Adopted Local Plan - June 2006

Housing

Strategic Planning

Email:

local.plans@thanet.gov.uk

Phone: 01843 577591

Planning Policy in Thanet

The Local Plan, which sets out policies to 2011, will be the last one published by Thanet Council. In September 2005 the new Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 introduced a complete new system of planning in England and Wales.

The new Act, while retaining a plan led system, abolishes County Structure Plans, introduces Regional Spatial Strategies (in our Region this is being called the South East Plan) and replaces Local Plans with Local Development Frameworks (LDF’s), , made up of a number of documents which will set out the planning policies for Thanet through to 2021.

In addition to the Local Development Framework for Thanet, the Development Plan now includes:

• The Regional Spatial Strategy (South East Plan)
  
  This is being prepared by the South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) and is called the South East Plan. The Plan  covers a wide range of subjects including economic growth and development, transport and housing. It is an important document, as it will fundamentally influence decisions about the location of new development, infrastructure and investment priorities throughout the Region.
  
  When agreed by the government this plan will determine the number of new homes in the region for the next 20 years including the number to be built in Thanet. 

• The Kent and Medway Structure Plan 2006

Until the South East Plan is adopted, the Kent and Medway Structure Plan offers appropriate strategic policy guidance.

• Minerals and Waste Plans

Kent County Council have also produced Minerals and Waste local plans and are in the proces of renewing these and producing Minerals and Waste Development Frameworks.

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• The Local Development Framework.
  
  The LDF is like a ‘folder’ containing all the documents that form Thanet Council’s part of the statutory development plan.