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LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON

ADOPTED REVISEDLOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

June 2008

Planning and Transportation DepartmentPolicy and Strategy Team

Adopted VersionDated: 24 June 2008

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Contents Pages

1. Introduction.....................................................................................................4The Legislation, the Borough and How to find out more

2. What is a Local Development Framework?..................................................5

3. Where does the LDF fit in?............................................................................6

4. Changing from the old to the new system...................................................9

5. Producing the LDF..........................................................................................9

6. More about the Different Types of LDDs....................................................11

7. Deciding on the Priorities for Assembling Croydon’s LDF..................... 12

8. Resources for Preparing the LDF...............................................................14 9. Monitoring the LDS Programme..................................................................15

10. Other Planning Documents..........................................................................15

11. Summary of Croydon’s Local Development Scheme................................16

Tables1. Where the LDF fits in ……………………………………………………………72. Main Steps in Preparing a Development Plan Document ………………10

3. Main Steps in Preparing a Supplementary Planning Document ………114. Croydon’s Planned Local Development Framework ……………………175. LDF Programme Management Chart ……………………………………… 18

Diagram 1 Network Chart: Organisational Drivers & Partnership Linkages …8

AppendicesAppendix 1 Local Development Document Profiles ..................................19

– DPDs and SPDs

Appendix 2 List of Potential LDDs currently not programmed in LDS.... 29

Appendix 3 List of Other Planning and Conservation Projects and Documentsnot programmed in LDS............................................................31

Appendix 4 List of:1. Development Plans that the Council has “saved”2. Supplementary Planning Documents adopted since 20043. SPGs which the Council will continue to use......................33

Appendix 5 Risk Assessment.......................................................................35

Appendix 6 Glossary of Terms.....................................................................37


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1. Introduction

The LegislationThe Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act passed in 2004 requires the Council toeventually replace its Unitary Development Plan - the Croydon Plan (UDP) with what iscalled a Local Development Framework (LDF). A LDF is not a single plan but a collection of various plans and planning documents called Local Development Documents (LDDs).

A LDF is intended to:- be quicker to prepare, update and easier to use than a UDP;- provide more opportunities for all of the community to be involved in the plan making;- be spatial planning document encompassing planning of all factors and issues whichaffect where we live and work and not just a tool to control development;- encompass the priorities and plans of the Community Strategy and other localstrategies and help to deliver agreed, necessary and desirable change in the Borough.

The LDF must be in general conformity with the regional spatial strategy; The Mayor of London’s London Plan. The LDF is also required take on board national policy for planning,development and conservation. The primary objective of national and regional planning is tocreate more sustainable communities and achieve more sustainable development.

This 2004 Act also required all local planning authorities produce and keep up to date aLocal Development Scheme (LDS) which sets out the programme and productionarrangements for assembling its LDF – for preparing LDDs and which indicates which plansand planning documents the authority is using.

The BoroughCroydon is one of the largest London Boroughs in both population and geographical extent.It is an area of major economic and employment importance with a growing and prosperouslocal business sector and a large retail base spread across several locations. It isaccommodates many of the facilities and services needed by the community across a major part of South London.

Croydon’s importance as location for business and facilities is enhanced by it being one of the most accessible locations in the sub-region. It is crossed by several main road routes, isthe focus for South London’s rail network, and has an extensive bus service network andmost of London’s only operating tram system. There is a considerable inherent impetus for new development and change across much of the Borough.

Despite this impetus for change, there are also areas where change in the form of regeneration needs to be stimulated. At the same time, the Borough has many areas wherechange needs to be managed and even resisted. Croydon has many attractive and settledresidential areas and important areas of open space and Metropolitan Green Belt.

There is therefore a substantial planning task to manage and co-ordinate change and newdevelopment in the areas where it is acceptable, appropriate and desirable, and to controland resist change where it is unacceptable, inappropriate and undesirable.

How to find out moreThis LDS and the plans and documents that will be prepared to form the LDF can be viewedon the Council’s web site:http://www.croydon.gov.uk/planningandregeneration/planningpolicy

Copies of all documents are in the Council’s offices and all public libraries in the Borough.

Queries can be addressed to:Planning LDF, Policy and Strategy, Croydon Council, Taberner House, Park Lane, Croydon.

CR9 1JT [email protected] FAX 020 8760 5408 Telephone: Policy and Strategy Team 020 8686 4433 x 61385


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2. What is a Local Development Framework?

The LDF is a folder of plans and planning documents, collectively called LocalDevelopment Documents (LDDs) of which there are two main types: Development PlanDocuments (DPDs); and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs). New regulationsare due to come into force in June 2008. These will impact on the content and approvalof the Local Development Scheme and the processes for preparing Development Plan

Documents, Statements of Community Involvement and Supplementary PlanningDocuments.

Development Plan Documents in the LDF together with the London Plan form statutorythe Development Plan for the area. The Council has a duty to prepare DPDs to make upthe Development Plan in order to provide the basis for all planning, development andconservation decisions in the area. There are, in fact, several types of DPDs, includingArea Action Plans (AAPs). DPDs must be prepared using prescribed processes andprocedures and are subject to independent examination by the Planning Inspectoratebefore they are complete and can be used. Statements of Community Involvement arespecial types of LDDs in a LDF and, at present, are to be prepared using the sameprocess and procedures as DPDs.

Supplementary Planning Documents can be included in the LDF, but there is nostatutory requirement to prepare SPDs and they are not part of the Development Plan.SPDs amplify development plan (DPD) planning policies and proposals, and providemore guidance to the community and development sector. SPDs take many formsincluding Development Briefs, Design Guides and Statements of developmentstandards. SPDs are not statutorily required documents and are not examined by thePlanning Inspectorate. However, if SPDs have been prepared using some prescribedprocesses and procedures and have been subject to proper consultation and appraisal,they can be included in the LDF at present and can be given some weight as a materialconsideration in taking planning and development decisions.

The Act and Regulations require all planning authorities to produce several other documents.

Statements of Community Involvement (SCI) are a special type of LDD to be included ina LDF for they are not actually plans or planning guidance. The new system placessignificant emphasis on increasing the involvement of all of the community and allstakeholders in the planning process from the outset. Local planning authorities arerequired to produce a SCI which indicates how this will be done; how and when thecommunity can be involved in the making of plans and taking planning decisions. A SCIrepresents the planning authority’s commitment to involve the community. All planmaking and decision taking on planning applications must be involve the community inthe way set out in the SCI. At present SCIs are to be produced using some of theprocesses and procedures for DPDs and are subject to independent examination.However, independent examination will not be required once the new regulations comeinto force in June 2008.

Local Development Scheme (this document – the LDS) is a publicly available documentin which a local planning authority sets out its work programme for preparing LDDs to beincluded in its LDF. It also identifies the existing plans and planning documents theCouncil intends to use and when, according to the LDS programme, these will besuperseded or replaced. A main purpose of a LDS is to inform the community,stakeholders and development interests what plans and planning documents will beused for planning decisions at any point in time and to indicate when they will be

involved in the preparation of new LDDs. At present each LDS has to be submitted tothe Government for approval before finalisation and publication. Once the newregulations come into force in June 2008, the Mayor for London will take the lead on


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approving the LDS for London Boroughs. The Planning Inspectorate also has to agreethe examination programme.

Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) is a document which local planning authorities arerequired to produce and publish annually. It has two main elements designed for asingle main purpose. Firstly it is meant to record the progress made in achieving theLDD programme set out in the current LDS; whether plans and planning documents are

being produced on time. Secondly it is meant to monitor the performance andeffectiveness of the policies and proposals in the plans and planning documents incurrently in use. Both exercises are intended to inform whether there is a need to reviseand up-date the LDS programme; whether the programming of the production of LDDsneeds to be altered and whether new or different LDDs with new or different policiesand proposals should be included in the programme. The AMR also has to be submittedto the Government annually.

3. Where does the LDF fit in?

Local authorities produce a number of strategies, plans, proposals and programmes.Some are statutorily required e.g. the Community Strategy and the Housing Strategy

and some they choose to produce as part of the process of delivering services to thecommunity. There is a statutory requirement upon local planning authorities to producedevelopment plans and to assemble a LDF. One of the main tasks of the LDF is to helpthe delivery of the local Community Strategy and other strategies that form part of it.LDFs as spatial plans should present the spatial implications (i.e. the implications for development and the use of land and property) of the Community Strategy and other strategies and plans that form part of it.

