This page provides information on inspections of the local plan. Please see below for information on quarterly updates, hearing schedules, and officer information. For a list of all documents regarding Local Plan Examinations, visit our Examination Documentation page.
ED 158 and ED 159 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 157 was added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 156 Letter from Inspector Air Quality 14.7.17 added to Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 145 & 146 (5 and 20 year housing land supply tables) added to Examination Documents tab of this page.
The consultation on Main Modifications to the Local Plan has finished and you can now view the comments.
ED 143 was added to the Examination Documents tab of this page. However this document is no longer in use.
Updated participants lists for hearing sessions One A and One B were added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the ones added on 23 September 2016.
An updated agenda for hearing session 12 was added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the one added on 13 September 2016.
Two documents were added to the Examinations Documents tab of this page:
Our 2016 Annual Monitoring Report was added to our Local Plan Monitoring and Information page.
Two documents were added to our Evidence Library:
ED 009 lists the additional evidence we submitted on 15 September to support our Local Plan. This was in response to matters and issues raised by the Inspector in correspondence and the hearing session agendas.
They've also been added to our Evidence Library.
Hearing statements for weeks one and two of the hearing sessions were added to the Hearings tab of this page.
Agendas and participants lists for weeks three and four of the hearing sessions were added to the Hearings tab of this page.
Agendas and participants lists for weeks one and two of the hearing sessions were added to the Hearings tab of this page.
Some of the documents of the 2016 Sustainability Appraisal were incomplete:
There were 10 sites and one proforma missing from the documents. All of the missing sites were assessed before in SUB 002 (C) Appendices. They can now be found in SUB 002 (I) Technical Appendix A - Housing Site Options Addendum.
Our response ED 003 to the Inspectors letter ED 002 was added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
The dates of the hearing sessions for our Local Plan were confirmed. You can find out when they are on the Hearings tab of this page.
The Inspector, Mr Mellor wrote to us. He wanted more information about some of the evidence we're still working on at the moment, to support our Local Plan.
ED 088 (B) and ED 109 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
The agenda for hearing session 15 A was added to the Hearings tab of this page.
ED 105 (A), ED 105 (B), ED 105 (C) , ED 105 (D), ED 106 (A), ED 106 (B) , ED 106 (C), ED 107 and ED 108 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 088 (A), ED 102, ED 103, ED 104 (A) , ED 104 (B), ED 104 (C) and ED 104 (D) were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 092 (B) was added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
The hearing statements for hearing session R6 were added to the Hearings tab of this page.
ED 099, ED 100, ED 101 (A) and ED 101 (B) were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 090, ED 091, ED 092, ED 093 , ED 093 (A), ED 093 (B), ED 094 , ED 095, ED 096 , ED 097 and ED 098 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 079, ED 080, ED 081 , ED 082, ED 083 , ED 084, ED 085 , ED 086, ED 087, ED 088 and ED 089 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
The agenda and participants list for hearing session R6 were added to the Hearings tab of this page.
ED 073, ED 074, ED 075 , ED 075 (A), ED 076, ED 076 (A), ED 077 and ED 078 were added the Examination Documents tab of this page.
The agenda, participants lists and hearing statements for hearing session R4 were added to the Hearings tab of this page.
ED 064, ED 065, ED 066 , ED 067, ED 068, ED 069, ED 070 , ED 071 and ED 072 were added to the Examinations Documents tab of this page.
ORD 11 (B) Waterside Park Evidence (2015) was added to the Evidence Library.
ED 054, ED 055, ED 056, ED 057 , ED 058, ED 059, ED 060 , ED 061, ED 062 and ED 063 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
The hearing statements for hearing sessions 13A, 13B, 14A and 14B were added to the Examinations Documents tab of this page.
ED 051, ED 052 and ED 053 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 050 was added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 040, ED 041, ED 042 , ED 043, ED 043 (A), ED 043 (B) , ED 043 (C) , ED 043 (D), ED 044 , ED 044 (A), ED 045, ED 046 , ED 047, ED 048 and ED 049 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
The hearing statements for hearing session R2 were added to the Hearings tab of this page.
The hearing statements for hearing sessions Seven to 12 were added to the Hearings tab of this page.
ED 038, ED 038 (A), ED 038 (B) and ED 039 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
Updated participants lists for hearing sessions Eight, Nine, 10 A , 10 B , 11, 12 , R2, 13 and 14 were added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the ones added on 23 September 2016. They'll now show changes and updates as they're being made.
ED 034, ED 035, ED 036 and ED 037 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
An updated participants list for hearing session Seven was added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the one added on 23 September 2016. This list will now show changes and updates as they're being made.
The Level One Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) 2016 documents were added to the Evidence Library:
ED 033 was added to the Examinations Documents tab of this page.
