At its meeting on 21 October Buckinghamshire Council agreed to the proposal that the local plan, published by the two former district councils, should be withdrawn. It is now intended to be replaced by a new Buckinghamshire Development Plan, which it is hoped could be in place before the end of 2024. The reasons for […]
At its meeting on 21 October Buckinghamshire Council will consider a proposal that the local plan published by the two former district councils should be withdrawn, and replaced by material in the new Buckinghamshire Local Plan, which it is hoped to produce by 2024. The reasons for this proposal, and an analysis of the consequences, […]
From recent enquiries it would seem that resolving the Duty to Cooperate matter, covered in the news item below on 15 May, could still be some weeks or even months away. Buckinghamshire Council (the council) has still not submitted its full response to the Examination in Public (EiP) inspectors and there is no indication of […]
Although the Local Plan for Three Rivers District Council has not yet been adopted, developers have submitted two applications for the development of land east of Green Street, one for 800 houses and an alternative for 300. The deadline for objections was 1 August. The additional traffic on the A404 from either of these applications, […]
Although the Examination in Public has still to be re-arranged, the Planning Inspectors have reviewed the Council’s Duty to Co-operate with other local authorities when preparing the draft Local Plan. The Inspectors have written to Buckinghamshire Council to advise that it is their conclusion that the procedures required in regard to the Duty to Co-operate […]
Stage 1 of the EiP has been postponed – it was due to commence on 17 March – due to Coronavirus. Stage 1 considers legal, procedural and strategic issues including the spatial strategy, distribution of growth, housing and employment needs and the principle of changes to green belt boundaries – it will not cover individual […]
The two Planning Inspectors who will undertake the Examination in Public (EiP) have been appointed. They are Matthew Birkinshaw BA(Hons) Msc MRTPI and David Troy BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI. They have written to Chiltern & South Bucks Councils to seek a lot of additional information, before they can even consider the dates for the EiP […]
The joint response to the Consultation on the Chiltern and South Bucks Draft Local Plan has today (19 August 2019) been submitted to the councils for presentation to the Planning Inspector at the Examination in Public – the date of which has yet to be announced. A copy of the Joint Representation, together with copies […]
Chiltern & South Bucks councils have extended the closing date for the Local Consultation to Friday 23 August. If you have not already sent in your response, this will give you more time but, as nothing has changed regarding the Draft Plan itself or the guidance supplied by the Coordination Group in its leaflet, it […]
The Coordination Group has published the first draft of the response it will make to the Examination in Public. Please be aware that it is yet to be submitted and that minor changes or additions may be made. You may wish to include some of the points made when preparing your own response. To view […]