The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, as amended by the Localism Act 2011, requires us to prepare and maintain a Local Development Scheme which sets out the proposed timeframe for the preparation of planning policy documents.

We prepared a draft Local Development Scheme that was agreed by Cabinet in March 2025. This principally concerned the key milestones for the preparation of the draft BCP Local Plan which is at examination and its proposed review. Following Cabinet the Inspectors examining the draft BCP Local Plan have written to us recommending the plan is withdrawn from examination. The Council are now considering the next steps, this will result in a further update of the Local Development Scheme which will be published here in due course.