ED 024 was renamed ED 030. ED 024 won't be reused.
ED 031 and ED 032 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 025, ED 026, ED 027 , ED 028, ED 028 (A) and ED 029 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
An updated participants list for hearing session Six B was added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the one added on 12 October 2016.
ED 020, ED 021, ED 022 , ED 023 and ED 024 were also added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
Updated participants lists for hearing sessions Five A, Five B and Six B were added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the ones added on 7 and 11 October 2016.
An updated participants list for hearing session Six B was added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the one added on 7 October 2016.
An updated participants list for hearing session Four was added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the one added on 7 October 2016.
Updated participants lists for hearing sessions Four, Five A, Five B, Six A and Six B were added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the ones added on 4 October 2016.
ED 016, ED 017, ED 018 and ED 019 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
Updated participants lists for hearing sessions Two B, Four, Five A, Five B, Six A and Six B were added to the Hearings tab of this page, replacing the ones added on 23 September 2016.
ED 013, ED 014, ED 015 (A) and ED 015 (B) were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
Our response ED 012 to the Programme Officers letter ED 011 was added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
A consultation on the main modifications to the local plan was carried out from Friday 31 March until 5pm on Friday 19 May 2017.
ED 140 was added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
ED 131, ED 132, ED 133, ED 134 , ED 135, ED 135 (A), ED 136, ED 137 , ED 137 (A) , ED 138, and ED 139 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
The Inspector announced at the final hearing session on Tuesday 24 January that although he had not invited any comments on his Interim Report, he would accept those which had been submitted prior to that session, as well as comments from Representors who had previously stated their intention to the Programme Officer to submit a response.
These are the only comments the Inspector is accepting on his Interim Findings. However an opportunity will arise to make formal written representations on the full set of draft main modifications to the Local Plan when the Borough Council publishes those for public consultation.
ED 118, ED 119, ED 120 , ED 121, and ED 122 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
Added the agenda for hearing session 16 to the Hearings tab of this page.
ED 111, ED 111 (A), ED 111 (B) , ED 112 and ED 113 were added to the Examination Documents tab of this page.
Everyone is welcome to come along to any of the hearings. The hearings take place at the following address:
Council ChamberThe hearing schedule is as follows:
Alternatively you can watch the hearing webcasts on our Council Webcasts portal.
The library of supporting documents for our plan can be found on our Local Plan Evidence Page.
Mr Robert Mellor BSC DIPTRP DIPDBE DMS MRICS MRTPI from the Planning Inspectorate was appointed by the Secretary of State to carry out an independent examination of our Local Plan (2011-2031).
His task was to consider the soundness of our submitted plan, based on the criteria set out in paragraph 182 of the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework).
Our plan should be:
Louise St John Howe was appointed as the Programme Officer.
She's an independent officer of the examination and works on the inspectors behalf, organising and managing the administrative and procedural matters of the examination process.
Any queries about the examination or any correspondence to the inspector should be sent to:
Louise St John HoweYou can also contact her by emailing louise@poservices.co.uk or calling 0778 948 6419.
Please find below all submission documentation submitted to Local Plan.
SUB 002 (A) Summary
SUB 002 (B) Sustainability Appraisal
SUB 002 (C) Appendices
SUB 002 (D) Technical Appendix A.1 - Housing Site Options
SUB 002 (E) Technical Appendix A.2 - Housing Site Options
SUB 002 (F) Technical Appendix A.3 - Housing Site Options
SUB 002 (G) Technical Appendix B - Employment and Mixed Use Site Options
SUB 002 (H) Technical Appendix C - Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
SUB 002 (I) Technical Appendix A - Housing Site Options Addendum
SUB 003 Employment and Retail Topic Paper (2016)
SUB 004 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Topic Paper (2016)
SUB 005 Housing Topic Paper (2016)
SUB 006 Transport Topic Paper (2016)
SUB 007 Topic Paper
SUB 007 (A) Areas Where Development Should Be Restricted Map
SUB 007 (B) Green Infrastructure Map
SUB 007 (C) Housing Allocations Map
SUB 007 (D) Economic Development Allocations Map
SUB 008 Duty to Cooperate Compliance Statement (2016)
SUB 009 Consultation Statement (2016)
SUB 010 Schedule of Proposed Minor Changes (2016)
SUB 011 Infrastructure Delivery Plan (2016)
SUB 012 Local Development Scheme 2014-17
ENV 016 Habitat Regulations Assessment
ENV 016 (A) Appendix A.1 to A.4 - Site Maps
ENV 016 (B) Appendix A.5 to A.8 - Site Maps
ENV 016 (C) Appendix B - Internationally Designated Sites
ENV 016 (D) Appendix C - Screening Tables
