Public Examination of the New East Devon Local Plan ... report to be published as of Thurs 3rd April ...

There will be implications once the Inspector's report on the local plan is published:
Futures Forum: Public Examination of the New East Devon Local Plan ... decision imminent ... and longer-term consequences ...

According to the Herald:

Mr Thickett intends to write to the council with his initial response by Monday (March 31).

Verdict imminent over district Local Plan - News - Sidmouth Herald

The District Council have just received the Inspector's report - but will not be making it available until the planning committee (the DMC) has met:

LOCAL PLAN INSPECTOR’S LETTER HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY EDDC BUT WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED BY THEM BEFORE THURSDAY 3 APRIL (AFTER THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ON 1 APRIL WHERE 10 PLANNING APPLICATIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED)

MARCH 31, 2014

How fortuitous that the Local Plan Inspector’s letter (which EDDC has now received) will not be released until at least Thursday 3 April 2014, after yet another Development Control Committee meeting on 1 April 2014 where 629 more houses will be discussed, including a further 590 at Cranbrook.

Local Plan Inspector’s letter has been received by EDDC but will not be published by them before Thursday 3 April (after the next Development Management Committee on 1 April where 10 planning applications will be discussed | East Devon Alliance
Local Plan Inspector’s letter now in EDDC’s hands | Save Our Sidmouth

EDDC to make planning inspector local plan reaction public on Thursday

Monday, 31 March 2014 2 Comments by Claire

Senior officers at EDDC have confirmed that a letter has been received from Anthony Thickett, the planning inspector, who is assessing the local plan.

However, officers say the letter, which is thought to contain the planning inspector’s initial reaction to the local plan (and possibly his early view on proposed levels of housing and industrial land)  cannot be made public until late this Thursday because of instructions from Mr Thickett.

EDDC’s local plan has been controversial since it was first published in 2010.

A senior planning policy officer confirmed to me a few minutes ago: “We have received a letter from the inspector who has requested that it be made available after we have had a few days to digest it and consider its contents. It is anticipated that it will be available by the end of Thursday.”

Hundreds of houses are set to be determined at two planning committee meetings this week.

Comments

1. At 05:38 pm on 31th Mar Sandra Semple wrote:

Why on earth would a public letter be embargoed for several days?  It isn’t going to change.

2. At 06:15 pm on 31th Mar Roger Giles wrote:

Are we to expect tomorrow (and Thursday)`s Development Management Committee meetings to be postponed?
Imagine the situation where EDDC determined a planning application on 1 April or 3 April against certain planning criteria, and it was subsequently discovered that the Inspector had made a pronouncement on 31 March which changed the planning policy against which the planning application had been decided - but the Inspector`s comments had not been taken into account.

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