Local Plan updates – September 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.

Brentwood – Council is set to discuss Reg. 19 around the end of October, which should be followed by the six-week Reg. 19 consultation. Submission to the Secretary of State is planned for December/January with examination in late Spring 2019.

Central Beds – Planning Inspector Mike Hayden wrote to the Council in June regarding the Habitats Regulation Assessment and screening of the proposals in the Plan. Central Beds are required to undertake further work on the Habitats Regulation Assessment before progressing.

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 local transport modelling and their duty to cooperate engagements with neighbouring authorities. Following these, the Councils will review their Local Development Scheme.

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 11^th 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. However, the Council cannot currently submit the plan for examination due to an injunction placed by Mrs Justice Lang in the High Court on 21 March 2018, restraining the Council from submitting the Local Plan until final determination of the legal proceedings. There is currently no timeline for the decision.

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 and final session took place on 30 August 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 – Local Plan Part 2 Reg. 19 consultation is expected in Autumn 2018, with submission by the end of 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 finished on Monday 30th July, and the Pre-submission Consultation is scheduled for June 2019.

Tandridge – The Draft Local Plan Consultation (Reg. 19) is running 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 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. The intention is to go to Council again in October.

Tonbridge and Malling – The Reg. 19 consultation is scheduled for October 2018 (subject to approval at September’s Cabinet and Full Council meetings).

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 facing a High Court challenge, with arguments to be heard in court on October 9th and 10th. Part 2: Consultation on preferred options and draft policies (Regulation 18) finished on 9th July 2018 – responses now being looked at. Reg. 19 is expected to take place in November 2018.

Wycombe – Submitted for public examination in March 2018. The examination hearings ran from 16th July 2018 to 26th July 2018, and will resume on 4th September 2018 for a further two weeks. The inspector will then issue her report.