The Authority is constantly making decisions on development and in order that these decisions are made with confidence, a planning policy framework is essential. Policies are needed to allocate enough land for the County Borough’s future requirements and guidelines must be laid down to ensure that when development takes place, it is of good quality and does not adversely affect the area. It is within the context of these policies that rational and transparent decisions on planning applications can be made.
The Planning Policy section has responsibility for formulating and making public the Authority’s planning policies via Development Plans. The section also produces Development Briefs and Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG). Please use the following links to view existing publications.
For further information please contact The Group Leader (Planning Policy & Implementation).
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Local Housing Market Assessment
Please click on the link for the latest Local Housing Market Assessment (Nov 2010).
Community Infrastructure Levy
During October 2011, the Town Planning Division formally commenced work on implementing Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). A guide to CIL can be accessed via the link below, and this section of the website will be updated with further information/documentation concerning CIL when appropriate.
MTCBC - A guide to Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) - pdf (158kb)
Joint Housing Land Availability Study 2012
Joint Housing Land Availability Study 2012
