Local Plan updates – November 2018
Ashford – The Council consulted on Main Modifications to the Ashford Local Plan 2030, following the hearing sessions of the examination and the post hearings advice note received from the Inspectors. The consultation proposed changes to the Ashford Local Plan 2030 Submission Version. It run for a period of six weeks from Thursday 13th September 2018 until 5pm on Friday 26th October 2018.
Aylesbury Vale – Examination in Public has now ended, Inspector’s Report is expected in Autumn 2018 and adoption is planned for January 2019.
Basildon – The revised Publication Local Plan was adopted by the full Council on 18 October 2019, and the six-week Reg. 19 consultation is expected to be announced soon. Basildon is on the SoS’s ‘naughty list’ and MHCLG chief planner was dispatched to the council earlier this month to ‘discuss’ the final stages of the local plan process – Basildon is likely to be abiding by the current timetable.
Bexley – The Council is currently preparing Local Plan’s preferred approach policies. Consultation on preferred approach to Local Plan policies will take place in January 2019
Braintree – Writing to the Government’s Planning Inspector following an agreement to continue work on the proposals, Braintree, Colchester and Tendring Councils have set out their timetable for completing the further evidence required after the first inspection earlier this year. The evidence and a new sustainability appraisal are expected to be completed by January next year and public consultation will follow.
Brentwood – Council is set to discuss Reg. 19 around the end of October, which should be followed by the six-week consultation. Submission to the Secretary of State is planned for December/January with examination in late Spring 2019.
Bromley – The council submitted the Draft Local Plan for examination on 11 August 2017. The Bromley Local Plan examination hearings took place between 4 and 14 December 2017 the council is awaiting the Inspectors Report.
Broxbourne – The Broxbourne Local Plan 2018-2033 was submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination on 15th March 2018. Hearing sessions will end on the 8th of November 2018.
Cambridge and East Cambs – The Council submitted the Local Plan to the Secretary of State in February 2018. The examination finished on 9 October 2018 and the councils is awaiting inspector’s report.
Canterbury – Local Plan was adopted in July 2017.
Castle Point – Regulation 18 Consultation run between 4 July and 15 August 2018. Regulation 19 consultation is planned for January 2019 and submission to Secretary of State in April 2019. Another council on the SoS ‘naughty list’ so is likely to be adhering to the timetable.
Central Beds – Planning Inspector Mike Hayden has identified a number of pieces of work to be completed by the Council before progressing to the hearings stage. He will liaise with the Programme Officer on potential dates for the hearings in early 2019, subject to the completion of the work.
Chelmsford – The Secretary of State has appointed Yvonne Wright as the inspector. The Inspector has confirmed that the Independent Examination hearing sessions will start on Tuesday 20 November 2018.
Chiltern and South Bucks – The next stage of the approved Local Development Scheme (draft Plan publication under Regulation 19) in June/July 2018 was not met. This is due to the need to undertake specific strategic highway (motorway) junction modelling. The Councils will review the Local Development Scheme once the timetable implications for this additional work are known.
Colchester – Writing to the Government’s Planning Inspector following an agreement to continue work on the proposals, Braintree, Colchester and Tendring Councils have set out their timetable for completing the further evidence required after the first inspection earlier this year. The evidence and a new sustainability appraisal are expected to be completed by January next year and public consultation will follow.
Dacorum – A pre-submission Draft Plan is expected in August 2019 while the Council continues undertaking the Duty to Co-operate and public and stakeholder engagement.
Dartford – Strategic Issues Consultation was held in June/July 2018. Responses to the consultation are being reviewed. A formal Sustainability Appraisal Scoping consultation is to be held in Autumn 2018.
Dover – Regulation 18 consultation is planned for July/August 2019, with adoption expected in February 2021.
East Herts – East Herts’ District Plan was approved on the 23rd of October.
Elmbridge – Preferred Options Consultation has been delayed due to the number of additional evidence-based documents that were being prepared in response to the Issues & Options consultation and the continued Government changes to National Planning Policy including the revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). A report would be considered by Cabinet in November 2018 setting out a new Local Development Scheme.
Epping Forest – The Local Plan has been submitted for approval and Ms. Louise Phillips from the Planning Inspectorate has been appointed to carry out the independent Examination, but it is unlikely that any hearing sessions will be held until the New Year at the earliest.
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.
Folkestone and Hythe – The Council submitted their Places and Policies Local Plan to the Secretary of State on the 28th September 2018 for independent examination. The Planning Inspectorate has appointed Mr Jameson Bridgwater to oversee the examination process.
Gravesham – Local Development Scheme planned for Stage Two of Reg 18 consultation for November and December 2018, but it has not been announced yet.
Guildford – The Council held a six-week public consultation on the proposed main modifications to the plan between 11 September and 23 October 2018. Representations received during the consultation will be provided to the Inspector, who will consider whether to recommend that these modifications should be made in order to make the plan sound. The Inspector has indicated that he intends to hold a further hearing to discuss the housing requirement arising from the latest household projections, the implications for the additional sites that were included in the main modifications, and the way forward. A date for this hearing has not yet been established.
Harlow – Approved at Full Council on 20th September and to be submitted for inspection. This despite only receiving 72 responses to the reg 19 consultation. The council is in some turmoil following the resignation of two Labour councillors and two others to stand down next May. By-elections are set to take place in November although the balance of power is not expected to change.
