Core strategy

The Core Strategy is the key Local Development Framework (LDF) document.  It is a strategic District wide plan which influences how and where the Staffordshire Moorlands will develop in the future.  It sets out what the District Council would like to achieve in each of the main towns and the rural areas outside the Peak District National Park.  The Core Strategy provides the framework for future LDF documents which will then identify specific sites for development in the District (Site Allocations DPD) and provide detailed guidance to supplement the policies (Supplementary Planning Documents).

The Core Strategy is informed by information, aspirations and actions from many other documents and surveys and also from consultations and engagement with stakeholders, whilst its policies and proposals will be delivered and measured through various implementation and monitoring mechanisms and procedures.

The area within the Peak District National Park is the responsibility of the Peak District National Park Authority, a separate local planning authority who prepare their own Peak District Core Strategy.

The Staffordshire Moorlands Core Strategy is currently at an advanced stage of production and will, when adopted, replace the Staffordshire Moorlands Local Plan and become the primary planning policy document determining where in the District future development will take place to 2026. 

The Revised Submission Core Strategy was submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination on 12th September 2012.  More information regarding the Examination is available via this link.