Supplementary Planning Documents

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) are slowly replacing Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) and provides additional details and information to support the Council in its role as the Local Planning Authority.

SPD gives more detail or can elaborate policies in existing Development Plan Documents. SPD that has undergone formal consultation and has been adopted, can be used to support the Council’s decision making process. It becomes a ‘material consideration’ in the determination of planning applications and appeals. Current SPds and former SPG available to download include the following:

Planning out crime in Northamptonshire (February 2004) - Adopted SPG on ‘Planning out Crime’ has been developed in partnership by Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Police, and the District and Borough Councils of Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire, and Wellingborough. The main aim of the SPG is to minimise crime and fear of crime by ensuring that new development incorporates crime prevention measures through design.

Parking (March 2003) - SPG on parking standards has been prepared collaboratively between the District and Borough Councils of Northamptonshire. The SPG provides a guide to the standards for parking provision considered appropriate for new built development.

Building on Tradition - The Rockingham Forest Countryside Design Summary (July 2000)
This Countryside Design Summary has been prepared by the Rockingham Forest Trust working together with Northamptonshire County Council, Kettering Borough Council, East Northamptonshire Council and Corby Borough Council.  The purpose of the Design Summary is to identify ways in which new development can be designed to harmonise with and enhance local character.  This document is available from the Rockingham Forest Trust for a small fee (ph: 01832 274278).

Public Open Space Guidance - This guidance has been prepared to provide a framework to promote a consistent approach in the development control decision making process.  It has been prompted by the publication of Revised Planning Policy Guidance contained in PPG17 and is intended as an interim document pending the undertaking of an open space audit and the development of Corby’s Local Development Framework.

Northamptonshire Planning Obligations and Local Education Authority School Provision SPG (Updated 2006)

 Sustainable Design SPD -  This Sustainable Design Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) is intended to provide guidance on policies within the North Northamptonshire Core Spatial Strategy that relate to design and sustainability. The checklist included in Appendix V of the SPD draws together the guidance set out and provides a framework for applicants for planning permission in producing Sustainable Design and Energy Statements.

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