Adopted & Saved Policy

Current policy

At present this Council has a mixture of policies from the Adopted 1998 Local Plan, and the Adopted 2006 Local Plan Alterations, in force.

• Click here to view the Combined Local Plan (1998) and Alterations (2006) Policy Document
  N.B. The Combined document contains the POLICY TEXT ONLY - for accompanying text / maps / tables / graphs etc, please see the original documents, as below and on the 'Local Development Plan' page - Please note that policies GB14A, H1A and ST3 have now been deleted.

Local Plan Alterations 2006 - Saved policies

All but three of the policies have been saved by GO East - read more below:                                                                                                                                           

• GB14A has been superseded by changes in the national General Permitted Development Order and is now unenforceable
• H1A has been superseded by housing targets within the East of England Plan
• ST3 has been superseded by the requirements of the application validation checklist
• Read the letter from GO East regarding the EFDC Adopted Local Plan Alterations (2006) policies which have been saved here

Essex & Southend on sea Structure Plan - saved policies

• Read the letter from GO East regarding Essex and Southend-on-Sea Replacement Structure Plan (2001) policies which have been saved here

Local Plan 1998

• Read the letter from GO East regarding the EFDC Adopted Local Plan (1998) policies which have been saved here

The 1998 Adopted Local Plan, and maps, can be downloaded free of charge in PDF format.

You can download individual chapters from the list below. For best results over slower connections, please right click on link and use 'Save Target As'.

Please note the chapters below have been subject to review and therefore both the Local Plan (1998) and the Local Plan Alterations (2006) should be considered together as indicated on the list.

Local Plan proposal maps  

Local Plan 1998 Inspectors Report (pdf, 24.8MB)

Main report

Front Cover
Introduction & Contents

CONTEXT
1.  Legal Background
2.  Epping Forest District
3.  Environmental Context
4.  Objectives, Strategy and Performance Indicators

GREEN BELT
5. Green Belt - this chapter has been entirely replaced by the Local Plan Alterations (2006)

CONSERVATION
6. Heritage Conservation - Policy HC13A (Local List) added by Local Plan Alterations (2006)
7. Nature Conservation
8. Recycling and Pollution - Policy RP5 (Adverse Environmental Impacts) amended by Local     Plan Alterations (2006)

LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT
9. Housing - this chapter has been entirely replaced by the Local Plan Alterations (2006)
10. Employment - Policies E4 (Protection of Employment Sites), E12 (Farm Diversification) and E13 (Glasshouse Industry) have been amended by the Local Plan Alterations (2006)
11. Shopping and Town Centres - this chapter has been entirely replaced by the Local Plan Alterations (2006)
12. Recreation, Sport and Tourism - Policy RST10 (Roydon Lodge Chalet Estate) has been amended by the Local Plan Alterations (2006)
13. Community Facilities - Policy CF12 (Retention of Community Facilities) has been added by the Local Plan Alterations (2006)
14. Utilities - Policies U2 and U3 (Flooding) have been amended by the Local Plan Alterations (2006)

DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE
15. Design and the Built Environment
16. Landscape and Landscaping
17. Transport - this chapter has been entirely replaced by the Local Plan Alterations (2006)

ACTION
18. Implementation - Policy I1A (Planning Obligations) has been amended by the Local Plan Alterations (2006)
19. Monitoring and Review ~
20. Policies By Area

INDEX

Old Roding Valley Local Plans

The following plans are no longer in force, as they were superseded by newer policies.

• Roding Valley Local Plan - First Alteration - 1990 (pdf, 1.7MB)
• Roding Valley Local Plan - Proposals Map Sheet No.1 - Loughton (pdf, 10.2MB)
• Roding Valley Local Plan - Proposals Map Sheet No.2 - Loughton (pdf, 12.2MB)
• Roding Valley Local Plan - Proposals Map Sheet No.3 - Loughton (pdf, 13.4MB)
• Roding Valley Local Plan - 1985 (pdf, 4.5MB)
• Roding Valley Local Plan - Study Report -1980 (pdf, 12.6MB)
• Roding Valley Local Plan - Supplementary Guidance Map (pdf, 9.4MB)
• Roding Valley Local Plan Proposal Map 1, 2 and 3 Key (pdf, 0.1MB)
• Roding Valley District Plan - Study Report 1980 - Supplement 2 (pdf, 1.4MB)
• Roding Valley District Plan - Study Report 1980 - Supplement 3 (pdf, 1.1MB)
• Roding Valley District Plan - Study Report 1980 - Supplement 4 (pdf, 1.4MB)