Local Development Scheme

The Local Development Scheme 2025-2028 (PDF, 624KB) was approved at a meeting of the Environment and Communities Committee on 27 March 2025. It sets out a programme and timetable for the preparation of local plan documents up to 2028.  Progress will be reviewed annually as part of the Authority Monitoring Report. The Local Development Scheme will be updated in the light of this review or at other times as necessary, including when the government publishes the full legal and national policy framework enabling ‘new style’ local plans to formally commence under the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023.