'Saved' policies for the former North Shropshire area
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What are 'Saved' Planning Policies?
From 1 April 2009 Shropshire's former county, district and borough councils will be merged to form Shropshire Council. This will mean that a single Local Development Framework (LDF) will be prepared covering the whole of Shropshire.
Shropshire Council has begun work preparing a new county wide LDF with a Core Strategy due to be completed in 2011 and a Site Allocations and Development Management DPD to follow in 2012. However, before these documents are adopted it is necessary to continue to 'save' policies from each of the former Local Planning Authority areas.
These 'saved policies' will continue to form part of the Development Plan within their relevant former Local Planning Authority boundary, and will therefore continue to have an input to decisions on planning applications within these areas.
'Saved' North Shropshire Planning Policies
Follow the relevant attachments on this page to assess the Local Plan for the former North Shropshire District Council area.
In 2008 North Shropshire District Council applied to the Government Office for the West Midlands (GOWM) to 'save' a number of policies in this plan beyond their initial lifetime of three years. The policies which have been successfully 'saved' are included within the main body of the Local Plan text.
These 'saved' policies will continue to form part of the Development Plan for the former North Shropshire District area before they are replaced by the Shropshire Council LDF. Policies which have not been 'saved' are no longer relevant.
Relevant Planning Documents for the former North Shropshire area
Along with these 'saved' policies there are also a series of adopted plans and strategies still relevant to each former Local Planning Authority area. These include Development Briefs for specific sites and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs). Where appropriate these documents will also continue to contribute to decisions on planning applications.
Plans and strategies still relevant to the former North Shropshire District area can be accessed via the relevant attachments on this page.