What stage are we at now?

Adoption of Core Strategy

Following resolution of full council last night the Core Strategy will be adopted on 1 December - see documents below:

Core Strategy (pdf 1.2M)
Changes to the Core Strategy (pdf 16K)
Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal (pdf 2.4M)
Notice of Adoption (pdf 15K)

Inspectors Report

The Inspectors have now issued their binding report on the LDF Core Strategy. The examination has now been formally closed and the Inspectors have found the Core Strategy to be sound. Whilst the document can now be adopted with the key elements remaining unchanged, the Inspectors have reduced the proposed plan period by five years to 2006 - 2016. The strategy which sets out Telford and Wrekin's future development until 2016 will be considered for adoption at the next full Council meeting on 29th November 2007. If adopted at the end of the month, the policies in the Core Strategy will form part of the Borough's Development Plan as the first new document in the Local Development Framework and will be used to determine the outcome of planning applications across Telford and Wrekin.

Core Strategy Inspectors Report (PDF 248Kb)

Closure of Examination Office

The Programme Officer, Melanie Owen-Roberts, has now closed the examination office. Please contact the Council Planning department if you have any queries about the examinations.

Core Strategy Examination

The hearing sessions for the Core Strategy DPD examination ended on 20 June 2007. The Inspectors appointed to conduct the Examinations, Susan Holland MA DipTP MRTPI , assisted by Elizabeth Hill BSc (Hons) BPhil MRTPI, are expected to produce their report by November 2007. The report will be binding on Telford & Wrekin Council.

Following the Core Strategy Hearing session on May 24^th 2007, the Inspectors produced an Early Indication Statement on the CS16 Waste & CS17 Minerals Policies on 21 June 2007. Please see below for more information relating to this statement.

Waste Policies and Proposals Examination

This examination has been suspended.

Following the Core Strategy Hearing session on May 24^th 2007, the Inspectors issued an Early Indication Statement on the CS16 Waste & CS17 Minerals Policies , which concluded that these policies should be deleted from the Core Strategy.

In the light of the Inspectors' conclusions on these Core Strategy policies, the Council's officers felt that it would be inappropriate to proceed with the examination of the Waste DPD. They therefore requested, and the Inspectors agreed, that the examination of this document should be suspended.

The Council will contact respondents in due course about the future of the Waste DPD.


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