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News and Views Special
The adopted Peterborough Local Plan
The current Peterborough Local Plan was adopted by resolution of Peterborough City Council on 24 July 2019.
All the documents relating to this Local Plan can be accessed on the City Council website.
The Peterborough Local Plan contains the most appropriate planning policies for the growth and regeneration of Peterborough and the surrounding villages up to 2036.
Within this document you will find a vision for what Peterborough could be like in 2036. There are also some objectives to explain what is trying to be achieved and policies setting out what and how much development should take place and the sites required to meet this growth.
The Society made a number of comments, objections and recommendations during the consultation period and some of these are reflected in changes made to the earlier version of the Plan. We cannot take full credit for all of these but axamples of changes made include; deletion of large residential and employment allocation on land north of Castor, inclusion of specific site for a university campus on the Embankment and more weight to be given to views of the Cathedral in development proposals.
The Local Plan Review
All adopted Local Plans have, by law, to be kept up-to-date. The City Council is currently undertaking a review to revisit a range of issues, including climate change, housing and employment land allocation, retail provision and natural environment. The Review intends to produce a plan covering the period 2023-2044, instead of the current plan’s end date of 2036. The process the City Council will go through is set out on its web-site here www.peterborough.gov.uk/council/planning-and-development/planning-policies/local-plan-review
The Issues and Options document. This launched the process in Summer 2023 and a number of matters included were of concern to the Society, including the proposed end-date of the plan and heritage matters. Our comments are summarised in the attached PDF document.
The Call for Sites (for housing and employment land) also took place in the summer and the response of land-owners can be found on the pages of the Council's website link mentioned above.
The next stage will be publication of a Draft Plan scheduled for October 2024 leading to submission and then Adoption by March 2026.
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content last reviewed 7 January 2024 by PL and DB