Development Policies DPD Submission Stage
The Development Policies DPD will be an important document in the South Hams Local Development Framework (LDF). It contains a suite of policies to guide decisions on planning applications and covers the whole of South Hams (outside of Dartmoor National Park).
Following a six week consultation (22 May to 3 July 2009) on the Publication Stage of the DPD, suggested changes to the document and representations received on the Publication Stage were Submitted to the Secretary of State on 13 November 2009 for Examination.
Development Policies DPD: Publication (Pre-Submission) Stage, May 2009.
Consultation Statement (Regulation 28). Summary of "main issue" representations received and Council's responses. Representations raising other issues are available here.
An explanatory note has been prepared to explain the status of representations featured in the Regulation 28 statement. Two comments received from Torbay Council and Dartmouth Town Council are available here.
Council's revised suggested changes to the Publication Stage January 2010.
This schedule has been revised from the version which appeared on the Council website November 2009. It corrects errors in paragraph numbering, with all paragraph numbers now relating to the Publication Stage of the Development Policies DPD. The ‘proposed change’ column has also been amended to make it clearer precisely what text is to be deleted and where additional text is suggested. The content of the changes has not altered.
Examination of the Development Policies DPD
The Secretary of State has appointed Mr Ian Broyd MRICS Dip TP of the Planning Inspectorate to conduct the examination into the compliance and soundness of the DPD. The Inspector has published his Pre-Hearing Guidance Notes,
List of Core Documents
Statements by Cllr Vint and Transition Town Totnes Buidling and Housing Group
Inspector's query regarding policy DP4 and Sherford new community. View the Council's fact sheet on the issue
View the Examination Agenda
View the Council's Opening Statement
Examination hearings
The formal hearings will open on Tuesday 2 March 2010 in the Cary Room, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes.
The Inspector will assess whether the Development Policies DPD is “sound” and produce a report and recommendations which will be binding upon the Council. More details are contained in the Inspector's guidance note.
Examination Statements
The Council's statement is available to view here. Accompanying the Council's statement are the following documents:
- Schedule 1: The Council's Proposed Minor Changes - This builds upon version 2 of the Council’s Proposed Minor Changes which appears above (Council's revised suggested changes to the Publication Stage - January 2010).
- Schedule 2: The Council's Further Proposed Minor Changes - In response to issues raised by the Inspector and other respondents
- Schedule 3: The Council's response to issues raised by the Inspector and other respondents where no change is proposed
Statements from the following respondents have been received:
Programme Officer
All examination queries and correspondence should be addressed to the Programme Officer, Robert Young, who is independent of the Council and reports directly to the Inspector, at c/o Community Regeneration, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes TQ9 5NE. Telephone 01803 861257 or email robert.young@southhams.gov.uk.
Information about compliance and soundness and the examination process in general can be downloaded from the Planning Inspectorate website
A brief guide to examining development plan documents
Examining Development Plans Documents: Soundness Guidance
Statement of Availability (Regulation 30)
The Submission DPD and all proposed submission documents can be viewe
- on this website by using the links above
- at the Council Offices, Planning Reception, South Hams District Council, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5NE (Monday - Thursday 9.00am-5.00pm and Friday 9.00am-4.30pm).
Supporting Documents
Core Strategy and Policies, Issues and Preferred Options Report - "The Strategy" , October 2004
Development Control Core Policies: Preferred Options, July 2007
Consultation Statement (Regulation 24/25)
Consultation Statement (Regulation 28)
Habitat Regulations Assessment
Proposals Map - includes a web based interactive Proposals Map which contains all the policy designations.
Sustainability Appraisal
The Development Policies document has been subject to a Sustainability Appraisal (SA), incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), at several stages during its preparation.
View the Sustainability Appraisal Report:
• Sustainability Appraisal Report
• Appendix I: Review of Relevant Plans and Programmes
• Appendix II: Baseline information
• Appendix III: Detailed Sustainability Appraisal of Development Policies
• Appendix III(b): Detailed Sustainability Appraisal of new policies introduced at Pre-Submission Stage
Evidence Base
View documents in the Evidence Base including the Landscape Character Assessment.
What happens next?
The Examination is expected during spring 2010.
