Wednesday 28 June 2017
An interactive version of the Island Development Plan has been developed, to help islanders better navigate the large document to get to the sections most relevant to them.
The 375-page IDP sets out the land planning policies for the whole of Guernsey in a single document. It was adopted by the States of Guernsey on the 2nd November 2016.
The interactive IDP was developed in-house by Planning Service staff, and at no additional cost to the States. Its key features include:
- Divider style links to the right hand side of the page (in the same format as the hard copy version of the IDP)
- Interactive contents page
- Interactive list of policies
- Interactive flow chart for the structure of the plan, para no 1.3, Figure 1 - you can click on the parts which take you to section breaks
- Home page facility button in the top right hand corner of the page which takes you back to the start of the contents page
- In the body of the text where it refers to 'proposal map' it will take you to the external website http://idp.digimap.gg/, other hyperlinks to external websites have also been added where appropriate.
- In the body of the text other links have been added, for example on page 18 where it refers to policies it will take you to the relevant policy box e.g. MC5 (Industry, Storage & Distribution in Main Centres and Main Centre Outer Areas - Within Key Industrial Areas and Key Industrial Expansion Areas) and MC2 (Housing in Main Centres and Main Centre Outer Areas).
- Interactive version of the pdf has been locked for editing, to ensure that this version is only used electronically.
- View full screen mode option - which allows people to view the document single sided, should this be their preferred way of viewing the document
The Planning Service recognises that the IDP document is substantial, given that it needed to include a huge amount of detail. The Service took on this project to try and make it as easy as possible for islanders to navigate around the document, and find the information relevant to their circumstances.
The interactive IDP can be found under The Island Development Plan (2016) drop-down menu at www.gov.gg/planningpolicy
