The Regulation 19 Consultation is now closed.
In accordance Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 representations are invited on the proposed submission draft of the Croydon Local Plan 2019 to 2040; on whether it is legally compliant and meets the tests of ‘soundness’ as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), paragraph 35.
You are invited to submit your representations over a 6-week period
The consultation is now closed.
Have your say by completing our online form with your comments
Regulation 19 consultation documents to download
- Statement of representation procedure (PDF,103KB)
- Proposed submission draft of the Croydon local plan (Part 1, PDF, 6,798KB)
- Proposed submission draft of the Croydon local plan (Part 2, PDF, 4,088KB)
- Policies map: Croydon north (PDF, 6KB)
- Policies map: Croydon south (PDF, 5KB)
- Policies map: Croydon ins (PDF, 2,3KB)
- Habitats regulations assessment (PDF, 1.4KB)
- Natural England Response Letter on HRA (PDF, 101KB)
- Sustainability report (PDF, 6KB)
- Sustainability report, non-technical summary (PDF, 722KB)
View an interactive version of our Proposed submission policies map
Revised local plan (accessible version)
This version of the revised Local Plan has been produced for ease of reference with deleted text removed and inserted text indicated in red.
- Croydon local plan 2018, revised 2024 (PDF, 8MB)
- Croydon local plan 2024 - delivering and monitoring the plan (PDF, 2MB)
For further information, read how the supporting evidence has been used to inform the local plan
View supporting evidence from previous consultations. This evidence has been to create our planning policies and other Local Development Framework documents.
About the review
Watch the video below for an overview of the local plan and the Regulation 19 consultation process.
Representations should reflect on the legal compliance and soundness of the revised local plan, referring to specific policy and paragraph numbers.
Find out more about the plan making process, legal compliance and tests of soundness:
- National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)
- Government Local Plan Guidance
- Government Plan making Guidance
Legal compliance
The revised Local plan has been prepared in accordance with legal and procedural requirements. The plan should have been:
- prepared in accordance with our latest local development scheme;
accompanied by a sustainability appraisal and habitat regulations assessment; - subject to consultation carried out in accordance with our statement of community involvement;
- compliant with all relevant laws including the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (PCPA) and the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012;
- in general conformity with the London plan.
We should also have worked collaboratively with neighbouring authorities and prescribed bodies on strategic and cross boundary matters, known as the duty to cooperate.
Soundness
Local Plans are considered to be sound if they have been:
Positively prepared
Provides a strategy which, as a minimum, seeks to meet our objectively assessed needs and is informed by agreements with other authorities, so that unmet need from neighbouring areas is accommodated where it is practical to do so and is consistent with achieving sustainable development.
Justified
An appropriate strategy, taking into account the reasonable alternatives, and based on proportionate evidence;
Effective
Deliverable over the plan period, and based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic matters that have been dealt with rather than deferred, as evidenced by the statement of common ground; and
Consistent with national policy
Enabling the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies in this framework and other statements of national planning policy, where relevant.
How to have your say on the Regulation 19 consultation
- have your say by completing our online form with your comments on the proposed draft of Croydon Local Plan 2019 - 2040
- paper copies of the representation form and consultation documents are available at Croydon Library branches and the Urban Room
- if you require a Word version of the representation form please email ldf@croydon.gov.uk