WEST BERKSHIRE LOCAL PLAN REVIEW
Latest Update: 26th April 2025
EXAMINATION LATEST NEWS / TIMELINE
The Inspector's Report has been submitted and published by the Council. The submission of the Inspector's Report marks the end of the Examination process. The Council will now proceed to adopt the Local Plan Update. The Examination website will remain live until the Plan has been adopted and the challenge period has elapsed. The content will be removed thereafter.
The Planning Inspectorate would like your feedback about the examination. If you were involved in the examination because you made comments in writing and/or you took part in a hearing session, then we would be very pleased if you could fill in this short survey: https://forms.office.com/r/vcT3RaRvtY Any comments you make will be confidential.
THE INSPECTOR
Planning Inspector; William Fieldhouse BA(Hons) MA MRTPI has been appointed to undertake an independent examination into the soundness of West Berkshire's Local Plan Review (the Plan).
The Inspector’s 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 2021 (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.
The Inspector will take into account the representations submitted upon the Regulation 19 Draft Plan as far as they relate to soundness considerations. A number of informal debates will take place on the principal matters identified by the Inspector these are termed Hearing Sessions.
At the end of the Examination, the Inspector 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.
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, Council 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
KEY DATES
16th February 2024 - Written Statements Deadline (Matters 1-3)
8th March 2024 - Participation Requests Deadline.
22nd March 2024 - Written Statements Deadline (Matters 4-13)
8th May 2024 - Hearing Sessions Commence.
GUIDANCE NOTES
Guidance Notes have been prepared by the Inspector to help people understand 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.
REGULATION 19 REPRESENTATIONS
Alphabetical List of all Regulation 19 Representations submitted in response to the consultation on the Proposed Submission Draft Plan.