Daventry District, Northampton Borough, South Northamptonshire Council and Northamptonshire County Councils have established the West Northamptonshire Joint Planning Unit (JPU) to prepare the Joint Development Plan Documents, including the Joint Core Strategy and the Joint Supplementary Planning Documents. Each Borough and District Council continues to be responsible for preparing its own Local Development Documents addressing local matters although co-ordination of the overall programme by the JPU will be necessary.
The JPU is responsible to the West Northamptonshire Joint LDF Steering Group which comprises two Councillors from each Council with the active involvement of Northamptonshire County Council and the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation. The Steering Group’s role is to oversee the preparation of the Joint Documents and associated studies and to discuss common planning issues across West Northamptonshire.