PLANNING POLICY
What’s the role of this Department?
The preparation of planning policy documentation and guidance in Horsham District is done by the Strategic and Community Planning Department.
The 2004 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act changed the nature of planning policy in England and introduced the need for local authorities to produce ‘spatial’ planning policies that go beyond traditional land use planning.
From the 27 September 2007, The Horsham District 1997 Local Plan was completely replaced by the new Local Development Framework (LDF) which is a portfolio of statutory spatial planning documents, the principal of which is the Core Strategy (2007).
The Council’s Local Development Framework website gives the details and full text of all the documents adopted or being prepared. In addition it explains how you can get involved or have your say in helping to prepare LDF documents in Horsham District.