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Local Development Framework (LDF)

The Local Development Framework (LDF) is a suite of documents which together will guide development within South Cambridgeshire. An interactive guide to the new Local Development Framework system (This link will open in a new window) is available on the government's Planning Portal website. This explains the concept behind Local Development Frameworks and the roles of the various documents within them.

Latest News on our Local Development Framework (LDF)

Information on the preparation and review of our Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and Supplementary Planning Documents (DPDs).

• - View current and past consultation documents and representations made against them.
• Local Development Scheme - This identifies the planning policy documents that we intend to prepare over the next 3-year period, setting out the timetable for their preparation and adoption.
• Adopted Planning Policies - Details South Cambridgeshire's current adopted planning policy documents.

Development Plan Documents (DPD)

• Core Strategy DPD - Adopted January 2007
• Development Control Policies DPD - Adopted July 2007
• Site Specific Policies DPD - Adopted January 2010
• Gypsy and Travellers DPD - Issues and Options 2: Site Options & Policies July 2009

Area Action Plans (AAP)

• Northstowe AAP - Adopted July 2007
• Cambridge East AAP - (prepared jointly with Cambridge City Council) Adopted February 2008
• Cambridge Southern Fringe AAP - Adopted February 2008
• North-West Cambridge AAP - (prepared jointly with Cambridge City Council) Adopted October 2009

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD)

• Cottenham Village Design Statement - Adopted November 2007
• Development Affecting Conservation Areas SPD - Adopted January 2009
• Open Space in New Developments SPD - Adopted January 2009
• Public Art SPD - Adopted January 2009
• Trees & Development Sites SPD - Adopted January 2009
• Biodiversity SPD - Adopted July 2009
• Listed Buildings SPD - Adopted July 2009
• Landscape in New Developments SPD - Adopted March 2010
• District Design Guide SPD - Adopted March 2010
• Affordable Housing SPD - Adopted March 2010

Other LDF Documents

• Adopted Proposals Map - Published in January 2010
• Statement of Community Involvement - Adopted January 2010
• Annual Monitoring Report

Other Planning Policy Documents

• Planning Policy Document Price List - To purchase any of these documents, call into our offices in Cambourne, or send a cheque in the correct sum (all prices inlcude postage) to Planning Policy, South Cambridgeshire District Council, South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, Cambridge, CB23 6EA. All cheques should be made payable to South Cambridgeshire District Council. Alternatively, call our team on 01954 713183. Payment must be received before despatch.
• Planning Customer Service Standards Leaflet

Other Relevant Links

• Examinations into Local Development Framework Documents
• Document Archive - A record of consultation documents and supporting studies from previous stages of the Local Development Framework preparation process.
• Sustainability Appraisals (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)