North Northamptonshire Council Local Development Scheme 2022-25

The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011) requires local planning authorities to prepare, maintain and publish a Local Development Scheme (LDS).  The purpose of the LDS is to enable the local community to identify the timetable for the preparation of planning documents prepared in their area.  This will be the first LDS prepared by North Northamptonshire Council.

The new North Northamptonshire Council came into effect on 1st April 2021.  Immediately prior to this an LDS was prepared and adopted by each of the sovereign authorities, the North Northamptonshire Joint Planning & Delivery Unit, and Northamptonshire County Council on Minerals and Waste matters. 

This LDS covers a three-year period and sets out details of the Development Plan Documents (DPDs) that North Northamptonshire Council intends to produce, and the timetable for their production.  It also includes an assessment of the roles and responsibilities of those involved in their production; a reflection on the relationship with Neighbourhood Plans and other documents; and an assessment of risks and contingencies as part of the programme to adoption.

This latest LDS was adopted at the 31st March 2022 Full Council meeting and will be kept up-to-date on the Council’s website to allow local communities and other interested parties to keep track of the Council’s progress, aware of critical phases of plan preparation, and alert to when the key stages will occur.