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PLANNING Climate change ✓ Nature recovery ✓ Sustainable communities ✓ Low carbon transport ✓ These are just a few of the big ticket challenges the National Park is facing, and the list goes on...
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he planning process is vital in addressing such issues and works best when local authorities, local communities and developers work together creating effective partnerships to achieve positive outcomes. Planning matters: this is why, when we produce plans and policies, we ask everyone to take part in the consultation.
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Q: What is a Local Plan? A: It is a plan for the future development of the local area, drawn up by the Local Planning Authority – that’s the Peak District National Park Authority for this area.
Q: What does a Local Plan do?
What matters to you?
Planning matters which is why everyone can take place in the consultation.
We are currently reviewing the Peak District National Park Local Plan. It is a document we write and implement in close consultation with you. We use the planning policies we develop in the Local Plan to make decisions on the hundreds of planning applications we receive each year. To make the right
decisions we need your help to decide what goes into the Local Plan and that will guide development in the National Park over the next 20 years. Please complete the survey at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/localplan and find out more about the Local Plan review.
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A: It provides a positive vision for the future of the area and a framework for addressing housing needs and other economic, social and environmental priorities, and guides planning decisions. More information: www.gov.uk/ guidance/local-plans
