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| The Development Plan system was introduced through the Town & Country Planning Act 1990, comprising County-wide Structure Plans and District-wide Local Plans. In Nottinghamshire, the County Council's Structure Plan (1996), sets broad strategic guidance for new development and protection and enhancement of the environment. The City and County Councils also produce the Minerals and Waste Local Plans. Gedling Borough Council previously adopted a Local Plan in 1990. Now that new strategic guidance is in place (the 1996 Structure Plan), the Borough Council must replace its 1990 Local Plan. This document is the first replacement of the 1990 Plan. | ||
| The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires the replacement of 'old style' Local Plans with Local Development Frameworks. However, in accordance with Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 12 (September 2004) and the Town and Country Planning (Transitional Arrangements) Regulations 2004, the Local Plan will retain its development plan status with 'saved' proposals and policies for 3 years from the date of adoption (July 2005). The Gedling Borough Local Development Scheme (March 2005) outlines the programme for the replacement of the Local Plan with a series of 'Development Plan Documents'; these will make up Gedling's Local Development Framework. | ||
| Similarly, the strategic guidance provided by the County Structure Plan will eventually be replaced by the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East Midlands, which together with the Local Development Framework will form the Development Plan under the new (2004) planning system. | ||
| The Borough of Gedling includes part of the Greater Nottingham conurbation and some of the villages and countryside to the north and east of the City of Nottingham. Its importance in the context of the conurbation is reflected in the Structure Plan's division of the County. Gedling is in South Notts, together with the City, Broxtowe, Rushcliffe, the Hucknall part of Ashfield and part of Newark and Sherwood. This situation is reflected in the strategy for this Replacement Local Plan, which is set out after the introduction. | ||
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| It is important to note that all the Districts surrounding the City of Nottingham are engaged in the same Plan Review process. Therefore there is a need to co-ordinate and complement the respective Local Plans and this is especially relevant where Green Belt boundaries have to continue across adjoining authorities. The various District Councils making up the South Nottinghamshire Sub-Area in the 1996 Structure Plan Review and its emerging replacement, the Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Joint Structure Plan are all at various stages in their Local Plan (and Green Belt) reviews, with the Ashfield, Broxtowe and Newark & Sherwood Local Plans having been adopted in November 2002, September 2004 and March 1999 respectively, while Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Borough Councils are at different stages in the process of adopting their respective Local Plans. | ||
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