Local Plan Proposed Main Modifications Consultation July 2024

The Local Plan Proposed Main Modifications Consultation on policy H5 and H6 took place between 18 July and 3 September 2024.

The consultation took place as part of the ongoing examination of the new Local Plan. Following the examination hearing held in March 2024 and the Inspectors’ letter of 7 May 2024 giving their views on the issues considered at that hearing [EX/INS/50], further changes were proposed to Policy H5 (Gypsies and Travellers) to bring the Plan into line with national policy and, following the Inspectors’ recommendations, for the Local Plan to be found ‘sound’.

Specifically, the modifications:

• ensure the policy is justified by reflecting up-to-date evidence in the revised GTAA and bring it into line with the revised definition in the PPTS;
• embed an approach to masterplanning the expansion of the two existing sites as a prerequisite to the sustainable delivery of new pitches;
• clarify the policy approach to delivery of new pitches on Strategic Sites and the planning application requirements

Also see

• Strategic Planning Policy
• New Local Plan Examination
• Supplementary planning documents