Croydon has a local Community Strategy that is updated annually by the Council andthe Local Strategic Partnership. This year, as part of the development of the new LocalArea Agreement (LAA) (finalised by June 2008), new overarching priorities have beendeveloped and agreed for the borough and will be reflected in a new Sustainable

Community Strategy. In assembling the LDF; in preparing the LDDs that will make upthe LDF, full account will be taken of the spatial implications and land-use requirementsof the Community Strategy. Croydon’s Strategic Partnership, which is responsible for the Community Strategy, will be a significant contributor to the LDF.

The LDF will also take into account the land-use and development implications of other strategies and plans, which are part of the Community Strategy or statutorily required byother legislation e.g. the Transport Strategy (LIP) and the Housing Strategy.Consequently, it is important that effective linkages are maintained between thedepartment primarily responsible for producing the Local Development Documents –Planning & Transportation Department – and other departments, the Council’s Partners(principally by means of the Local Strategic Partnership) and the community. Whilstsome of this can be achieved through the consultation processes set out in theStatement of Community Involvement, continuing engagement with key officers,partners and groups within the community will help to secure a sound set of documents.Table 1 below sets out the relationship of the LDF to other strategies and plans andDiagram 1 the network of boards and groups whose work will inform the preparation of LDDs, especially the DPDs.


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Table 1 The Relationship of the LDF with Other Strategies and Plans


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Diagram 1 Network Chart of Organisational Drivers and Partnership Linkages


Local StrategicPartnership Board

Sub Boards incl. Chief Executives’ Group

CorporateManagement Team

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• Planning Policy Development Sub Committee isthe Members’ LDF Steering Group

• Strategy Sub Board is the Officers’ LDFReference Group

• Croydon Council Members and Officers arerepresented on the LSP Board



4. Changing from the old to the new system

When the new system came into force in 2004, it was recognised that it would it takeseveral years to take full effect. Many old style plans were still in production.Consequently special arrangements to allow local planning authorities to move from theold to the new system were established. Authorities can continue to use (save) certain

old style plans and planning documents until they are no longer needed or are replaced.Old style plans in preparation in 2004 could be completed and used for up to threeyears from adoption.

The Council was able to complete, adopt and use for up to 3 years from adoption, theReplacement Unitary Development Plan - The Croydon Plan. It could also indicate thatit wishes to continue to use other planning documents, mainly supplementary planningguidance notes (SPGs), until they are no longer required. The LDS indicates the plansand planning documents to be saved or still to be used for planning decisions.

The Secretary of State can give permission for a plan or specified policies to be used for a period beyond three years if an application is made to them 6 months before they

expire. The Government has said that all local planning authorities should move to thenew planning system as soon as possible and must not assume that permission will begiven to extend old style plans unless it is justified. If extensions were agreed, thepolicies would be saved until no longer required. Based on the programme set out intable 5, the Council will need to submit an application to the Secretary of State inJanuary 2009 and will seek to justify extended life to a number of the policies and siteallocations in the Croydon Plan and relevant related planning documents.

5. Producing the LDF and LDDs

The processes and procedures for preparing LDDs are to an extent prescribed by theAct, accompanying regulation and national policy guidance. The main steps in the

process for preparing a DPD and a SPD are set out in Tables 2 and 3 respectively. Thetime and resources needed for each step can dictate the LDS programme. Four important points about the process and procedures should be noted.

1. Evidence Base Assembly . There is a great emphasis placed upon having sound andfully justified plans and planning documents (rather than a just “bright ideas” which lacksolid justification). Assembly of evidence; the information that justifies plans, policiesand proposals, is an important and substantial step in the preparation of a LDD.

2. Community Involvement. Local planning authorities are required to enable there tobe greater community involvement in planning; in plan making and taking planningdecisions. Community involvement must be a continuous process from the start of work

on a new LDD through to its completion and implementation. The community must beinvolved at each stage, from the assembly of the evidence for the plan and theidentification of the issues, through the generation of options and selection of thepreferred alternatives to the final assembly of the plan.

3. Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) . AllLDDs must be the subject of Sustainability Appraisal (SA) which must incorporate whererelevant, the requirements of the EU directive for the Strategic EnvironmentalAssessment (SEA) of plans. SA/SEA is a process that ensures that all social, economicand environmental considerations and consequences are taken into account whendeveloping policies and proposals. It is a process that must be applied at each stage inpreparing a LDD to ensure that every policy or proposal is not inappropriately discardedor taken forward. SA/SEA is not a one-off assessment exercise undertaken when thedocument is nearly complete. SA/SEA is to be undertaken in tandem with producing aLDD and the time and the resources it requires needed to be allowed for in drawing up


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programmes. There are in addition a number of other assessments like a StrategicFlood Risk Assessment, Appropriate Assessment (of Impact on Internationally ImportantNatural sites) and Equalities Impact Assessment, which many LDDs must be subjectedto, although some may be incorporated into SA/SEA work.

4. One Examination and A Binding Inspector’s Report for DPDs . It is the Government’sview that if efforts to involve the community in the preparation of a LDD from the outset

and throughout the process are effective, there should be less need for anyone toformally object to the plan when it is assembled. The procedures for preparing DPDs(note they do not apply to SPDs) allow for one examination stage by a PlanningInspector who considers whether the DPD is sound when judged against a number of criteria. The Planning Inspector’s Report and Recommendations on whether and howthe plan is sound and can be adopted, with or without recommended changes is bindingupon the local planning authority. There is no further opportunity to object to a DPD or tomake further changes to it. At present, changes can only be made by starting afresh ona new plan, which will need to be separately programmed in the LDS. Consequently it isimportant to put considerable time and effort into ensuring a plan, a DPD, is sound in allrespects before it is submitted for examination.

Table 2: MAIN STEPS IN PREPARING DPD


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Pre-Production Evidence Base Assembl

Consultation on Issues and O tions

Pre are Preferred O tions

Pre Issues and O tions and Draft SA/SEA Re ort

SustainabilityAppraisal

IncorporatingSEA

Project and SA/SEA Scoping

Consultation on Preferred O tions

Pre are Submission Draft

Submission to SoS

CommunityInvolvement

EstimatedD

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to3Years

Representationand

Participation inExamination

Pre Examination Meeting

Representations on Submission

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Ado tion

Monitoring and Review

Independent Examination



Table 3: MAIN STEPS IN PREPARING A SPD

6. More about the Different Types of LDDs

A Local Development Framework is not a single all embracing plan. It is a folder of plans and planning documents of various types. Some LDDs are required by the new

system and others have been canvassed as likely to be necessary.

Statement of Community Involvement This is a special type of LDD which all localplanning authorities are required to produce which sets out how and when thecommunity can expect to be involved in planning.

Core Strategy DPD A Core Strategy DPD is a requirement for all LDFs. It should set outthe long term spatial vision and strategy for the area and the strategic planning,development and conservation policies and proposals needed to pursue the strategyand deliver the vision. The Core Strategy is the main document that will deliver theCommunity Strategy and other strategies. The Core Strategy can indicate the generaldistribution for new development and change but will not normally allocate specific sites.The Core Strategy should set out the Authority’s objectives for planning in its area andhow the achievement of these objectives is to be assessed. It should set out the


Evidence Base Assembl

Consultation on Draft SPD

Consider Re resentations

Pre are Draft SPD

Sustainability

Appraisal

Project and SA/SEA Scoping

Pre are Modified SPD

Ado tion

Monitoring and Review

CommunityInvolvement

EstimatedD

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arrangements for monitoring development and change and the effect planning policiesand proposals are having.

The Core Strategy must conform generally with the Regional Spatial Strategy (theLondon Plan) and national planning policy. In turn the Core Strategy provides thefoundation for all other LDDs and their policies and proposals must conform to those of the Core Strategy. Until a Core Strategy DPD is adopted for an area, its function as the

foundation for other LDDs is provided by the existing development plan, the adoptedReplacement Unitary Development Plan in Croydon’s case.

Sites Allocations DPD is a document that identifies specific sites and locations for newdevelopment and change, together with general policies and proposals for use of thesites. In so far as the Sites Allocations DPD relates the Core Strategy to specific sitesand specific uses, it is normally assembled in close association with the Core Strategy.

Suite of Local Development Control Policies DPD is document that identifies localpolicies for controlling development; for taking decisions on development proposals. Thepolicies should be specifically applicable to the local area and justified on that basis.Guidance states it is not necessary to repeat or re-interpret national and regional policy

for planning, development and conservation expressed in higher level plans.

Area Action Plans (AAPs) Area Action Plans are DPDs which provide specific policiesand proposals for development, change and conservation in areas likely to be thesubject of significant change in the foreseeable future or in need of special action tosecure their conservation. Although AAPs provide specific policies and proposals for aseparately defined area, they still must conform to the Core Strategy and, whererelevant, other DPDs such as the Sites Allocations and Local Development ControlPolicies DPDs.

