Local Development Scheme (LDS)
Local Development Scheme
The Local Development Scheme (LDS) provides an overview of the development plan and supplementary planning documents that the Council intends to prepare to set out where new buildings, shops, businesses and infrastructure need to go in the Borough and what they should look like. The LDS explains the purpose of each and the timing of their preparation, alongside the resources required to prepare them.
The latest LDS is for 2011-2014 [pdf document]) but this will be updated in late Spring 2012, once the Government has issued a finalised National Planning Policy Framework.
The timetable for preparation of the Making Places and Accommodating Growth (MPAG) DPD and the Town Centre Fringe Area Action Plan (TCF AAP) are both behind schedule, with consultations on Preferred Options for MPAG and the TCF AAP now both planned for Autumn 2012.
If you have a query about this subject, please use the contact details below, or call in person at the Town Hall foyer:
E-mail: planning.policy@darlington.gov.uk
Telephone: 01325 388644
Fax: 01325 388616
Write to: Planning Services Manager, Town Hall, Darlington, DL1 5QT