Development plans
General Information
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) was granted Royal Assent in May 2004.
The Act has resulted in major changes in the planning system. Structure Plans and Local Plans will eventually be abolished and local plans will be replaced by Local Development Frameworks (LDF). Bedfordshire County Council and Luton Borough Council will retain responsibility for the Minerals and Waste Planning in their area and will therefore be reviewing their policies and producing a Minerals and Waste Development Framework in line with the Act.
Until the Local Development Frameworks are in place the existing Development Plans set out the policies and proposals for how land is used and developed.
County Structure Plan
The County Structure Plan provides long-term guidance for the development and land use change in the county and was prepared and adopted by the County Council.
For further information go to our County Structure Plan page shown in the links below.
Local Plans
Local Plans provide more detailed guidance and were prepared by the Borough and District Councils although the Bedfordshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan was produced by Bedfordshire County Council who are the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority for Bedfordshire.
If you have a query regarding a Local Plans - you must contact the relevant District directly.
Links to their Planning websites are shown below:
Bedford Borough Council|
Mid Beds District Council |
South Bedfordshire District Council|
Luton Borough Council |
Minerals and Waste Local Plan and Development Framework
As the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority the County Council had a statutory duty to prepare and review a Minerals and Waste Local Plan for its area. This was carried out with regard to national, regional and local guidance. A combined Minerals and Waste Local Plan for Bedfordshire and Luton was adopted in January 2005. For more information regarding this go to our Bedfordshire and Luton Minerals and Waste Local Plan page shown below.
Following government changes to the planning system, the Minerals and Waste Local Plan will now be replaced by a Minerals and Waste Development Framework. To find out more about the framework, please go to our Bedfordshire and Luton Minerals and Waste Development Framework page shown below
To find out more about Minerals and Waste Policy and Planning select the link shown below.