The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 ("the Act") made provision for the policies in the Wycombe District Local Plan 2004 to continue to constitute the Development Plan for a transitional period of three years from the commencement of the Act, until 27 September 2007. Local Planning Authorities were able to apply to the Secretary of State to request a Direction under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Act that the Local Plan policies be saved beyond this date.
Following an a application by the Council to the Secretary of State, a Direction was made by the Government Office for the South East dated 26 September 2007 in which the Secretary of State identified which Local Plan policies were to be saved beyond 27 September 2007.
The Council embarked upon production of the Local Development Framework (LDF) in 2004 and submitted the first part – the Core Strategy – to the Government for examination in 2006. The Core Strategy was found sound upon examination and adopted by the Council in July 2008. Upon adoption a number of polices contained within the local plan were replaced.
This version of the Local Plan identifies those policies that have not been saved or have been replaced through the use of text which has been struck through, as in this example. These policies are no longer part of the Local Plan, and hence the Development Plan.
Councillor Mrs Betty Lay
Cabinet Member for Planning
Wycombe District Council