Local Development Framework - Documents

This section provides you with every downloadable document available to the public as part of the Local Development Framework, as well as other useful links to Government departments for planning related issues. New documents will be posted here as they they are produced.

You may find it useful to read our Help before downloading information.

This page contains the following resource information about the Local Development Framework:

Local Development Framework Core Strategy
Site Identification Consultation
Local Development Scheme
Adopted Statement of Community Involvement
Site Specific Allocations
Town Centre Area Action Plan
Supplementary Planning Documents
LDF Annual Monitoring Report 2006 - 2007
LDF Annual Monitoring Report 2005 - 2006
LDF Annual Monitoring Report 2004 - 2005
LDF Evidence Base
LDF Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
Other Useful Websites

Shaping Hastings Core Strategy Preferred Approaches

The following documents are available to download in two versions:

Local Development Framework Core Strategy Preferred Approaches (.pdf 1,353KB)
Local Development Framework Core Strategy Preferred Approaches (.pdf 967KB) (non-accessible printed version)

Please note that there is an error on the second sentence of paragraph 10.4 of these documents. The total floor space figure of 36,650m² should read 26,650m².

Sustainability Appraisal of Core Strategy Issues and Options and Preferred Approaches:

Non Technical Summary

Hastings Local Development Framework Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Non-Technical Summary (.pdf 292KB)
Hastings Local Development Framework Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Non-Technical Summary (.pdf 641KB) (non-accessible printed version)

Full Document - Consultation Version:

This document has been split into sections of a size suitable for downloading. Alternatively you can download the full document.

Contents (.pdf 76KB)
Summary and Outcomes (.pdf 180KB)
Appraisal Methodology (.pdf 97KB)
Background (.pdf 111KB)
Stage A - Sustainability Objectives, Baseline and Context (.pdf 372KB)
Developing the Core Strategy Options (.pdf 362KB)
Preferred Approaches (.pdf 251KB)
Implementation (.pdf 94KB)
Appendix A - Plans, Policies, Programmes and Sustainability Objectives (.pdf 98KB)
Appendix B - Baseline Review (.pdf 367KB)
Appendix C - The Sustainability Appraisal Framework (.pdf 150KB)
Appendix D - Detailed Assessment of Core Strategy Issues and Options Objectives and Sustainability Objectives (.pdf 93KB)
Appendix E - Appraisal of the Core Strategy Issues and Options (.pdf 952KB)
Appendix G - Core Strategy Preferred Approaches (.pdf 103KB)
Appendix H - Appraisal of the Core Strategy Preferred Options (.pdf 197KB)

Sustainability Appraisal Issues and Options and Preferred Approaches - Full Document (.pdf 3,255KB)

Appropriate Assessment

We are required under this Directive to prepare an Appropriate Assessment (AA) to inform our Sustainability Appraisal and Core Strategy. The AA tests whether the Core Strategy is likely to have an adverse impact on the integrity of the Hastings Cliffs Special Area of Conservation (SAC) or the Pevensey Levels Ramsar site, both internationally designated areas.

The first stages of the Appropriate Assessment have now been carried out, and the document is now available on request.

To receive a copy of the Appropriate Assessment, prepared alongside the Sustainability Appraisal Report please contact us.

Site Identification Consultation

As part of its Local Development Framework (LDF), Hastings Borough Council will be producing a Site Allocations Development Plan Document (Site Allocations DPD).

As part of its development process we are contacting individuals and organisations who may wish to put forwards sites that they think are suitable for development in the coming years. We are primarily looking for information about sites that may be suitable for housing development that will subsequently be included in our Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA), but you may wish to suggest sites that are suitable for other types of development or a mix of development types.

The form should be completed to suggest sites that you think Hastings Borough Council should be researching for possible inclusion in the Site Allocations DPD. They should be sites that will be available for development over the next 20 years.

If you would like an electronic copy of the form please e-Mail: fplanning@hastings.gov.uk with 'Site Identification Consultation' in the subject box.