Joint DPDs Regulations allow adjacent local planning authorities to jointly prepareDPDs. These could be for a specific topic or use for which it is sensible to plan for over

an area larger than an individual authority for instance for waste or for areas in need of planning across authority boundaries. Joint DPDs must conform generally with the CoreStrategy of each of the authorities and must be programmed in the LDSs of eachauthority.

Proposals Map The Proposals Map will illustrate geographically, the policies andproposals in all DPDs. It should be on an ordnance survey base and should identify thespecific areas and sites to which policies and proposals apply. As there will be only oneProposals Map for an area, possibly of several sheets, it will need to be revised eachtime a new DPD is adopted.

7. Deciding on the Priorities for Assembling Croydon’s LDF

The identification of the Council’s priorities for assembling the LDF and preparing LDDshas been drawn up in consultation with the Government Office for London and theGLA/Mayor of London. Regard has also been had to the views expressed by other stakeholders as to the plans and planning documents the Council should be preparing.

Croydon adopted the Replacement Unitary Development Plan - The Croydon Plan(RUDP) in July 2006. It provides an overall strategy for planning and development in theBorough, some site specific allocations and a large number of development controlpolicies. Croydon therefore has a relatively complete planning framework for theBorough.

Croydon can use the RUDP for at least 3 years from adoption, i.e. until mid 2009. Theplan or some of its policies could be used after that date if the Secretary of State grantspermission (which would have to be applied for by January 2009). The Secretary of


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State would need to be satisfied that an extension is fully justified. The Government hasplaced an expectation on all local planning authorities to move from the old system tothe new one as soon as possible, Therefore, there is no certainty that permission toextend the plan will be forthcoming. Moreover it is the case that in a number of respectsthe RUDP is not fully up to date and entirely in accordance with current and evolvingplanning policy and requirements originating at national and regional levels. For instance, it is now recognised that the RUDP does not fully meet all the requirements for

making provision for new housing development.

Croydon Council has itself determined that the RUDP does not fully address a number of planning issues and needs, which developed whilst it was being prepared. In additionthe RUDP does not make a full contribution to delivering the Community Strategy (andother strategies and plans that have evolved since the first draft of the RUDP was puttogether. Consequently, Croydon Council has decided that a high priority should begiven to replacing the RUDP with, firstly a new Core Strategy DPD, then a new SiteAllocations DPD and, in due course, a new Suite of Local Development Control PoliciesDPD. These DPDs will need to take on board the requirements of recent alterations tothe London Plan and changes in national planning and development policy. However,the present resourcing of the programme, and the procedures that have to be followed

to ensure a sound document is prepared, does not allow for the replacement of theRUDP by July 2009. Therefore, the Council will be seeking the Government’sagreement to extend the life of the RUDP.

Croydon Metropolitan Centre is an area experiencing considerable pressure for change.The London Plan identifies the Centre as an Opportunity Area for accommodating asubstantial level of new employment generating development and several thousandadditional houses. The Centre is also the preferred location for new retail developmentand other facilities and services aimed at serving a wide area of South London. TheLondon Plan says that a new development framework should be drawn up for theOpportunity Area. A general chapter in the RUDP and several older and non-statutorySPGs provides the existing framework for Croydon Metropolitan Centre. There is an

urgent need to assemble a new statutory planning, development and conservationframework for Croydon Metropolitan Centre. Preparation of an AAP for the Centre is avery high priority.

A major deficiency of the RUDP is that it does not meet all the requirements of government policy or the London Plan for planning for waste. Planning for waste;providing adequate and sustainable facilities for managing all forms of waste, is one of the most urgent tasks facing today’s society. Croydon along with most areas of Londondoes not have adequate, long term plans for managing waste. As a result of an EUDirective, all local planning authorities have been strongly urged to have their plans for managing waste to be in place not later than mid 2010. Preparation of a DPD for Waste(a Waste Plan) is therefore also a very high priority given that most DPDs take 3 yearsto prepare. It has, however been determined that the ideal planning unit for planning for waste is larger than Croydon Borough. It has been agreed that planning for wasteshould be undertaken for four South London Boroughs (Croydon, Merton, Sutton andKingston upon Thames). This would be a Joint DPD. Resources to undertake a JointDPD will be shared between the four authorities, thus achieving an economy of effortand money and enabling it to be started straight away. The timetable of the work hasbeen agreed jointly and is indicated in this LDS.

A small number of SPDs have been identified as likely to be urgently required to assistthe development control process; to help guide proposers of development to draw upappropriate and acceptable schemes. Several of these are already in production. All

SPDs prepared before preparation and adoption of a new planning framework for theBorough (i.e. the Core Strategy and other key DPDs) must conform generally to theterms of the Croydon Plan, as part of the existing adopted development plan. The list of programmed SPDs and the timing of these is consequently dictated by the need to


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“elaborate” upon Croydon Plan policies and proposals. It is also dictated by theavailability of resources and the need to give priority to preparing key DPDs. SPDswhich are intended to “elaborate” upon policies and proposals which it is anticipated willbe included in new DPDs can be programmed and timetabled for preparation after thesenew DPDs have progressed significantly towards adoption although they cannot becompleted, adopted and used until the relevant DPDs have been adopted.

Given all the above considerations, the Council has determined that the following SPDsshould be programmed:- A SPD setting out the standards and requirements for all new housing developmentpursuant to several Croydon Plan policies;- A SPD setting out the strategy, standards and requirements for designing andimproving the public realm in the Borough pursuant to the objectives and policies of theCroydon Plan aimed at regenerating and improving the image of the Borough;- A SPD setting out standards and requirements for improving local air quality throughcontrolling and guiding all new development pursuant to a Croydon Plan policy and the LocalAir Quality Action Plan;- A SPD setting out standards and requirements for providing outdoor play andrecreation space pursuant to several Croydon Plan policies;

- A SPD setting out the standards and requirements for meeting housing need and for providing affordable housing. This SPD is timetabled for later in the three year period so that itis pursuant to policies and proposals in developing key DPDs.-

The number of DPDs and SPDs programmed has been limited to reflect the likelyavailability of resources to undertake preparation of LDDs.

A large number of other LDDs, both DPDs/AAPs and SPDs have, in fact, been identifiedas possibly needed sometime in the near future. These include plans for several centresand guidance and requirements for designing more sustainable development. Atpresent, however, there is not the resource capacity within the principal LDF team and,

in any event, to properly reflect both the community’s vision for the future and corporatepolicy and priorities, these should be derived from the emerging Sustainable CommunityStrategy and consequent Core Strategy and Site Allocations DPDs. A list of potentialLDDs that may need to be prepared some time in the future as and when resources andan opportunity arise is included in Appendix 3.

8. Resources for Assembling the LDF and Preparing LDDs

The processes and procedures for preparing LDDs are to a great extent prescribed.They are very resource demanding, especially as it is expected that LDDs will beprepared over a shorter timeframe than old style plans. The programming of LDDs musthave full regard to the availability of resources for preparing them. The Council must notcommit itself to undertaking a LDS programme which it cannot adequately resource.Given that there are normally finite resources for preparing LDDs, some desirable onesmay need to be delayed in the programme, or included in the list of those for futureprogramming when the opportunity and resources are available. The Risk Assessmentincluded in Appendix 5 indicates that the highest risks to undertaking the programmecentre upon the availability of resources, mainly officer resources and the skills neededto undertake the work. This re-emphasises the need to not commit to a programme anda timetable for LDDs that the Council cannot be assured of resourcing.

LB Croydon’s resources for assembling its LDF and preparing LDDs mainly comprisestwo Sections of the Planning and Transportation Department (Policy and Strategy and

Urban Design) and a modest budget for plan work, which may be put to buying in of services. The Policy and Strategy and Urban Design Teams have in total 22 posts.However the Teams are not responsible for only LDF work. They both have a very longlist of other planning, conservation and design, business and economic promotion and


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project work duties to undertake occupying a considerable proportion of their time andresources. Effectively, equivalent to only 6 to 8 full-time posts are available for LDFwork. There are other Teams and Services within the Authority that could contribute tothe work of assembling the LDF and preparing LDDs although this is not their primaryresponsibility. Additionally, consultants are being used to undertake some of the workfor the evidence base for the Core Strategy and Site Allocations DPDs. Consideration isalso being given to using consultants to do the sustainability appraisals as required

through the DPD preparation process.

