Dorset Council Local Plan

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LOCAL PLAN PROCESS DELAYED…Read on:

The Bridport Area Neighbourhood Plan has to comply with the adopted 2015 West Dorset Local Plan which itself had been under review but is now  incorporated within an emerging Dorset Council Local Plan.

Following Council unification in 2020 Dorset Council embarked upon a new LOCAL PLAN process to incorporate the gathered evidence from West Dorset District Council and other Districts which included:

2018 Landscape & Heritage Study Bridport

The first 8-week public consultation took place between 18th January and 15th March 2021.

THE JOINT COUNCILS COMMITTEE (JCC) OF THE BRIDPORT AREA NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN (BANP) SUBMITTED A RESPONSE BASED UPON THE CRITERIA IT OPERATES UNDER:

DORSET LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION JCC Response Mar 2021

DORSET LOCAL PLAN 2021 – Consultation Summary published February 2023

Following this Consultation process Dorset Council considered that the National Policy, regulations and local constraints in place for councils when devising these plans were preventing Dorset Council from coming up with the best possible Local Plan that reflects the needs and aspirations of Dorset’s residents.

Consequently discussions were held with the relevant Govt. Dept. to agree that Dorset Council may extend the timescale to allow adoption in 2026. The extension was agreed allowing Dorset Council more time to develop the plan taking into account the concerns of local councils, residents and other bodies. Key Stages of the Plan.

Concerns were raised at the time about a further extension to the Dorset Local Plan and its effect upon the 5-year housing land supply requirement which would otherwise have been settled had the original West Dorset Local Plan Review been completed prior to Council re-organisation in 2020.

A 5 year Housing Land Supply Report was undertaken by Dorset Council in 2021 and published in May 2022 confirming that West Dorset now has a 5.85 year housing land supply. This is expected to protect Dorset from harmful unplanned development in the interim period pending a new Dorset Local Plan.

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Since unification in 2020 the progress of the emerging plan has been subject to a number of delays the latest arising as a result of a revised approach to drafting the Local Plan in anticipation of a new plan-making system to be introduced by central government at the end of 2024.

See also: Bradpole Parish Council Planning Archives

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The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment

The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) is a technical study of the theoretical development potential of sites in an area.

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Access this Interactive Map

For more detailed information on individual sites: Live Database where it can be seen that whilst most land in Bradpole Ward is considered unsuitable for development the land adjoining upper Lee Lane ref: LA/BRAD/001 is considered to have limited potential subject to policy change.

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