Havering – Following the hearings which took take place between the 9th and 19th of October 2018, the Inspector has some outstanding concerns in relation to the Local Plan and the evidence which underpins it. The Council needs to provide the inspector with a timescale for preparation and submission of the additional information by 12 November 2018.
Hertsmere – Consultation on ‘potential housing and employment locations’ opened on 25 October and will end on 20 December 2018.
Maidstone – New Local Plan was formally adopted at Full Council on 25 October 2017.
Maldon – The Secretary of State Approved the Maldon District Local Development Plan on 21 July 2017.
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 published a schedule of main modifications to Plan:MK for a six-week consultation period between the 31 October and the 12 December 2018.
Mole Valley – Reg. 18 Preferred Options consultation to take place in early 2019 (delayed by May 2018 local elections).
North Hertfordshire – The inspector wrote to the Council on 29 October 2018 outlining further tasks and providing a draft schedule of main modifications produced by the Council.
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 started on 30th October 2018.
Rochford – Preferred Options Document public consultation (Regulation 18) is planned for October/November 2019.
Runnymede – The Council submitted the Runnymede Local Plan to the Secretary of State on 31st July. Hearing sessions will commence on Tuesday 27th November for a period of three days plus a reserve day. This will be the initial stage of hearing sessions, further hearings are likely to take place in early 2019.
Sevenoaks – The Draft Local Plan consultation ended on 10th September 2018 and the Planning Policy Team is now considering comments. The draft Local Plan will then be considered by councillors in November and December, with the aim of publishing the final version by the end of 2018. This version will be submitted to the Government’s Planning Inspector in Spring 2019.
South Cambs – On 27 September 2018, the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan was adopted and the Adopted Policies Map was agreed for publication.
Southend-on-Sea – Issues and Options public consultation is expected in Autumn/Winter 2018.
South Northamptonshire – Local Plan Part 2 Reg. 19 consultation was passed by committee on 19th September and will run for six weeks from 4 October to 16 November 2018, with submission by the end of January 2019.
Spelthorne – The Council is busy continuing to produce evidence including a Stage 2 Green Belt Assessment. The Council will be publishing the Stage 2 assessment and next public consultation in Summer 2019.
St Albans – Reg. 19 consultation ran until 17th October 2018. All valid representations are now being considered by the Council with the aim to submit for independent public examination in March 2019.
Stevenage – Still awaiting the secretary of state’s permission to move forward with its local plan following last November’s holding direction, after concerns were raised by Stevenage Tory MP Stephen McPartland, including over proposals to regenerate Stevenage’s train station and town centre.
Surrey Heath – The Draft Surrey Heath Local Plan Issues and Options/Preferred Options Consultation finished on Monday 30th July, and the Pre-submission Consultation is scheduled for June 2019.
Swale – The Council will be publishing a Local Development Scheme shortly which will set out the timetable for preparing the next Local Plan.
Tendring – Writing to the Government’s Planning Inspector following an agreement to continue work on the proposals, Braintree, Colchester and Tendring Councils have set out their timetable for completing the further evidence required after the first inspection earlier this year. The evidence and a new sustainability appraisal are expected to be completed by January next year and public consultation will follow.
Tandridge – The Draft Local Plan Consultation (Reg. 19) finished on Monday 10th September. The Council is now analysing the feedback, which will be presented to the Planning Policy Committee in late 2018.
Thanet – The draft Local Plan was published on 23 August 2018. The period for comments closed on Thursday 4 October. The Council is now registering the comments received. The draft Local Plan, together with supporting documents and all the comments, will be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for Examination in the near future.
Three Rivers – Potential Sites Consultation is open between 26 October and 7 December 2018. Publication stage is planned for Autumn 2019.
Thurrock – Reg. 18 (Issues and Options Stage 2: Spatial Options and Sites) took place in July 2018. Reg. 19 was planned for September 2019 but has been delayed after the Local Plan Issues and Options Stage 2 agenda item was withdrawn from July 25th’s Full Council meeting following the publication of the revised NPPF.
Tonbridge and Malling – The Reg. 19 consultation is set to run until 19th November 2018. The council aims to submit its local plan to the secretary of state by the end of 2018.
Tunbridge Wells – Preferred Options Reg. 18 consultation is completed. Consultation on a Pre-Submission Local Plan (Reg. 19) will take place from 30th March 2020.
Uttlesford – Consultation on the Addendum of Focussed Changes to the Regulation 19 Local Plan will run until 27 November 2018. Following this period, the plan will be submitted, along with the representations, to the government for independent examination. Aim is to submit before 24th January 2019.
Watford – Issues and Options consultation run from Friday 7 September to Friday 19 October. First draft local plan is expected in Autumn 2019.
Waverley – Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies – Pre-Submission Draft was set to be approved on 31 October but was withdrawn from the agenda and instead will be considered at future executive and full council meetings, dates of which are yet to be confirmed.
Welwyn Hatfield – Local Plan was submitted for examination on 15 May 2017. The hearings are scheduled to finish in the week commencing 10 December 2018.
Woking – The revised Local Development Scheme approved by Council on 18 October 2018 schedules Publication of Submission draft Site Allocations DPDs (Reg.19) to take place in October/November 2018.
Wycombe – Submitted for public examination in March 2018 – the final scheduled hearing session took place on September 26th and the inspector did not indicate that she wished to hold any further hearings at this time. She indicated that her final report will be in the first quarter of 2019.
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