Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) is produced to provide further detail on certain policies and proposals contained within Cardiff's Development Plan. They help ensure that certain policies and proposals are better understood and applied effectively.
SPG do not have the same status or weight as adopted Development Plan policies. However, the Government advises that they may be taken into account as a material consideration in determining planning applications.
Following the adoption of the LDP on 28th January, 2016, there will be a programme of updating and revising previously approved SPG based on those referenced through the LDP Examination process- Plus others more recently identified as priorities. Once new updated SPG have been prepared, they will replace previous SPG relating to that topic.
The primary policy basis for the assessment of development proposals will be National policies and guidance along with policies set out in the LDP. However, prior to new updated SPG being prepared, where existing SPG is considered consistent with the new LDP policy framework, it will continue to be material to the Development Management process.
Approved SPGs
- Archaeology and Archaeologically Sensitive Areas (July 2018) (PDF, 3 MB)
- Childcare Facilities (November 2017) (PDF, 1 MB)
- City Centre Design Guide Sep 94 (Available on request)
- Dumballs Road Area Planning Brief (June 2006) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Flat Conversions (March 2019) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Food, Drink And Leisure Uses (November 2017) (PDF, 2 MB)
- Houses in Multiple Occupation (October 2016) (PDF, 2 MB)
- Infill Sites (November 2017) (PDF, 2 MB)
- Locating Waste Management Facilities (Jan 2017) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Managing Transportation Impacts - Incorporating Parking Standards (July 2018) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Planning for Health and Wellbeing (November 2017) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Planning obligations (January 2017) (PDF, 3 MB)
- Education supplementary planning guidance (2023) (PDF, 79 KB) - This memorandum supplements the Schools and Education section of the Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG). It provides information on updated section 106 baseline contribution figures the Council will use in calculating contributions from developers for primary and secondary education provision within the city, when determining planning applications.
- Public Art (Jun 2006) (PDF, 4 MB)
- Residential Design Guide (January 2017) (PDF, 4 MB)
- Safeguarding Business and Industrial Land and Premises (November 2017) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Shopfront Design and Signage (June 2019) (PDF, 4 MB)
- Student Accommodation (March 2019) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Tall Buildings Design Guide (January 2017) (PDF, 3 MB)
- Waste Collection and Storage Facilities (October 2016) (PDF, 1 MB)
Cabinet Proposal
Until final documents are available please see the Council papers.
Conservation Area Appraisals
A series of Conservation Area Appraisals have been adopted and are available to view. The documents set out what is special about each area, providing information and guidance about the controls in place.
