Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Intended to promote more transparent and consistent approaches in the operation of local sites systems across the country, embracing regional and local diversity and variation within the natural environment. It outlines the purposes of local sites systems and proposes frameworks, standards and roles for their operation, as well as for the selection, protection and management of the sites themselves.
History
To be read with Planning policy statement 9: biodiversity and geological conservation (ODPM, 2005).
Subjects
- Planning and development
- Environmental planning/land
- Natural environment
Publisher History
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is now known as the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Their publications included the Building Regulations Approved Documents, Planning Policy Guidance Notes, and technical reports and fact sheets covering a wide range of subjects within the built environment.