Last updated: 14th July 2017

The Planning Policy team is responsible for providing planning policies to guide future development in the district.  These policies will be set out in the Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and Supplmentary Planning Documents (SPDs) listed below.

The Planning Policy Website

• To navigate through our pages please either use the Planning Policy menu on the left of the screen (or bottom on some mobile devices); or  
• use the Planning Policy Index which lists all of the pages available within the Planning Policy website which is kept as up-to-date as possible.

Highlights:

• The Placemaking Plan - Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Placemaking Plan was formally adopted by the Council on 13th July 2017. 
• A review of the Houses in Multiple Occupation SPD is being undertaken and an informal consultation took place in May 2017
• Comments received on the Core Strategy Commencement Document have been published.  
• A Call for Sites has issued with information requested by Wednesday 8th March 2017.
• Details of the current planning policy framework for Bath & North East Somerset can be found via this link
• The Local Development Scheme (LDS) includes the published programme and timetable of forthcoming Planning Policy work.  Please consult it as it is updated when the programme or schedule changes.  Summary information can also be found on the Local Development Framework (LDF) page.

If you cannot find the information you want, or if any hyperlinks are broken, please contact the Planning Policy Team using the contact details available on this page.

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