Malvern Hills District, Worcester City and Wychavon District Councils have joined together to prepare a Development Plan with the aim of ensuring that future development within South Worcestershire is well planned and managed effectively, having a positive impact on the environment.
The South Worcestershire Development Plan (SWDP) replaced the existing Local Plans of the three partner Councils when it was adopted in February 2016. The SWDP considers the long term vision and objectives for South Worcestershire up to the year 2030, as well as containing the policies for delivering these objectives in a planned and cohesive manner; this has been done by allocating a range of small sites and larger 'strategic' sites across South Worcestershire and providing policies to ensure that any development is sustainable.
South Worcestershire Development Plan (2016)
South Worcestershire Development Plan Review
The South Worcestershire Councils (SWCs) started a review of the SWDP in late 2017 in response to new Government requirements that Development Plans should be updated every five years, meaning a revised SWDP is required by 2021. The review, which will provide an updated plan period to 2041, will update the existing SWDP and where necessary its vision, objectives, spatial strategy and policies for the future development of the South Worcestershire area. The second part of the plan includes site allocations, policies and policy designations that will provide for the development needs of the area up to 2041.
South Worcestershire Development Plan Review (SWDPR)
Consultations
An important component of the Development Plan process, as advocated by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended), is feedback from local communities and other interested parties.
Publications
To support the Development Plan process, the SWCs are required to produce robust evidence base documents and develop a series of documents to support the SWDP and subsequent review, including Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs), Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and Monitoring Reports. In addition, the SWCs have also adopted separate Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedules.
Latest News
Delay to SWDP Publication, 22 April 2022 - The updated South Worcestershire Development Plan (SWDP) will not be published for consultation in July as scheduled, because work on the key documents relating to development sites and the infrastructure needed to support them is yet to be completed...
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