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Local development frameworks The Local Development Framework process replaces Councils Local Plans. It is intended to improve on the Local Plans by consulting widely to enable local people to give their views and have their say as to the shape of development in the area live in over the coming years. All ten Hertfordshire Councils are involved in this process. The process covers all aspects of Local Governments. Our interest is where houses allocated to each Council under the East of England Plan will be affecting the beauty and tranquillity of the countryside and the footpaths/Rights of Way network and to contribute to ensuring the best outcome for the local community and walkers. The Process The Guide about LDFs from the Planning Portal provides information about the process:
These are the main documents involved in the process. CORE STRATEGY sets out the spatial aspects and long term spatial vision. This is the main document from which all documents below stem from.
STRATEGIC SITE ALLOCATION. This may arise from the Core Options consultation or from existing local plan documents. AREA ACTION PLANS is a development plan document focussed upon a specific location subject to conservation or significant change. They are subject to independent examination. SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENTS expand or add detail to policies laid out in development plan documents, or a saved policy in an existing development plan. These may take the form of design guides, area development briefs, a master plan or issue based documents. GUIDANCE for members of the public wishing to participate in the Examination of Development Plan Documents (DPD's) and Statements of Community Involvement is also available at the Planning Portal noted above. REGIONAL SPATIAL STRATEGY AND HOUSING PROPOSED FOR EACH OF HERTFORDSHIRE'S TEN COUNCILS Also known as the East of England Plan, the RSS required Councils to facilitate the building of an enormous number of houses in their administrative areas. The numbers of houses approved for each Council were as follows:-
Hertfordshire councils When phoning the Council Planning Departments, ask for the Planning Policy section who deal with Local Development Frameworks who will be able to help you. Click on their name to visit their website. Broxbourne 01992 785559 Dacorum 01442 228000 East Herts Tel. 01279 655261 Hertsmere 020 8207 7583 North Herts 01462 474847 St Albans 01727 866100 Stevenage 01438 242242 Three Rivers 01923 776611 . Watford 01923 226400 Welwyn Hatfield 01707 357000 London Boroughs London Borough of Barnet 020 8359 4990 London Borough of Enfield 020 8379 3490 GUIDANCE IN RESPONDING TO THE CONSULTATION PROCESS. For guidance in responding to the consultation process in regard to the Rights of Way affected, please contact the local Councils above which you are interested in. Volunteers Because the LDF process is local by nature, the RA requires volunteers to be able to feed in comments during the consultation process Currently we have volunteers through existing footpaths secretaries dealing with the following Councils. St Albans, Hertsmere, Stevenage and N Herts and Three Rivers. Other footpath secretaries may be receiving planning consultation documents when released as they do for planning applications. So, other Councils may not yet be covered by representative of the RA. The Open Spaces Society have provided guidance so that footpaths are But it is necessary to get your views in now before the Frameworks are completed and during the consultation process, as to how the footpaths shall be configured through the development. For example, if nothing is stated at this consultation stage, the paths may just end up as little more than alleyways through a housing estate. There is opportunity to present alternative suggestions such as the following:
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