Tenterden and Rural Sites Development Plan Document Issues and Options

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Please note we are in the process of transferring to a new consultation portal system and the consultation responses on this consultation may be temporarily unavailable to view whilst we make this transition.

The Tenterden and Rural Sites Development Plan Document (DPD) will be part of the Local Development Framework (LDF). Its principal role is to identify new sites for development outside the Ashford Growth Area, but it will also include several topic-based planning policies that cover specific rural planning issues.

The DPD is now at an 'Issues and Options' stage. This initial stage is designed to highlight the main planning policy issues that are facing the rural parts of the Borough and outline what the main options are for addressing those issues. It represents an early opportunity for you to let the Council know your opinions and to help influence the content of the DPD as it takes shape. These issues are referred to in Section 2 of this Report.

The Council has already, as part of this Issues and Options stage, undertaken some preliminary background work and initial consultation exercises.

In July 2007, landowners/stakeholders were invited, by advertisement, to submit sites that they felt were suitable for development in the rural area. This information allowed the Council to gauge an initial understanding as to the location and current availability of any rural land being promoted.

In addition to the site submission exercise, the Council has also been involved in a series of Rural Community Workshops in Tenterden and the villages that are mentioned in policy CS6 of the Councils Submitted Core Strategy, as these are the places where the Council has decided it should look first for suitable development sites.

The workshops gave the opportunity for an invited cross section of the local community to discuss the issues facing their settlement and the options for development in that location. All of the outcomes from the different workshops have been incorporated in this Issues and Options Report in section 1 and there is an opportunity for you to comment on these outcomes and on some specific questions that arise from them.

In publishing this Report, we must stress that the Council has made no decisions in respect of any of the potential sites or topic-related options referred to in this report. The views expressed in the village workshops are those of the local residents and stakeholders who participated in those events - you may or may not agree with their conclusions or you may have other suggestions that you would like to put forward, but whichever way you feel, we would like to hear from you.

This consultation has now closed.

Please note we are in the process of transferring to a new consultation portal system and the consultation responses on this consultation may be temporarily unavailable to view whilst we make this transition.

The Tenterden and Rural Sites Development Plan Document (DPD) will be part of the Local Development Framework (LDF). Its principal role is to identify new sites for development outside the Ashford Growth Area, but it will also include several topic-based planning policies that cover specific rural planning issues.

The DPD is now at an 'Issues and Options' stage. This initial stage is designed to highlight the main planning policy issues that are facing the rural parts of the Borough and outline what the main options are for addressing those issues. It represents an early opportunity for you to let the Council know your opinions and to help influence the content of the DPD as it takes shape. These issues are referred to in Section 2 of this Report.

The Council has already, as part of this Issues and Options stage, undertaken some preliminary background work and initial consultation exercises.

In July 2007, landowners/stakeholders were invited, by advertisement, to submit sites that they felt were suitable for development in the rural area. This information allowed the Council to gauge an initial understanding as to the location and current availability of any rural land being promoted.

In addition to the site submission exercise, the Council has also been involved in a series of Rural Community Workshops in Tenterden and the villages that are mentioned in policy CS6 of the Councils Submitted Core Strategy, as these are the places where the Council has decided it should look first for suitable development sites.

The workshops gave the opportunity for an invited cross section of the local community to discuss the issues facing their settlement and the options for development in that location. All of the outcomes from the different workshops have been incorporated in this Issues and Options Report in section 1 and there is an opportunity for you to comment on these outcomes and on some specific questions that arise from them.

In publishing this Report, we must stress that the Council has made no decisions in respect of any of the potential sites or topic-related options referred to in this report. The views expressed in the village workshops are those of the local residents and stakeholders who participated in those events - you may or may not agree with their conclusions or you may have other suggestions that you would like to put forward, but whichever way you feel, we would like to hear from you.

This consultation has now closed.