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Core Strategy

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Planning & Transport Policy

Tel: 01509 634929 / 01509 634769

The Core Strategy Development Plan Document will set out our spatial strategy to help us guide and manage future development in the Borough in the most sustainable way. It is one of the first documents that will be produced as part of preparing the Local Development Framework. Before the Core Strategy can be adopted by the Council it will be subject to a number of stages of preparation.

Details of previous consultations are provided in the Core Strategy Archive.

Core Strategy Further Consultation - October 2008

In October 2008 the Council published a Core Strategy Further Consultation document. The public meetings and exhibitions held during the consultation period were very well attended and we had the opportunity to talk to over 1,500 people. The Council received over 1,000 representations. The representations and notes of consultation events and the Area Forum meetings attended are available to view below:

The consultation document, sustainability appraisal and other supporting information are available to view on the Core Strategy Further Consultation page.

Next Steps

Over the coming months officers will be working through the issues raised by respondents. At this stage no decisions have been taken about the location of major development. It is important that more detailed information is gathered on the transport implications ahead of any final decisions. The results of further transport work are expected by the summer of 2009.

The next stage will be to prepare a Proposed Submission Core Strategy document. This will be published for at least six weeks public consultation before being submitted to the Secretary of State for examination.

Core Strategy Stages of Preparation

The table below shows the stages of the preparation of the Core Strategy. We are currently at stage 1 of the preparation - Pre-Submission consultation.

Stage 1:

PRE-SUBMISSION CONSULTATION


Pre-Submission consultation was undertaken on Issues Papers in 2004 and Issues and Options in 2005, on Preferred Options in February 2006, Alternative Strategies in September 2007, Stakeholder Workshops in 2008 and on the Core Strategy Further Consultation document in October 2008.


Comments made at this stage will inform the preparation of the Proposed Submission Core Strategy document.

Stage 2:

PROPOSED SUBMISSION CORE STRATEGY


A formal six week period of public consultation on the submission version of the Core Strategy will be undertaken. Only comments made at this stage are considered at the Examination.

Stage 3:

SUBMISSION


Submission of the Core Strategy to Secretary of State.

Stage 4:

EXAMINATION


Examination of the Core Strategy by an independent Planning Inspector to assess the soundness of the Core Strategy.

Stage 5:

ADOPTION


Adoption of the Core Strategy, making changes recommended by the binding Inspector’s Report.

If you have any questions please e-mail: charnwood2026@charnwood.gov.uk or call 01509 634769.