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DocumentAmendments Booklet AMD 7 2022 (Booklets B C E) 58 Amendments Booklet AMD 8 2022 (Booklet R) 6 Amendments Booklet AMD 9 2025 (Booklets E R) 152 BMAP 2015 Volume 1 Plan Strategy and Framework 1 LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025) 934 LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023) 917 PPS 10 Telecommunications 115 PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management 173 PPS 12 Housing in Settlements 213 PPS 12 Policy HS3 Amended Travellers Accommodation 7 PPS 13 Transportation and Land Use 107 PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised) 261 PPS 16 Tourism 124 PPS 17 Control of Outdoor Advertisements 91 PPS 2 Natural Heritage 57 PPS 21 Sustainable Development in the Countryside 156 PPS 23 Enabling Development for the Conservation of Significant Places 26 PPS 3 Access Movement and Parking 110 PPS 3 Access Movement and Parking (Clarification) 12 PPS 4 Clarification of Policy PED 7 9 PPS 4 Planning and Economic Development 117 PPS 6 Addendum Areas of Townscape Character 33 PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage 245 PPS 7 Addendum Residential Extensions and Alterations 87 PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas 71 PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments 97 PPS 8 Open Space Sport and Outdoor Recreation 119 SPG Affordable Housing 119 SPG001 Affordable Housing and Housing Mix 221 SPG002 Development Viability 149 SPG003 Residential Design 239 SPG004 Residential Extensions and Alterations 147 SPG005 Placemaking and Urban Design 123 SPG006 Tall Buildings 78 SPG007 Masterplanning Approach for Major Development 68 SPG008 Advertising and Signage 103 SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses 116 SPG010 Loss of Zoned Employment Land 38 SPG011 Evening and Night time Economy 35 SPG012 Sensitive Uses 129 SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025) 501 Technical Booklet B Materials and Workmanship 48 Technical Booklet C Site Preparation and Resistance to Contaminants and Moisture 136 Technical Booklet D Structure 255 Technical Booklet E Fire Safety 612 Technical Booklet F1 Conservation of Fuel and Power in Dwellings 293 Technical Booklet F2 Conservation of Fuel and Power in Buildings Other Than Dwellings 312 Technical Booklet G Resistance to the Passage of Sound 549 Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact 155 Technical Booklet J Solid Waste in Buildings 28 Technical Booklet K Ventilation 366 Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems 335 Technical Booklet M Physical Infrastructure for High Speed Communications Networks 46 Technical Booklet N Drainage 109 Technical Booklet P Sanitary Appliances Unvented Hot Water Storage and Scalding 56 Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings 282 Technical Booklet V Glazing 63

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