Development Plan

The Development Plan provides the framework for local and regional planning and is made up of several statutory planning policy documents identified below. 

These documents are used to determine planning applications across North Somerset.

• The Joint Replacement Structure Plan applies the RPG10 vision to the former Avon area.
  
  
• The North Somerset Replacement Local Plan (RLP) is the most important local planning document as it sets out the local planning context up to 2011. It applies and implements all national and regional planning policies interpreting them into specific planning guidelines for our district.

Work has also begun on the Local Development Framework (LDF) a new suit of documents which will provide local planning guidance to replace the North Somerset Local Plan.

Also included as part of the Development Plan are the North Somerset Waste Local Plan and the Minerals Working in Avon Local Plan.

The Regional Planning Guidance (RPG10) document was revoked in May 2010 by the coalition government which set out a vision for planning for the entire South West. Similarly the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) which was to replace RPG10 was also revoked at this time.

For more information contact our Planning Policy team.