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• Securing Sustainable Residential Development
• Old Gas Works, Folkestone SPD
• Sustainability Appraisal - Draft Scoping Report
• Core Strategy - Issues and Options
• Affordable Housing SPD (Draft)
• SHLAA (Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment)

 

 

  

SHLAA (Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment)
29 August- 6 October 2008

During 29 August - 6 Ocotber 2008 we consulted upon the draft methodology proposed to carry out Shepway District Council's first SHLAA. The SHLAA is an important part of the evidence base for the Local Development Framework (LDF) and will inform forthcoming Core Strategy proposals for Shepway. The draft methodology can be viewed through our Consultation Portal click here to go to the website.

The draft methodology was prepared with reference to the SHLAA Protocal for Kent and Medway (2008), which can be viewed below:

  SHLAA-Protocol for Kent and Medway September 2008

The consultation also included an opportunity to put forward potential housing sites, which was then screened against the finalised methodology. Sites should be for 0.15 hectares (0.4 acres) or more, or hold potential for at least 5 dwellings. We are sorry but we are no longer accepting any site submissions for the SHLAA. It should be noted that having a site including in this study does not determine that it will then feature in the LDF/ Core Strategy or get planning permission, instead it is about identifying a pool of possible sites that may be suitable.

 

  

Affordable Housing SPD (Draft)

The draft Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) can be viewed by clicking here.

Representations were welcomed for a six week period on the Affordable Housing SPD from the 3 March to 14 April 2008, which has now finished. This SPD has been produced to provide more detailed advice for applicants on planning permission for new housing development.  This document expands on Policy HO4 from the Shepway District Local Plan Review (adopted 2006) to clearly set out the expectations of the council on the issues of provision, management and control of affordable housing units.

Thank you for any comments you made, but please note representations received in connection with a consultation cannot be regarded as confidential.  

  

  

Core Strategy-Issues & Options

The Core Strategy Issues & Options Consultation document can be viewed by clicking here. The full consultation documents have been presented over two parts: Potential Objectives and District Development Path and Other Possible Principles.

Consultation on the Core Strategy Issues and Alternative Options took place between 19 January and 29 February and has now closed.  

A Consultation Summary can be viewed below along with a notice of DPD matters, that formally sets out details of the consultation:

Core Strategy Issues & Options Consultation Summary

DPD-matter

An independent summary of possible sustainability implications of 'Big Decision Options' (as featured in the consultation summary (or part A) documents) is available to view below:

Sustainability Implications

The Core Strategy is central to the Local Development Framework and the starting point for all future local planning policy. It will set out an overall strategy for development in the next decade and beyond and will outline a long-term direction for Shepway. It draws on key plans and aims from a range of other local organisations, and most notably from Sharing in Success: A Community Plan for Shepway' (the local sustainable communities strategy produced by the Shepway Community Partnership in 2007)

This consultation was the first public stage in the preparation of the Core Strategy, and focused on issues and potential options for future planning in Shepway. This stage was not the place to discuss detailed options, but the Council's preferred options will be consulted on in the future.

  

  

Sustainability Appraisal- Draft Scoping Report

There is a statutory requirement for local authorities to carry out a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Sustainability Appraisal under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004). The Government prefers these two processes to be combined into one unified process, hereafter known as SA.

 SA is integral to document preparation as a means of assessing their potential social, environmental and economic effects. The Scoping Report is the first stage in the SA process; it provides the framework and evidence base for the subsequent appraisal. Please be advised that the SA (incorporating the SEA) of Shepway District Council Local Development Framework Scoping Report (Draft) consultation closed on 18th January 2007. The draft Scoping Report can be viewed below:

SA Scoping Report Part 1

SA Scoping Report Part 2

SA Scoping Report Part 3

SA Scoping Report Part 4

SA Scoping Report Part 5

SA Scoping Report Part 6

SA Scoping Report Part 7

  

  

The Old Gas Works, Folkestone

A draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)was approved by Shepway District Council for public consultation.The SPD has been prepared for the site of the former gasworks in Ship Street, Folkestone. The site is allocated for housing in the Shepway District Local Plan Review (adopted 2006).

The SPD provides detailed guidance on the characteristics of the site and how the District Council will expect it to be developed. Once approved the Supplementary Planning Document will form part of the Local Development Framework for Shepway.

The consultation period for this document closed on 19^th October 2007.

The draft SPD and attachments can be viewed below for reference only:

Draft Old Gas Works SPD

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The approved document (by the Council's Cabinet on 12 March 2008) can be viewed by clicking here.

  

  

Securing Sustainable Residential Development

Shepway District Council is proposing additional planning policy guidance to ensure new residential premises in the district are more environmentally friendly. This would work by making performance against the national Code for Sustainable Homes a material (valid) consideration in the determination of planning applications for new residences.

The consultation period for this document closed on 28th September 2007.

The Securing Sustainable Residential Development draft guidance document can be downloaded below:

draft guidance

• A 5 minute introductory film on the Code for Sustainable Homes can be viewed by clicking on the following link (please note this will take you to another website): Introductory Film

• Please note the government is currently consulting on makinga code rating obligatory, for more information please click on the following link: Making a rating mandatory

This document was approved by the Council's Cabinet on 14 November 2007 and came into force on 7th January 2008.

 

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