Local Development Framework Evidence Base

The planning system requires that the preparation of the Local Development Framework and Joint Core Strategy Development Management Policies Development Plan Document is informed by an up-to-date evidence base of key aspects of the social, economic and environmental characteristics of an area.

The primary research and evidence detailed below supports the Local Devlopment Framework in Tameside.

National Planning Policy	Communities and Local Government
North West of England Plan - Regional Spatial Strategy to 2021	4NorthWest
Prosperity for all: The Greater Manchester Strategy 2009	AGMA
Annual Monitoring Report 2004/05	Tameside MBC
Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06	Tameside MBC
Annual Monitoring Report 2006/07	Tameside MBC
Annual Monitoring Report 2007/08	Tameside MBC
Annual Monitoring Report 2008/09	Tameside MBC
Annual Monitoring Report 2009/10	Tameside MBC
Tameside Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report 2010	Tameside MBC/ENTEC
Tameside Citizens' Forum on Key Council Services "The 15 Year Plan for Tameside" 2006	Tameside MBC
Tameside Unitary Development Plan 2004	Tameside MBC
Tameside Sustainable Community Strategy 2009 - 2019	Tameside MBC
Draft National Planning Policy Framework 2011	Communities and Local Government

Interim Housing position statement due 2012	Tameside MBC/Arc4
Tameside Housing Needs and Demand Study 2009	Tameside MBC
Making Housing Count in the Manchester City Region	AGMA
Tameside Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 2011	Tameside MBC
Greater Manchester Strategic Housing Market Assessment 2008	AGMA/new economy
Greater Manchester Strategic Housing Market Assessment Update 2010	AGMA/new economy
Planning for Growth 2011	Communities and Local Government
Manchester Independent Economic Review	MIER
Tameside Strategic Housing Market Assessment 2008	Tameside MBC/Arc4
Tameside Housing Strategy 2010 - 2016	Tameside MBC
Tameside Residential Design SPD 2010	Tameside MBC
Tameside Sustainable Design and Construction Guide SPD 2005	Tameside MBC
Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment	Arc4
Laying the Foundations: A Housing Strategy for England	Communities and Local Government
The Greater Manchester Housing Market: Research report for the AGMAs Planning and Housing Commission 2011	AGMA
The Greater Manchester Housing Market: Research report for the AGMAs Planning and Housing Commission update due 2012	AGMA

Greater Manchester Town Centres Study	Drivers Jonas
Tameside Conservation Area Appraisals: Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge	Tameside MBC
Urban Design Compendium	Homes and Communities Agency
Tameside Retail Needs Study 2010	Tameside MBC/WYG Planning and Design
Manual for Streets	Communities and local Government
Ashton Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document	Tameside MBC
Draft Hyde Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document	Tameside MBC

Tameside Employment Land Study 2010	CBRE
Tameside Employment Land Review Due 2012	Tameside MBC
Greater Manchester Employment Land Position Statement 2009	Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners
UK Sustainable Development Strategy 2005	Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Tameside Employment Land Supplementary Planning Document	Tameside MBC
Local Growth: Realising Every Place's Potential	Department for Business Innovation and Skills
The Plan for Growth 2011	HM Treasury
Planning for Growth 2011	Communities and Local Government
Manchester Independent Economic Review	Manchester Independent Economic Review
Tameside Employment Land Study: Property Market Overview/Sectoral Assessment 2010	Tameside MBC/CB Richard Ellis
Tameside Economic Strategy Baseline 2011	Mickledore
Enterprising Tameside, A new Economic Strategy for Tameside to 2026. 2011	Tameside MBC
Local Economic Assessment	New Economy

The Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change	HM Treasury
Greater Manchester Mini Stern Report	Deloitte
Greater Manchester Decentralised and Zero Carbon Energy Planning Study	Urbed/Aecom
Code for Sustainable Homes	Communities and Local Government
Sustainable Design and Construction Guide Supplementary Planning Document	Tameside MBC
Greater Manchester Biodiversity Action Plan	Greater Manchester Ecology Unit
Tameside Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2011	Tameside MBC/Scott Wilson
Tameside Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study 2010	Tameside MBC/Knight Kavanagh and Page
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment for Greater Manchester	Tameside MBC/Scott Wilson/AGMA
Greater Manchester Climate Change Strategy	AGMA
Tameside Decentralised Energy Study 2011	Tameside MBC/Urbed and Aecom
Biodiversity: The UK Action Plan 2004	Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Report on the Species and Habitat Review 2007	UK Biodiversity Action Plan
Towards a Greater Manchester Green Infrastructure Framework	The Environment Partnership/Natural England/AGMA
Sport England: Spatial Planning for Sport: Creating Local Policy	Sport England
Green Infrastructure to Combat Climate Change	Community Forests Northwest

Draft Conservation Area Appraisals And Management Proposals Due 2012	Tameside MBC
Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance 2008	English Heritage
Heritage Works: The use of historic buildings in regeneration, a toolkit of good practice 2006	English Heritage
Tameside Urban Historic Landscape Characterisation 2011	GMAU
Heritage Counts published annually	English Heritage
Heritage at Risk published annually	English Heritage
Tameside Buildings at Risk Strategy due 2012	Tameside MBC
History and Archaeology of Tameside series	Tameside MBC/GMAU
Historic Environment Record	GMAU

Joint Strategic Health Needs Assessment	Tameside and Glossop PCT
Tameside and Glossop Public Health Annual Report 2010	Tameside and Glossop PCT
Delivering Healthy Communities: RTPI Good practice	Royal Town Planning Institute
Marmot review: Social Mobility Strategy	Fair Pay Commission
Child Poverty Needs Assessment	Tameside Strategic Partnership

Greater Manchester Joint Waste Plan	Minerals and Waste Planning Unit
Greater Manchester Joint Minerals Plan	Minerals and Waste Planning Unit

For further information on the Core Strategy or its evidence base, please contact us using the details below.

Contact Information
Send us a Message	Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Tameside MBC Council Offices Wellington Road Ashton under Lyne OL6 6DL  View local map
For Planning Policy 0161 342 3346