Dartmoor National Park Local Development Framework

1. Dartmoor National ParkLocal Development Framework Presentation for South Hams Strategic Partnership Meeting Monday 8th March 2010

2. David Lillington – Senior Planning Officer (Forward Planning) Forward Planning and Community Service Dartmoor National Park Authority Purpose of this presentation: To update South Hams Strategic Partnership on the Dartmoor National Park Local Development Framework South Hams Strategic Partnership MeetingMonday 8th March 2010

3. The Authority’s Position • Dartmoor National Park Authority is the local planning authority for the whole of the Dartmoor National Park (Environment Act 1995) • The Authority produces development plans and undertakes development management work • The Authority is also a ‘Section 4/4’ authority, along with Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council, and assists and advises on regional level planning South Hams Strategic Partnership MeetingMonday 8th March 2010

4. Dartmoor National Park Authority Local Development Scheme • Statement of Community Involvement • Core Strategy DPD • Development Management & Delivery DPD • Minerals DPD • Waste DPD • Design Guidance SPD • Annual Monitoring Report South Hams Strategic Partnership MeetingMonday 8th March 2010

5. Development Management & Delivery DPD • A limited suite of DM policies to supplement the Core Strategy • Will include settlement insets for towns/villages where there are specific allocations or other policy factors, e.g. conservation areas Minerals & Waste DPDs • The National Park Authority is a minerals and waste planning authority • The Authority is not a waste disposal authority • However, we will maintain close liaison with Devon County Council & Plymouth CC on their mineral & waste plans Design Guidance SPD • Government sees design guidance as one of the ways of promoting sustainable communities e.g. through encouraging local distinctiveness, community safety, low C housing, life-time homes, healthy environment South Hams Strategic Partnership MeetingMonday 8th March 2010

6. The National Park Core Strategy Development Plan Document was adopted in April 2008 It covers the period 2006-2026 South Hams Strategic Partnership MeetingMonday 8th March 2010

7. Core Strategy DPD • Establishes the broad aims for spatial development in the Dartmoor National Park • Puts forward a vision for a “Sustainable Dartmoor National Park” • Defines key sustainability objectives • Provides strategic policies needed to achieve the aims • Conforms with the RSS, the saved policies of the Devon Structure Plan, and has regard to the themes of the community strategies covering the National Park South Hams Strategic Partnership MeetingMonday 8th March 2010

8. The saved policies of the Local Plan supplement Core Strategy policies The saved policies will be replaced policies in the Development Management & Delivery DPD South Hams Strategic Partnership MeetingMonday 8th March 2010

9. Evidence gathering to support Core Strategy & DMD preparation • Landscape Character Assessment • Strategic Housing Viability Assessment • Review of Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) • Updating Strategic Flood Risk Assessment • Parish Housing Needs Surveys • Community Consultations – Local Centres & some Rural Settlements • Habitat Regulations Assessment update South Hams Strategic Partnership MeetingMonday 8th March 2010

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