Supplementary Planning Documents

Residential Development SPD

The Residential Development SPD makes available detailed guidance in order to create and maintain high quality housing development. This includes guidance in respect of new housing developments, extensions, conversions and alterations.

Development and Recreational Open Space SPD

The Development and Recreational Open Space SPD makes available detailed guidance on the processes and measures the council will adopt to establish the amount, type and size of out-door playing spaces and children's play areas within the Borough. It also ensures that open spaces to be provided by developers reflects the needs of the area in which they are situated and are in accordance with the policies of the Adopted Amber Valley Local Plan.

The Provision of Affordable Housing Through the Development Process SPD

This SPD supplements the policies of the adopted Amber Valley Borough Local Plan relating to affordable housing and enable the Borough Council to set out in more detail the requirements for affordable housing within development sites or mixed use sites that have a housing element and add weight to policies H10-H11 of the adopted Local Plan in the consideration of planning applications for housing development.

Design for Community Safety SPD

The Design for Community Safety SPD makes available detailed guidance in order to create and maintain safer communities.

Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservations Areas SPD

The objectives of this document are to supplement the policies of the adopted Amber Valley Borough Local Plan by providing advice to owners and occupiers of listed buildings and buildings in conservation areas.

Shop Fronts and Advertisement SPD

The objectives of this document are to supplement the policies of the adopted Amber Valley Local Plan by setting out more detailed guidance on promoting high quality shop fronts and advertisement design.

Radbourne Lane SPD

This Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) outlines how land at Radbourne Lane, Mackworth, identified for housing development in policy H1d of the adopted Amber Valley Borough Local Plan 2006, should be developed as part of a sustainable master planning process.  This document sets out the Council's vision for a comprehensive and sustainable development scheme and acts as guidance for developers in the preparation and submission of any planning applications for the site.

If you require hard copies of these Supplementary Planning Documents, please ring (01773) 841584. There will be a charge of £5.00 per document for this service.

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