Supporting Evidence
All the evidence and information that we build up as part of the Local Plan review process will be used to inform new planning policy and be made publicly available here.
Viability
- Economic Viability Assessment (3.2MB)
Design
- Review of the PDNPA Design Policies, Supplementary Planning Documents and Technical Guidance (1.1MB)
Thriving and Sustainable Communities
- Thriving and Sustainable Communities definition (371KB) - final version agreed with the Peak Park Parishes Forum
- Population Projection and Housing Needs Assessment (6.1MB)
- Affordable Housing Need and Housing Size Update (1.8MB)
- Housing Need Assessment (Standard Method 3) (310KB)
- Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (1.9MB)
- Derbyshire Spatial Energy Study (3.8MB)
- Active Travel and Green Infrastructure (10.2MB)
Rural Economy - Employment Development Needs Assessment
Settlement Character Analysis & Landscape Sensitivity Assessment
- CBA Settlement Character Analysis & Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (35MB) The Settlement Character Analysis and Landscape Sensitivity Assessment is a complex document with multiple layers of cross-referencing. Any technical errors in referencing will be noted in the Errata, which should be read alongside the main document.
- CBA Settlement Character Analysis & Landscape Sensitivity Assessment Errata (32KB)
Flood Risk
Issues and Options (Regulation 18 Consultation)
- Issues and Options Report PDF (37MB)
- Habitat Regulations Assessment Screening Report (Issues and Options) (457KB)
- Sustainability Appraisal (Stage B) (34MB)
- Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (10.99MB)
- Report of Consultation (1.7MB) Please note that this report is a summary of the first Regulation 18 Issues and Options consultation (2024). Appendices referred to will be added when the report is finalised following the second Regulation 18 Preferred Approach consultation (2025).
Call for Sites
Preferred Approach Consultation
- Preferred Approach - Full Report (5.3MB)
- Preferred Approach - Sustainability Appraisal (6.5MB)
- Preferred Approach - Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report (590KB)
- Topic Papers
Non-Statutory Consultations and Scoping