Local Plan updates – June 2018

• Aylesbury Vale – Plan submitted for examination in January 2018 – the Council hopes to adopt the plan before the end of 2018.
• Basildon – An Extraordinary Meeting of the Council was held on Thursday 7th June 2018 in which the decision made by the Council on 22nd March to consult on the Local Plan, and to submit it to the Government, has been withdrawn and the Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Committee will be asked to look again at specific aspects.
• Central Beds – Local Plan was submitted to government on 30 April 2018 and is now subject to an independent examination by a Planning Inspector.
• Chelmsford – The Development Policy Committee approved the process for submitting the Local Plan on 7 June 2018. The documents have now been referred to Full Council to agree the submission.
• Cherwell – Cherwell District Council submitted the Local Plan Partial Review (Oxford’s Unmet Housing Need) to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for formal examination on 5 March 2018.
• Chilterns/South Bucks – The Reg. 19 pre-submission Local Plan was expected to be published in June/July 2018 but has been delayed, as the Councils have been required to undertake additional highway modelling. The timetable is being reviewed.
• Dacorum – Currently reviewing 20,000 comments from Reg.18 consultation in November 2017. Expect to proceed to preferred option or pre-submission stage in 2018/2019.
• East Herts – Following the Main Modifications Consultation, the Council received a ‘fact check’ version of the Inspector’s Report on the 25th June 2018.  The Council has until the 9th July to complete its fact check.  Once this has been completed and the Inspector has responded to any points raised, the Planning Inspectorate will submit the final report to the Council.
• Epping – Submission of Epping Forest District Council’s Local Plan has been delayed following a Planning Court ruling on 20 March 2018.
• Harlow – Reg 19 consultation is open until Friday 6 July 2018. Submission to Planning Inspectorate for examination is planned for September 2018.
• London Borough of Redbridge – The Redbridge Local Plan 2015-2030 was formally adopted at Full Council on Thursday 15 March 2018.
• Maidstone – The Local Plan was adopted last October, with the next review scheduled for 2021.
• Medway – Development Strategy consultation ran until 25 June 2018. The Reg. 19 is expected in Winter 2018.
• Mid Sussex – Mid Sussex District Plan 2014-2031 was adopted as a Development Plan Document at the full council  meeting on 28th March 2018.
• Milton Keynes – The Council has now submitted the Proposed Submission version of Plan:MK to the Planning Inspectorate for an independent examination.
• Wycombe – The Wycombe District Local Plan has been submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with a hearing starting on 16th July.
• Mole Valley – Reg. 18 Preferred Options consultation to take place in late Summer/early Autumn 2018.
• Reigate and Banstead – The Reigate & Banstead Development Management Plan (DMP) was submitted to the Secretary of State for Local Government on 18 May 2018 and will now be subject to an independent examination by a Planning Inspector.
• Sevenoaks – Draft Local Plan consultation is planned for Summer 2018.
• South Northamptonshire – Reg 19 consultation is expected in the Summer 2018.
• St Albans – On 21st June, Cabinet voted unanimously to recommend the draft Local Plan for publication to Council. If Council approves the Plan in July, the Regulation 19 consultation should start in September 2018.
• Surrey Heath – Surrey Heath Borough Council’s first draft of the Local Plan is available for public consultation between Monday 4 June and Monday 30 July.
• Tandridge – Reg 19 consultation is expected to take place July-September 2018
• Thurrock – Call for sites ended on 23 April 2018. Pre-submission consultation is planned for towards the end of 2018 and submission to the Inspector early in 2019. Adoption is expected in 2020.
• Tonbridge and Malling – Reg.19 version of the Local Plan is anticipated to be consulted upon during the Autumn 2018.
• Tunbridge Wells – Preferred Options Reg. 18 consultation is completed. Consultation on a Pre-Submission Local Plan (Regulation 19) will take place from September 2019 – October 2019.
• Waverley – Part 1 – Adopted but currently fighting three challenges. Part 2 – Consultation on preferred options and draft policies (Regulation 18) until 9 July 2018.