About our local plan

Applications for planning permission must follow our local plan and national planning policy. It is made up of the following elements:

• Core Strategy
• Sites and policies plan - part 1 and 2
• Policies map
• Neighbourhood plans
• West of England joint waste core strategy
• Supplementary planning advice

We are preparing a new local plan to take the place of the Core Strategy and Sites and Policies Plan called Local Plan 2040. See our page for further details.

A revised Local Development Scheme was approved July 2024, which sets out the timetable for producing the new Local Plan.