Core Strategy
Introduction
The Core Strategy will be one of the first of the development
plan documents of the Peterborough Local Development Framework to
be produced. It will set out the overall approach to
development in Peterborough based on the
Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS).
The Core Strategy will establish a long term vision with broad
policies and proposals to deliver that vision over the period up to
2021 and beyond. The Core Strategy will not deal with site-specific
issues. More detailed policies based on the Core Strategy will be
prepared in future documents.
The Core Strategy will:
- contain a clear spatial vision from which spatial objectives, strategic policies, monitoring and implementation frameworks flow
- be guided by sustainable development principles
- be linked to the government's sustainable communities agenda, helping to determine the broad location of new housing and employment necessary to meet the requirements of the RSS
- be in general conformity with the RSS
Core Strategy Preparation
The Core Strategy has several stages to production. These
include the gathering of evidence and the consideration of Issues
and Options; public participation on Preferred Options; and the
Submission of a final document for independent examination.
To help with the preparation of the Core Strategy, the council
- jointly with Opportunity Peterborough - commissioned an Integrated Growth
Study. All of the work for this study, including the public
consultation, contributes to the preparation of the Core Strategy.
It has helped us to identify issues, options and preferred
options.
The Core Strategy Preferred Options document was
made available for comment between 16, May 2008 and
26, June 2008.
Although the consultation process has closed, the following
documents remain available.
The following documents appear in adobe acrobat
format
- Core Strategy Preferred Options (online)
- Core Strategy Preferred Options
- Statutory Notice of Proposals Matters (27KB, 1 page)
The Council is considering all the comments that have been
made, before preparing its Core Strategy for submission to the
government.
Preparation of the Core Strategy relies on a sound evidence base.
The programme for preparation and adoption of the Peterborough
Core Strategy is set out in the Peterborough Local
Development Scheme (588KB, 50 pages).
Sustainablity Appraisal
As part of the preparation of the Core Strategy,
the Council is required to carry out a Sustainability
Appraisal to make sure all of its policies are sustainable.
A Sustainability Appraisal is intended to assess the social,
economic and environmental effects of any proposed policies. The
first stage in this process is the production of a Scoping Report,
which details the framework that will be used to assess the
emerging polices in the Core Strategy and other Development Plan
Documents and to make sure that sustainability issues are
integrated throughout the development of each document.
The Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
consists of
The Sustainability Appraisal
report for the Core Strategy Preferred Options was
available for comment between 16, May 2008 and 26,
June 2008.
Habitats Regulations
An assessment must be carried out on all land-use plans which
are likely to have a significant impact on nature conversation
sites of European important
As part of the preparation of the Core Strategy, a Habitats
Regulation Assessment has been carried out in order to demonstrate
that no adverse affects would arise from implementation of the
document.
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The Appropriate Assessment of the Peterborough Core Strategy
Preferred Options Stage Final Report (3482KB, 54
pages) was available for comment between 23,
February 2009 and 23, March 2009.