Local development scheme
Planning fees are changing from 1 April 2025. Fees for planning applications will rise by 1.7%. A draft fee schedule is published on the Planning Portal. Other non-statutory planning fees will increase by an average of 2.7%.
The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out:
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an outline of the Local Plan and the planning documents we propose to prepare
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the timetable for the preparation of the various documents.
The latest version of the Local Development Scheme was approved by a decision of Mayor and Cabinet on 28 January 2025 and came into force on 11 February 2025. It replaces the previous LDS 2022.
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Previous versions of the Local Development Scheme can be read below.
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