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PPS12: Local Development Frameworks
ODPM: Creating Local Development Frameworks: A Companion Guide to PPS12 (2004)
The LDF Process
Lichfield Inspector report on core strategy

 Procedural
 Tests
  • The DPD has been prepared in accordance with the LDS.
  • The DPD has been prepared in compliance with the SCI.
  • The plan and its policies have been subjected to a Sustainability Appraisal
 Conformity
 Tests
  • It is a spatial plan which is consistent with national planning policy and in general conformity with the RSS has properly had regard to any other relevant plans, policies and strategies relating to the area or to adjoining areas.
  • It has had regard to the authority’s Community Strategy
 Coherence,
 Consistency
 and
 Effectiveness
 Tests
  • The strategies/policies/allocations in the plan are coherent and consistent within and between DPDs prepared by the authority and by neighbouring authorities, where cross-boundary issues are relevant.
  • The strategies/policies/allocations represent the most appropriate in all the circumstances, having considered the relevant alternatives, and they are founded on a robust and credible evidence base.
  • There are clear mechanisms for implementation and monitoring.
  • It is reasonably flexible to enable it to deal with changing circumstances.


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