Between 12 August and 7 October 2009 the public were consulted on the following documents:
These documents will form part of the Local Development Framework (LDF), an explanation of the LDF is available. The Local Development Scheme sets out the timetable for the production of the documents in the St Edmundsbury Development Framework.
The explains how you can be involved and how we will consult you.
Latest news (January 2010):
We have published an to keep you updated on our progress and to inform you of our upcoming consultations.
On 8 January 2010 we submitted our Core Strategy to the Secretary of State for examination. We anticipate that a public hearing will be conducted by an independent Planning Inspector. Further details and updates can be found on the Core Strategy Examination webpage.
We are currently consulting on a which will form an essential supporting document in the forthcoming Core Strategy examination and will help ensure infrastructure is in place before development is occupied. Consultation runs between 25 January – 8 March 2010. Please send in any comments on the document via LDF@stedsbc.gov.uk or by post to Planning Policy, West Suffolk House, Western Way, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3YU.
Full reports of the comments received during the August – October 2009 consultation on those sites with the prefix 'WS' will be presented to the St Edmundsbury Sustainable Development Panel on 12 January 2010. The publication of these consultation comments are for noting only. Council officer responses to each of the WS sites will be made public on the publication of the Rural Site Allocations Preferred Options document in March 2010.
October 2009:
We are currently processing all the comments received during the consultation period. If you submitted comments and have not yet received acknowledgment, you should hear from us soon.
Processed comments can be viewed online by clicking on the 'who said what?' icon at the top right hand corner of the . All the consultation documents can also still be viewed online from this page.
All Core Strategy comments will be reported to our Sustainable Development Panel at a meeting on 23 November. During this meeting we will also be presenting a report on the key issues highlighted by the consultation and any necessary minor modifications to the Core Strategy. We will ask the Panel to recommend Cabinet and Full Council to approve the Core Strategy and related Sustainability documents for submission to the Planning Inspectorate in January 2010.
Comments received on the Site Allocations and Development Management documents will be reported to our Sustainable Development Panel meeting on 12 January 2010.
Work will soon be underway on the preparation of the Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill Area Action Plans and preliminary consultation on these is due to start before Christmas. The evidence gathering for the Rural Site Allocations Preferred Options document has commenced and we are due to consult on this document in March 2010.
All future consultations will be advertised and if you have commented on any of our documents you will already be on our notification database. If you would like your details added to our database please contact us on 01284 757368 or by email at ldf@stedsbc.gov.uk
Core Strategy: Submission document
This is the final draft of the document which we intend to submit to the Secretary of State for examination by an independent planning inspector. The aim of this final consultation is to invite comments on whether the document is ‘sound’ and legally compliant. The consultation questions we will be asking are very specific ones, designed by the Planning Inspectorate. Guidance notes accompany the to explain this further.
Further guidance on the examination of development plan documents can be found on the . A sets out how the council is consulting on the Core Strategy and how representations can be submitted.
Where possible, we would prefer you to submit your response using our . This enables faster analysis of responses, reduces the time in data entry and is more environmentally friendly. Alternatively, copies of the response form are available from our offices at West Suffolk House, Western Way in Bury St Edmunds, or Lower Downs Slade in Haverhill, from local libraries in the borough or can be downloaded from our LDF response forms page.
A and a accompany the Core Strategy Final Submission document. This can be viewed, downloaded and commented on through our . The response form can also be downloaded from our LDF response forms page.
The Core Strategy Statement of Engagement and Consultation (PDF 266Kb) sets out which bodies were consulted under regulations 25 (Issues and Options) and 26 (Preferred Options) of the 2004 and amended 2008 regulations; and how those bodies were invited to make such representations. It also includes a summary of the main issues raised by the representations; and how these main issues have been dealt with in the Core Strategy Submission document.
If you would like information on previous Core Strategy consultations the results of the Preferred Options stage and Issues and Options stage are available.
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Site Allocations: Issues and Options (Additional Sites)
This is similar to the last round of consultation. This document identifies those new sites submitted to us by developers, agents and landowners in our last (and final) call for sites from November 2008 – January 2009. The aim of this consultation is to ask about the suitability of sites, before the council makes a formal decision on them.
Please note that during this consultation we are not requesting comment on sites that were included in the Site Allocations Issues and Options consultation that took place between November 2008 – January 2009 (sites with the prefix ‘SS’).
All the site submission forms completed by those who put forward sites from November 2008 – January 2009 are available to view at our offices and local libraries in the borough or can be viewed on our Site Specific Allocations Issues and Options - Additional Sites page.
We would like to receive your views on the suitability of sites. Where possible, we would prefer you to submit your response using our . This enables faster analysis of responses, reduces the time in data entry and is more environmentally friendly. Alternatively copies of the response form are available from our offices at West Suffolk House, Western Way in Bury St Edmunds or Lower Downs Slade in Haverhill, from local libraries in the borough or can be downloaded from our LDF response forms page.
Details of the sites included in the previous Site Allocations Issues and Options consultation (November 2008-January 2009), are available. No decision on these sites has been made.
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Development Management Development Plan Document: Preferred Options
The contains the new policies, and a list of those existing Local Plan policies being saved, which we will use in the future to determine all planning applications. We are now seeking your views on whether you agree with the proposed new policies.
Where possible, we would prefer you to submit your response using our . This enables faster analysis of responses, reduces the time in data entry and is more environmentally friendly. Alternatively copies of the response form are available from our offices at West Suffolk House, Western Way in Bury St Edmunds or Lower Downs Slade in Haverhill, from local libraries in the borough or or can be downloaded from our LDF response forms page.
A accompanies the Development Management DPD. This can be viewed and commented on through our . The response form can be downloaded from our LDF response forms page.
If you would like information on the previous Development Management policies consultation (November 2008-January 2009) the results of the Issues and Options stage, which was incorporated in the last Core Strategy document are available.
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Background studies and evidence base
A substantial evidence base comprising many studies of the borough, has been produced to inform the St Edmundsbury Local Development Framework.
