What is the Core Strategy?
The Core Strategy is an important document which forms part of the Council’s Local Development Framework. The document sets out the level of growth planned for Milton Keynes and identifies where this growth will happen. When adopted by the Council, it will set out the vision, objectives and strategy for the development of the Borough up to 2026. The Core Strategy will form the basis of all new planning policies that the Council will apply in the future.
Why has the Core Strategy been revised?
Although we consulted on a pre-submission Core Strategy earlier this year (February-March 2010), the new coalition government has made some far-reaching changes to the planning system, notably the revocation of the Regional Spatial Strategies which previously set our housing targets, and the return of local planning and plan-making powers to local councils. In light of these changes, the Council has taken the opportunity to revise parts of the Core Strategy.
There is more information about the Core Strategy, how we have got to this stage, and the changes that have been made in this revised Proposed Submission document on the information note, which is listed under the Supporting Documents tab.