Until April 2019 Christchurch Borough Council and East Dorset District Council were working on a review of the Local Plan. All the evidence generated is now being used to inform the Dorset Council Local Plan development.
What is the scope of the Local Plan Review?
This is an important document which will fully review policies contained in the Core Strategy (adopted in 2014), and older "saved" policies from the Christchurch Borough Local Plan 2001, and the East Dorset District Local Plan 2002. It was originally intended that these would be consolidated into a single plan, however as a result of Local Government Re-organisation, both Councils agreed in February 2018 to produce separate local plans for Christchurch and for East Dorset.
The new local plans review the general development strategy and major allocations set out in the Core Strategy, consider additional major allocations, and review the suite of general and specific policies contained in that document.
The Local Plan Reviews will also contain detailed development management policies for certain forms of development, as well as smaller allocations and designations in existing urban areas, or in some cases rural areas.
Options consultation
An options consultation ended on 3 September 2018. It set out the major policy issues and a range of possible policy options for addressing them. The consultation documents are below:
- Christchurch Local Plan Review Option Consultation July 2018
- East Dorset Local Plan Review Option Consultation July 2018 PART 1
- East Dorset Local Plan Review Option Consultation July 2018 PART 2
- Corrections to the Sturminster Marshall Chapter in the East Dorset Local Plan Review
- Summary of the comments received during the East Dorset Local Plan Review Options Consultation
Regulation 18 consultation 2016
The Regulation 18 Consultation on the scope of the Local Plan Review, including a 'call for sites' took place between September and November 2016.
These documents were supported by a series of appraisals:
- Christchurch Local Plan Review Habitats Regulation Assessment Screening Report
- Christchurch Local Plan Review Sustainability Appraisal Report
- Christchurch Local Plan Review Sustainability Appraisal Appendices
- East Dorset Local Plan Review Habitats Regulation Assessment Screening Report
- East Dorset Local Plan Review Sustainability Appraisal Report
- East Dorset Local Plan Review Sustainability Appraisal Appendices
We have also included a summary of the comments received during the Local Plan Part 2 consultation undertaken during March and April 2015, for which the issues are now covered by this full Local Plan Review:
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Comments received during the Local Plan Review Regulation 18 Consultation
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Comments received during the Local Plan Part 2 Regulation 18 Consultation April 2015
The councils' responses to the comments received are as follows:
- Regulation 18 Issues Response Schedule
- Regulation 18 Christchurch Sites Response Schedule
- Regulation 18 East Dorset Sites Response Schedule
The following are the maps for the sites suggested to us and can be matched to the comments by the 'Comment ID' number:
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Local Plan Review Regulation 18 Submitted Sites in Christchurch
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Local Plan Review Regulation 18 Submitted Sites in East Dorset (Part 1)
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Local Plan Review Regulation 18 Submitted Sites in East Dorset
Supporting evidence
Christchurch Borough Council (CBC) and East Dorset District Council (EDDC) undertook a number of studies in order to better understand the potential impacts of our Local Plans (Formally Local Development Frameworks).
These studies provide credible and robust evidence with which to inform documents and policies produced for the Local Plans.
- Population and household projections
- Christchurch's Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
- East Dorset's Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
- East Dorset affordable housing viability study
- East Dorset housing options masterplan reports
- Christchurch and East Dorset employment land review
- Retail study for Corfe Mullen and West Parley
- North and North East Dorset transport study
- Wimborne Minster transport model
- East Dorset Strategic Flood Risk Assessment level 1
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and East Dorset joint retail and leisure study
- Christchurch Strategic Flood risk Assessment level 2
- Parley Cross potential junction improvements study
- Open space sport and recreation assessment
- The Bournemouth Airport Ecological study to support appropriate assessments
- Landscape Sensitivity to wind and solar energy development
- Green belt assessment
- Alderholt potential development initial transport study