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What is the Local Development Framework (LDF)?
The Development, Planning and Information Team - February 2008
DPI@kirklees.gov.uk
Background
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 states that each council must prepare a Local Development Framework (LDF) to replace
its existing statutory development plan. The current statutory development plan for Kirklees is the
Unitary Development Plan
(UDP) which was adopted in March 1999.
Kirklees LDF will have the same function as the UDP in providing a policy framework for decisions about the use
and development of land and conservation, but it will be a different type of plan in that it will be made up of
a number of documents covering particular topics or areas to better suit local circumstances and local
distinctiveness. LDF documents will be reviewed and updated individually as necessary making it easier to keep
policies up to date. The different documents that will make up the LDF are described further down this page.
LDFs must be prepared in the context of national and regional planning policies. In Kirklees this means that the
LDF must comply with planning needs identified in the Regional Spatial Strategy for Yorkshire and the Humber. The
LDF must also integrate with the local Community Strategy (external site)
to help deliver the long-term vision and ambitions for Kirklees.
The government originally expected local authorities to have LDFs in place within three years of the Act taking
effect on 28 September 2004. During the three year period all existing adopted plans were automatically saved
and therefore the Kirklees UDP was saved in its entirety until 27 September 2007. After this date, where LDFs
had not been completed, the legislation allowed for certain planning policies to continue to be saved until they
are later replaced within LDFs. Preparation of the LDF in Kirklees is still in its early stages and therefore an
application was made to the Secretary of State in accordance with the legislation to continue to save various UDP
policies. A summary of UDP policies which are saved and not saved
has been published on this website (for example, because the development has been completed or because policies
have been superseded by changes in national planning policy) with effect from 28 September 2007.
LDF timetable
The Local Development Scheme (LDS)
[PDF 240kb] contains the timetable for producing the documents which will make up the LDF including
the stages when community consultation will occur. The LDS will be reviewed and amended as necessary. The last
review was during 2007 and the current version became operational from 24 September 2007.
Community involvement
The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)
sets out the standards to be achieved by the council in involving the community in the preparation of the LDF and in
determining planning applications.
LDF documents
Development Plan Documents (DPDs) will set out policies and proposals for main land uses either for the whole of
the district or for specific areas (for example, land for housing, business use and community services; land for
different forms of transport; land for quarrying and treatment of waste; and open spaces such as parks, playing
fields and woodland).
The first DPD being prepared is the core strategy which will provide broad guidance on the scale and distribution
of development and the supporting transport network across the district. It will contain policies for guiding the
council's decisions about development applications and it will help to deliver the council's vision and strategic
objectives for Kirklees. The core strategy provides the context for all other Development Plan Documents.
Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) are related to a 'parent' DPD and may cover a range of issues to provide further
guidance and advice about policies and proposals in the 'parent' DPD.
Sustainability Appraisal
All Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) are subject to Sustainability Appraisal (SA).
This is a process which provides a mechanism for balancing conflicts between economic, social and environmental issues and
identifying how improvements or compromises can be made to achieve the most sustainable outcome.
A widely used definition for sustainability was drawn up by the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987:
"Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs."
Monitoring and review
The Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) (PDF 484kb)
sets out progress made in terms of producing local development documents and implementing LDF policies.
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