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Regional Planning Guidance (RPG 10)

Current Regional Planning Guidance (RPG10) is going to be replaced by the new Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) for the South West.

RPG10 was first published in September 2001 and set out the planning strategy for the South West region up to 2016.

Following the introduction of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 RPG10 became part of the statutory development plan and renamed as the RSS. The RSS provides the regional tier of the Development Plan with Development Plan Documents as part of the Local Development Framework providing the local tier.

For further information please download the RPG 10 document.


Regional Spatial Strategy

A Draft Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) was prepared by the South West Regional Assembly (SWRA) in June 2006 for the period 2006-2026.

This was then subject to an Examination in Public in 2007 where various aspects of the Strategy were discussed.

Following this a Panel Report was produced in December 2007 including various recommendations for change.

Most recently the Secretary of State published the Proposed Changes to the RSS issued for consultation in July 2008. North Somerset Council have made representations to the Secretary of State to reduce the number of dwellings allocated to North Somerset. See also the covering statement to the Proposed Changes.

Adoption of the Regional Spatial Strategy is expected in April 2009.

For the latest updates on the RSS and its progress please visit the Government Office for the South West (GOSW) website.