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    Latest news about the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan Review Examination will be shared on this page throughout the Examination.

    Examination Update - Inspectors Report Received - 29 March 2023

    The Inspectors Report has been received by the Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee. The Report and the Appendix - Schedule of Main Modifications are now available to view on the Central Lincolnshire Home Page under "Latest news", on the Local Plan Review Page, in the Planning Policy Library (document reference STA033 and STA033a) and in the Examination Library (document reference EX040 and EX040A).

    Examination Update - Recommended Main Modifications Consultation Representations and Committee Responses - 7 February 2023

    The Consultation on the Recommended Main Modifications, Additional 'Minor' Modifications and Recommended Policies Map Modifications concluded on 24 February 2023. The representations received and the Committee Responses are now available to view on the Local Plan Review Home Page and in the Planning Policy Library under document reference STA31 and STA32.

    Examination Library Update - Recommended Main Modifications Consultation 13/01/23 until 24/02/23 - 13 January 2023

    During the examination, a number of proposed changes (Recommended ‘Main Modifications’) to the Local Plan have been identified. These changes are considered likely to be required to address concerns identified by the Inspectors or representors to make the submitted Plan ‘sound’ and legally compliant (without prejudice to the Inspectors’ eventual consideration of the soundness of the Plan), and therefore enable the Plan to be adopted. In January 2023 the Inspectors wrote to the Committee and advised the Committee to consult on the Proposed Recommended Main Modifications.

    Under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning)(England) Regulations 2012, the Recommended Main Modifications are now being published by the Committee for a six week consultation period (13 January to 24 February 2023), to allow an opportunity for representations to be made on the Recommended Main Modifications.

    While the focus of this consultation is the Recommended Main Modifications, for completeness, the Proposed Minor Modifications and Policies Maps Modifications are also included within the consultation. The consultation will, therefore, be made up of 3 modifications documents which have been added to the Examination Library:

    • The schedule of Recommended Main Modifications - the changes considered to be needed to ensure that plan meets the tests of soundness;
    • The schedule of Proposed Additional Minor Modifications - additional changes needed, for example, to correct typological errors, to improve presentation, or correct factual inaccuracies, which taken as a whole do not materially impact the policies in the plan; and
    • The schedule of Recommended Policies Map Modifications - changes to the maps accompanying the plan which provide a geographic representation of the policies.

    The Recommended Main Modifications consultation documents, alongside the Sustainability Appraisal of the Main Modifications and the Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Main Modifications, are also available to view and download at:

    • The Central Lincolnshire consultation hub; and
    • The Central Lincolnshire Local Plan website.      

    Examination Library Update -  Inspectors' Post Hearing Letter - 12 January 2023

    The Inspectors’ response to matters arising from the Examination Hearings Session as part of a Post Hearing Letter has now been published online within the Examination Document Library – Ref EX034

    Please note that no further comments are being accepted at this stage. Participants will be invited by the Committee to submit any further comments in the response to the Main Modification consultation which is due to start shortly. 

    Examination Library Update -  Consultation Responses Full Summary -  WL/WELT/008A & WL/WELT/011 - 9 January 2023

    A full summary of the consultation responses received during the Inspector Focussed Consultation (13.12.23 - 04.01.23) for WL/WELT/011 and WL/WELT/008A has now been uploaded to the Examination Library and can be found under Examination Document reference EX033

    Examination Library Update -  Consultation -  Committee Notes Sites WL/WELT/008A & WL/WELT/011 - 13 December 2022

    At the hearing session on Thursday 24 November into the proposed Local Plan allocations, two sites in particular were discussed at Welton (Reference WL/WELT/011 and WL/WELT/008A).  Following the hearing session, the notes ( EX027 and EX028) have been prepared by the Committee at the request of the Inspectors.  They set out the Committee’s latest position on each of the allocations and whether or not they are ‘sound’.

    Should any participants wish to comment on the attached information, they may do so in writing directly to the Programme Officer by no later than 5pm on Wednesday 4 th January 2023.  Also discussed at the hearing session, and submitted in November 2022, was a Transport Note in support of site WL/WELT/008A.  In the interests of fairness, should any participants for this Matter wish to comment on this evidence they may also submit any additional written statements as required by the same deadline.

    Please Note – The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on the attached documents only.  Additional or further comments on other aspects of the Plan will therefore be returned.  There is also no need to resubmit any previously made representations, which remain before the Inspectors.

    Following the receipt of any comments, and after the relevant site inspections have been carried out, any main modifications which are necessary to the submitted Plan will be subject to full public consultation for at least six weeks.  Formal notifications will be issued by the Committee in due course ahead of that consultation starting.

    Examination Library Update - Inspectors' Virtual Hearing Guidance (Week 4) - 23 November 2022

    The Inspectors have prepared and published Virtual Hearing Guidance for Week 4 of the Examination.  This guidance can now be found in the Examination Document Library ref EX024. Further information can also be found on the Hearing Sessions and Programme Page.

