Core Strategy
The Core Strategy for the Borough of
Redditch is currently in the process of preparation, and will form
a key part of the Local Development Framework (LDF).
Eventually the LDF will comprise of a series
of Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and Supplementary Planning
Documents (SPDs). All of these will need to be consistent, in their
policies and proposals, with the Core Strategy.
For details on the timetable for preparing the
Core Strategy, please view the details of the Local Development Scheme.
The Core Strategy is underpinned by an evidence base, some
of which can be viewed here.
Core Strategy Stages
The Core Strategy has been the subject
of a series of public consultations and revisions as detailed on
this page.
Scoping Report (Annual Update)
This is the annual Scoping
Report
update for 2012. Every
year the Borough Council has committed to review the relevant Plans
Policies and Programmes to inform decision making and also to
review the data in the baseline information part of the Scoping
Report. This document includes these two parts of the review for
April 2012.
Revised Preferred Draft Core Strategy
Revised Preferred Draft Core Strategy consultation 21st
January - 31st March 2011.
The Revised
Preferred Draft Core Strategy and accompanying questionnaire includes revised policies following consultation
on the Preferred Draft Core Strategy. It includes only policies and
development targets that relate to the administrative area of
Redditch Borough. The Sustainability
Appraisal was
updated for the Revised Preferred Draft Core Strategy.
Statement of Intentions
Redditch Borough Council is continuing to progress the
preparation of its Core Strategy. A Revised Preferred Draft Core
Strategy was available for public consultation between
21st January and 31st March 2011. The Revised
Preferred Draft Core Strategy progresses the majority of its
policies following previous consultation, in order to support the
planning application decision making process.
However, following the emergence of the
Localism Bill and its intentions to revoke Regional Spatial
Strategies, the issue surrounding an appropriate housing target for
Redditch has been put to one side in order to take account of the
newly released 2008 household projections and to gather additional
evidence to support a revised target.
In the meantime, in order to ensure a
continuous supply of land for housing development, Redditch Borough
Council has proposed a target for the delivery of 3,200 dwellings
within Redditch on sites that it is confident will deliver the
required housing.
Once evidence is in place to support a revised
housing target, if the need arises, the Council will revisit the
contributions to be made by currently excluded sites in order to
deliver the full Strategy. A period of public consultation will be
undertaken on a further revision to the Draft Core Strategy which
appropriately addresses the housing needs of Redditch for the Plan
period.
Equalities Impact Assessment
An Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) is a
process of systematically analysing a policy or function (in this
case, the consultation process associated with the Core Strategy
production) to identify what effect, or likely effect it has on
different groups in the community or workplace.
Equalities Impact Assessment for the Core Strategy
More details on the EIA process can
be found here.
Scoping Report (Annual Update)
This is the annual Scoping
Report update for 2011. Every
year the Borough Council has committed to review the relevant Plans
Policies and Programmes to inform decision making and also to
review the data in the baseline information part of the Scoping
Report. This document includes these two parts of the review for
April 2011.
Outcome of Revised Preferred Draft Consultation
A summary of the comments revceived during this
consultation and the Council's response to those comments is
available to view here.
Development Options Joint Consultation with Bromsgrove
District Council
Joint consultation 8th February - 30th April
2010.
The consultation
booklet includes details on the
development targets for Redditch Borough as recommended by the West
Midlands RSS Panel Report and options for accommodating the
required development.
For a more detailed background to the sites identified
within Redditch Borough and a draft Development Strategy
policy, you can read the
consultation document.
The Sustainability
Appraisal was updated for
this consultation.
Outcome of Development Options Joint Consultation
A summary of the comments received during this
consultation and the Council's response to those comments is
available to view here.
Preferred Draft Core Strategy
Preferred Draft Core Strategy
Consultation 31st October 2008 - 8th May 2009.
The Preferred Draft Core
Strategy is a draft
version of the Borough Council's Core Strategy Development Plan
Document (DPD). It has been prepared with regard to the regulation
changes in June 2008; therefore the document explains its
association to the previous stage in Core Strategy production (the
Issues and Options Document) and it also meets the requirements of
the new Regulation 25.
Sustainability Appraisal
The Sustainability Appraisal for the Core Strategy was updated
for the Preferred Draft Core Strategy.
Sustainability Appraisal
Sustainability Appraisal Refresh and
Technical Paper
Scoping Report (Annual Update)
This is the annual Scoping
Report update for 2010. Every year
the Borough Council has committed to review the relevant Plans
Policies and Programmes to inform decision making and also to
review the data in the baseline information part of the Scoping
Report. This document includes these two parts of the review for
April 2010.
Presubmission consultation statement
The
Presubmission consultation
statement gives the details
of the public participation procedures associated with the Core
Strategy DPD consultation to date, together with details of the
Council’s responses to representations received throughout the
pre-submission process.
Outcome of Preferred Draft Core Strategy Consultation
A summary of the responses received to the Preferred Draft Core
Strategy consultation and the Council's response can be
viewed
here.
Issues and Options
Core Strategy Issues and Options consultation 9th May to
20th June 2008
Issues and Options is the first formal stage in the Core
Strategy process. This Issues and Options Document highlights the
matters relevant to Redditch Borough (Issues) and the ways in which
these issues can be combated through the application of planning
policy (Options). The following documents were published for
consultation:
Core Strategy Issues and Options
document
Issues and Options
questionnaire
Borough of Redditch Key
Diagram
Context to the Issues and Options
document
Sustainability Appraisal and Scoping Report
The Issues and Options document was subject to
a Sustainability Appraisal to ensure that
sustainability principles are incorporated into the Core Strategy.
The Sustainability Appraisal is informed by the Local Development Framework Scoping
Report.
Informal consultation used to inform Issues and Options
A series of informal consultation events were used to gather
'issues' for the Core Strategy and are detailed in the First
Statement of Consultation
The outcome of informal consultation used to
inform the issues and options document
First Statement of
Consultation
Outcome of Issues and Options
consultation
The responses to the Issues and Options
consultation are summarised into two parts:
Part 1 – Issues and Options Consultation
Questionnaire Responses and Summary of responses
Part 2 – Summary of responses from the West
Midlands Regional Assembly and Worcestershire County Council.
For both Part 1 and Part 2, Officers have
provided each response with feedback, which generally falls into
three broad categories:
(i)the comment is a valid alternative option
which has subsequently been assessed through the Sustainability
Appraisal
(ii) the comment suggested a general approach
for the Core Strategy
(iii) the comment referred to matters not
appropriate to the Core Strategy
Outcome of Issues and Options
consultation
