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Core Strategy Examination

Update - Core Strategy found sound

Following an Examination in Public in October, an independent Planning Inspector has found that Dover District Council’s Core Strategy is sound. 

This means Dover District Council is now able to complete the process by considering formally adopting the Core Strategy.  The Council will also need to adopt a new version of the Proposals Map, which shows the major changes resulting from the strategy.  These will be going to Cabinet on 8 February and Special Council on 24 February. Therefore, from 24 February 2010 the Core Strategy replaces parts of the adopted Local Plan (aside from some of the 'saved' policies) as the Development Plan for the District. Updates will be made to the website regularly.  

• Core Strategy Inspector's Report
• Annex A - Schedule of Changes
• Addendum to Annex A

Examination

To view comments that have been made on the LDF documents please click on the following website consultation.limehouse.co.uk/dover. 

A Schedule of Proposed Minor Changes to the Core Strategy was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate (LD 8/72 and LD 8/73). In accordance with the the Regulations, any representations that were submitted at this stage in the LDF process needed to relate to the national “tests of soundness”.   Further information on the "test of soundness" can be obtained from the Planning Inspectorate website.

• A Brief Guide to Examining Development Plan Documents (The Planning Inspectorate), pdf document

Copies of all of the representations and any accompanying information that the District Council received on the Submission version of the Core Strategy were sent to the Planning Inspectorate and are available to view at the Council offices, public libraries, and via the Council’s website.

• Examination Programme (Please note updated Examination Programme - 12 Oct 09)
• Introduction to agendas
• Hearings 2 & 3 - Day 1 - Thursday 15 October
• Hearings 4 & 5 - Day 2 - Friday 16 October
• Hearings 6, 7, 8, & 9 - Day 3- Tuesday 20th October  
• Hearings 10 & 11 - Day 4 - Wednesday 21st October  
• Hearings 12 & 13 - Day 5 - Thursday 22nd October 
• Reserve Slot and Close - Day 6 - Friday 23rd October
• Schedule of Minor Wording Changes - not requiring public consultation or Sustainability Appraisal

Information submitted to the Planning Inspectorate

A version of the Core Strategy Submission Document which incorporates the proposed changes as stated in LD 8/72 can now be downloaded here. Please note that this needs to be read in conjuction with LD 8/73 and the Inspector's Report.

• 8/77 Statement of Engagement and Consultation-Regulation 27
• 8/68 The Core Strategy Submission Document January 2009
• 8/70 Sustainability Appraisal Non Technical Summary
• 8/75 Sustainability Appraisal Full Report
• 8/69 Habitat Regulations Assessment-Core Strategy Submission January 2009
• 8/72 Schedule of Proposed Changes to the Core Strategy (June 2009)
• 8/73 Schedule of Proposed Changes to the Core Strategy Appendix 1 - Diagrams and Charts (June 2009) 
• 8/24 Statement of Representations received and a summary of main issues raised (June 2009)
• 8/74 Paper on Natura 2000 sites and the HRA of the Core Strategy (June 2009)
• 8/74 Letter from Natural England (June 2009)
• 8/71 Quality Impact Assessment under the Race Relations Act (June 2009)
• 8/76 Copy of the Public Notice (June 2009) 
• Letter from The Environment Agency (July 2009)
• Letter to the Programme Officer (Aug 09)

The Planning Inspectorate has also received a complete copy of the Evidence Base that has informed and supported the preparation of the Core Strategy.  The Evidence Base can be viewed on the Internet or at the main District Council Offices in Whitfield by appointment with the Programme Officer. The numbering which precedes a document title corresponds with the Evidence Base Library Document list submitted to the Planning Inspectorate. These documents can be found both under the Studies (including Strategic Allocations) section of the website but also Core Strategy, Sustainability Appraisal, Workshops & Research and also Community Involvement.

Contact

Tel: 01304 872477 / 872043

E-mail: forwardplanning@dover.gov.uk