Development in Waveney is controlled by:

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

What is a Local Plan?

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

The Interim Local Plan (2004) takes the opportunity to update the present Adopted Local Plan (1996) It also takes account of changes in Government policy since then, and looks forward to 2016. It will be 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.

Local Planning Guidance


What happens next?

Over the next few years, the policies in the Waveney Local Plan will gradually be 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. The introduction of the Local Development Framework. will enable people to get involved earlier in the plan making process.

Contacting the Planning Policy Team:

Telephone: 01502 523029
Email: planningpolicy@waveney.gov.uk