The Core Strategy is the key strategic document within the Local Development Framework and will provide the basis for the production of other planning documents. Its role is to set out the vision for the area over the whole period up to 2026.
As there are many similar issues and challenges facing the two areas, Derbyshire Dales District Council and High Peak Borough Council have agreed to prepare a Joint Core Strategy for the area for which they are the planning authorities.
The area covered by the Core Strategy excludes the Peak District National Park, who are a separate local planning authority responsible for preparing their own Core Strategy.
The preparation of the Core Strategy has now reached an important milestone with the publication, for comment, of the Issues and Options consultation document. The eight weeks of public consultation provide an opportunity for everyone within the plan area to think about the ways in which the places people live and work in should develop over the next 15-20 years.
We would like your views on the key issues that the Core Strategy needs to address and the options that have been identified to do this. The Issues and Options consider the following:
A detailed Issues and Options consultation document, along with a summary leaflet are available to download.
The full version of the Issues and Options consultation document includes a comprehensive Sustainability Appraisal for each option. Comments on the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report are also invited.
We want as many people as possible to have their say. If you would like to submit your comments on either the Issues and Options, or the Sustainability Appraisal, you can do so by using one of the following methods.
The documents are also available to view at libraries and Council offices in Derbyshire Dales and High Peak during normal opening hours. Hard copies of the Issues and Options document are available to purchase on request for a charge of £15.00.
The eight-week consultation on the Joint Core Strategy Issues and Options will commence on 26 March 2009. The five-week consultation on the associated Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report will start on 16 April 2009.
Please ensure we receive all comments by 21 May 2009 so that they can be used to inform the next stages of the process. A further consultation on a draft Joint Core Strategy is scheduled for January 2010.
Please note that all comments submitted online, by email or by post, will be made available to view on the consultation website. In the interests of data protection, personal contact details will not be published.
If you have any questions about the consultation, please contact the Planning Policy teams at either Derbyshire Dales District Council or High Peak Borough Council.
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Town Hall, Bank Road, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 3NN.
Tel. 01629 761100
Email Planning@derbyshiredales.gov.uk
High Peak Borough Council
Municipal Buildings, Glossop, Derbyshire SK13 8AF
Tel. 0845 129 7777 or 01298 28400
Email LDF@highpeak.gov.uk
The discussion paper is the first step in preparing a new plan, which will shape the way in which new development will take place in High Peak Borough over the next 20 years. The new plan will be known as the Core Strategy and is part of a series of planning documents, being produced as part of the High Peak Local Development Framework.
The purpose of this discussion paper is to gather your views and opinions about what types of issues exist in the High Peak, and how they might be addressed in very broad terms.
Consultation for the discussion paper began on Thursday 8 November 2007, and will run until Friday 25 July 2008. We encourage you to make your comments within this time.