Christchurch Local Development Plan

We are currently producing a new Local Plan which will consider a variety of planning issues, combining to set out the council's policies for the future development of the borough.

The main priorities are currently the production of:

• Christchurch Local Plan Review

• The Gypsy & Traveller Sites DPD (joint document)

The council has also published its Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) which sets out how the public and stakeholders will be involved in the Local Plan and on planning applications. An Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) is published in December each year and reviews the performance of policies in the adopted Core Strategy, saved policies of the Christchurch Local Plan (2001), as well as monitoring key performance indicators.

Evidence gathering

The team has already completed a number of significant studies to inform the evidence base for the LDF. These include:

• An Open Space, Sport and Recreation Assessment

• An Employment Land Review (Stages 1 - 2 not published) 

• A Strategic Housing Market Assessment

• A Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

• A Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment

• A Joint Retail Study

• An Economic Study of Development Land at Bournemouth Airport

• Affordable Housing Development Viability Study

• Christchurch Urban Extension - (Core Strategy Policy & Master Planning Document)
• Green Infrastructure Study

• Airport Ecological Study

Stay informed

Some important decisions have to be made about what Christchurch will be like in the period up to 2033, and the council needs as many people as possible to be involved in planning the future of the area. The Local Plan interest reply form provides you with an opportunity to get involved and to let us know how you prefer to be contacted.