CORE STRATEGY

The Council is now preparing the latest version of the Core Strategy. It is not expected that the general approach will change greatly from previous versions of the document, but there is the opportunity to refine, update and improve the content of the Core Strategy.

The timetable for the publication of the Core Strategy is:

Proposed Submission – consultation to take place for six weeks in late October 2010

Submission – consultation to take place for six weeks in January/February 2011

Pre-Hearing Meeting – May 2011

Examination – July/August 2011

Receipt of the Inspector’s binding report – November 2011

Adoption and publication – December 2011

The Council will now not be producing a dedicated Minerals & Waste Development Plan Document (DPD); instead it will include policies on these matters within the Core Strategy and, where relevant, other DPDs.

You can view a copy of the previous Submission Core Strategy (withdrawn in November 2009) here.