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Paper 5 Appendix 3 – Design Guide Route to Adoption 

Design Guide - Route Adoption 

Employ consultants to produce a 
design guide and checklist for CNPA 

Done 

Include CNPA staff, board 
member working group and 
Local Authorities to guide 
consultants’ thoughts on 
what is required 

Ongoing meetings with consultants, 
board members and officers to take 
guide forward in draft 

Sept - Nov 

Take forward options on best way 
forward to Board for informal 
discussion 

11th Jan 2008 

Work closely with 4 Local 
Authorities to ensure 
widest buy in to process 
for future use in all 
applications submitted and 
not called in 

Factor into guide Boards thoughts 
into Guide; targeted workshops with 
key stakeholders 

Feb/Mar 2008

Prepare revised guide to roll out for 
wider public consultation 

April/May 2008

Ongoing work on 
SEA to inform 
Guide. 

Consider findings of consultation and produce 
guide to use as informal guidance within CNP 
called in applications. Work closely with LA to 
encourage widespread implementation 

May – July 2008 – 
board meeting July 
2008 

Board agreement of Design Guide 
for use as Advise on best practice 

July 2008

Link closely with Local Plan 
modifications to ensure 
design guide and 
modifications are working in 
tandem 

Use design guide within CNPA and 4 
Local Authorities to test against 
‘called in’ and other applications 

August 2008 ...

Design guide cannot be used 
as Supplementary Planning 
Guidance in support of Local 
Plan policies until local plan 
is adopted; therefore its 
scoring checklist could not 
be used to refuse or 
approve particular 
applications at this stage 

Make modifications in light of trial 
period to ensure guide can be adopted 
in parallel with Local Plan 

January/ Feb 2009 

Adopt design guide as formal SPG in 
support of Local Plan 

June 2009