Core Strategy

What is a Core Strategy?

A Core Strategy sets out the broad vision for the future of Stevenage as an emerging regional centre.  It gives spatial expression to the sustainable community strategy and implements the policies of the emerging East of England Plan.  It provides high level policy guidance on housing, jobs, open space, transport, shopping, etc for the period to 2021.

The Core Strategy forms the policy framework for the whole of the local development framework for Stevenage.  All other plans that we produce must be in conformity with the Core Strategy.

What are Generic Development Control Policies?

Generic development control policies are town-wide and non site specific policies that the council will use to determine planning applications.  Most state the circumstances under which planning permission will or will not be granted for particular forms of development.

What is a Preferred Options consultation document?

A Preferred Options consultation document sets out our preferred policies that will help to deliver our vision for the future of Stevenage.  It is the second in a series of consultations that we will carry out on the document.

Our preferred options are based on the objectives of the sustainable community strategy for Stevenage, the policies of the emerging East of England Plan, the results of our evidence studies, the findings of our sustainability appraisal and the comments we received to the Key Issues and Alternative Options consultation stage.

A copy of the entire document can be downloaded below:

• Click here to download the entire Core Strategy and Generic Development Control Policies Preferred Options consultation document

Individual chapters of the document can be downloaded below:

1. Front cover
2. Tell us what you think and contents
3. Executive summary
4. Introduction
5. Background information
6. Main problems and drivers of change
7. Spatial vision and strategic objectives
8. Sustainable community
9. Prosperity through regeneration and growth
10. Housing
11. Employment areas
12. Town centre and shopping
13. Natural environment
14. Built environment
15. Social facilities
16. Transport and utilities
17. Implementation
18. Generic development control policies
19. Main problems in the future
20. Monitoring
21. Appendix 1 Glossary
22. Appendix 2 and 3 evidence studies and order form
23. Key diagram

The new planning system requires plans to go through a process called Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).  This is to consider the social, economic and environmental effects of the plan’s proposals.  This process has informed our preferred options.

• Click here to download the Core Strategy and Generic Development Control Policies Preferred Options sustainability appraisal

Our Preferred Options consultation document takes account of evidence studies we have carried out.

• Click here to view and download all our evidence studies

You can view a summary of comments we received to the Key Issues and Alternative Options consultation below:

• Click here to view and download a summary of comments received at Key Issues and Alternative Options stage

You can also view the Key Issues and Alternative Options version of our Core Strategy and Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal below.  Please note that these documents are no longer out for public consultation.

• Click here to download the Core Strategy Issues and Alternative Options consultation document
• Click here to download the Core Strategy Issues and Alternative Options initial sustainability appraisal

Further Information

Public consultation on this document closed on Friday 21 December 2007.

Please check our Local Development Scheme for a timetable for the next stage entitled 'Submission'.

For further information please contact us by:

email:  planningpolicy@stevenage.gov.uk

post:
Planning Policy
Stevenage Borough Council
Daneshill House
Danstrete
Stevenage
SG1 1HN

phone: 01438 242255
textphone: 01438 242555
fax:  01438 242922