Core Strategy DPD
What is the Core Strategy?
The Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD) forms an essential part of the Local Plan for Bradford setting the strategic planning framework and policies to guide development within the District up to 2030.
The Core Strategy:
- sets out the broad aims and objectives for sustainable development within the Bradford District for the next 15 to 20 years until 2030.
- sets out broad policies for guiding and restraining development.
- sets out the broad locations for new housing, employment and infrastructure investment.
- covers a broad range of important policy topics, including housing, employment, transport, retail, leisure and environmental policy areas
- takes account of national and regional planning policy along with the Council’s Community Strategy.
- does not allocate specific sites for new housing and employment development.
- helps to determine planning applications.
Adopted Core Strategy
The Core Strategy was adopted by Bradford Council on 18 July 2017, after being found sound by the Inspector appointed to oversee the public examination process, subject to the inclusion of the Main Modifications set out in the Appendix to his report.
The Core Strategy forms part of the statutory Development Plan for the Bradford District and will be used in determining planning applications alongside other adopted Local Plan documents. The Council will continue to have regard to the remaining RUDP 'saved' policies.
The key stages within the production of the Core Strategy are available within the various boxes below.
A hard copy of the adopted plan has been made available at the usual deposit locations.
You can view the full version of the adopted Core Strategy (PDF, 8 Mb)
Files
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- 09 Holding Direction (October 2016)
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Holding Direction Bradford Core Strategy.pdf | 268 Kb |
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Withdrawal of Core Strategy Holding Direction.pdf | 523 Kb |
On Monday 10 October 2016 the Minister of State (Housing and Planning) issued a direction under section 21A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (inserted by section 145(5) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016) to the City of Bradford Metropolitan Council not to take any step in connection with the adoption of the Core Strategy. The Holding Direction was triggered at the request of Philip Davies MP and allows the Minster time to consider the issues raised by him before determining whether to formally intervene under Section 21 of the 2004 Act.
Following consideration of the matters raised in by Philip Davies the Gavin Barwell Minister of State (Housing and Planning) has formally withdrawn the holding direction in his letter dated 28 March 2017. This now allows the Council to proceed towards the adoption of the Core Strategy. The Council will now look to take the Core Strategy Inspectors Report forward for consideration at the earliest available meeting of Executive and Full Council.