Uttlesford Local Plan Examination
Latest Update - 30 June 2025
EXAMINATION LATEST NEWS & TIMELINE
Hearing Sessions concluded on 19th June, the reserve sessions scheduled towards the end of July will not be required.. The Inspectors will now consider their position and will submit a Post Hearing Note in due course.
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30 June 2025 - EXAM 6 - Pelham Structures - Note and Associated Documentation re Self Build Exemption published.
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26 June 2025 - Responses received in relation to 5 Year Housing Land Supply Issues have been published (See Examination Documents EXAM 5A to 5M)​
18 June 2025 - EXAM 4 - Supporting Document - Essex Net Zero Specifications - July 2024 published.​
14 June 2025 - EXAM 3 - Additional Viewpoints Parsonage Green, Great Dunmow (Francis Marjoribanks) and Programme V4 published which brings the participant position up to date.​
12 June 2025 - The following documents have been added to the Examination Documents List:
UTT 8 - Note on Water Cycle Study, UTT 9 - Spreadsheet of Extant Small Sites (Excel Spreadsheet - Direct Download), UTT 3AA - Addendum to Statement of Common Ground between UDC and ECC re Church End Bridge, Great Dunmow , UTT 10 - UDC Note on Great Dunmow including Updated Statement of Common Ground with Historic England (corrected) and UTT 3CA - Position Update on Statement of Common Ground between National Highways and UDC.​​
11 June 2025 - The Inspectors have agreed to accept comments on the Council's recent Five Year Housing Land Supply submissions UTT 5 & UTT 5A (see 3rd June entry below). A deadline of 5pm on 25th June has been established.​
10 June 2025 - UTT 7 - UDC Opening Statement published together with WS2/41 - Matter 2 Submission from Phase 2 Planning relating to Housing Land Supply..​
9 June 2025 - UTT 6 - UDC Note on Self / Custom Build and WS3/31A - Natural England Supplementary Written Statement re Air Quality and Impact on Hatfield Forest published.​
6 June 2025 - EXAM 2 - Statement of Common Ground between Essex County Council and Arup regarding Church End Bridge, Great Dunmow published. ​
5 June 2025 - Additional Matter 2 Submission from Pegasus Group on behalf of Pegasi relating to Housing Land Supply published together with Hearings Programme V3 which brings the current participant position up to date..​
3rd June 2025 - The Council have provided and updated Housing Land Supply position comprising of UTT 5 - Updated Position as of May 2025 and UTT 5A - Updated Trajectory (Excel Document - Direct Download).​
22nd May 2025 - ID4 - Hearings Programme v2 and Index of Written Statements published.​
3rd April 2025 - ID2 - Guidance Notes, ID3 - Matters, Issues and Questions and ID4 - Hearings Programme published.​
3 March 2025 - UTT3C - Statement of Common Ground between UDC and National Highways updated with appendix.​
28 February 2025 - UTT 4 - Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Assessment – 5 Year Need by Site (Excel Spreadsheet – Direct Download) published.
21 February 2025 - Council's Response to the Inspectors' Initial Question published, comprising of:​
UTT3 - Council's Response to Questions
UTT3A - Statement of Common Ground between UDC and Essex County Council
UTT3B - Annotated Reg 19 Responses from Essex County Council
UTT3C - Statement of Common Ground between UDC and National Highways
UTT3D - Statement of Common Ground between UDC and National Trust
UTT3E - Memorandum of Understanding between UDC and Pigeon (Takeley) Ltd
UTT3F - Addendum to Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment​
12 February 2025 - EXAM 1 - Letter from MHCLG re Housing Delivery Test Measurement published.​
28 January 2025 - Appendix 3 of the Regulation 19 Consultation Summaries and Responses have been updated in relation to Chapter 4 (Doc ULP8.4), Chapter 5 (ULP8.5) and Chapter 6 (ULP8.6), the documents can be accessed via the updated list of Evidence Base Documents.​
27 January 2025 - ID1 - Inspectors' Initial Comments & Questions to the Council published.​
16 January 2025 - Updated Schedules of Main Modifications (UTT 1) and Additional Modifications (UTT2) published. The schedules of modifications to the Local Plan are proposed by the Council and are provided for information. ​
9 January 2025 - Planning Inspectors G Davies BSc (Hons) DipTP MRTPI and W Cooper BA (Hons) MA CMLI have been appointed to hold an independent Examination of the Local Plan.
18 December 2024 - ​Uttlesford Local Plan submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for Examination.
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THE INSPECTORS
Planning Inspectors G Davies BSc (Hons) DipTP MRTPI and W Cooper BA (Hons) MA CMLI have been appointed to undertake an independent examination into the soundness and legal compliance of the Uttlesford Local Plan.
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The Inspectors' task will be to consider the soundness and legal compliance of the submitted Plan, based on the criteria set out in paragraph 35 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2023 (the Framework) and associated regulations., namely the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Localism Act 2011 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.
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The Inspectors will take into account the representations submitted upon the Regulation 19 Draft Plan as far as they relate to soundness and legal compliance considerations. A number of informal debates will take place on the principal matters identified by the Inspectors these are termed Hearing Sessions.
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At the end of the Examination, the Inspectors will prepare a report to the Council with precise recommendations, these recommendations may include modifications to the Plan, if such a request is made by the Council.
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IAN KEMP - PROGRAMME OFFICER
My role is to act as the point contact for any person who has an interest in the Examination and as a liaison between the Inspector, Local Planning Authority and Representors. ​I am an independent Officer of the Examination and work on behalf of the Inspector to organise and manage the administrative and procedural elements of the Examination process. ​Any matters that anyone wishes to raise with the Inspector should be submitted to me in the first instance.
Address: ​PO Box 241, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 1DW
Email: ​​ian@localplanservices.co.uk
Telephone: ​07723009166​
GUIDANCE NOTES
Guidance Notes have been prepared by the Inspectors to establish the arrangements for the process. Procedural Guidance for Local Plans has also been produced by the Planning Inspectorate, together with a short guide aimed at those participating in a local plan examination for the first time.