Local Development Frameworks
The Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) is part of the Development Plan for an area. Planning applications have to be determined in accordance with the Development Plan unless material considerations suggest otherwise.
Because of this, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 introduced:
- mechanisms to help ensure that Development Plan Documents (DPDs) drawn up by local authorities as part of their Local Development Framework (LDF) are in "general conformity" with the RSS; the intention is to ensure that the two strands of the Development Plan for an area (the RSS and DPDs) are mutually supportive and not in conflict.
- the Regional Planning Body as a statutory consultee on planning applications likely to affect the implementation of the RSS so that key strategic issues can be drawn to the attention of the local authority before a decision on the application is made.
Developing "general conformity" with the RSS
When local authorities publish their DPD prior to submitting it to the Secretary of State, they need to request the opinion of the Regional Planning Body as to its "general conformity" with the RSS (Regulation 29, 2008).
It is important to develop general conformity with the RSS from the beginning of the DPD preparation process. The Regional Planning Body will have been consulted at previous stages in the DPD's preparation and is likely to have been involved in preparing the evidence base/discussing its emerging direction with the local authority.
General conformity will be achieved if the DPD is helping to deliver the outcomes of the RSS. A note setting out the RSS outcomes has been circulated to local authorities to help in this process (January 2009). In issuing its opinion, the Regional Planning Body will identify significant inconsistencies or omissions that would mean the DPD failed to implement the RSS or would adversely affect its implementation.
Up until 1 April 2009 the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly was designated as the Regional Planning Body. The Assembly ceased to exist from 1 April 2009 and the new Joint Regional Board is now the Regional Planning Body. The Joint Regional Board has delegated responsibility for responding to consultations sent to the Regional Planning Body on DPDs and regionally significant applications to the Spatial Planning Board. The work of this Board will be supported by officers from Local Government Yorkshire and Humber, who will respond to Regional Planning Body consultations on behalf of the Board.
Lists of the consultation documents received and responded to are available through the link on the left hand side named "DPDs Received and Responded To".
Contact us for more details.
Either click the map below or use the local authority links on the left to read the Regional Planning Body's responses to Local Development Framework documents we have received.
Barnsley | Bradford | Calderdale | Craven | Doncaster | East Riding of Yorkshire | Hambleton | Harrogate | Kingston upon Hull | Kirklees | Leeds | North East Lincolnshire Council | North Lincolnshire Council | Richmondshire | Rotherham | Ryedale | Scarborough | Selby | Sheffield | Wakefield | York | National Park Authorities |
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