Timetable for the Local Plan Review
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets a requirement that Local Plans are reviewed to assess whether they need updating at least once every five years. They should then be updated as necessary.
The Local Development Scheme (LDS) is a public statement of the Dartmoor National Park Authority’s Local Plan preparation programme and sets out the ‘timetable’ for reviewing the Local Plan.
The LDS must publicly set out which local development documents we are to prepare, which of these are development plan documents, which area they cover, whether they are to be prepared with another authority and the timetable against which they will be prepared. It does not set a process or timescale for the updating of those polices, which the review process may identify as in need of updating. This process would take place after the conclusion of the review.
Whilst outside the necessary scope of this LDS, it also sets out the indicative timescale for the preparation of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD).