A document setting out the strategic framework for the use of land and detailed policies and specific proposals for development
The development plan providing the land use planning policy framework for the control of development across unitary local authorities and metropolitan districts, taking into account, where necessary, any relevant economic, social and other considerations.
Now known as a local development framework, this is a statutory plan which sets out the Council's planning policies in metropolitan districts. It covers a wide range of land related issues and makes provision for industry and offices, tourism and leisure facilities, shops and new homes, while at the same time protecting the environment for the benefit of future generations.
Statutory Land Use Plan produced by unitary authorities such as London Boroughs.
local plan produced by certain unitary district authorities and London boroughs which have responsibility for the full range of local authority services.
Statutory plans produced by each borough which integrate strategic and local planning responsibilities through policies and proposals for development and use of land in their area. Now superseded by Local Development Plans.
A type of plan introduced following the abolition of the GLC and Metropolitan County Councils, to combine the functions of structure plans and local plans in the major urban areas. London Boroughs and Metropolitan Districts have to draw up UDPs which include strategic and detailed land use proposals. It was thought that the UDP model might be extended to other cities with the reform of local government structures and boundaries in the early 1990s, but this did not happen as there were very few structural changes in the non-Metropolitan urban areas.
In United Kingdom Planning Law a Unitary Development Plan is an old-style development plan prepared by a Metropolitan district and some Unitary Local Authorities, which contains policies equivalent to those in both a structure plan and local plan. These plans will continue to operate for a time after the commencement of the new development plan system, by virtue of specific transitional provisions.