Teignbridge District Council has confirmed a new timetable of important dates leading to the submission of its local plan to the Planning Inspectorate for public examination.
Plan Teignbridge 2012-2033 sets out the council's planning vision for the district, delivering growth, jobs, homes, facilities and environmental protection. The new timetable will allow the time necessary for the 7,000 responses to the recent consultation to be read, recorded and considered for inclusion in the final submission version of the plan, which will go forward to the Planning Inspectorate for public examination.
It follows the most extensive and comprehensive consultation exercise ever run by Teignbridge. Running from January to March this year, it involved meetings with local people, Parish and Town Councils, statutory consultees, developers and land owners. It even used the Devon County Council Mobile Library Service to reach more rural areas, alongside widespread publicity and online presence.
The new timetable also allows time to consider fresh evidence about local planning matters. This includes the Council-commissioned Housing Numbers Review by independent consultants ORS - due imminently, and the Dawlish Neighbourhood Plan Informal Examination report, due in mid-May.
The new timetable for Plan Teignbridge is:
- 22 May - Overview and Scrutiny Committee to consider the Housing Numbers Review Working Group's written conclusions
- End June - Finalise Plan Teignbridge final draft
- 18 July - Overview and Scrutiny to consider the final draft
- 24 July - Executive to consider the final draft
- 31 July - Special Full Council Meeting to consider the final draft
- August/September - Public consultation
- October - Submit final draft to Planning Inspectorate
- February 2013 - Possible Examination date.
Cllr Philip Vogel, Teignbridge Executive Spokesperson for Housing and Planning said:
"Teignbridge District Council is putting people power and planning quality first by revising the timetable for the final draft of Plan Teignbridge. We said we would listen, and reducing housing numbers from the previous 2004 Core Strategy, and again from our original starting point, has clearly been heard to be a priority. The aim is to produce a plan that delivers a brighter future for Teignbridge residents and one which local people support. The plan contains something for everyone and seeks to address the issues raised by local residents and businesses.
"The response to the consultation has been overwhelming, and to date is over 25 times greater than the responses received for the final version of the 2004 plan, and these responses need to be read and recorded.
"These dates should allow Councillors, Officers, residents, statutory consultees, developers and landowners to give full consideration to the submission version of the Plan."
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