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Local development order

Local development orders (LDOs) provide permitted development rights for specified types of development in defined locations.

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

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  • Who asked for 'Local development order' data?

  • What is the driver for the request?

  • Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

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  • What is the 'Local development order' consideration?

    LDOs provide permitted development rights for specified types of development in defined locations. They are flexible and locally determined tools that LPAs can use to help accelerate the delivery of appropriate development in the right places.

  • Is there legislation that defines 'Local development order'?

    Yes

    • What is the legislation that defines 'Local development order'?

      Town and County Planning Act 1990 and Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015

    • What is the specific part of the legislation that describes how a 'Local development order' gets designated?

      Sections 61A to 61D and Schedule 4A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended, and articles 38 and 41 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.

    • What is the specific part of the legislation that requires the publication of 'Local development order'?

      As above

  • Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Local development order'?

  • Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

    • Local authorities

  • Is the Local development order a trigger?

  • Is the Local development order something to consult during plan making?

    No

  • Is there any Local development order data already available?

    Yes

  • Do we think the data should come from a single source?

    Yes - it looks like the Planning Advisory Service has a map of LDO's across the country.

  • Will a data standard be required?

    No

Research

  • Do we understand the lifecycle of a Local development order?

  • Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

  • Where will or should the data be used?

    At a local level

  • Who are the statutory consultees for Local development order?

    Prescribed bodies need to be consulted for a minimum of 28 days.

  • Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Local development order? How do we expect them to use Local development order?

  • What are the planning needs for this data?

    Yes - where an LDO is in place, the way of gaining planning permission is different to the standard method.

  • Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Local development order data?

    LPA, Developers, Local Community

  • What are some potential uses of Local development order data?

    Identifying the location of LDO's, as they grant planning permission in a different way, therefore knowing the location of them is beneficial for a number of stakeholders.

  • What's the value of adding Local development order data to the platform?

    Planning value, to understand the location of the LDO's, and where they are in place.

  • From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Local development order data available?

    The data found produced by the Local Government Association is NOT explicitly published under an open licence, nor is it completely up to date. Accessing the links to local authority websites through this map more often than not returns an error 404, being that the page / file is not found. If this is the case, data might need to be collected from local authorities individually which modifies the outlook and time to completion for this data.

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  • Kieran Wint (21 February 2025)

    The data found produced by the Local Government Association is NOT explicitly published under an open licence, nor is it completely up to date. Accessing the links to local authority websites through this map more often than not returns an error 404, being that the page / file is not found. If this is the case, data might need to be collected from local authorities individually which modifies the outlook and time to completion for this data.

  • elliotrowen (20 February 2025)

    Useful info :https://www.local.gov.uk/pas/topics/local-development-orders/local-development-orders and https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/LDO%20Guidance%20Document%20March%202019.pdf

  • Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

    As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

Last updated: 2025-02-21 08:55:02