The Core Strategy for Bath and North East Somerset Council was formally adopted by the Council on 10th July 2014 and forms part of the Development Plan for the District and will be used in the determination of planning applications submitted to the Council.
The Core Strategy is being reviewed in 2017 to agree the district’s strategies for 2016-36. The Trust has responded to early consultations on Options and will post news on this review as it progresses.
Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Placemaking Plan was formally adopted by the Council on 13th July 2017. The Placemaking Plan now forms part of the Development Plan for the District and will be used in the determination of planning applications.
B&NES has a number of SPD’s which look to add further detail to the policies in the Development Plan and can be used to provide further guidance for development on specific sites, or on particular issues, such as design.
You can see the current SPD’s here.