What is the Local Development Framework (LDF)?

The purpose of the Local Development Framework is to set out the planning policies for the Lewes District.

If you wish to find out what is happening at the moment with the LDF please click here to learn more about exactly what the Local Development Framework is please read the rest of this page.

Background

As from the end of September 2004, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 came into operation.   This means that the review of the existing District Local Plan will take the form of the Local Development Framework (LDF). Until it is in place the Local Plan will remain the statutory planning document.  

The Local Development Framework will consist of a portfolio of local development documents that set out the spatial planning strategy for the District Council area. In summary, the contents of the Local Development Framework are set out in the following document: 

 Local Development Framework (45k, plan_LDFdiagram.pdf)

For an interactive guide to Local Development Frameworks provided by the Planning Portal please click on the following link - Interactive Guide to LDFs

For more details about LDFs it is suggested that you look at the Government Office for the South East's web site at http://www.go-se.gov.uk/. Also, the Council has produced a summary leaflet entitled  "The Brave New World of Local Development Frameworks" (256kb, plan_braveNewleaflet.pdf). A hard copy of the leaflet is available from the Planning Services reception.  

Desperately Seeking LDF

The Council has prepared a short introductory film, setting out what the LDF is about for those people with little, or no, knowledge of the planning system. A trailer for the film, called 'Desperately Seeking LDF' can be viewed by following the link below.

To view the film you will need a copy of Quick Time on your computer. If you do not have a copy you can download the software free from www.apple.com/quicktime/download/.

  Desperately Seeking LDF (1,040kb, plan_ldftrailer.mp4)

You can also view a  press release and stills (61kb, plan_desperate.pdf) from the film and a  transcript (16kb, plan_LDFTranscript.pdf) of the text for the hard of hearing.

The film can be purchased on DVD for £30 plus postage and packaging from the Planning Services Department. Please contact Planning Policy, Administration Assistant. Tel: 01273 484449 or email: ldf@lewes.gov.uk

If you would like any further information on the LDF process at Lewes District please contact  either: Kate Stevenson, Senior Planner, Tel: 01273 484417,email: kate.stevenson@lewes.gov.uk, Clare Flowers, Senior Planner, Tel: 01273 484411, email: clare.flowers@lewes.gov.uk , or Robert King, Senior Planner, Tel: 01273 484446, email: robert.king@lewes.gov.uk  

Or email: ldf@lewes.gov.uk

For further information and details on the new planning system overall it is suggested that you look at the Government Office for the South East’s website at http://www.go-se.gov.uk/ which provides all the latest consultation papers on the new system.

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The LDF will eventually replace the Lewes District Local Plan. It is made up of several different documents as follows:

Local Development Scheme >
Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) >
Core Strategy >
'Saved' Policies >
Sustainability Appraisal >
Development Opportunites Development Plan Document >
Other Development Plan Documents >
Area Action Plans >
Community Engagement >
Background reports >
Annual Monitoring Report 2007 >
Supplementary Planning Documents >
Checklist for all potential new development sites >