Futures Forum: Greater Exeter forges ahead as "the epicentre of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership"
A letter has subsequently been sent out asking for comments on the plan by 10th April - with an exhibition in Honiton next Weds 8th March:
Greater Exeter
Strategic Plan Consultation: Issues
The local
authorities of East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon and Teignbridge in partnership with
Devon County Council are working together to prepare a Greater Exeter Strategic
Plan (GESP). This formal statutory document will provide the overall spatial
strategy and level of housing and employment land to be provided up to 2040.
Please visit www.gesp.org.uk for more
information.
Engagement with
stakeholders and communities will be critical to the success of the Plan. At
this first stage, the authorities are consulting on an initial ‘issues document’
which, after setting out some background information, looks to explain the scope
and content of the plan as well as describing the key issues facing the Greater
Exeter area. This early stage of consultation is designed to stimulate debate and the local planning authorities are seeking
your views on the scope and content of the plan as well as the key issues facing
your area.
A number of other
associated documents are also being consulted on:
Draft
Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report:
·
The Draft
Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report is the first stage of work in
undertaking the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environment
Assessment (SEA) for the plan. This process is used to assess the sustainability
of the plan content as it develops.
Statement of
Community Involvement:
·
The joint Statement
of Community Involvement (SCI) sets out the approach for consultation in the
GESP. The SCI sets out the way in which we will be engaging with communities and
other interested parties throughout the process.
The consultation
will run from 27 February 2017 until 10 April 2017. To view the consultation
material and to make your comments please visit www.gesp.org.uk/consultations/issues/.
Alternatively,
paper copies of the consultation document are available to view at your local
library and Council Office.
A series of
exhibitions are being held during the consultation period in the following
locations:
Honiton:
Mackarness Hall, High Street, EX14 1PG - Wednesday 8 March 2017,
2pm-8pm
Tiverton:
Mid Devon District Council Office, Phoenix House, Phoenix Lane, EX16 6PP –
Wednesday 15 March 2017, 2-8pm
Exeter:
The Guildhall, High Street, EX4 3EB – Thursday 16 March 2017,
2-8pm
Newton
Abbot:
Old Forde House, Brunel Road, TQ12 4XX – Thursday 23 March 2017, 2- 8pm
A ‘call for sites’
has also been arranged to run alongside the consultation. This is a technical
exercise which allows interested parties to submit potential sites for
development to the Local Authorities. The sites are then assessed to consider
whether they are suitable for possible inclusion in the plan. Further
information is http://gesp.org.uk/call-for-sites/.
If you need further
information please visit the website, email GESP@devon.gov.uk or contact your
Local Council using the phone numbers below:
East
Devon: 01395 571533
Exeter: 01392
265615
Mid
Devon: 01884 234221
Teignbridge: 01626
215735
As there are four
Councils contacting their stakeholders for the consultation and call for sites,
you may receive duplicate letters/emails. Please accept my apologies if this is
the case.
Yours
faithfully
Ed
Freeman
Service Lead -
Planning Strategy and Development Management
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