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Local Development Scheme

The Local Development Scheme is the project plan which sets out the Council's three year timetable for producing Local Development Framework documents. The LDS contains a timetable setting out key milestones, such as community consultation dates.

The Local Development Scheme

The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out North Norfolk District Council's programme for the preparation of documents under the new plan-making system. It's purpose is:

  • to set out the documents to be prepared and to provide a short description of the content and status and show how they relate to each other;
  • to set out how the existing policies and guidance will relate to the new system and which policies will be 'saved' under the 'transitional arrangements';
  • to set out a timetable for the preparation of the documents; and,
  • to explain how the documents will be monitored and reviewed.

The LDS is a public statement of what we are proposing to do and when, and at what stage individuals and groups can be involved in the plan-making process.

To view the current adopted Local Development Scheme please click the link below. For ease, the document production timetable included in the LDS is also available to view or download below:

Local Development Scheme - Document History

First Revision
The first North Norfolk LDS was submitted to the Government Office on 15th March 2005 and was approved in April 2005. In light of Regional Spatial Strategy slippage the timetable changed and the preferred options stage was delayed to Autumn 2006 (to allow the receipt of the Regional Spatial Strategy Panel Report). The LDS (First Revision) was submitted in December 2005 and adopted by the Council in April 2006.

Second Revision
It became necessary to review the LDF document production timetable again following the deferral of the consultation on the Gypsy & Traveller sites as part of the Site Specific Proposals and commencement of the Coastal Area Action Plan.
Therefore a new LDS (Second Revision) was submitted to Government Office in September 2006 and was adopted by Full Council on 13th December 2006.

Third Revision
A Third Revision LDS was produced in 2007 to reflect further changes to the timetable. These changes were; delaying the submission of the Core Strategy and Site Specific Proposals and removal of the Coastal Area Action Plan from the LDF process. The LDS (Third Revision) was considered and approved for adoption by the Full Council committee on May 16th 2007.

Fourth Revision
A Fourth Revision was considered and formally adopted by the Full Council committee on 17 December 2008. This revision incorporated changes required as a result of the release of new planning regulations (2008) and slippage of the Site Specific Proposals DPD.

Fifth Revision
The most recent revision was produced to allow for the development and consultation of a replacement Core Strategy policy (HO9). The Conversion and Re-use of Rural Buildings as Dwellings Draft Policy was required following the Examination of the Core Strategy and the Inspector's decision to withdraw the proposed Policy HO9 and require a revised policy to be drafted. The LDF timetable has been adjusted to include the Conversion and Re-use of Rural Buildings as Dwellings Policy Review and to allow for joint submission and examination alongside the Site Specific Proposals Draft Plan.

The Local Development Scheme (Fifth Revision) was formally adopted by the Full Council committee on 23 September 2009. The LDS, and revised timetable (which outlines the production timescales of LDF documents), can be downloaded from the section above.