Supplementary Planning Documents

1.15 Throughout the Plan, reference is made to planning guidance and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD). Under the new planning act all existing Supplementary Planning Guidance will lose its formal status when this Replacement Local Plan is adopted and will become informal planning guidance. These documents will undergo review during the lifetime of the Replacement St Edmundsbury Borough Local Plan 2016 and will be formally replaced by SPD. Government guidance on the content of development plans states that SPD should be used to support rather than substitute the policies in a plan. Accordingly, the SPD which will be produced by the Borough Council will support the policies of this Plan. All SPD will be the subject of appropriate levels of consultation prior to formal adoption, in accordance with government regulations and the borough council’s Statement of Community Involvement. All SPD will undergo a Sustainability Appraisal and, where required, Strategic Environmental Assessment.

1.16 Planning Guidance and SPD will be used to expand the policies of the Plan and applications for development should, where appropriate, have regard to the content of such guidance.