Quick overview
Your Local Development Framework will shape those aspects of quality of life that can be improved by the way land is used.
It will guide how much development there is in the area, and where it is located.
Development can be encouraged in the places it will do the most good, and discouraged where it would cause harm.
Developments will also be expected to contribute to the economic, social and environmental well being of the area.
If the framework system works well it should mean positive planning that
- Protects the character and tranquillity of the countryside
- Conserves and enhances the historic and natural environment
- Gives new life to previously used land and buildings, and so brings about urban renewal
- Promotes good design and a discerning approach, to reinforce the distinctiveness of each place
- Requires development to be sustainable