Local Development Scheme

The County Council is responsible for the preparation of a Minerals and Waste Development Framework.  The framework will consist of a number of documents relating to mineral and waste matters.  Included within this framework is the 'Local Development Scheme',

The Local Development Scheme is a public statement setting out the programme for the production of development plan documents the County Council will be undertaking over the next three years.

All Development Plan Documents prepared by the Council, including the Waste Core Strategy, must be prepared in accordance with this timetable.

• Current Local Development Scheme
• Previous Local Development Schemes

Current Local Development Scheme (2011)

The current Local Development Scheme  (PDF 279KB) (November 2011) came into effect on 3rd November 2011. It was updated to reflect timetable changes resulting from the additional consultation on the Addendum to the Submission Document. This consultation had not previously been anticipated and had implications for the anticipated submission and examination dates.

Previous Local Development Schemes

The Council's first Minerals and Waste Development Scheme became operative on 13th April 2005 and was revised in 2006. This related to the withdrawn Waste Core Strategy.

• A revised Minerals and Waste Development Scheme  (PDF 207KB) was approved by the Secretary of State and became operative from 29th August 2008. This Local Development Scheme set out a timetable for the Waste Core Strategy which is currently being prepared. It is this Local Development Scheme which was replaced by the 2010 revision.
• The Local Development Scheme (2010)  (PDF 207KB)  was approved by the Council's Cabinet on 16th September 2010. The Local Development Scheme was then forwarded to Government Office for the West Midlands who had 4 weeks to object to it. They made no objections so the Local Development Scheme came into effect on 1st November 2010.
• The Local Development Scheme (March 2011) (PDF 207KB)  revised the previous version of the Local Development Scheme to include reference to the proposed consultation on the "First Draft Submission" Stage of the Waste Core Strategy. This was not previously included in the previous Local Development Scheme. The scheme is otherwise unaltered.

The current Local Development Scheme came into effect in November 2011 (see above).