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Local plan

The council's planning policies are set out in the Salisbury District Council Local Plan. A full version of the Plan can be viewed online and you can also access interactive online mapping of the Local Plan policies.

Over the next three to five years, the Local Development Framework (LDF) will replace the Salisbury District Local Plan as the council's main planning policy document.

The Local Plan allocates sufficient land for housing and business development, and also sets out a range of policies designed to meet the following aims:

• To promote the principles and practice of sustainable development.
• To promote a healthy economy that provides standards of living at least equal to that currently enjoyed by the people of the District.
• To protect and enhance the natural and built environment.
• To promote a high quality of life for the people of this District without compromising the quality of life for others.
• To provide a level of certainty to all interested parties about where development is to take place, and what kind of development it is to be.

The current Salisbury District Council Local Plan was adopted by the council on 30 June 2003. The plan provides guidance for the use and development of land up to 2011.

Saved policies

Existing Local Plan policies were saved for three years following the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, while new LDF planning policies were developed to replace them. In order to "save" any Local Plan policies beyond September 2007, local authorities have been required to make a request to the Secretary of State, justifying the retention of each. In deciding which policies to "save", the Secretary of State took into account various factors, including whether policies were locally distinctive, in conformity with the Regional Spatial Strategy, and not merely repetitive of national policy. The majority of policies from the Salisbury District Local Plan 2003 were "saved" and these are set out in the Schedule of policies in the Salisbury District Local Plan 2003 243kb. You can also download a list of Local plan policies not saved 24kb.