• District planning policy
  • Adopted Planning Policies
    
  • Adopted Proposals Map
    
  • Employment Land Review
    
  • Local Development Framework
    
  • Local Plan 2004
    
  • National Planning Policy
    
  • Proposed eco-town at Hanley Grange
    
  • Regional Planning Guidance
    
  • Structure Plan
    

• Bin collection & recycling

• Business

• Community and living

• Council and democracy

• Council tax, benefits and finance

• Housing

• Job vacancies

• Learning and education

• Leisure and culture

• Pay my bill

• Policing and public safety

• Social care and health

• Transport and streets

• Useful links

(This link will open in a new window)

Tel: 08450 450 500

Contact Centre:
Mon - Sat: 8.00am - 8.00pm
Offices:
Mon - Fri: 8.30am - 5.00pm

Fax: 01954 713 149
Email: scdc@scambs.gov.uk
Address, directions & map

(This link will open in a new window)
Pay my bill online (This link will open in a new window)

Top Ten FAQs

• Can I view my planning application?
• Do I need a new bus pass?
• Do I need Building Regs Approval?
• Tree Preservation Orders (TPO)?
• Do you have allotments available?

View all FAQs

Regional Planning Policy

• Government Office for the East of England (Go-East) (This link will open in a new window)
• East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) (This link will open in a new window)

Current Regional Planning Guidance

Regional Planning Policy is currently set out in Regional Planning Guidance 6 (RPG6) (This link will open in a new window), which was adopted in November 2000. RPG6 set out a strategy for future development in the East of England region for the period to 2016, providing a policy framework for preparing development plans.

Producing the new Regional Spatial Strategy

RPG6 is due to be replaced shortly by a new Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) for the East of England, also known as the 'East of England Plan'. The new Plan was produced in draft form by the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA), and was published for consultation in December 2004. Since then, it has been through an Examination in Public (EiP), following which a panel of independent Inspectors released a report to the Secretary of State in June 2006. Proposed changes to the draft document were published for public consultation by the Secretary of State from 19 December 2006 to 19 March 2007. This consultation period has now ended, and the Secretary of State will consider all representations made against the proposed changes, before releasing the final adopted RSS in mid-2007. This final version of the RSS will then formally replace RPG6 and become the statutory Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England.

Further information on the Regional Spatial Strategy and any future reviews can be found on the websites of the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) (This link will open in a new window) and the Government Office for the East of England (Go-East) (This link will open in a new window).