The Local Plan
We are responsible for producing a Local Plan which guides future growth and development in the city.
We have produced a set of adopted Development Plan Documents (DPD) that we refer to as our adopted Local Plan, which guides future growth and development in the city up to 2021.
The DPD comprise of:
- Core Strategy (adopted 2008, amended 2014)
- Site Allocations DPD (adopted 2010)
- Development Policies DPD (adopted 2010, amended 2014)
- Proposals Maps (adopted 2010)
Core Strategy
The policies in the Core Strategy are a material consideration when determining planning applications and future development across the city of Colchester.
View the Inspector's binding report and associated documents
Site Allocations DPD
The policies in the Site Allocations DPD are a material consideration and used in the determination of planning applications.
View the Inspector's final reports and adoption statements
Development Policies DPD
The policies in the Development Policies DPD are a material consideration and used in the determination of planning applications.
View the Inspector's final reports and adoption statements
Proposals Maps
Allocations are shown and these reflect the policies within the DPD. The maps cover the entire city and will be a key tool in the determination of planning applications and growth of the city.
The Local Plan Focused Review
The Local Plan Focused Review, incorporating the Inspector's Schedule of Main Modifications, was adopted by us on 16 July 2014.
The main change to the Focused Review document was the removal of all the employment and centres/retail policies.
The existing employment and centres policies are unchanged, and remain as they exist in the Core Strategy and Development Policies DPD.
We will continue to use the adopted Centres and Employment policies in the determination of planning applications.
Page last reviewed: 31 December 2020