Development in Waveney is guided by:

Adopted Local Plan (1996)
Interim Local Plan (2004)

Additional Guidance
Local Planning Guidance on affordable housing, open space and an implementation note on North Denes caravan site.

What is a Local Plan? 
A Local Plan sets out the policies which are used to make decisions when people apply for planning permission and identifies sites for future development.

Why two Local Plans?
The Interim Local Plan takes the opportunity to update the Adopted Local Plan. It also takes account of changes in Government policy since then, and looks forward to 2016. It is used for development control purposes, as representing the Council's emerging policies, alongside the existing Adopted Local Plan. The Interim Local Plan did not go through the full statutory process due to the desire to prepare the documents under the new plan making system, the Local Development Framework as soon as possible.

What happens next?
The Waveney Local Plan is gradually being replaced by the Local Development Framework. This will be used in the same way as the Local Plan, but will be made up of a number of smaller documents instead of one large Local Plan, enabling people to get involved earlier in the plan making process.

Contacting the Planning Policy Team:
Telephone: 01502 523029
Email: planningpolicy@waveney.gov.uk