In so far as the LDF, in particular the Core Strategy and the Site Allocations DPD, arekey to the delivery of the Sustainable Community Strategy and other strategies andplans which form part of it, assembly of the LDF and preparation of certain LDDs is acorporate responsibility and task. There is a statutory obligation upon the Borough as alocal planning authority to assemble an LDF. This is an obligation that sits alongside therequirement to have a Community Strategy. Consequently, some contribution toassembling the LDF and preparing certain LDDs must come from the corporate body asa whole.

Nevertheless, in setting out the Council’s programme for assembling the LDF and

preparing LDDs, the main determinant of what can be done remains the capacity of thePlanning and Transportation Teams. Having regard to the processes and procedures tobe used for preparing LDDs and the likelihood of significant assistance or resourcesbecoming available from other sources there is sufficient capacity over a three year period, to complete three DPDs, begin work on a fourth, make a contribution to a fifthJoint DPD and prepare five SPDs. An offer of resources from another service has beenreceived, which makes it possible to timetable these five SPD. The proposed LDSprogramme has been set on this basis having regard to the priorities for preparing andhaving available to use, new plans and planning documents to eventually replace theCroydon Plan. The programme has been designed on the assumption that resourcescan be switched from working on one LDD to another depending on the stage reachedin their preparation.

9. Monitoring of the LDS Programme

Monitoring of the LDS programme; of whether planned LDDs are being preparedaccording to the timetable set out in the LDS; will be undertaken formally each year inthe Annual Monitoring Report (AMR). The year period covered by the AMR will be from1st April to 31st March. Assembly of the LDF as set out in the LDS programme is,however, a type of project that can be subjected to the rigours of project management.One of the guiding principles of project management is to have a process for continuallymonitoring progress and adjusting the programme and plan accordingly. The LDSprogramme will therefore be monitored on an almost continuous basis and if it isidentified that the programme needs altering, a review of the LDS will be instigated anda new LDS prepared. To assist in this, an additional staff resource has been secured for the team. At present this is a temporary LDF Programme Manager and Project SupportOfficer. During the course of the year the effectiveness of the post will be reviewed andit will be decided whether the post will be retained or the function assigned to apermanent Policy & Strategy team member with additional resources brought in tosupport the team functions.

10. Other Planning Documents.

Planning authorities are required to prepare other documents as part of the newplanning system. Croydon’s Statement of Community Involvement was completed in

July 2007 and does not need to be programmed for replacement in the next three years.Another document required is the Annual Monitoring Report. Although not a LDD whichneeds to be shown in the LDS programme, it is worthwhile indicating when it will beavailable for it will inform if and when the LDS programme could need to be reviewed.


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The new plan making system requires the assembly of a great deal of evidence andinformation to support and justify plans and the policies and proposals therein. Asevidence to justify plans, it has to be made publicly available, normally in the form of areport. A number of studies and surveys such as Needs Surveys and Appraisals arealso recommended in national planning guidance and/or suggested as necessary in theLondon Plan. Finally every new LDD must be subjected to Sustainability Appraisal

incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment. Although all these pieces of workneeded to be undertaken in concert with the production of LDDs, they do not need to beprogrammed in the LDS. Nevertheless account needs to be taken of them in drawing upthe LDS programme because of their not insignificant resource demands.

11. Summary of Croydon’s Local Development Scheme – its programme for assembling the LDF and preparing LDDs

The following LDDs will be prepared in the period from August 2007 to the end of 2011:

Development Plan Documents- Croydon Metropolitan Centre Action Area Plan

- Core Strategy DPD- Sites Allocations DPD- Suite of Local Development Control Policies DPD- South West London Waste DPD

(a Joint Waste Plan DPD to be prepared jointly with LB Merton, LB Sutton andRLB Kingston upon Thames

- The Proposals Map

Supplementary Planning Documents- SPD Standards and Requirements for New Housing- SPD Strategy, Standards and Requirements for Designing and Improving the

Public Realm

- SPD Standards and Requirements for Improving Local Air Quality- SPD Standards and Requirements for Providing Outdoor Play and RecreationSpace- SPD Standards and Requirements for Meeting Housing Needs and Providing

Affordable Housing

Croydon’s Planned Local Development Framework is illustrated on Table 4.The LDF Programme and the timetable for LDDs are shown on Table 5: the LDFProgramme Management Chart; and the main organisational drivers and partnershiplinkages are shown in Diagram 1.

Details of the programme and timetable for LDDs are also provided in the LDD Profilesin Appendix One. The Profiles identify the specific periods when consultation on a LDDwill occur and representations can be made, although there will in fact be almostcontinuous opportunities for community involvement in plan making.


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SouthLondon

Joint WasteDPD

Suite of Local DevelopmentControl Policies DPD

Croydon Metropolitan CentreAction Area Plan

Other DPDs to be programmed

SPD Standards & Requirementsfor New Housing Development

SPD Strategy, Standards &Requirements for Designing and

Improving the Public Realm

SPD Standards & Requirementsfor Improving Local Air Quality

SPD Standards & Requirementsfor Providing Outdoor Play &Recreation Space

SPD Standards & Requirementsfor Meeting Housing Need &Providing Affordable Housing

ProposalsMap

Core Strategy DPD

Site Allocations DPD

Table 4: CROYDON’S PLANNED LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK


Statement of Community Involvement

Local Development

Scheme

DevelopmentPlan Documents

SupplementaryPlanning

Documents

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

Annual Monitoring Report

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Table 5:


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APPENDIX 1

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENT PROFILES – DPDS and SPDs

Development Plan Documents

TITLE CROYDON METROPOLITAN CENTRE

AREA ACTION PLANStatus Development Plan Document

Subject, Role orContent

To provide a comprehensive spatial planningframework for all planning, development andinvestment decisions in and around CroydonMetropolitan Centre (Croydon Town Centre –Central Croydon.) The Centre is anOpportunity Area in the London Plan forwhich a development framework is required.

GeographicalCoverage

Croydon Town Centre/Central Croydon asgenerally shown in UDP. (The precise areato be determined in AAP.)

Chain of Conformity

In accordance with:- national planning policy guidance;- the London Plan;- the UDP, in the prior absence of the

Core Strategy;- the Community Strategy.

Relationship withOther LDDs andUDP

It will develop and review the policies etc. of the UDP. It will replace the adopted SPG andinterim policy statements for the Centre.Alongside the new Core Strategy (see below)it will provide the main statutory basis forfuture DPDs and SPDs for or affectingCroydon Metropolitan Centre.

Production Project Lead: Heads of Policy and Strategyand Urban Design. Team Lead: Principle Planner from P&S andPrinciple Urban Designer from UDP&S and UD Resources: 1to 3 FTE dependingon stage reached in programme.Input from;Planning Control, Traffic, Transport and RoadSafety, Civil Engineering and Environmentand Sustainability Team..Retained consultants.Other Services and Departments of Council.

GLA and TfLCroydon BusinessStakeholders and community including localbusiness community, local public service andutility providers

Planned Timetableand KeyMilestones(from September2007)

Consultation on Issues and Options

Prepare Preferred OptionsConsultation on Preferred Options

Prepare Submission Draft

Submission to SoS.

Representations on Submitted Draft Consideration of representationsPre-examination meeting – if required

From beg. February tomid April 2008Mid April – mid October 2008From end October tomid December 2008Mid December 2008 –end May 2009

End May 2009From end May to mid July 2009


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Public Examination – if requiredEstimate of Inspector’s Report Adoption

End July 2009October – December 2009 April 2010 July 2010

Review To be determined through the AMR.

TITLE CORE PLANNING STRATEGY FORCROYDON (Provisional Title)

Status Development Plan Document

Subject, Role or

Content

A comprehensive strategic planning

framework for planning, development andinvestment in Croydon.- Planning and Development Vision forCroydon.- Strategic Planning Objectives.- Overall Planning and Development Strategy- Core or Main Planning and DevelopmentPolicies- Implementation Strategy and Plan- the Framework for MonitoringImplementation and Change


Borough wide

Chain of Conformity

In accordance with:- national planning policy guidance;- the London Plan;- the Community Strategy;- other strategies of the Council and

other agencies which have a spatialimpact on the Borough.


It will substantially replace the UDP especiallyall of Part One of the UDP.All other LDDS (DPPs and SPDs ) will have togenerally conform to the LDF Core StrategyDPD.

