Draft Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits Special Protection Area SPD

This Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) has been prepared under the 2004 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (the “2004 Act”). The Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits Special Protection Area (SPA) SPD is a statutory Local Development Document (LDD). It applies to the four Local Planning Authorities which cover the SPA (South Northamptonshire, Northampton, Wellingborough and East Northamptonshire), but will be adopted be each Local Planning Authority as a statutory SPD.

This SPD will supplement policies within the North Northamptonshire Core Spatial Strategy, adopted June 2008 and West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy Local Plan (Part 1), adopted December 2014. The specific preparation process for the Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits SPA SPD is directed by 2012 Regulations 12-14 and 35. The process also needs to have regard to the relevant Statements of Community Involvement (SCI).