Shropshire Local Plan review

Shropshire Council are committed to undertaking a partial review of the local plan. The purpose of this review is to update those elements of the plan that it considers necessary, and to ensure that the council can respond flexibly to changing circumstances in line with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

The review will include, but is not necessarily limited to, consideration of housing requirements (including objectively assessed need), employment land requirements, the distribution of development and a review of green belt boundaries, as part of the consideration of strategic options to deliver new development. The plan period for the partial review will likely be 2016 to 2038.

Shropshire Council have published the Regulation 19: pre-submission draft of the Shropshire Local Plan and its supporting documents and invited representations from all parties on compliance with all legal requirements, including the duty to co-operate, and soundness.  This consultation has now closed.  The draft plan can be found at https://shropshire.gov.uk/media/16749/regulation-19-pre-submission-draft-of-the-shropshire-local-plan.pdf

The Local Development Scheme is the ‘Project Plan’ that identifies the documents Shropshire Council will prepare as part of the Local Plan over the next 3-year period and what happens next after any changes made to the plan following the Regulation 19 consultation.

The Local Development Scheme explains:

• The purpose of the Local Plan documents;
• The resources the Council will require; and
• Timescales for producing Local Plan documents, including when public consultation will take place.

This Local Development Scheme will cover the period 2019 to 2022. A copy of this Local Development Scheme is available to download from

https://shropshire.gov.uk/media/16808/local-development-scheme-december-2020.pdf