Production Project and Team Lead: Head of Policy andStrategyP&S and UD Resources: 1to 3 FTE dependingon stage reached in programmeInput from;Planning Control, Traffic, Transport and RoadSafety, Civil Engineering and Environment andSustainability Team..Retained consultants.Other Services and Departments of Council.GLA and TfLCroydon Strategic Partnership.Croydon Business

Stakeholders and community including localbusiness community, local public service andutility providers

Planned Project and SA/SEA Scoping February – July 2008


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Timetable andKey Milestones

Consultation on ScopingPre-production evidence base assemblyPrepare Issues and Options and draft SA/SEAreport – On-going engagementConsultation on Issues and Options


Prepare Submission DraftSubmission to SoS.Representations on Submitted Draft Consideration of representationsPre-examination meeting – if requiredPublic Examination – if requiredEstimate of Inspector’s Report Adoption

August - September 2008 January – September 2008 August – December 2008

From beg. January to

mid February 2009February – August 2009From September to mid October 2009Mid October – mid March 2010End March 2010From end March to mid May 2010May 2010 June 2010September 2010February 2011

May 2011

Review Monitoring will be annually through the AMR. The Core Strategy will establish Core andLocal Indicators for monitoring purposes. TheCore Strategy will be reviewed whenmonitoring indicates it is necessary.

TITLE LDF SITES ALLOCATIONS DPD (Provisional

Title)Status Development Plan Document


A document which identifies in aspatial/geographical form the allocation of allsites for new development and changes of use, including the main provisions for futurehousing development. The document will alsoidentify the main planning policy anddevelopment requirements for sites.Coverage will be sites for all forms of development and use.


Borough wide

Chain of Conformity

Must generally conform with the LDF CoreStrategy, and through it with nationalplanning policy guidance, the London Planand the Community Strategy. In so far as theCMC AAP may precede this DPD, it will almostcertainly take on board the provisions andallocations of the AAP.


It will substantially replace the UDP especiallyall site allocation policies and provisionsmade for housing development.All other LDDs with the exception of the LDFCore Strategy and possibly the CMC AAP mustgenerally conform to the Sites AllocationsDPD.


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Production Project and Team Lead: Head of Policy andStrategyP&S and UD Resources: 1 to 3 FTE dependingon stage reached in productionInput from: Planning Control, Traffic, Transport and Road Safety, Civil Engineering,Environment & Sustainability TeamOther Services and Departments of Council;

GLA and TfL; stakeholders and communityincluding local business community, localpublic service and utility providers

Planned Timetable andKey Milestones

Project and SA/SEA ScopingConsultation on ScopingPre-production evidence base assemblyPrepare Issues and Options and draft SA/SEAreport – On-going engagementConsultation on Issues and Options



Submission to SoS.Representations on Submitted Draft Consideration of representationsPre-examination meeting – if requiredPublic Examination – if requiredEstimate of Inspector’s Report Adoption

May – September 2008October – November 2008 January – September 2008October 2008 –February 2009

From beg. March to mid April 2009Mid April – end September 2009Beg. October – mid November 2009Mid November 2009 –end March 2010Beg. April 2010From beg. April to mid May 2010End May – beg. June2010Beg. July 2010

October 2010March2011 June 2011

Review Monitoring will be effected annually throughthe AMR. The LDF Sites Allocations DPD willestablish some Core Indicators for monitoringpurposes. The Sites Allocations DPD will bereviewed as and when monitoring indicates itis necessary.

Other The LDF Sites Allocations DPD will be acompanion document to the LDF CoreStrategy DPD. It will be prepared insuccession to the LDF Core Strategy DPD. It

will be subject to same monitoring regimeand it is likely to be reviewed, altered orreplaced at the same time as the LDF CoreStrategy DPD.

TITLE LDF SUITE OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CONTROLPOLICIES DPD (Provisional Title)



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Subject,Role orContent

A document which will provide a limited suite of specific and local development control policies whichwill be used to guide planning and developmentdecisions in LB Croydon, that is those policies to beapplied and used which are not already provided bynational policy guidance, the London Plan and otheralready adopted DPDs such as the LDF Core StrategyDPD, the LDF Sites Allocations DPD and the CMC

AAP. The main theme of the policies will be the specificlocal requirements to secure sustainabledevelopment and to create sustainable communitiesin LB Croydon.


Borough wide

Chain of Conformity

Must generally conform with the LDF Core StrategyDPD, and through it with national planning policyguidance, the London Plan and the CommunityStrategy. In so far as the CMC AAP may precede thisDPD, it will almost certainly take on board theprovisions and allocations of the AAP.

Relationship withOtherLDDs andUDP

It will, with the LDF Core Strategy DPD and the LDFsites Allocations DPD, complete replacement of theUDP.All other LDDs (DPDs and SPDs) will be expected toconform with it as far as it is relevant to their subjectmatter. That is other LDDs should not alter orconflict with this DPD.

Production Project and Team Lead: Heads of Policy and Strategyand Urban DesignP&S and UD Resources: 1 – 2 FTE depending uponstage reached in production

Input from: Planning Control, Traffic, Transport andRoad Safety, Civil Engineering and Environment andSustainability Team.Other Services and Departments of Council; GLA and TfL; Croydon Business; stakeholders and communityincluding local business community, local publicservice and utility providers

Timetableand KeyMilestones

Project and SA/SEA ScopingConsultation on ScopingPre-production evidence base assemblyPrepare Issues and Options and draft SA/SEA report –On-going engagementConsultation on Issues and Options

Prepare Preferred Options

Consultation on Preferred OptionsPrepare Submission DraftSubmission to SoS.Representations on Submitted Draft

Consideration of representations

Pre-examination meeting – if requiredPublic Examination – if requiredEstimate of Inspector’s Report

Adoption

March – April 2009May – June 2009 June – August 2009 August – end October 2009

From early November tomid December 2009Mid December 2010 –mid June 2010From end June to end July 2010End July – end December 2010Beg. January 2011From beg. January toend February 2011December 2010 –February 2011

Mid March 2011 April 2011 July 2011


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January 2012March 2012

Review Monitoring will be effected annually through theAMR. The DPD will establish some Core Indicators formonitoring purposes. The DPD will be reviewed asand when monitoring indicates it is necessary.

Other The DPD will be a companion document to the LDFCore Strategy DPD. It will be prepared following the

LDF Core Strategy DPD. It will be subject to samemonitoring regime and it is likely to be reviewed,altered or replaced at the same time as the CoreStrategy. The DPD will encompass only policieswhich are specific to LB Croydon and will not repeatpolicies handed down by national planning policyguidance, the London Plan and other DPDs like theLDF Core Strategy DPD.

TITLE SOUTH LONDON JOINT WASTE DPD(Joint Waste Plan DPD)



To allocate land for waste managementpurposes. To set out policies and proposals forthe management of all forms of waste arising. To ensure that all forms of waste arising withinthe area (South London) has proper facilitiesavailable to meet recycling, waste minimisationand landfill reduction and disposal targets


Whole of the London Boroughs of Croydon,Merton and Sutton and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Chain of

Conformity

Must generally conform with the Core Strategy

of each Borough (or, where an adopted CoreStrategy does not yet exist, the latest adoptedUDP) and through them with national planningpolicy guidance, the latest adopted LondonPlan.


It will, with the Core Strategy DPD and the SitesAllocations DPD, replace of the RUDP forCroydon. All other LDDs (DPDs and SPDs) will beexpected to conform with it as far as it isrelevant to their subject matter. The Joint Waste Plan DPD must have regard toand assist the delivery of the CommunityStrategy or Plan for Croydon, Kingston, Merton

and Sutton. It must also have regard to otherstrategies and plans of those four authorities,especially any relating to waste collection anddisposal and the recycling, recovery and reuseof waste.

Production To be produced by the South London JointWaste Plan DPD Group with assistance fromspecialist consultants. Joint appointed ProjectManager and Leader. Input from the PlanningService of each authority amounting to 0.25 –0.5 FTE (1- 2 FTE in total) plus input from Wasteand Sustainability Services of each authority.


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Timetable and KeyMilestones

Project and SA/SEA ScopingConsultation on ScopingPre-production evidence base assemblyPrepare Issues and Options and draft SA/SEAreport – On-going engagementConsultation on Issues and Options

Prepare Preferred Options

Consultation on Preferred Options


Submission to SoS.Representations on Submitted Draft

Consideration of representationsPre-examination meeting – if requiredPublic Examination – if requiredEstimate of Inspector’s Report Adoption

November 2007Dec 2007 – January 2008 January – June 2008 July – early September 2008

From early September

to mid October 2008End October 2008 –end August 2009From early September to mid October 2009End October 2009 –end April 2010Early May 2010From early May to mid June 2010End June – September 2010September 2010

December 2010 July 2011September 2011

Review Monitoring will be effected annually through theAMR. The DPD will establish some CoreIndicators for monitoring purposes. The DPD willbe reviewed as and when monitoring indicatesit is necessary. A major review may benecessary by 5 years after adoption.

