Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) is non-statutory guidance which is supplementary to Unitary Development Plan (UDP) policies. Whilst SPG does not have the weight of the statutory development plan, it is a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.
Supplementary guidance can be useful where:
- the level of detail is inappropriate for a development plan, for example development briefs, design guides and master plans for areas of intensive change
- there is a need for an urgent policy response to an emerging issue.
Supplementary guidance is used to support statutory development plans, not as an alternative. It cannot be used to make new policies. Statements made in supplementary guidance carry less weight than those in the development plan in determining planning applications and appeals but may be considerations.
Planning Briefs
A Planning Brief is a document which summarises the Planning Authority's guidelines and requirements for the development of a particular site or collection of sites. Dudley Council has produced a series of development briefs and supplementary planning guidance.
Further details on the planning briefs.
Supplementary Planning Guidance
The following SPGs are also available:
