Tenterden and Rural Sites DPD
The Tenterden & Rural Sites Development
Plan Document (DPD) forms part of the Ashford’s Local Development
Framework and will deal primarily with the allocation of
residential development in Tenterden and other rural settlements.
The
DPD
also covers
a range of policies that deal with rural planning issues. It is
consistent with the strategic planning approach for the rural
areas, as set out under Policy CS6 of the Adopted Core
Strategy.
Examination in Public
The Submission Version of the Tenterden
and Rural Sites
DPD
was submitted to Government on the 22nd February
2010. The Secretary of State appointed Inspector Stephanie
Chivers BA DipTP MRTPI, to conduct the Examination in Public.
The Inspector will check for legal compliance and
establish soundness under the three tests i.e. if the
DPD
is justified, effective and
consistent with national policy.
The Council also proposed
a series of further amendments to the
DPD
, in response to the
representations received on the ‘Schedule of Proposed Changes’
November 2009. The proposed amendments are changes that the
Council have invited the Inspector,to recommend in her
subsequent binding Report. These further amendments were
submitted alongside the
DPD
.
Post Examination Procedures
The Examination hearings commenced on Tuesday 22nd June 2010 and
ended on Thursday 1st July, however the Examination remains 'open'
until the Inspector's report is received.
The Inspector intended to submit her report to the Council for
'fact check' by 20th August 2010, however this has been delayed
and is expected to be received within the next 2
weeks. Once received, the Council will have 2 weeks to carry
out the fact check of the report, and then the Inspector a further
week to make any necessary changes before the final report is
dispatched. Therefore the anticipated date for
receiving the final Binding Inspector's report is 24th
September 2010.
If the Inspector finds the DPD 'sound' the Council will seek to
adopt the DPD as soon as reasonably practicable. At the same time
as adoption of the DPD the Council is required to publish on this
website, the Inspector's binding report.
Further proposed amendments to the Tenterden &
Rural Sites DPD
Following comments made by participants at the
formal hearing sessions of the Examination, at the invitation of
the Inspector, the Council are proposing a series of further minor
amendments to the Tenterden and Rural Sites DPD. These are set out
in the table below and are published for information purposes
only.
The consultation period has now ended and written
representations are available to view within the Examination Library document 51.
Post Hearing Consultation into the Abolition of Regional
Spatial Strategy (RSS) and amended Planning Policy Statement 3
(PPS3)
Following recent government announcements in
relation to Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) and national planning
policy PPS3 (Housing), the Inspector invites the
LPA
and those representors who
have made formal representations both at the Publication Version
and Proposed Changes stages of Tenterden and Rural Sites
Development Plan Document, to make written representations on the
possible implications of these changes for the soundness of the
submitted DPD Post Hearing
Consultation.doc
In order to prevent or minimise any delay in
the submission of the Inspectors fact check report, please would
you submit any written representations by Friday
30th July 2010 to the
Programme Officer.
The consultation period has now ended and written
representations are available to view within the
Examination Library document 50.
Programme and Agenda's
All statements submitted by the parties relating to
each matter/issue can be found on the
Examination Library Core Documents Page
Pre-Examination Meeting
A Pre-Examination meeting conducted by Inspector Stephanie
Chivers BA DipTP MRTPI was held on Thursday 29th April
2010.
Programme officer
The Programme Officers role is to serve as an impartial officer
at the inquiry and give support to the Inspector and is the point
of contact for all parties.
The Programme Officer for this Examination is
Mrs Lynn Freeland and can be contacted during normal office hours.
Contact details are:
Tenterden and Rural Sites DPD Programme
Officer
c/o ASHFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
Civic Centre
Tannery Lane
Ashford
KENT
TN23 1PL
Tel: 01233 330747
Mobile: 07774 707 212
email: programmeofficer@ashford.gov.uk
All contact about the Examination
process should be made through the Programme Officer.
This webpage was updated on
8/25/2010