The Local Development Framework intends to 'provide a strong strategic framework to promote investment, guide development and safeguard the built and natural environment'
Our Core Strategy sets out the overall planning vision and framework for the city from 2006 to 2021 and beyond
Area Action Plans (AAPs) are planning policy documents which deliver significant changes in key growth areas, and which conserve the city's historic assets
Development Plan Documents (DPDs) are planning policy documents which make up the Local Development Framework (LDF)
The Local Development Framework has to be soundly based on a robust, credible evidence base
The Local Development Framework (LDF) is made up of a number of documents which together set out the vision, strategy and policies for change
Sustainability Appraisals/Strategic Environmental Assessments (SAs/SEAs) are a process of appraising the social, environmental and economic effects of plans strategies and policies from the outset of plan preparation
Following changes in the national planning system the South West Regional Assembly is currently producing a new Regional Spatial Strategy covering the period 2006 to 2026
The North Prospect Estate is in the process of substantial change in the form of a major renewal and refurbishment project