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This means that the Core Strategy now forms part of the formal Development Plan for the district and will be used in the determination of planning applications.


In addition to the Core Strategy the Council will continue to have regard to the remaining 'saved' policies from the previously adopted Suffolk Coastal Local Plan until replacement by policies in other development plan documents. Those remaining 'saved' polices from the previously adopted Local Plan are listed in Table 3.4.


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Table 3.3 presents the relevant policies fromthe Suffolk Coastal District Local Plan - Core Strategy and Development Management Policies.


Table 3.3.Relevant key policies from the Suffolk Coastal District Council Core Strategy Policy


Key points SP 12 Climate Change


The District Council will contribute towards the mitigation of the effects of new development on climate change by:  Encouraging and promoting schemes which create renewable energy where consistent with the need to safeguard residential amenity, the environment and the landscape.


 Minimising the risk of flooding and ensuring appropriate management of land within flood plains.


 Improving the process of estuary and coastal management, incorporating and integrating social, recreational, economic, physical and environmental issues and actions;


SP14 Biodiversity and Geodiversity


Biodiversity and geodiversity will be protected and enhanced using a framework based on a network of:  designated sites;  wildlife corridors and links;  the rivers, estuaries and coast;  identified habitats and geodiversity features;  landscape character areas; and  protected species.


SP15 Landscape and Townscape


The policy of the Council will be to protect and enhance the various landscape character areas within the district either through opportunities linked to development or through other strategies.


The policy of the Council will be to protect and enhance the various landscape character areas within the district either through opportunities linked to development or through other strategies.


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


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