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The Stourbridge Area Action Plan is currently being prepared and will be founded on a robust evidence base.
The evidence being used to identify and respond to the particular issues in Stourbridge is listed below. This is a working list and will be updated regularly until the Area Action Plan is submitted to the Secretary of State for examination.
The evidence base contains reference is focussed on local level documentation. National planning guidance is usually in the form of Planning Policy Statements and Planning Policy Guidance notes. These have not been listed separately but can be viewed on the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) website.
Each document can be viewed by following the links to the relevant web pages. There are some additional documents referenced which are available to download at the bottom of this page or which will be made available in due course.
Stourbridge Area Action Plan - Issues and Options Document (available to download below)
Stourbridge Area Action Plan - Preferred Options Document
Stourbridge Historic Landscape Characterisation
Planning Policy Context Document (available to download below)
Unitary Development Plan (2005) Inspector's Report into the Dudley Unitary Development Plan (March 2004) Local Development Scheme (November 2009) Historic Environment SPD (September 2006) Parking Standards and Travel Plans SPD (March 2007) Nature Conservation SPD (September 2006) Planning Obligations SPD (March 2009) Parks and Green Space Strategy (June 2009) Dudley Borough Community Strategy 2005-2020 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (2010) New Housing Development SPD (June 2007) Open Space, Sport and Recreation SPD (June 2007) Dudley Housing Strategy 2007-2010 Housing Needs and Demand Study (2005) Biodiversity Features - Stourbridge Area Action Plan (March 2012) available to download below.
Joint Core Strategy for the Black Country West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (January 2008) Sustainability Appraisal of the Black Country Core Strategy Black Country Centres Study (GVA Grimley, November 2009) Black Country Water Cycle Study and Scoping Surface Water Management Plan (Scott Wilson, September 2009) Black Country Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (Jacobs February 2009) Birmingham and Black Country Biodiversity Action Plan (2005)
Local Green Infrastructure - The Landscape Institute (September 2011)
