Object
Publication Plan November 2022
Representation ID: 5098
Received: 22/12/2022
Respondent: Redrow Homes
Agent: Harris Lamb Property Consultancy
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The proposed plan period is 2018 to 2039. Paragraph 22 of the Framework requires Local Plans to have a “minimum” 15 year plan period from the point of adoption. As a
consequence, the South Staffordshire Local Plan must be adopted in 2024 at the latest in order for this requirement to be met.
Table 1 – Stages of Plan Making, of the consultation draft Plan advises that it is
expected that the Plan will be adopted in “winter 2023/24”. There is, therefore, no scope for the plan making process to slip. In our experience the plan making process is often delayed, and there is a real danger that the emerging Plan will not have a minimum 15 year plan period.
order for the Council’s timetable to be met, if the Plan is submitted for examination in “spring 2023”, which is likely to be optimistic depending upon the number of objections, there will be approximately 9 months for:
- an Inspector to be appointed
- hearing sessions to be timetabled and completed
- the Inspector to produce their report
- the completion of Main Modification consultation
- The Inspector to report back following the completion of Main Modification consultation; and
- the Plan to be formally adopted by the Council.
From our experience with other Local Plan examinations this is unrealistic.