Skip to content
  • Our planned essential maintenance work on the council’s IT systems is expected to complete tomorrow (Tuesday 10 June). We will update this message once all our systems are working. − During this time you can still contact us for other enquiries via our enquiry form or by phone. We apologise for any inconvenience. Find out more information on this work.

Joint Local Plan – Further background

Current Local Plans

You can find both councils’ current Local Plans, which the new Joint Local Plan will replace once adopted, using the links below:

Timetable

If you’d like to know more about the timetable for preparing the Joint Local Plan and when we will be consulting you, please take a look at our Local Development Scheme, August 2024. It sets out the timetable for producing new planning policy documents, including key production and public consultation stages.

You can also read the Joint Local Plan governance arrangements, May 2022, which sets out the operational and decision-making structures for the Joint Local Plan 2041.