Scheme (LDS) (Adopted July 2007: Review Imminent)
The programme for the BDF / Preparation

Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) (Adopted Dec 2006) 
How we will consult

Consultation Statement (October 2011)

Annual Monitoring Reports

Call for Sites 2010

Development Plan Documents (Planning Documents)

Core Strategy:

• Core Strategy (2011 - 2031) Submission Draft

• Growth Options Consultation (2010)
• Issues and Options (May 2009) 
• Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) (for Issues & Options)
• Analysis of Issues and Options Core Strategy Responses

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD)

• General Information
• Hamilton Road Quarter / Sudbury Town Centre SPD (Adopted 2010) 
• Employment Land SPD (Adopted 2008)
• Affordable Housing SPD (Adopted April 2009)

Supplementary Guidance

• 'Draft' Air Quality Management & New Development 2011 (Link to SCC website. Consultation closed on 26th April 2011)

Studies / BDF Evidence

• Babergh District Retail Study - July 2008
• Town Centre Health Check - 2011 Update (PDF, 0.96Mb)
• Sudbury Retail Study - Stage 1 - Sept 2011 (PDF, 2.23Mb)
• Review of Proposed Tesco Retail Assessment (NLP) Jan 2011 (PDF, 110KB)
  
  
• Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA)
• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) - March 2009
   
• Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) (Includes a link to the latest Update)
• Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) - January 2010
• Affordable Housing Site Viability Study (Suffolk Coastal DC website) - June 2009 (PDF, 3Mb)
• Housing Need Survey - 2008
• Joint Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment - May 2007
  
  
• Water Cycle Study (East Babergh) (Haven Gateway website) - May 2008
• Water Cycle Study (West Babergh) (text) - June/July  2011 (PDF, 2Mb)
• Water Cycle Study (West Babergh) (maps) - June/July 2011 (PDF, 6Mb)
  
  
• Employment Land Review and Strategic Sites Study (Haven Gateway Partnership website) - Oct 2009
• Strategic Employment Sites (Ove Arup) - May 2009 (PDF, 0.9Mb)
• Felixstowe Port Logistics Study (Suffolk Coastal DC website) - October 2008 (PDF, 1.5Mb)
• Felixstowe Port Logistics Study - Glossary of Terms and Annexes (SCDC website) (PDF, 985KB)
• Driving the Haven Gateway Forward: The Economic Impact of the Ports & Logistics Sector (HGP website) - May 2010
• European Dryport Project (Dryport website) - various since 2008
  
  
• Joint A14 Corridor sites research - 2011 (Currently work in progress)
• Haven Gateway Ipswich A14 Corridor Study (Suffolk County Council website) - July 2007
• Transport Impact Study (Babergh wide) - January 2010
• Sudbury Transport Study - Text (October 2011) (PDF, 2.62Mb)
• Sudbury Transport Study - Figures (October 2011) (PDF, 13Mb) 
• Suffolk Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2031 (Suffolk County Council website) - 2011
  
  
• Haven Gateway Strategic Residential & Infrastructure Study (HGP website) - November 2005
• Haven Gateway Framework for Growth (HGP website) - September 2007
• Haven Gateway Integrated Development Programme (HGP website) - December 2008
• Developing a Local Strategy for the Shotley Peninsula (Main Report) - March 2005 (PDF, 4.31Mb)
• Developing a Local Strategy for the Shotley Peninsul (Appendices) - March 2005 (PDF, 0.9Mb)
  
  
• Babergh and Mid Suffolk Local Investment Plan - 2011
  
  
• Open Space, Sport and Recreation Strategy - September 2010
• Haven Gateway Green Infrastructure Strategy (incl. East Babergh) - April 2008 (see also next link)
• Haven Gateway Green Infrastructure Strategy (Babergh DC website) - June 2008
• Green Infrastructure Strategy (West Babergh) (New: To be published when completed)
• Suffolk Landscape Character Assessment (Suffolk County Council website) - Sept 2008 (see also next link)
• An Introduction to Landscape Character (Babergh DC website)
• Environmental Capacity in the East of England: Applying an environmental limits approach to the H.Gateway (SCDC website) - Jan 2008 (PDF, 8Mb)
  
  

• East of England Renewable & Low Carbon Capacity Study (Sustainability East website) - October 2011

Planning Statements / Commercial Appraisals

• Former British Sugar Site (Commercial Appraisal) - Completed in 2007
• Brantham Planning Position Statement - Adopted April 2009
• Wherstead Planning Position Statement - Adopted Feb 2008