Public Consultations
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1. Stockport (LDF) Consultation on Land Allocation for Significant Sites for Development up to 2026 (Closing Date 28th Nov 2011)
The Council is producing a plan to allocate land and provide policies to guide appropriate, sustainable development.
Such development could include housing, employment, retail, leisure or sport and recreation, as well as options to safeguard and improve the environment.
A period of consultation on the first stage of preparing this plan will be taking place for 6 weeks from 17th October 2011 to 28th November 2011 during which time all those interested in the plan are encouraged to comment.
The plan (called the ‘Allocations DPD’) will set out the Council’s proposals for land and buildings on significant sites which are likely to be subject to major development proposals up to 2026. The purpose of this is to ensure that planning can help address issues that are faced by local areas as well as the borough as a whole (such as providing affordable housing). The Allocations DPD follows on from the Core Strategy adopted earlier this year and must be accordance with it.
The Allocations DPD will generally set out a preferred use or mix of uses for each specific site. These sites will eventually update, replace or introduce new development sites from those on the existing Unitary Development Plan Review Proposals Map for Stockport.
The Allocations DPD will become an important factor in making planning decisions in the Borough.
How can you get more information and get involved?
All Allocations DPD related documents are available on our website via www.stockport.gov.uk/allocationsdpd. They can also be seen at local libraries, Stockport Direct Local Centres, or at the Council’s Planning Reception (Fred Perry House, Edward Street, Stockport SK1 3UR).
Comments can be submitted online, emailed or by post. You are strongly encouraged to make representations via the online version of the document, where you can also view comments submitted by other consultees.
The consultation documents include:
- Allocations DPD: Issues and Options Paper
- Sustainability Appraisal Screening Report and annexes
October Area Committees
You are invited to Public forums at each of the seven Area Committee meetings which will be taking place on 24th-27th October to discuss the Allocations DPD: Issues and Options Paper.
For more information either visit our website or contact the Planning Policy Team on 0161 474 4395 between 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday or reply to this email.
Regards,
Richard Wood
Planning Policy Manager
Threat to Woodford Green Belt?
Threat to Woodford Green Belt? In addition to the BAE Woodford which will be the subject of a SPD, four other sites have been identified within or bordering on Woodford for potential development. All these are within existing Green Belt.
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Previous Public Consultations
1. Council sought views on licensing policies
Stockport Council is currently undertaking a review of its licensing policies for alcohol and entertainment premises. As part of the review residents and local business operators were encouraged to give their views on the effectiveness of the Council’s current licensing policies. The findings from the review will influence the Council’s new licensing policies for alcohol and entertainment premises for the next three-year period.
Section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 requires that each licensing authority must prepare and publish a statement of its licensing policy every three years.
The Council’s licensing consultation document can be viewed, together with the current licensing policies, at all libraries in the borough, Stockport Direct Centres, or on the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/licensing
The closing date for people to give their views on the Council’s existing licensing polices was Friday, 15th October 2010.
2. Stockport LDF Core Strategy DPD: Consultation on Proposed 'Submission' Documents
Stockport Council has published the Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD) Proposed ‘Submission’ Documents. In line with the regulations which guide the Core Strategy’s preparation, the Council has invited comments on the legality and soundness of the document.
The period for comments to be made closed on Monday 19th July 2010.
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3. Public Consultation on Stockport's Statement of Community Involvement - Consultation closed 4Th May 2010
A draft revised Statement of Community Involvement has been produced, taking into account new legislation and regulations. For full details, click here. The document is a PDF and you will need the free 'Adobe Reader' to view it. You can get it from the Adobe website here.
4. Stockport LDF Core Strategy DPD - Public Consultation Closed 24th March 2010
Following last year's Public Consultation on the Core Strategy DPD (a high level, strategic document that set down the broad distribution of future housing, economic, shopping and other development that is needed in Stockport up to 2026), the Council prepared a draft of the Core Strategy, which it intends to publish formally and submit to the Government later this year. In order to ensure that the final version was likely to be considered acceptable it undertook a short period of consultation to seek public views on the proposed Core Policies and Development Management Policies that will form section 3.1 of the Core Strategy DPD.
Section 3.1 (including the draft policies) is currently available at http://stockport-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/pp/ldfcs/draftcspolicies together with comments submitted during the consultation period. (See in particular Section 3.1.9 Woodford Aerodrome Opportunity Site).
There will be an opportunity to comment further when the document is formally published (programmed for June of this year).
If you require any further information or wish to discuss any matters in relation to this consultation or the wider LDF please contact the Council by email (planning.policy@stockport.gov.uk) or by telephone (0161 474 4395).
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