The Council’s Adopted Local Plan, part of the development plan covering East Staffordshire, and the basis for determining all planning applications received by the authority, was adopted on 20^th July 2006.  When adopted, the plan was ‘saved’ for three years under the transitional arrangements set out in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The Council has now received permission from the Secretary of State to retain those policies that are still relevant, are in accordance with current national, regional and structure plan saved policies and are locally specific. These saved policies have been highlighted in the adopted local plan text.

The Secretary of State’s Direction is available to view below: