Cotswold District Council has prepared a Local Plan which it proposes to submit to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The Local Plan relates to the whole District and provides a strategy for delivering growth for Cotswold District up to 2031. The document provides the vision, objectives, strategic policies, development management policies and site specific allocations for delivering new homes, jobs, services, facilities and infrastructure. Cotswold District Council considers that the Submission Draft Local Plan represents the most appropriate and sound strategy to guide development in the District up to 2031. Representations made on the Submission Draft Local Plan will be forwarded, along with the Submission Local Plan itself and other supporting evidence, to the Planning Inspectorate who will appoint an inspector to undertake an examination to test the 'soundness' and legal compliance of the Plan. This means checking that the Council has properly observed all legal and national planning policy requirements. To assist the Inspector, representations made at this stage should be focused on:
To assist the consultation process, public drop-in events will be held on:
Further supporting evidence documents, including the Statement of Representations Procedure and the Statement of Availability for Inspection, are available to view on the Council’s website at www.cotswold.gov.uk/go/forwardplanning Local Plan Submission Draft Reg.19 (June 2016) will be available for you to view and submit representations between the following dates: Start date: 27/06/16 09:00 End date: 08/08/16 23:59 Please select the following link to view the document and submit representations: http://consult.cotswold.gov.uk/portal/fp/local_plan_2011-2031/reg_19/reg_19 If the link appears to be broken, please try copying the entire link into the address bar on your web browser. Please note that as this is a formal public consultation, there can be no flexibility in accepting any representations received after the deadline of midnight on Monday 8th August 2016. If you have any queries please contact the Forward Planning Team at Cotswold District Council on Tel: 01285 623000 or email:localplan@cotswold.gov.uk |
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