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 […]
The Coordination Group will be distributing a leaflet to homes around the village on the weekend of 6th July, to help people prepare responses to the Examination in Public by the deadline of 19 July. The leaflet – and the slides used in the recent Village Hall presentations – are available now on this website. […]
The Community Association and the Parish Council arranged a series of five public meetings at the Village Hall on the 22nd, 24th and 25th of June. These were attended by approximately 250 residents, who were updated by the Coordination Group on the current Examination in Public and advised of the need to respond before 19 July. […]
Chiltern and South Bucks District Councils has announced that the publishing of the draft Local Plan for consultation, scheduled for June/July this year, has again been delayed. As part of the evidence documentation, traffic modelling is required for motorway junctions that, directly or indirectly, will be affected by the Local Plan, and Highways England, the […]
In a jointly signed letter dated 24 March 2018, the Parish Council and Community Association have put forward a strong case for the Green Belt land between Burtons Lane and Lodge Lane to be excluded from the draft Local Plan. The letter, addressed to all members of the cabinets of both councils, sets out the […]