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Our Local Development Framework

This section is intended to help people looking for information about the Council's Local Development Framework.

The Local Development Framework (LDF) is intended to better engage the community and reflect a broader range of strategies and plans published by other agencies not traditionally involved in planning. It goes beyond traditional land use planning, and focuses on an area based ‘spatial planning’ approach.     

The LDF is also required to reflect the aspirations identified in the Community Plan. Show me more about Reigate & Banstead's Community Plan.

The LDF is a folder of documents called Local Development Documents (LDDs). Documents with development plan status will be known as Development Plan Documents (DPDs). Other guidance will be known as Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs).

Development Plan Documents, and the Statement of Community Involvement, are subject to Independent Examination before they can be adopted, to ensure they are sound documents in both their content and the way they are produced and are founded on a robust evidence base. 

All Local Development Documents are required to be subject to a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to ensure that they contribute to achieving sustainable development. Show me more information about the SA and SEA process in Reigate & Banstead.

LDF newsletter

 LDF Newsletter June 2008 (PDF, opens in new window) (55.0kB). Please note the consultation on the SHLAA has now been extended from 11 July to 18 July 2008. 

Glossary

•  Show me a guide to the abbreviations and glossary of terms (36.2kB)    

Links to further information

• For more information about the new process, please look at the Government planning guidance, in particular Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 12: Local Development Frameworks.
• Show me the Planning Portal's visual guide to Local Development Frameworks.