The Council have released the news today that the Local Plan has been sent to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for independent Examination. This is a significant moment in the time-line of the Local Plan and means that within a few weeks Examination will start.
In the statement put out by the Council today, they say that “over 10,000 consultation responses” were received at the last stage which ended on 20th May. By any measure that’s a big number for the Regulation-19 stage.
A Programme Officer has been appointed who will work with the Inspector to organise the hearings. We expect further details, including the name of the Inspector, shortly.