Under the provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, policies in the High Peak Local Plan (adopted 31 March 2005) were valid for a period of three years. Local Planning Authorities were invited by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to make an application to the Secretary of State to issue a direction to save selected Local Plan policies beyond this 3-year period.
DCLG set out in a protocol the broad principles to save selected Local Plan policies. Local Planning Authorities needed to demonstrate that the policies to be saved:
The schedule of those policies in the High Peak Borough Local Plan that required saving in accordance with the protocol, was submitted to the Secretary of State for consideration on 25 September 2007. In a 'Direction' letter from the Government Office of the East Midlands (GOEM) dated 26 March 2008, the Secretary of State approved the submitted Saved Policies Schedule.
The Secretary of State’s Direction came into effect on 31 March 2008 and accordingly all Local Plan policies not saved cease to have Development Plan status as of the 30 March. Saved Local Plan policies now need to be read alongside the adopted Regional Plan and adopted Development Plan Documents as they emerge. In time, emerging Local Development Framework DPD’s will replace most Local Plan policies.
A Saved Policies Local Plan has now been issued. This document contains only those policies that continue to form part of the development plan. All other policies have been deleted and will cease to be considered during the determination of planning applications.
The Council has to prepare and keep under review the High Peak Local Plan. This sets out the planning policies for the whole of the High Peak outside the Peak District National Park. The published Local Plan is used as a basis for assessing planning applications.
NOTE: The adopted Local Plan and key documents are available for reference only. As of 30 March 2008, please refer to the above Saved Local Plan Policies document for current policy.
The High Peak Interim Housing Policy Statement (159KB) came into affect on Friday 2 January 2009. The statement is intended to clarify the Council’s interim approach to residential applications in light of the emerging Regional Spatial Strategy for the East Midlands, in particular the Secretary of State’s Proposed Changes released in July 2008. Whilst the document does not represent an alteration in policy, it does signal a change in way that Development Plan policy is interpreted and applied in parts of High Peak. As such, the document should be read in conjunction with relevant policies of the Saved High Peak Local Plan.
The Federal Mogul Interim Planning Statement (final) (159KB) was adopted by the Council in May 2011 for the Federal Mogul site in Chapel-en-le-Frith. The document provides informal planning guidance to help shape the future of the site. Adoption of the document follows on from previous public consultations.
Future planning applications on the site should refer to requirements outlined in the High Peak Local Plan along with the Interim Planning Statement until such time that they are replaced by the emerging Local Development Framework.