Other There is no statutory provision for a jointProposals map and therefore the Proposals mapfor each authority will have to be up dated as

and when required.

TITLE LDF PROPOSALS MAP DPD

Status A Special Type of DPD


To present in a spatial or geographical form allthe policies and proposals of adopted DPDs, andin so far as they remain appropriate, savedplans and planning documents

Geographical

Coverage

Borough wide

Chain of Conformity

Must conform to all adopted DPDs and in so faras they remain appropriate, saved plans andplanning documents


As indicated above. The LDF Proposals Map willbe up-dated each time a new DPD is adopted. Itwill eventually replace the Proposals Map of theUDP.

Production Production will be undertaken by thoseresponsible for DPDs.

Planned Timetableand KeyMilestones

The production timetable will be that for theDPDs that have policies and proposals, whichneed to be presented in a spatial orgeographical manner.

See previous DPDs

Review Revision will occur each time a DPD is adopted.


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Other The LDF Proposals Map will present in a spatialor geographical manner the policies andproposals of all adopted DPDs. Whilst thoseDPDs are in preparation, their policies andproposals will be shown in the form of proposalsto change the Proposals Map. Upon adoption of those DPDs.


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Supplementary Planning Documents

TITLE Standards and Requirements for NewHousing Development

(Provisional Title)Status Supplementary Planning DocumentSubject, Role orContent

To set out a range of standards andrequirements for all forms of new housing

development pursuant to policies in theCroydon Plan e.g. Policies UD2, UD3, UD7,UD8, H& and H14. Also to provide planningguidance on a range of other matters relatingto new housing.


Borough wide

Chain of Conformity

Must conform to the adopted UDP – CroydonPlan and through it national and regionalpolicy guidance with respect to housingdevelopment.

Relationship with

Other LDDs andUDP

Must be compatible with other existing SPDs

and SPGs e.g. those for designing forcommunity safety and providing access forpeople with disabilities.

Production Project and Team Lead: Heads of Policy andStrategy and Urban DesignP&S and UD Resources: 0.5 – 2 FTE dependingupon stage reached in productionInput from;Planning Control, Traffic, Transport and RoadSafety, Civil Engineering and Environment andSustainability Team.Housing and Environmental Services of theCouncil. The

GLA and national bodies concerned with thedevelopment and design of housing.Stakeholders and community including thelocal house building industry, local publicservice and utility providers


Pre-production/evidence base & stakeholderengagement.Public consultation on Draft SPD and SA/SEA.

Consideration of representations andmodification of draft.

Adoption.

January – June 2008From end June to early August 2008Mid August –end September 2008October 2008

Review Monitoring will be undertaken annuallythrough the AMR. A review will be undertakenas and when monitoring identifies that it isnecessary or when the relevant policies in theUDP or LDF change.

TITLE Standards and requirements forImproving Local Air Quality (Provisional Title)

Status Supplementary Planning DocumentSubject, Role or

Content

To set out the standards and requirements for

all development and change in the Boroughaimed at improving air quality in the Boroughpursuant to Croydon Plan Policy EP1 and theAir Quality Action Plan. Also to provide


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guidance to development for other aspectsrelated to air quality and the control andprevention of atmospheric pollution.


Borough wide

Chain of Conformity

Must conform to the adopted UDP – CroydonPlan and through it national and regionalpolicy guidance with respect to development

and air quality.Relationship withOther LDDs andUDP

Must be compatible with other existing SPDsand SPGs e.g. those for securing sustainabledevelopment.

Production Lead: Specialist Pollution Team Manager of Pollution Control Team in Environment,Cultural and Public Protection Department.Scientific Officer in the Specialist Pollution Team – 0.5 -0.75 FTEP&S and UD Resource input: 0.1 – 0.25 FTEdepending on stage reached in production.

TITLE Standards and requirements for ImprovingLocal Air Quality (Provisional Title) (Continued)



Consideration of representations andmodification of draft.

Adoption.

April –November 2008From early November tomid December 2008End December 2008 –February 2009March 2009

Review Monitoring will be undertaken annuallythrough the AMR. A review will be undertakenas and when monitoring identifies that it isnecessary or when the relevant policies in the

UDP or LDF change.

TITLE Public Realm Design Guide

Status Supplementary Planning DocumentSubject, Role orContent

To set out a strategy and to establishstandards and requirements for designing andimproving the public realm in the Boroughpursuant to the objectives and policies of theCroydon Plan aimed at regenerating andimproving the image of the Borough. Mayinclude identifying the obligations to beplaced upon development and change forcontributing to improving the public realm.


Borough wide

Chain of Conformity

Must conform to the adopted UDP – CroydonPlan and through it national and regionalpolicy guidance with respect to housingdevelopment.

Relationship with

Other LDDs andUDP

Must be compatible with other existing SPDs

and SPGs e.g. those for designing forcommunity safety and providing access forpeople with disabilities.

Production Project and Team Lead: Heads of Urban


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DesignP&S and UD Resources: 0.5 – 1 FTE dependingupon stage reached in productionInput from;Planning Control, Traffic, Transport and RoadSafety, Civil Engineering and Environment andSustainability Team.Housing and Environmental Services of the

Council. Statutory and utility infrastructureproviders. The GLA, TfL and other national andregional bodies concerned with care of thepublic realm.Stakeholders and community groups with aninterest in care of the public realm.



Consideration of representations andmodification of draft. Adoption.

October 2008 – January 2009From early February tomid March 2009Mid March – mid April2009May 2009

Review Monitoring will be undertaken through aperiodic assessment of changes in the publicrealm combined with public perception andimage surveys. A review will be undertaken asand when monitoring identifies that it isnecessary to up-date or alter the strategy orto replace it with another approach.

TITLE Standards and Requirements forProviding Outdoor Play and RecreationSpace (Provisional Title)

Status Supplementary Planning Document


To set out the standards and requirements forproviding outdoor play and recreation spaceto meet additional needs arising from newdevelopment pursuant to the objectives andpolicies of the Croydon Plan including Policy

RO12. Will include identifying the obligationsfor providing outdoor space on and off site,including contributing to the improvement of existing outdoor space.


Borough wide

Chain of Conformity

Must conform to the adopted UDP – CroydonPlan and through it national and regionalpolicy guidance with respect to the provisionand maintenance of outdoor space.

Relationship withOther LDDs and

UDP

Must be compatible with other existing SPDsand SPGs e.g. those for designing for

community safety and providing access forpeople with disabilities.


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Production Project and Team Lead: Head of Policy andStrategyP&S and UD Resources: 0.5 – 1 FTE dependingupon stage reached in productionInput from;Planning Control, Environment andSustainability Team.Housing, Environmental and Recreation

Services of the Council.Stakeholders and community groups with aninterest in the care of public outdoor space.


Pre-production/evidence base & stakeholderengagement.Public consultation on Draft SPD and SA/SEA.Consideration of representations andmodification of draft. Adoption.

December 2008 – March2009

From early April to mid May 2009End May – August 2009September 2009

Review Monitoring will be undertaken through aperiodic assessment of changes in theprovision of outdoor play and recreationspace. A review will be undertaken as andwhen monitoring identifies that it is necessaryto up-date or alter the strategy or to replace itwith another approach.

TITLE Standards and Requirements for MeetingHousing Needs and Providing AffordableHousing (Provisional Title)

Status Supplementary Planning Document


To set out the strategy, standards andrequirements for meeting the local need forhousing and the need for affordable housing.

It is intended that this should be pursuant tothe policies and proposals in the Core Strategyand Site Allocations DPD if these haveprogressed to their submission stage by May2009. If this has not been achieved, the SPDwill be pursuant to the policies of the CroydonPlan. The SPD will set out housing type, sizeand mix requirements for both market andaffordable housing by broad areas of theBorough.


Borough wide

TITLE Standards and Requirements for MeetingHousing Needs and Providing AffordableHousing (Provisional Title) (Continued)

Chain of Conformity

Must conform to the developing Core Strategyand Site allocations DPD, or if these are not atthe submission stage, the adopted UDP –Croydon Plan and through them national andregional policy guidance with respect to theprovision of housing and affordable housing.


Must be compatible with other existing SPDsand SPGs e.g. providing access for people withdisabilities.


