Local development order
Local development orders (LDOs) provide permitted development rights for specified types of development in defined locations.
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- Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
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- 21 February 2025
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What is the 'Local development order' consideration?
LDOs provide permitted development rights for specified types of development in defined locations. They are flexible and locally determined tools that LPAs can use to help accelerate the delivery of appropriate development in the right places.
Is there legislation that defines 'Local development order'?
Yes
What is the legislation that defines 'Local development order'?
Town and County Planning Act 1990 and Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
What is the specific part of the legislation that describes how a 'Local development order' gets designated?
Sections 61A to 61D and Schedule 4A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended, and articles 38 and 41 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.
What is the specific part of the legislation that requires the publication of 'Local development order'?
As above
Which organisations do we think should publish the data?
Local authorities
Is the Local development order something to consult during plan making?
No
Is there any Local development order data already available?
Yes
What Local development order data is currently available?
- Local Development Orders (publisher: Local Government Association; coverage: National; licence: Unknown; fields: Local Authority;Site / Name of Local Development Order;Date of notification to the Secretary of State;Date of adoption;Type of Local Development Order;Website;Category)
Do we think the data should come from a single source?
Yes - it looks like the Planning Advisory Service has a map of LDO's across the country.
Will a data standard be required?
No
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Where will or should the data be used?
At a local level
Who are the statutory consultees for Local development order?
Prescribed bodies need to be consulted for a minimum of 28 days.
What are the planning needs for this data?
Yes - where an LDO is in place, the way of gaining planning permission is different to the standard method.
Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Local development order data?
LPA, Developers, Local Community
What are some potential uses of Local development order data?
Identifying the location of LDO's, as they grant planning permission in a different way, therefore knowing the location of them is beneficial for a number of stakeholders.
What's the value of adding Local development order data to the platform?
Planning value, to understand the location of the LDO's, and where they are in place.
From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Local development order data available?
The data found produced by the Local Government Association is NOT explicitly published under an open licence, nor is it completely up to date. Accessing the links to local authority websites through this map more often than not returns an error 404, being that the page / file is not found. If this is the case, data might need to be collected from local authorities individually which modifies the outlook and time to completion for this data.