Development Plan Documents

Mid Suffolk District Council is in the process of preparing 8 Development Plan Documents (DPDs) which form Mid Suffolk's Local Development Framework (LDF).  Choose a DPD that you interested in by selecting from the list on the left.


Preparing a Development Plan Document

Stages of preparing a Development Plan Document (DPD):

  1. Pre-production – survey and evidence gathering leading to decision to include a development plan document in the local development scheme
  2. Production – preparation of preferred options in consultation with the community, formal consultation on these, and preparation and submission of the development plan document in light of the representations on the preferred options
  3. Examination – the independent examination into the soundness of the plan
  4. Adoption – the inspector’s report, with recommendations binding on the authority, then adoption.

Consultation/engagement from early stage in considering issues and alternative options. Also two periods of statutory consultation ( 6 weeks ), for public participation on preferred options and on submission of DPD.