Please use a separate form for each site and complete as much of the form as you can. Please ensure that you also submit a map detailing the boundary of the site. We may contact you for further details at a later stage.

The inclusion of any site in this study does not indicate that it would successfully obtain planning consent for development. The non-inclusion of a site in this study does not in any way preclude future development on it, providing it meets planning policy at that time.

Please return your completed forms by 4pm Friday 18 April 2008, with maps clearly identifying the boundary of the site via e-Mail to: fplanning@hastings.gov.uk, placing 'Site Identification Consultation' in the subject box or by post to:
Forward Planning Team
Hastings Borough Council
Regeneration and Planning
Century House
100 Menzies Road
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN39 9BB

Guidance on completing the form:

Please use a separate form for each site and provide as much information as you can.

Do submit sites that:

Are likely to be available for development or redevelopment in the next 20 years;
Could accommodate 6 or more dwellings if for residential use.

Do not submit sites that:

Are already allocated in the Adopted Local Plan 2004 for housing, employment or any other use similar to that you are suggesting.
Already have planning permission for development if that development is the same as what you are suggesting

Download the Site Allocations Development Plan Form

Site Allocations Development Plan Form (.pdf 114KB)

Local Development Scheme - Latest version: April 2007

Local Development Scheme - Latest version: April 2007 (.pdf 493KB)

Adopted Statement of Community Involvement

Adopted version of the Statement of Community Involvement (.pdf 287KB)

Shaping Hastings - Core Strategy Issues and Options

The following documents are available to download in two versions:

Hastings Local Development Framework Core Strategy Issues and Options (.pdf 428KB)
Hastings Local Development Framework Core Strategy Issues and Options (.pdf 1,066KB) (non-accessible printed version)

The Consultation on this document took place between 30 October and 8 December 2006.

There are three different ways to read the responses to the Consultation:

1. Overview - 10 page summary of all the comments made:

Consultation Overview (.pdf 84KB)

2. Summary - 120 page document summarising comments and responses:

Consultation Summary (.pdf 840KB)

3. Consultation Catalogue - all the comments received:

Consultation Catalogue: Chapter 4 (.pdf 274KB)
Consultation Catalogue: Chapter 5 (.pdf 130KB)
Consultation Catalogue: Chapter 6 (.pdf 512KB)
Consultation Catalogue: Chapter 7 (.pdf 100KB)
Consultation Catalogue: Chapter 8 (.pdf 346KB)
Consultation Catalogue: Chapter 9 (.pdf 141KB)
Consultation Catalogue: Chapter 10 (.pdf 157KB)
Consultation Catalogue: Chapter 11 (.pdf 229KB)
Consultation Catalogue: Chapter 12 (.pdf 210KB)

We will now consider responses made and use them to prepare a more detailed version called 'Shaping Hastings - Core Strategy Preferred Options'. Read more information about the Core Strategy.

Site Specific Allocations

Documents will be available on the website when produced.

Please visit the LDF Timeline page for more information.

Town Centre Area Action Plan

Documents will be available on the website when produced.

Please visit the LDF Timeline page for more information.

Supplementary Planning Documents

Shopfronts and Advertisements

Householder Development

Supplementary Planning Document - Householder Development: Sustainable Design (.pdf 114KB)
Sustainability Appraisal Report (.pdf 164KB)

Roof Materials for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
Replacement Doors and Windows for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas

Supplementary Planning Document 1 - Roof Materials for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas (.pdf 158KB)
Supplementary Planning Document 2 - Replacement Doors and Windows for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas (.pdf 187KB)
Sustainability Appraisal Report (.pdf 79KB)

