Doncaster Council

Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD)

The Core Strategy sets out a Spatial Vision for the area, and key strategic objectives and strategic policies for development.

The Core Strategy seeks to integrate a number of policies and objectives from other strategic documents including in particular the Community Strategy for Doncaster, the Local Transport Plan and the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Core Strategy Further Options Consultation (August 2007 - September 2007)

The consultation of the Core Strategy Further Options took place from 29th August 2007 to 28th September 2007. The reasons for the document are as follows:-

• new government guidance requires additional information of the broad locations and quantities of new housing and employment land in the Core Strategy

• new government guidance requires new information on waste and minerals planning to be added to the Core Strategy

• and to cover a number of key issues arising from the previous round of public consultation on the Core Strategy Preferred Options

The consultation document asked the public for their views on a range of planning policy topics such as:

• Broadly where different amounts of housing and numbers and types of jobs should be located across Doncaster

• Green belt, flood risk areas and public transport accessibility

• What proportion of housing should be on brownfield and greenfield land

• Affordable housing need

• Gypsies & Travellers accommodation

• Town centre parking

• The types of new buildings and public spaces in the Borough

• Habitat and landscape protection

• Sand and gravel extraction

• Waste treatment

The document as consulted upon can be downloaded here: 

• Core Strategy Further Options August 2007 - Introduction and Summary.pdf
• Core Strategy Further Options August 2007 - Part 1
• Core Strategy Further Options August 2007 - Part 2

Preferred Options Consultation (December 2005 - March 2006)

The consultation of the Core Strategy Preferred Options took place from December 2005 to March 2006. Approximately 200 people responded to the process resulting in approximately 2500 comments. A summary document is available to view and download on this page under 'Other Relevant Documents'.

The document separates the comments into the themes included in the Core Strategy and then summarises the comments recieved. Next to each comment a reference number is included. This reference number refers to the respondee and is included in the reports' appendix.

The Further Optons document and responses to it were used to inform the development of the Core Strategy Amended Preferred Options.

Other Relevant Documents

• Core strategy: From Options to Preferred Options report
• Core Strategy Issues Report (2)
• Core Strategy Preferred Options (3.88MB)
• Core Strategy Preferred Options: Key Diagram
• Core Strategy Options Paper
• Minerals PAS Workshop 13th June 07
• Press advertisement for Core Strategy Preferred Options
• Summary of Core Strategy Preferred Options
• Summary of Doncaster Local Development Framework Key Stakeholder Workshop Nov 2007
• Summary of Doncaster Core Strategy Revised Options Key Stakeholder Workshop 5th June 2007
• Summary of Doncaster Core Strategy Revised Options Key Stakeholder Workshop 5th June 2007 - appendices
• Sustainability Report Core Strategy Options (3.24MB)
• Workshop Summaries

Sustainability Appraisal

• Core Strategy Further Options Interim Sustainability Appraisal
• Core Strategy Further Options Interim Sustainability Appraisal - Appendices
• Sustainability Appraisal of Core Strategy Preferred Options (non-technical summary)
• Sustainability Appraisal Report Core Strategy Preferred Options (1.64MB)