Local Development Scheme (LDS)

The Local Development Scheme (LDS) describes the documents that Hart District Council intends to produce within its Local Development Framework (LDF) and sets out the processes for their preparation and adoption.

It incorporates a timetable (Project Plan) for their production, along with details of when the public will be invited to participate, and also identifies the resources required, potential constraints and monitoring schedule.

The LDS also identifies those policies in the existing Hart District Local Plan that are to be replaced by proposed Local Development Documents (LDDs).

The Council’s LDS became effective on 5th April 2005 and is constantly monitored with quarterly updates and formal annual reports to the Government Office for the South East (GOSE).

• LDS Document (effective from 5th April 2005)
  PDF document - 378 KB
• LDS Project Plan (effective from 5th April 2005)
  PDF document - 71 KB

Discussions are currently ongoing with GOSE to amend the proposed timetable. The proposed amendments to the timetable for Development Plan Documents (DPDs) are detailed below but please note that these dates are provisional and subject to confirmation from GOSE.

Further information regarding Development Plan Documents and their context within the Local Development Framework can be found in Planning Policy Statement 12 (PPS12).

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