Area Action Plan

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An Area Action Plan (AAP) is a development plan document focused upon a specific location or an area subject to conservation or significant change. This could include a major regeneration project or a growth area.

An AAP should:

• Deliver planned growth areas;
• Stimulate regeneration;
• Protect areas particularly sensitive to change;
• Resolve conflicting objectives in areas subject to development pressures; or
• Focus the delivery of area based regeneration initiatives.

Contents 1 Implementation 2 North American equivalent 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

Implementation

The focus of an AAP is on implementation - providing an important mechanism for ensuring development of an appropriate scale, mix and quality for key areas of opportunity, change or conservation.

In areas of change, area action plans should identify the distribution of uses and their inter-relationships, including specific site allocations, and set the timetable for the implementation of the proposals. Further guidance, such as the layout of uses within these allocations and design requirements etc, may be provided in the relevant area action plan or in one or more supplementary planning documents in the form of a master plan. In areas of conservation, area action plans should set out the policies and proposals for action to preserve or enhance the area, including defining areas where specific conservation measures are proposed and areas which will be subject to specific controls over development.

The Secretary of State will appoint a planning inspector to carry out an independent examination of an AAP, assessing the assessing the document against a test of soundness. Following independent examination the planning inspector will issue a binding report to the local council instructing what changes if any should be made to the document. The council can then adopt the document.

North American equivalent

The term area action plan is seldom used in North America. In the US and Canadian planning systems, the role of area action plans are served by neighborhood plans and corridor plans. Although such plans are often drafted and published separately from a community's more encompassing comprehensive plan, they are usually considered part of it.

References

See also

• Local Development Plan (UK planning system)
• Local Development Framework (UK planning system)
• Corridor plan (North American planning system)
• Neighborhood plan (North American planning system)

External links