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Production Project and Team Lead: Heads of Policy andStrategy (Planning) and Housing StrategyP&S and UD Resources: 0.5 – 1 FTE dependingupon stage reached in production.Housing Service Resources: 0.5 – 1 FTEdepending upon stage reached in production.Input from;Planning Control, Environment and

Sustainability Team.Housing, Environmental and RecreationServices of the Council. Registered SocialLandlords and the local House BuildingIndustry. The GLA and other national andregional bodies with an interest in housingprovision.Stakeholders and community groups with aninterest in housing provision.


Pre-production/evidence base & stakeholderengagement.Public consultation on Draft SPD and SA/SEA.Consideration of representations andmodification of draft. Adoption.

January – end May 2010From early June to mid July 2010End July to end August 2010September 2010

Review Monitoring will be undertaken through aperiodic reassessment of housing needs andmonitoring of provision in the AnnualMonitoring Report. A review will beundertaken as and when monitoring identifiesit is required.


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APPENDIX 2

LIST OF POTENTIAL FUTURE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTSCURRENTLY NOT PROGRAMMED IN THIS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

COULSDON TOWN CENTRE AAP

An Action Area Plan (or possibly a SPD) for a major town centre in the Borough, setting out

the particular policies and proposals for an area that may experience considerable changein the future.Will need to conform generally to the Core Strategy DPD and the Site Allocations DPD. Willreplace existing SPG.Preparation should follow the Core Strategy and Site Allocations DPD. It is therefore amedium to low priority.

PURLEY TOWN CENTRE AAP

An Action Area Plan (or possibly a SPD) for a major town centre in the Borough, setting outthe particular policies and proposals for an area which may experience considerable changein the future.Will need to conform generally to the Core Strategy DPD and the Site Allocations DPD. Will

replace existing SPG.Preparation should follow the Core Strategy and Site Allocations DPD. It is therefore amedium to low priority.

NORBURY TOWN CENTRE AAP

An Action Area Plan (or possibly a SPD) for a major town centre in the Borough, setting outthe particular policies and proposals for an area that may experience considerable changein the future.Will need to conform generally to the Core Strategy DPD and the Site Allocations DPD.Preparation should follow the Core Strategy and Site Allocations DPD. It is therefore amedium to low priority.

THORTON HEATH TOWN CENTRE AAPAn Action Area Plan (or possibly a SPD) for a major town centre in the Borough, setting outthe particular policies and proposals for an area that may experience considerable changein the future.Will need to conform generally to the Core Strategy DPD and the Site Allocations DPD.Preparation should follow the Core Strategy and Site Allocations DPD. It is therefore amedium to low priority.

AAP FOR THE URBAN RURAL FRINGE AND METROPOLITAN GREEN BELT There may be a need to prepare a special plan for the Urban Rural Fringe, including areas of the Metropolitan Green Belt, which aim to both conserve both its value and specialcharacter and enables and promotes sympathetic, appropriate change.Will need to conform generally to the Core Strategy DPD and the Site Allocations DPD.

Preparation should follow the Core Strategy and Site Allocations DPD. It is therefore amedium priority.

PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Provisional Title) SPDA supplementary planning document providing planning guidance on the ways and meansof ensuring that all future development and change in undertaken in a most feasible andsustainable manner. It will include guidance on sustainable construction, water protectionand conservation, water use minimisation, flood prevention and management, recycling and

waste minimisation, energy use minimisation and sustainable energy generation and greenroofs and greening development. The SPD will extend and therefore conform with the provisions and requirements of the LDFCore Strategy DPD , the LDF Site Allocations DPD and the Suite of Local Development


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Control Policies DPD, and through them the guidance and requirements set out in nationaland regional planning policy statements. Will replace several existing SPGs.Preparation of the SPD is a medium to high priority. However It really should await both theproduction of the aforementioned LDDs and on-going developments in national and regionalplanning policy and guidance in these respects.

PROVIDING PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT (Provisional

Title) SPDA SPD that sets out the Council’s policies and calculations for planning obligations towardsproviding new facilities and infrastructure required to address the impact of newdevelopment.Will need to conform generally to the Core Strategy DPD, the Site Allocations DPD and theSuite of Local Development Control Policies DPD. Will also need to take account of possiblechanges in the legislation and regulations for planning obligations/Section 106 contributions.Will replace existing Planning Guidance Note.Although ideally a high priority, the timing of this SPD ought to reflect the above mentionedconsiderations.

CONSERVATION AREA STRATEGIES AND PROPOSALS STATEMENTS

The Council has the general target of eventually producing a Conservation Area Strategyand Proposal Statement for all Conservation areas. BVPI 219 requires a Proposals Statementto be produced or reviewed for all designated areas within 5 years. Two Strategy andProposals Statements for South Norwood and the Webb Estate and Upper Woodcote Villageare programmed. The review of Conservation Area designations will determine which twoareas should be inserted into the LDS programme for future years.

A REGENERATION STRATEGY FOR PORTLAND ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD SPD The Local Economic Growth Initiative (LEGI) is likely to give rise to the production of aRegeneration Strategy and Action Plan for a number of key areas. If, as seems likely, these

Strategies and Action Plans encompass proposals for new development, physical changesand improvements, the Strategies may need to be produced or reproduced as SPDs.If the Strategies are to be produced as SPDs they will have to conform generally to the UDPand/or the LDF.Producing the Strategies is a high priority and therefore producing SPDs could be a highpriority. However it is not possible to programme these SPDs in the LDS at present until thescope of the Strategies has been settled.

A REGENERATION STRATEGY FOR LONDON ROAD, BROAD GREEN SPD The Local Economic Growth Initiative (LEGI) is likely to give rise to the production of aRegeneration Strategy and Action Plan for a number of key areas. If, as seems likely, theseStrategies and Action Plans encompass proposals for new development, physical changesand improvements, the Strategies may need to be produced or reproduced as SPDs.If the Strategies are to be produced as SPDs they will have to conform generally to the UDPand/or the LDF.Producing the Strategies is a high priority and therefore producing SPDs could be a highpriority. However it is not possible to programme these SPDs in the LDS at present until thescope of the Strategies has been settled.

A REGENERATION STRATEGY FOR SOUTH END AND SOUTH CROYDON SPD The Local Economic Growth Initiative (LEGI) is likely to give rise to the production of aRegeneration Strategy and Action Plan for a number of key areas. If, as seems likely, theseStrategies and Action Plans encompass proposals for new development, physical changes

and improvements, the Strategies may need to be produced or reproduced as SPDs.If the Strategies are to be produced as SPDs they will have to conform generally to the UDPand/or the LDF.


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Producing the Strategies is a high priority and therefore producing SPDs could be a highpriority. However it is not possible to programme these SPDs in the LDS at present until thescope of the Strategies has been settled.


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APPENDIX 3

LIST OF PLANNING AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS AND DOCUMENTS WHICHDO NOT COME WITH THE SCOPE OF THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME ANDWHICH DO NOT NEED TO BE PROGRAMMED

1. Review of Existing and Potential Areas that merit Designation as Conservation Areas. Likely to

be undertaken October 2007 to March 20082. Review of the List of Historic Parks and Gardens (and the subject of Policy U10 in the adopted

UDP). Likely to be undertaken March – July 20083. Review of Areas that could potentially be identified as Local Open Land (and the subject of

Policy RO11 of the adopted UDP). Likely to be undertaken March to July 20084. Production of Conservation Area Statements for Conservation Areas that do not already have

statements or strategies. Programme of approximately two statements per year.


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APPENDIX 4

1. Development Plans which the Council adopted since 20042. Supplementary Planning Documents adopted since 20043. Development Plan Documents adopted since 20044. SPG’s which the Council it will continue to use and have regard to until entirelysuperseded by new LDDs.

1. Development Plans

The Replacement Unitary Development Plan – The Croydon Plan. Adopted July 2006.This can continue to be used in its entirety for taking planning, development and conservation decisionsup to July 2009 unless it is entirely superseded in the intervening period by new LDDs. Use after 2009will depend upon the Secretary of State granting permission.

At present no part of the RUDP has been superseded by new LDDs. When a new LDD has beencompleted and adopted, a new statement for the LDS will be prepared indicating which parts of theRUDP have been superseded by the new LDD and which parts of the RUDP can continue to be used. Allnew SPDs adopted since 2004 are intended to be in general conformity with the RUDP and do not

replace any part of the RUDP.

2. Development Plan Documents adopted since 2004

Croydon’s Statement of Community Involvement in Planning. Adopted July 2007

3. Supplementary Planning Documents adopted since 2004A number of SPDs have been prepared since 2004 using the new proscribed procedure and processesfor SPDs. These SPDs conform generally to the terms of the Replacement Unitary Development Plan.

Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD (December 2006)Designing for Community Safety SPD (February 2007)

Local List of Buildings of Architectural, Historical and Landscape Importance SPD (December 2006)South Norwood Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan SPD (June 2007)Webb Estate and Upper Norwood Village Conservation Area Appraisal and management Plan (June2007)

4. SPG’s which the Council will continue to use and have regard to.All those adopted after the September 2004 date of the Commencement Order were in preparation prior to that date and were subject to public consultation prior to adoption.

All SPGs listed are in generally conform with the RUDP even if they were prepared prior to adoption of the RUDP. In the event of non conformity arising on any point, the RUDP will always take precedence.

Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes

Shopfronts & Signs (March 1996)Lighting (March 1998)Nature Conservation (December 1997)Places of Worship (February1999)Public Art (January 2005)Shopfront Security (Addenda to Shopfronts& Signs) (July 2004)Converting Shops into Homes(Addenda to Residential Alterations) (October 2004)Advertisement Hoardings &Other Advertisements (February 2003)Landscape Design (March 2004)Renewable Energy (July 2004)

Air Quality (July 2004)Drainage (July 2004)Sustainable Water Usage (July 2004)Planning Obligations (June 2005)


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Central Croydon/Vision 2020 (March 2002)Coulsdon Area Regeneration Strategyand Plan (July 2004)Purley Town Centre Regeneration Strategyand Plan (July 2004)New Addington Centre Regeneration Strategyand Plan (May 2005)

Development BriefsFormer Cane Hill Hospital Site Development Brief (March 1998)Croydon Gateway Site Development Brief (January 1998)Croydon General Hospital Development Brief (September 2002)Fairfield Halls Development Brief (January 2005)

Conservation Area Proposal and Strategy StatementsCentral Croydon (March 1997)Harold Road (November1997)Parish Church (December 2005)Kenley Airfield (January 2006)

Conservation Area Statements

Bradmore Green (July 1968)The Waldrons (May1973)Addington Village (July 1973)Church Road, Upper Norwood (January 1974, 1982 and 1986)Upper Norwood Triangle (April1989)

Local Areas of Special Character StatementsLondon Road (Broad Green) (July 1996)Epsom Road (July 1996)South End (July 1996)Church Street (March 1997)North End (March 1997)The Norbury Estate (May 1997)

Brighton Road (Purley) (September 1997)St. Pauls Road (December 1997)St Helens Road (March 1998)Birdhurst Road (January 1999)


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APPENDIX 5

RISK ASSESSMENT

Risk Probability Impact Management Action ResponsibilityLoss of staff and failure to recruit Very high Significant

Delay in programme.Unsound documents produced. Impacton performance assessment and PDGawards.

Divert staff from non-LDF work.Engage consultants. Usetemporary staff

Corporate Management,Director of P&T and DivisionalDirector Urban Regeneration.

Underestimate of staff resourcesrequired Very high SignificantDelay in programme. Unsounddocuments produced. Impact onperformance assessment and PDGawards.

Programme plan projects andmonitor closely. Take correctiveaction in good time, includingdedicating additional resources.

Director of P&T, DivisionalDirector Urban Regenerationand Heads of P&S and UrbanDesign.

Non-availability of necessaryskills for specialist aspects of work – both internally andexternally

Medium SignificantUnsound documents produced andpossibly delays in programme. Impacton performance assessment and PDGawards.

Quality check on work. Identifyneed for contractors andconsultants early in projectsand engage as necessary.

Director of P&T, DivisionalDirector Urban Regenerationand Heads of P&S and UrbanDesign.

Failure to gain Member andStakeholder consensus on plans

Medium Limited/ConfinedDelays to programme whilst consensusis secured. Impact on performanceassessment and PDG awards.

Integrate members and keystakeholders fully into theprocess for progressingprojects. Identify and maintainappropriate working networks.

Director of P&T, DivisionalDirector Urban RegenerationHeads of P&S and UrbanDesign

Failure to ensure that there is aproper relationship between theLDF and LDDs and the

Community Strategy and Other Strategies affecting land,property and the environment inthe Borough

Medium SignificantUnsound documents produced andpossibly delays in programme. Failure

to help to deliver the CommunityStrategy. Impact on performanceassessment and PDG awards.

Secure full corporate sign-up toassembling the LDF andpreparing LDDs. Coordinating

and integration of thepreparation processes for theCommunity Strategy and mainDPDs and use identifiedworking networks to maintainlinkages.

Chief Executive,Corporate Management Team,Director of P&T

Divisional Director UrbanRegenerationHeads of P&S and UrbanDesign

Changes in national and regionalpolicies and requirements

Medium Limited/ConfinedDelays to programme whilst revisionsnecessary. Possibility of stages beingrepeated. Impact on performanceassessment and PDG awards.

Continuous monitoring of policies as they develop andanticipation of changes inLDDs.

Divisional Director UrbanRegeneration and Heads of P&S and Urban Design.


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Risk Probability Impact Management Action ResponsibilityUnprecedented levels of objection

Medium Limited/ConfinedDelays to programme due tolengthening period of treatment. Impacton performance assessment and PDGawards.

Active and early engagementwith community and heeding of their views. Divert staff fromnon-LDF work.

Divisional Director UrbanRegeneration and Heads of P&S and Urban Design.

Legal and other challenges Low Minor Not able to adopt or adoption delayed.Impact on performance assessmentand PDG awards.

Rigorous compliance withregulations and guidance. Takedirection from GoL.

Corporate Legal ServicesDivisional Director UrbanRegeneration and Heads of P&S and Urban Design.

PINS unable to resource

examinations as per timetable

Medium Significant

Delay to programme. Impact onperformance assessment and PDGawards.

Maintain close liaison with

PINS. Agree with PINS beforeadoption.

Divisional Director Urban

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APPENDIX 6

GLOSSARY OF TERMSNot already explained in main part of the LDS

Adoption: The stage at which the Local Planning Authority deems a LDD is complete and can be usedfor taking planning decisions. The stage at which a LDD formally and finally supersedes its predecessor

as representing Council policy and proposals.

Independent Examination/Public Inquiry: All DPD’s or UDP’s are subject to independent examinationby the Planning Inspectorate. This usually takes the form of formal hearing, presided over by anInspector or Panel of Inspectors appointed by the Secretary of State to consider the ’soundness of theplan’ i.e. the robustness of the policies and proposals contained in the local authority DPD, UDP or other Local Development Document (LDD). Persons who have made a response on the LDD at the depositstage have the same right, as under the existing UDP process, if they so wish, to present their case atthe Independent Examination.

Inspectors Report: A report issued by the Inspector or Panel who conducted the IndependentExamination/Public Inquiry, setting out their conclusions on the matters raised and detailing amendmentswhich they require the local Planning Authority to make to the deposit version of the LDD. The Inspector’s

Report is binding On the Local Planning Authority.

London Plan: This is the Spatial Development Strategy for London adopted in February 2004 andprepared by the Mayor of London Office. Although it has been produced to provide a strategic frameworkfor the Borough’s LDF, it serves the same purpose for outgoing UDP’s (as in Croydon’s case). It also hasthe status of a development plan under the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act.

Planning Inspectorate (PINS) The Planning Inspectorate supply the independent inspectors and panelmembers who undertake examinations of plans/LDDs and inquiries into planning appeals. PINS needs toagree a LDS programme because it may need to schedule the supply of inspectors to undertakeexamination of LDDs.

Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS): Prepared by the Regional Planning Bodies, The RSS will set out the

policies in relation to the development and use of land in the region. In London, the London Plan (theRegional Development Framework for London) is the equivalent of the RSS. These documents will bestatutory under the new planning regime. The LDF is required to generally conform to this strategy.

Saved Policies: Policies and proposals that were either in a Development Plan adopted before thecommencement of the Act or in a Development Plan adopted since commencement under thetransitional arrangements that have:

- not yet been superseded by policies and proposals in a new LDD; and- will continue to be used by the local planning authority until superseded by a new LDD.

For Croydon, the only source of saved policies is now the Replacement Unitary Development Plan – TheCroydon Plan, which was completed and adopted under the transitional arrangements in July 2006.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): An assessment of the environmental impacts of the

policies and proposals contained within the LDF. The European ‘SEA Directive (2001/42/EC) requires aformal ‘environmental assessment’ of certain plans and programmes, including those relating to planningand land use issues.

Sustainability Appraisal (SA): A process combined with the SEA to examine the impact of policy andproposals and their assessment in terms of ensuring they result or lead towards achieving sustainabledevelopment.