Spatial Planning Section

The Spatial Planning Section provides planning policy advice to the Council and external organisations and individuals.

Please scroll down to see 'real time' information on the production of Development Plan Documents. To receive email notifications of progress on the LDF please email spatial.plans@stockton.gov.uk.

The Spatial Planning Section's main role is preparing the Local Development Framework (LDF). This is a collection of documents that sets out the Council's policies for meeting the community's economic, environmental and social aims for the future, where this affects the development and use of land. You can find out more about the LDF by following the links at the side of this page.

We also

monitor the impact our policies are having (including Alteration Number 1 and those saved from the 1997 Local Plan) to see if they are meeting their objectives or if they need to be reviewed;
carry out research to make sure our policies are up to date and are justified;
survey housing, employment and retail development in the borough;
comment on emerging government guidance and other Councils' LDFs;
participate in regional and sub-regional work where appropriate.

May 2012 - We are currently reviewing the spatial strategy and housing elements of our Core Strategy. The results of the review will be amalgamated into a single Regeneration and Environment Development Plan Document. A separate Gyspy, Traveller and Travelling Show people Development Plan Document will also be produced.

The full timetables for the production of both these documents appear in our Local Development Scheme, however there is a summary below.

Regeneration and Environment DPD (including the outcomes of the Core Strategy Review)


July 2012	Preferred Options Consultation
January 2013	Publication Consultation
April 2013	Submission to Secretary of State for Examination in Public
July 2013	Examination in Public by Planning Inspector
October 2013	Receipt of Inspector's Report following Examination in Public
January 2014	Adoption of policies by Council

Gyspy, Traveller and Travelling Show people Development Plan Document


January 2013	Issues and Options Consultation
January 2014	Preferred Options Consultation
January 2015	Publication Consultation
June 2015	Submission to Secretary of State for Examination in Public
October 2015	Examination in Public by Planning Inspector
February 2016	Receipt of Inspector's Report following Examination in Public
April 2016	Adoption of policies by Council

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