Core Strategy Background Documents
The Council has conducted or commissioned various studies to provide a robust and credible evidence base for the adopted South Bucks Local Plan and Core Strategy. A few relevant studies have also been prepared by Buckinghamshire County Council. The Council is also preparing an evidence base for the Emerging Local Plan which will be added to as the plan progresses.
The evidence base studies have been used in preparing the South Bucks Core Strategy, ensuring that the spatial strategy and related Core Policies are sound. These studies address issues including housing need, housing land supply, development viability, townscape character, employment land, infrastructure requirements and many more. The evidence studies listed below are divided into different topic areas:
Housing and Gypsies and Travellers
- Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 2009 (PDF) [12MB] (in-house)
- Bucks Strategic Housing Market Assessment 2008 (PDF) [11MB] (Fordham Research)
- South Bucks Development Economics Study 2007 (PDF) [1MB] (Three Dragons)
- Development Economics Study Three Dragons Updated 2010 (PDF) [2MB] (Three Dragons)
- Overall Affordable Housing Target Background Paper (PDF) [409KB]
Employment and Retail
- Bucks Employment Land Review_Main_Report (PDF) [2MB] (DPDS Consulting Group & GWE Research, 2006)
- Bucks Employment Land Review_Appendix_A-G (PDF) [1MB] (DPDS Consulting Group & GWE Research, 2006)
- Employment Land Review Update 2010 (PDF) [535KB] (in-house, 2010)
- Chiltern and South Bucks Joint Retail and Town Centre Study - Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (December 2007) (PDF) [3MB] (Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners 2007)
- Chiltern and South Bucks Joint Retail and Town Centre Study Update - Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (December 2009) (PDF) [3MB] (Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners)
- Range of Employment Sites (PDF) [341KB]
Environment and Flood Risk
- PPS25 Sequential and Exceptions Test for Mill Lane (PDF) [1MB] (in-house, 2010)
- Habitats Regulations Assessment March 2010 (PDF) [3MB] (UE Associates, 2010)
- Habitats Regulations Assessment Addendum July 2010 (PDF) [273KB] (in house, 2010)
- Habitats Regulations Assessment Addendum Feb 2011 (PDF) [327KB] (in house, 2011)
- Promoting Energy Efficiencies in the Existing Housing Stock (PDF) [649KB] (in house, 2010)
- Townscape Character Study Part 1 (PDF) [13MB] (Chris Blandford Associates, 2010)
- Bucks & Milton Keynes Historic Landscape Characterisation Study
- Evidence for Sustainable Energy Policies in the South East (PDF) [311KB] (in house, 2006)
Transport, Infrastructure and Accessibility
- Evaluation of Transport Impacts June 2010 (PDF) [16MB] (Atkins)
- Bucks Infrastructure Project Phase 2 2008 (PDF) [676KB] (Michael Ling)
- Buckinghamshire Infrastructure Study Final Report 2008 (PDF) [897KB] (Colin Buchanan & Hewdon Consulting)
- Infrastructure Planning Delivery Background Paper (PDF) [2MB] (in-house, 2010)
- Transport Paper Iver and Richings Park Area (Bucks CC 2010) (PDF) [3MB]
- Transport Paper East of Beaconsfield Area (Bucks CC 2010) (PDF) [535KB]
Sustainability Appraisal
