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Local Plan

The North Somerset Local Plan is the most significant planning document for our area.

It applies and implements all national and regional planning policies interpreting them into specific planning guidelines for the district and was adopted in June 2000.

Alongside the Regional Planning Guidance 10 (RPG10) Joint Replacement Structure Plan, Waste Local Plan and Minerals Working in Avon Local Plan documents it comprises the Development Plan for the district.

All planning decisions are made in accordance with the Development Plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise.

The North Somerset Local Plan is in the process of being rewritten as the Replacement Local Plan which will replace it by mid-2007.

The North Somerset Local Plan can be viewed online via the Planning Portal website - To find the document type North Somerset into the site's search box and click Go.

You should also note that the electronic representation of the Proposals Map on the Planning Portal portrays certain policies differently to the published North Somerset Local Plan due to mapping constraints.

The published version of the North Somerset Local Plan is available to view at your local library and at Somerset House in Weston-super-Mare and remains the definitive version of the plan.