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CONFERENCECONFERENCE

THE NEWLOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Lois JacksonPrincipal Planner

Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

Plan-led SystemPlan-led System

What does it mean?

•A Robust evidence base

•More effective participation

•Speedier, more flexible plans

•Provides certainty and a framework for investment

•Regular monitoring and review

The new Plan ProcessThe new Plan Process

• The new Local Development Plan will be the first prepared by Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

• Includes 2 stages, a Plan Strategy followed by a Local Policies Plan

• Underlying principle that planning decisions must have regard to the Local Development Plan

Plan ProcessPlan Process

Agreement of Timetable

Flexibility for change

Monitoring & Review

Detail of the 4 Key StagesDetail of the 4 Key StagesStage 1: Initial Plan Preparation

Preparatory Position Papers Statement of Community InvolvementTimetablePreferred Options Paper

Stage 2: Plan StrategyDraft Plan StrategyRepresentations and Public ExaminationAdoption of Plan Strategy

Stage 3: Local Policies PlanDraft Local Policies PlanRepresentations and Public ExaminationAdoption of Local Policies Plan

Stage 4: Monitoring and Review At least every 5 years from adoption of LDP

Statement of Community InvolvementStatement of Community Involvement(SCI) (SCI)

A Statement of Community Involvement Sets out:

• A statement of the Council’s policy for involving the community in development proposals

• How the community will be engaged in the preparation of the new Local Development Plan and in determining planning applications and enforcement

TimetableTimetable

Following publication of the final SCI, the Council must prepare a Timetable :• sets out the timeframe for each stage of the

Plan

• agree timescales for independent examination with Planning Appeals Commission

• get approval from the Department of Environment for the timetable

Preferred Options Paper

• This is first stage of consulting on the Local Development Plan

• The Preferred options paper will set out a series of options for dealing with key issues in the plan area; and

• Include the Council’s preferred option based on evidence gathered and evaluation

Local Development Plan Local Development Plan

Community PlanningCommunity Planning

Link with Community Planning Link with Community Planning

The new Local Development Plan will

• include a spatial land use reflection of the Council’s Community Plan • provide a vision of how places should change and what they will be like in the future • consider early informal community engagement and visioning jointly for the community plan

and LDP