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Please note that the public consultation period on this document closed on Friday 26th November. The Council would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took the time to submit their views and comments.
Babergh District Council has started the process of replacing the current Local Plan (adopted in 2006). The new Plan is to be called the 'Babergh Development Framework' (BDF for short).
The Council is working on the first part of this planning framework that will replace the adopted Local Plan, namely the ‘Core Strategy'. The Core Strategy will set out the broad vision and policies for Babergh in the future.
The Core Strategy looks at the ‘bigger picture’, not just in terms of land use planning, but also considers the social, economic and environmental perspective. It does not consider the specific, fine details of any issue or individual development (such as site specific allocations or development management issues) but will instead look strategically at these matters.
The Core Strategy will be developed in stages and we would like to encourage as many people as possible to become involved. Babergh completed work on the 'Issues and Options' document in mid 2009. Since then we have assessed the responses received, have been gathering further evidence, and have been working on the next stage of the Core Strategy. However, since May 2010, the new Coalition Government has announced and implemented a number of changes that affect how we plan for future growth, particularly the revocation of Regional Spatial Strategies (in this area the East of England Plan).
Revocation of the East of England Plan means that local authorities are now responsible for determining growth targets for new homes and jobs in their local area. We have therefore decided to review where we are in the Core Strategy preparation process and seek your views on growth and how it should be planned for. To this end we have produced a Growth Options document as the basis for gathering views from as many residents, businesses, and service providers as possible during an eight week period of engagement and consultation. Your views of will help us to determine how much growth we should plan for, and the potential broad locations for future growth.
The official consultation period ran from Friday 1st October until Friday 26th November 2010 (4.30 pm) inclusive.
The Full Summary, Technical Appendix and other supporting documents can still be accessed by following the links below:
Summary Leaflet (PDF, 590KB)
Summary Document (PDF, 136KB)
Technical Appendix (Full Document) (PDF, 418KB)
Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 13KB)
Growth Options Response Form (Word, 92KB)
Sustainability Appraisal/ Strategic Environmental Assessment (Main Report) (PDF, 1.07Mb)
Sustainability Appraisal (Appendix) (PDF, 711KB)
Sustainability Appraisal Response Form (Word, 68KB)
Copies of these documents can also be viewed at the following locations:
- Babergh’s HQ office in Corks Lane Hadleigh,
- Babergh’s advice centre in Market Hill, Sudbury;
- Hadleigh Town Council’s offices; and
- Any of the libraries in the district (including mobile library service).
Experience has shown that electronic responses are not only convenient and helpful but also more efficient for us to process so we have set up an easy to use consultation system. (For more information about this please refer to our guidance notes (PDF, 84KB). You can also submit your comments via e-mail or in writing. Standard electronic or paper response forms are available and can be downloaded from our website. Please note that only written responses can be accepted and comments cannot be treated as confidential. If you have any further questions, please telephone 01473 826678 or email us at ldf@babergh.gov.uk. However, please note that we will not be in a position to receive / discuss representations personally.
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