News Archives June - September 2014 (Submission and Exploratory Meeting)
Exploratory meeting recording
01 September 2014
Minutes of the exploratory meeting are available here.
29 July 2014
A full recording of the exploratory meeting held at Maldon District Council on 3 July 2014 and chaired by Mr David Vickery, Planning Inspector can be found here (morning session and afternoon session).
Inspector's letter IED10
17 July 2014
The inspector (IED10) has responded to the Council's letter (CED08 and CED09) of 11 July 2014.
Update to the Council's future work programme
11 July 2014
An update has been released for the Council's Future Work Programme (CED09). This timetable was updated to reflect the timescales set out in the Inspector's letter (IED09) on 7 July 2014.
Council's letter CED08
11 July 2014
The Council (CED08) responded to the Inspector's letter (IED09) regarding his key concerns on 7 July 2014.
Examination suspended
The Inspector, Mr David Vickery, held his exploratory meeting (EM) at the Council Offices on Thursday, 3 July 2014. Thank you to everyone who attended. At this meeting, the Council accepted that further work would be required to address the inspector's key concerns, particularly on objective assessment of housing needs, employment and retail.
Following on from the EM, the Inspector recommended a suspension of the examination proceedings until 26 August 2014. Please see the Inspector's letter (IED10) for further details. For more information on the examination process, please read the document 'Examining Local Plans Procedural Practice'.
New evidence base documents
08 July 2014
In addition to new evidence published on 25 June, Natural England has provided two additional responses which are also on the evidence base page:
- EB097a Natural England Pre-Submission LDP Response 20 June
- EB097b Natural England Pre-Submission LDP Response 27 June
- EB097c Natural England Pre-Submission LDP Response 30 June
Inspector's letter IED09
07 July 2014
The Council has received a letter from the Inspector regarding the Maldon District Local Development Plan - Exploratory Meeting Recommendation (IED09).
Council's response to Inspector's key concerns and future work programme
07 July 2014
In response to the Inspector's key concerns on 30 June 2014 and additional correspondence on 2 July 2014, the Council has produced a future work programme (CED07). This timetable was referred to during the exploratory meeting which was held at the Council Offices on Thursday, 3 July 2014.
Inspector's letter IED08
02 July 2014
The Inspector (IED08) has responded to the Council's letter (CED06) of 30 June 2014.
Council's letter CED06
02 July 2014
The Council (CED06) has responded to the Inspector's letter (IED08) regarding his key concerns on 30 June 2014.
Inspector's letter IED07
26 June 2014
The Council has received a letter from the Inspector (IED07) regarding his Initial Questions and the Council's responses.
New evidence base documents
25 June 2014
Natural England pre-submission LDP response (EB097a) was received on 20 June 2014.
Inspector's letter IED06
25 June 2014
The Council has received a letter from the Inspector regarding his key concerns (IED06).
Inspector's letter IED05
18 June 2014
The Council has received a letter from the Inspector (IED05) regarding the exploratory meeting on 3 July 2014. The Council has issued a response to the Inspector's letter (CED05).
Please note that the exploratory meeting (EM) replaces the pre-hearing meeting. The agenda for this meeting is attached to the end of IED05. Please see the document 'Examining Local Plans Procedural Practice'.
Council's letter CED04
17 June 2014
The Council wrote to the Inspector following the Planning and Licensing Committee Meeting on 12 June 2014 (CED04). There is no document for IED04.
New supporting documents
13 June 2014
Following the meeting of the Planning and Licensing Committee on 12 June 2014 a number of reports have been added to the supporting documents: