What are Supplementary Planning Documents?

Supplementary planning documents (SPDs) build upon and provide additional guidance to help in the interpretation of our Core Strategy policies. They can be based on particular topics or relate to particular strategic sites.

Adopted SPDs

Development Requirements

• Development Requirements SPD (adopted in stages, last part adopted October 2021)

Masterplans

• Canal Quarter Masterplan SPD (adopted July 2018)
• Gaydon/Lighthorne Heath Masterplan SPD (adopted July 2016)
• Long Marston Airfield Masterplan SPD (adopted February 2018)
• Stratford-upon-Avon Gateway Masterplan Framework SPD (adopted April 2024)
• Wellesbourne Innovation Campus Masterplan SPD (adopted July 2023)

SPDs currently under preparation

No SPDs are currently under preparation.

Older supplementary documents, guidance and advice

Older supplementary documents can be found on our planning guidance page. Some of these documents are partly superseded by relevant sections of the Development Requirements SPD.

Find out more

• Back to Planning Policy main page
• Other planning guidance