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Local development framework

The Local Development Framework will provide a long-term development strategy for Rotherham, setting out policies and proposals for new housing, shopping and employment, and how you travel around and about the borough.

The Local Development Framework will eventually replace the existing Unitary Development Plan and will help to streamline the local planning process and promote a proactive & positive approach to managing development. It will help the Council decide on planning applications and promote Rotherham's continued regeneration whilst protecting and enhancing the natural environment.

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Annual Town Centre Surveys

Each year Forward Planning carry out surveys of all the town centres within Rotherham. More information and the latest town centre survey data is available here.

Employment Land Review

As part of providing a robust evidence base to help inform and prepare the Local Development Framework the Council has updated its Employment Land Review. Consultation is open until 23rd July 2010.

The document can be viewed, and comments made, through our online consultation portal. More details are available on our Employment Land Review page.

South Yorkshire Residential Design Guide

We are also consulting on on a draft of the South Yorkshire Residential Design Guide. Produced jointly with the other South Yorkshire authorities, it aims to provide robust urban and highway design guidance for planning applicants, agents, developers and designers.  It  promotes high quality design and development sensitive to its location.

For more information on viewing and commenting on the document please visit our website. Comments must be received by 4pm on Friday 23 July 2010.

Core Strategy Revised Options

More than 6,000 comments on the Revised Options for Rotherham's core strategy - the borough's development plan - are now published in a Final Feedback Report.

The report covers the key planning issues raised in the consultation last summer on three options to meet Rotherham's potential housing and employment needs up to 2026, and also includes the Council's general response in a summary table.  Detailed responses to each individual comment are published via the LDF Consultation Portal

The report and the council's response to individual comments are for information only and are not published for consultation.

Joint Waste Plan

Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Councils are working together to prepare the Joint Waste Plan.  This is a development plan document that will set out our planning strategy for managing all types of waste, across the three boroughs, up to 2026.  Once adopted it will form part of each borough's Local Development Framework. 

We are now consulting until 9th August 2010, on the pre-publication document.  This document sets out the proposed aims and policies that will be used to assess individual waste proposals and identifies suitable sites for large-scale waste management facilities. 

The consultation document and supporting documents can be viewed and downloaded from each Council's website. Joint Waste Plan

We have produced a short information film on the planning system, the film outlines how we guide development in the borough, what the LDF will cover and how it links to the Community Strategy. DVD copies of the film are available free of charge. You can play or download the film from the link below.

Planning Rotherham's Future (20.5 MB, running time 8 minutes)

All documents related to this page can be found via the "Downloads" link in the "Related items" area below.

For further information, please contact us.


Information on Local development framework