LDF Annual Monitoring Report 2006 - 2007

Executive Summary (.pdf 65KB)
Appendices (.pdf 69KB)
Section 1a - Setting The Scene (.pdf 44KB)
Section 1b - Setting The Scene (.pdf 67KB)
Section 1c - Setting The Scene (.pdf 68KB)
Section 1d - Setting The Scene (.pdf 57KB)
Section 2 - Housing (.pdf 111KB)
Section 2 - Business Development (.pdf 73KB)
Section 2 - Transport (.pdf 40KB)
Section 2 - Local Services (.pdf 51KB)
Section 2 - Flood Protection and Water Quality (.pdf 25KB)
Section 2 - Biodiversity (.pdf 50KB)
Section 2 - Renewable Energy (.pdf 26KB)
Section 3 - Local Development Document Preparation (.pdf 50KB)
Section 4 - Self Assessment (.pdf 25KB)
Map 1: Bus/Walk access to Surgeries in and around Hastings (.pdf 91KB)
Map 2: Bus, Rail, Walk access to Conquest Hospital (.pdf 145KB)
Map 3: Bus/Walk access to Schools in and around Hastings (.pdf 93KB)
Map 4: Bus/Rail/Walk access to Industrial Estates (.pdf 144KB)
Map 5: Bus/Rail/Walk access to Hastings Town Centre (.pdf 143KB)

LDF Annual Monitoring Report 2005 - 2006

Executive Summary (.pdf 33KB)
Section 1a - Setting The Scene (.pdf 48KB)
Section 1b - Setting The Scene (.pdf 58KB)
Section 1c - Setting The Scene (.pdf 61KB)
Section 1d - Setting The Scene (.pdf 63KB)
Section 2 - Housing (.pdf 108KB)
Section 2 - Business Development (.pdf 68KB)
Section 2 - Transport (.pdf 41KB)
Section 2 - Local Services (.pdf 51KB)
Section 2 - Flood Protection and Water Quality (.pdf 24KB)
Section 2 - Biodiversity (.pdf 46KB)
Section 2 - Renewable Energy (.pdf 30KB)
Section 3 - Local Development Document Preparation (.pdf 48KB)
Appendices (.pdf 58KB)
Map 1: Proportion of Population within 20 minutes of an Employment Centre (.pdf 3,261KB)
Map 2: Proportion of Population within 15 minutes of a GP surgery (.pdf 3,228KB)
Map 3: Proportion of Population within 30 minutes of a hospital (.pdf 3,185KB)
Map 4: Proportion of Population within 15 minutes of a Major Centre (.pdf 3,173KB)
Map 5: Proportion of Population within 20 minutes of a primary/secondary school (.pdf 3,250KB)
Final Version Saved Policies (.pdf 302KB)

LDF Annual Monitoring Report 2004 - 2005

Annual Monitoring Report 2004 - 2005 (.pdf 866KB)
Annual Monitoring Report 2004 - 2005: Appendix (.pdf 79KB)
Annual Monitoring Report 2004 - 2005: Appendix 3a Hastings Priority Habitats (.pdf 1,020KB)
Annual Monitoring Report 2004 - 2005: Appendix 3b Protected Species and Rare Species Records (.pdf 1,614KB)

LDF Evidence Base

Housing Needs Survey - Summary Report (.pdf 443KB)
Hastings and Rother Housing Market Assessment 2006 (this document is available on Rother District Council's website)

LDF Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report - Revised

Revised Scoping Report (.pdf 310KB)
Revised Appendix A - Review of Plans, Programmes and Policies (PPPS) (.pdf 183KB)
Revised Appendix B - Baseline Review (.pdf 366KB)

Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report - Draft

Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (.pdf 238KB)
English Heritage response (.pdf 23KB)
English Nature response (.pdf 62KB)
Countryside Agency response (.pdf 388KB)
Countryside Agency response (.pdf 439KB)
Countryside Agency response (.pdf 384KB)
Countryside Agency response (.pdf 200KB)
Environmental Agency response (.pdf 391KB)
Environmental Agency response (.pdf 419KB)
Environmental Agency response (.pdf 471KB)
Environmental Agency response (.pdf 318KB)

Other Useful Websites

East Sussex County Council
South East Regional Assembly (for information on the South East Plan)
Department of Communities and Local Government
Government Office for the South East
Planning Portal (for further Local Development Framework information)

This page last updated: 06/06/2008

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