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Local Plan - Supplementary Planning Guidance

The District Council  produce a range of Supplementary Planning Guidance to expand upon the policies of the Local Plan. The guidance includes development briefs, design guides and policy specific guidance and is intended to be used alongside and to complement and inform upon the application of Local Plan policy and Government Guidance.

A consultation exercise, designed to ensure that the public, businesses, developers and interest groups have the chance to express their views, is carried out as part of the production of the SPG and usually lasts for 6 weeks, following which the SPG may be revised.

Title of SPG	Date of Adoption/Endorsement as Supplementary Planning Guidance	Availability
Development Briefs
Chapel Street, Honiton	Adopted 13.10.04	EDDC/Webpage
Orcombe Point, Exmouth (5361KB - 06 January 2006 - PDF Help)	Adopted 2004	EDDC
Marcus Road, Exmouth	Draft	EDDC
Hillcrest School, Exmouth Development Brief	Adopted August 2005	EDDC/Webpage
Planning and Design Brief- The Rousdon Estate	Adopted 31.01.02	EDDC/Webpage
Shopfront Practice Notes
Exmouth Shopfronts Design Guide	Adopted 10.12.03	EDDC
Seaton Town Centre Conservation Area Shopfronts Practice Notes	Adopted 31.01.02	EDDC
Sidmouth Town Centre Conservation Area Shopfronts Practice Notes	November 1988 but adopted 31.01.02	EDDC
Other SPG
New Community	Adopted April 05	EDDC/Webpage
Affordable Housing (263KB - 21 August 2009 - PDF Help)	Draft	EDDC/Webpage
Recreational Areas Strategy (7744KB - 12 December 2011 - PDF Help)	Draft	EDDC
Re-use and Adaptation of Disused or Redundant Buildings	Adopted 18.05.05	EDDC/Webpage
Exmouth Cycle Strategy	Endorsed 11.03.08	EDDC/Webpage
Trees in New Development	Draft	EDDC
Parish Plans and Village Design Statements can be accessed individually though the following links:- Parish Plans Village Design Statements

If you would like to be informed of forthcoming SPG please contact  the Local Plan section on 01395 516551 or email ldf@eastdevon.gov.uk   Following the consultation period, and subject to any amendments,  the guidance will be adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance to the East Devon Local Plan.  

The Government provide a more detailed explanation of the role of Supplementary Planning Guidance in Planning Policy Guidance Note 12:

"Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) does not form part of the plan. It can take the form of design guides or area development briefs, or supplement other specific policies in a plan. SPG must itself be consistent with national and regional planning guidance, as well as the policies set out in the adopted development plan. It should be clearly cross-referenced to the relevant plan policy or proposal which it supplements. It should be issued separately from the plan and made publicly available; consultation should be undertaken, and the status of the SPG should be made clear. SPG should be reviewed on a regular basis alongside reviews of the development plan policies or proposals to which it relates.

While only the policies in the development plan can have the status that Section 38 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 provides in deciding planning applications, SPG may be taken into account as a material planning consideration. The Secretary of State will give substantial weight in making decisions on matters that come before him to SPG which derives out of and is consistent with the development plan, and has been prepared in the proper manner. SPG should be prepared in consultation with the general public, businesses, and other interested parties and their views should be taken into account before it is finalised. It should then be the subject of a council resolution to adopt it as supplementary guidance. On adoption, a statement of the consultation undertaken, the representations received and the local authorities response to those representations should be made available with each copy of the SPG.

SPG can play a valuable role in supplementing plan policies and proposals. However, it is emphasised that SPG must not be used to avoid subjecting to public scrutiny, in accordance with the statutory procedures, policies and proposals which should be included in the plan. Plan policies should not attempt to delegate the criteria for decisions on planning applications to SPG or to development briefs.

Page last updated on 24 May 2012