    Examination Library Update - Inspectors' Agenda for Day 4 Matter 5 Energy, Climate Change and Flooding - 16 November 2022

    The Inspectors have prepared and published a Hearing Agenda for Day 4 - Matter 5 Hearing Sessions due to take place on Friday 18th November 2022.  This Hearing Agenda has been added the Examination Document Library ref EX021.

    Examination Library Update - Opening Statement by the Chairman of Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee - 15 November 2022

    The Chairman of the Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee provided an opening statement on Day 1 of the Hearing Sessions. This statement has been added the Examination Document Library ref EX020.

    Examination Library Update - Updated Examination Hearing Programme - 11 November 2022

    The Inspectors have now published an updated Final Examination Hearing Programme. This updated programme can now be found in the Examination Library – document Ref EX017B.

    Please refer to this document as the latest version of the Hearing Programme. 

    Examination Library Update - Hearing Statements - 10 November 2022

    All Hearing Statements have now been uploaded to the Examination Web Page and can be found here: Hearing Statements.

    Examination Library Update - Updated Central Lincolnshire Statement of Common Ground November 2022 - 8 November 2022

    The Committee has published an updated Central Lincolnshire Statement of Common Ground November 2022. This document can now be found in the Planning Policy Library - Ref STA.007.3 and in the Examination Library – document EX008A.

    Examination Library Update - Central Lincolnshire Five Year Land Supply Report - 3 November 2022

    The Committee has published a Central Lincolnshire Five Year Land Supply Report October 2022. This document can now be found in the Planning Policy Library - Ref HOU009.1. and in the Examination Library – document Ref EX019,

    Examination Library Update - Updated Examination Hearing Programme - 1 November 2022

    The Inspectors have now published an updated Examination Hearing Programme which includes participants based on initial responses. This updated programme can now be found in the Examination Library – document Ref EX017A.

    Please refer to this document as the latest version of the Hearing Programme. 

    Examination Library Update - Sustainability Appraisal Addendum Consultation Report - 10 October 2022

    Following the close of Sustainability Appraisal Addendum Consultation on 4th October 2022, the Committee have prepared a report presenting the representations received and summary of the main issues raised during the consultation. 

    This document ref. EX018 can now be found in the Examination Document Library.

    Notification of the Arrangements for the Examination Hearing Sessions and Publication of Associated Examination Documents - 3 October 2022

    Notice has been given, in accordance with regulation 24 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, of the arrangements for the independent examination of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan. Regulation 24 Notice.

    The Hearing Sessions for the examination will begin at 10.00am on Tuesday 15th November at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln LN1 1YW. All details about the Hearing Sessions in full and associated Examination Documents can now be found in the Examination Document Library.

    The Examination Document Library has now been updated with the following Examination Documents that should be referred to throughout the Examination Hearing Sessions:

    Examination Document Library Update (Central Lincolnshire Local Plan and Policies Map Schedule of Post-Submission Suggested Modifications) - 26 September 2022

    The Examination Library has been updated to include Examination Document EX011 Central Lincolnshire Local Plan and Policies Map Schedule of Post-Submission Suggested Modifications. This document can now be viewed here in the Examination Library.

    Consultation on Sustainability Appraisal Addendum  - 20 September 2022

    A consultation is being held on an addendum to the Sustainability Appraisal and closes on 4 October.  This addendum includes the Sustainability Appraisal of a number of sites which were not included in the Sustainability Appraisal consulted on earlier this year in an effort to ensure that information has been presented consistently across all sites in the Sustainability Appraisal.  

    Examination Document Library Update (Committee's Response to the Inspector's Initial Questions)  - 12 September 2022

    The Examination Document Library has been updated to include Examination Document EX004 - Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee Response to the Inspector's Initial Questions. This document can now be viewed here in the Examination Document Library.

    Examination Document Library Update (Inspector's Initial Questions)  - 18 August 2022

    The Examination Document Library has been updated to include Examination document EX003 - Inspector's Initial Questions to the Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee. This document can now be viewed here in the Examination Document Library.   

    Examination Document Library Update  - 8 August 2022

    The Examination Document Library has been updated to include Examination document EX001 - a letter to the Inspectors on behalf of the Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee. This document can now be viewed here in the Examination Document Library.   

    Examination Stage and Inspector Appointment - 28 July 2022

    On 8th July 2022 the Local Plan Review was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate, in order for it to commence its independent examination.  The submission of the Local Plan means that the Local Plan is now in its ‘examination’ stage.

    The Secretary of State has now arranged for an Inspector to be appointed by the Planning Inspectorate. The appointed Inspector will examine the Local Plan to establish whether it is ‘sound’, taking into account all of the representations received. The Inspectors appointed to examine the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan are Matthew Birkinshaw BA (Hons) Msc MRTPI and Clive Coyne BA (Hons) DipTP MRTPI.