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SPP6 AND SPG - KEY ITEMS CHECKLIST
62. Conformity between SPG/development plans and SPP6 is a matter for planning authorities to consider in the first instance. The following list of items is not intended to be comprehensive but may be a helpful starting point for deciding whether existing policies reflect SPP6 or need revision, and in checking whether new SPG reflects the SPP:
- Accommodate wind farms where they can operate efficiently and the impacts can be addressed satisfactorily (see 'The Principle' above);
- Include policies which reflect the different status of international, national and local natural heritage designations;
- Where relevant, apply greenbelt policy;
- Where relevant, identify areas where the limits of cumulative impact have been reached;
- For other constraints, set out the factors which must be satisfactorily addressed to enable development to take place;
- No 'buffer zones' around areas designated for their natural heritage importance;
- 2km separation distance for communities is not a blanket restriction on development;
- Identify areas where there are no significant constraints; and refine to
- Identify broad areas of search;
- No 'sequential test', overt or implied, which requires applications outwith broad areas of search to show that there is no capacity within the broad areas of search;
- Broad criteria to be considered for all proposals.
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