A Review of the Wealden Local Plan

The Local Plan sets out the District Council's policies for the development and use of land. It provides the basis for deciding planning applications, and identifies where new housing, business and other developments should be located and other areas where further development should be resisted.

The current adopted Wealden Local Plan covers the period up to 2004 and the Local Plan Review is required to address the needs for development up to 2011.

First Deposit Draft of the Wealden Local Plan

This is available on-line as downloadable documents and also as a map-based Interactive system. This enables users locate maps by postcode and identify the relevant policies. Links are then available to the full policy text.

Consideration of Representations

Over 6,500 individual objections and representations were received in response to the First Deposit Draft Plan. These have been catalogued, analysed and considered by the Wealden Local Plan Review Special Review Committee (WLPRSR). A searchable database has been created of the summaries of the objections and representations. The officer's comments considered by WLPRSR Committee and the Committee's susbsequent recommendations can also be viewed.

View the reports considered by the Committee.

Revised (non-statutory) Draft of the Wealden Local Plan (November 2004)

This is available on-line as downloadable documents.

The Revised Draft (Non-statutory) Plan was published for a six week consultation period running from 1st November until 13th December.

Note: This Plan is now effectively superceded by the Non-Statutory Wealden Local Plan Interim Guide for Development Control.

Non Statutory Wealden Local Plan Interim Guide for Development Control (December 2005)

The was approved by the Council at it's meeting on 14th December 2005.

The text of the Non-Statutory plan can be viewed online. The Proposals Map, Inset Maps and other maps referred to in the non-statutory plan will also be available on the website shortly.

A map-based Interactive system is also available. This enables users locate maps by postcode and identify the relevant policies. Links are then available to the full policy text.