Local Plan updates – July 2018

Aylesbury Vale – The two weeks of hearing sessions of the Examination in Public of the Aylesbury Vale Local Plan ended on Friday 20th July.

Basildon – Elements of the Local Plan are currently under review, and Reg. 19 consultation is expected to take place in October this year.

Central Beds – The Local Plan has been submitted and is now under examination by a Planning Inspector. The hearing sessions have not been scheduled yet.

Chelmsford – Submitted the new Local Plan to the Secretary of State on 29th June 2018. A planning inspector will hold independent examination hearing sessions later this year.

Chiltern and South Bucks – The Councils are reviewing their duty to cooperate engagements with neighbouring authorities.

Dacorum – A pre-submission Draft Plan is expected in late Summer 2019 while the Council continues to gather and evaluate evidence.

East Herts – Following receipt of the Inspector’s Final Report on the Examination of the East Herts District Plan, an Extraordinary Council meeting has been arranged for Tuesday 11th September, at which the Council will be asked to determine the adoption of the District Plan.

Epping – The High Court has dismissed the legal challenge to the Epping Forest District Council’s Local Plan Submission Version 2017, paving the way for the Council to submit the Local Plan to the Secretary of State for Independent Examination.

Epsom and Ewell – Preparation of the Epsom & Ewell Duty to Co-operate Engagement Plan is scheduled for September – October 2018, with Pre-Submission Public Consultation not due until late 2019.

Harlow – The Council has published the Pre-Submission Publication of the Local Plan. Submission to the Planning Inspectorate for examination is planned for September 2018.

Medway – Reg. 18 Development Strategy consultation ran until 25th June 2018. The Reg. 19 consultation is expected in Winter 2018.

Milton Keynes – The Council has now submitted the Proposed Submission version of Plan:MK to the Planning Inspectorate for an independent examination. Hearing Sessions commenced on 10th July 2018.

Mole Valley – Reg. 18 Preferred Options consultation to take place in early 2019 (delayed by May 2018 local elections).

Reigate and Banstead – Following submission of the draft Development Management Plan on 18th May 2018, an independent Planning Inspector has been appointed and Examination Hearings are scheduled to start on 30th October 2018.

Sevenoaks – Draft Local Plan consultation is taking place from 16th July to 10th September 2018.

South Northamptonshire – Reg.19 consultation is expected in October 2018, with submission in January 2019.

St Albans – Council has approved a new draft Local Plan for Publication consultation from 4th September to 17th October 2018.

Surrey Heath – The Draft Surrey Heath Local Plan Issues and Options/Preferred Options Consultation finishes on Monday 30th July, and the Pre-submission Consultation is scheduled for June 2019.

Tandridge – The Draft Local Plan Consultation (Reg. 19) will run from Monday 30th July to Monday 10th September.

Thurrock – Reg. 18 (Issues and Options Stage 2: Spatial Options and Sites) took place in July 2018. Reg. 19 (Draft Local Plan) is scheduled for September 2019.

Tonbridge and Malling – The Reg. 19 consultation is scheduled for October 2018.

Tunbridge Wells – Preferred Options Reg. 18 consultation is completed. Consultation on a Pre-Submission Local Plan (Reg. 19) will take place from September 2019 to October 2019.

Waverley – Part 1: Adopted in February 2018 but will face a High Court challenge this autumn. Part 2: Consultation on preferred options and draft policies (Regulation 18) finished on 9th July 2018. Once all the representations have been collated they will be published on the Council’s website. Reg. 19 is scheduled for October/November 2018.

Wycombe – The Wycombe District Local Plan has been submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and hearings started on 16th July.