Wealden Local Plan Review 2003

Help Page

Here are a few tips on how to display and access information within the site using the Options and Tools provided.

Map Navigation

To activate a function, simply left click the mouse on the tool you require.

Reset Tool
Click on this tool at any time to return to the Overview Map of the District.

Zoom In Tool
This allows you to enlarge the scale of the map. Click on point of interest on map - or click, hold down and drag to select a specific area indicated by the appearance of a red box. Map will redraw at a larger scale.

Zoom Out Tool
This allows you to reduce the scale of the map. Click on point of interest on map - or click, hold down and drag to select a specific area indicated by the appearance of a red box. Map will redraw at a smaller scale.

Pan Tool
This allows you to move around the map. Click, hold down and drag cursor to move map image and bring the area of interest into the centre of the screen. The map will redraw and centre on your requested area.

Key
Use the scroll bar to view the Key to the Proposals Map.

Scale Bar
This gives details of the scale of mapping being viewed.

Map Menu

This allows you to select the Proposals Map (which is the overall map of Wealden) or any of the 64 Inset Maps, (which are more detailed maps for the areas within the blue boxes shown on the Proposals Map).

Proposals Map (Map of Wealden District)

Use the Zoom In button to select an area on the map (hold down the right-hand mouse button).

The map will re-draw.

Use the Navigation Tools to manipulate the map as appropriate, e.g. Zoom In, Pan Around.

To identify which Local Plan Policies affect an area on the map, click on the Policy Information button on the right-hand side of the screen and then on the required part of the map. Details of the policies will be listed below the Policy Information button (see Policy Information Tool below for further details about this function).

Note: If the required area of the map is contained within a Blue Box (numbered), this indicates there is an inset map, which should be viewed - see below.

Inset Maps (Shown on the Proposals Map by Blue Boxes)

Ensure that the Proposals Map is displayed in the map window.

Click on the drop down box and select the Inset map required.

The map will re-draw and display the inset map.

Use the Navigation Tools to manipulate the map as appropriate, e.g. Zoom In, Pan Around.

View Documents

These links take you directly to the main documents relating to the Local Plan, instead of accessing them from the Proposals Map.

Written Statement - the full text of the Local Plan, including policies and proposals.

Find a Site/Address

Please note that this function only works with the Proposals Map. Click the reset button in Map Navigation to return to the Proposals Map at anytime.
This allows you to go to an area of the map where the address is located by using a postcode search.

Enter a postcode, e.g. TN33 9HS (with the space). With a partial postcode, click GO and then select the full postcode from the drop down list.

Click GO.

The map will redraw centred on your selected postcode.

Use the Navigation tools as necessary to move around the map.

Note: If area on the map is within a Blue Box (numbered), this indicates there is an inset map. Return to the Proposals Map (by either clicking the Reset button or clicking on "Click Here" on the left-hand side of the screen. Select the appropriate inset map from the drop down list and the map will re-draw.

Policy Information Tool
This allows you to access the policies relevant to particular areas, or a detailed plan showing a Proposed Change to the Proposals Map.

To view relevant policies in the Written Statement:

Click on point of interest on map. A list of the policies that apply to that area or site will appear below the Tool Button.

Click on a policy title / number of interest. A new window appears showing the contents of the chapter containing the policy. Where more than one policy number is listed, the link will take you to the Index of Policies.

Scroll down the Index of Policies and click on the relevant links to look at the policy details.

Technical information about this website

Opening the maps
Depending on your Internet connection speed, it may take a few moments for the initial download of the mapping database.

Software Requirements
This presentation only functions fully in Internet Explorer 5.0 or above. There is limited functionality if using in Netscape. Currently the presentation only functions on a PC.

Microsoft Java Virtual Machine needs to be activated to run the presentation. To do this in Internet Explorer, go to:

Tools - Internet Options - Advanced - go to VM at the bottom of the list and tick 'JIT compiler for virtual machine'

Some versions of Windows, notably XP, do not have Java installed by default. To download and automatically install the Sun Java Virtual Machine, visit the Sun Microsystems web site.

Screen size
This presentation has been designed to fit on a 17'' monitor with a Desktop Area of 1024 x 768 pixels.

To change the Display Area of your monitor:

right click on your desktop (the background of your screen, on which windows, icons and dialogues boxes appear).

choose Properties.

click the Settings tab.

adjust the Desktop Area to 1024 x 768 pixels.

click 'OK', the screen will go blank briefly while it re-adjusts itself, this is normal.

Hardware
Currently, the presentation only functions on a PC, not an Apple Mac.