Planning Policy Guidance notes (PPGs) and their replacements, Planning Policy Statements (PPSs), are prepared by the government after public consultation to explain statutory provisions and provide guidance to local authorities, and others on planning policy and the operation of the planning system. They also explain the relationship between planning policies and other policies that have an important bearing on issues of development and land use.
Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs), produced by the relevant Regional Assembly in consultation with the Regional Government Office and other stakeholders, play a similar role in providing a planning policy framework for local authorities. RSSs elaborate on PPGs and RSSs and interpret their policies to address regional issues. High Peak is located within the East Midlands region, and as such, local planning policy must adhere to RSS8: East Midlands. However, consideration is also given to the regional guidance published for the North West as the Borough has close links to this region.
Local authorities must take their contents into account in preparing their development plans. The guidance may also be relevant to decisions on individual planning applications and appeals.
This document provides a summary of the remaining PPGs and the newly adopted PPSs that are gradually replacing PPGs as part of the reforms introduced under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The text is designed to assist Members in decision-making and to inform the public of the national and regional planning policy framework that guides the production of the Development Plan for the High Peak. It is intended that further updates will be provided as and when revisions are made to planning policy guidance in the future.
This text is solely intended to provide a brief summary of national and regional planning guidance documents that set the framework for planning policy and decision-making in High Peak. Each of the documents summarised in this text are available to view in their entirety on the Department of Communities and Local Government website (external website**).
**Please note: High Peak Borough Council is not responsible for the content of any external websites.