The Council adopted its Local Plan in 2006 and is in the process of producing a number of Local development Documents
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Press Release
A joint press release has been issued between Amber Valley Borough Council, Derby City Council and South Derbyshire District Council. Civic leaders from the three authorities have promised further consultation with communities to determine future development needs. Council leaders have welcomed the decision and the chance to take a ‘fresh look’ at housing needs. To view the full report please press here - August Press Release
E-News
The Community Planning team has recently decided to produce an electronic newspage to inform you of what is happening in Planning and any issues in the Borough. To view the latest news in Community Planning please click the document below
Amber Valley Local Plan
The Amber Valley Borough Local Plan was adopted on 12 April 2006 and this document was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.It comprises a Written Statement and Proposals Map, which contains planning policies and proposals for the whole of the Borough. For more information click here Amber Valley Local Development Scheme
In accordance with Regulation 11 and 12 of the Town and Country (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004, the Borough Council brought into effect a revised Local Development Scheme (LDS) for Amber Valley for the period April 2007 – 31 March 2010. For more information please click here
Annual Monitoring Report
Under the development planning system, the Borough Council is required to prepare a document known as the Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report. The purpose of the Annual Monitoring Report is to set out information on the Implementation of the Local Development Scheme (LDS) and the extent to which policies in Local Development Documents (LDDs) are being achieved. If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact Carol-Anne Taylor on (01773) 841583.
Employment Land Review
Derby City Council (DCC), Amber Valley Borough Council (AVBC) and South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC) jointly commissioned the preparation of an ‘Employment Land Review’ of the whole Derby Housing Market Area (HMA). Its purpose was to consider the area’s employment land requirements up to 2026 (the period covered by the East Midlands Regional Plan) and to review to quantity and quality of the HMAs existing and allocated employment land supply.It was not the purpose of this report to identify new of additional employment sites.
This report forms part of each authority’s ‘evidence base’ for their forthcoming Core Strategies and subsequent Local Development Framework documents.It will help us to identify some of the ‘issues’ the Core Strategy must address and will help to formulate some of the ‘options’ to be considered.
Five Year Housing Supply
Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing, requires Local Planning Authorities to identify and maintain an up-to-date five year supply of deliverable housing sites, in line with the housing provision targets set out in Regional Plans. The East Midlands Regional Plan required Amber Valley to deliver 10,200 houses between 2001 and 2026 equating to 510 houses per year. (Note that Regional Plans were revoked as of 6th July 2010).
Between 31 March 2007 and 31 March 2010, 1,104 houses were built in Amber Valley leaving a residual annual build requirement of 579 houses over the next five years, to ensure that the East Midlands Regional Plan figures can be delivered.
The 5 Year Housing Land Supply Document (2010) gives an analysis of how the five year housing supply has been calculated and includes a list of all the large committed sites and those allocated in the Local Plan, that make up the supply as of 1 April 2010.
Click here to view the 2010 Housing Land Supply Document
