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Adur Local Plan Examination

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Adoption of the Adur Local Plan

A report seeking the approval of the Adur Local Plan will be taken to a meeting of the Adur Executive on 4th December 2017, and then to Adur Full Council on 14th December 2017 for adoption. Once adopted, this will replace the saved policies of the Adur Local Plan 1996 as the Council's Local Plan. The new Local Plan sets the strategic development and land-use priorities for Adur (outside the South Downs National Park) up to 2032, and contains the policies against which development management decisions within that area will be made.

Please note:

The Adur Local Plan 2017 was adopted on 14th December 2017 and supersedes the previous Adur District Local Plan 1996.

See: Adur Local Plan 2017.

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Publication of Report on the examination of the Adur Local Plan

On 20th October 2016, Adur District Council formally submitted the Adur Local Plan to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The Secretary of State appointed Mr David Hogger BA MSc MRTPI MCIHT to conduct an independent examination of the Adur Local Plan, which took place in early 2017.

The Council has received the Inspector's Report on the Examination of the Adur Local Plan, in which the Inspector sets out and justifies his recommendations.

The Inspector’s Report concludes that the Adur Local Plan is 'sound' and that it provides an appropriate basis for the planning of that part of the district within the Local Plan area, provided that a number of main modifications are made.

The Inspector’s Report and the Local Plan documents, incorporating the Inspector's Main Modifications, are to be considered by Adur Full Council on 14th December 2017. The modified Adur Local Plan will be recommended to the Council for adoption. Upon adoption it will form the Adur Local Plan and the development plan for development management purposes (under section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act as amended).

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Introduction

Adur Local Plan (logo)

On 20th October 2016 Adur District Council submitted the Submission Adur Local Plan 2016 to the Secretary of State for independent examination. This page is dedicated to the examination of the Adur Local Plan and will be updated regularly throughout the examination process.

The hearings have now ended (8th February 2017). The Council is currently providing responses to matters raised by the Inspector during the hearing sessions. These will be made available on this page on the website in due course.

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Inspector and Programme Officer

Inspector

The Secretary of State has appointed Inspector David Hogger BA MSc MRTPI MCIHT as the Inspector from the Planning Inspectorate to carry out an independent examination of the Adur Local Plan.

The Inspector's task is to consider the soundness of the submitted plan, based on the criteria set out in paragraph 182 of the National Planning Policy Framework (the framework).

The relevant soundness criteria are whether the local plan is:

  • positively prepared (based on a strategy that seeks to meet objectively assessed development and infrastructure requirements, including unmet requirements from neighbouring authorities where it is reasonable to do so and consistent with achieving sustainable development)
  • justified (the most appropriate strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives, based on proportionate evidence)
  • effective (the plan should be deliverable over its period and based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic priorities)
  • consistent with national policy (the plan should enable the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies in the framework)

Programme Officer

The Programme Officer is an independent officer of the examination and works on behalf of the Inspector to organise and manage the administrative and procedural matters of the examination process and is the appropriate point of contact for any queries in relation to the examination.

Contact Details:

Chris Banks
C/O Banks Solutions
64 Lavinia Way
East Preston
West Sussex
BN16 1EF

bankssolutionsuk@gmail.com

Tel: 07817 322 750 or 01903 783722

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Examination documents

Main Modifications: Inspector's Preliminary Findings

The Inspector examining the Adur Local Plan has produced his Preliminary Findings, which can be found below:

In response to these, the Council are producing Main Modifications which will be published for consultation in due course.

Inspector's documents:

Adur Local Plan Examination 2017 - Inspector's 'Homework'

Council responses to Inspector's 'Homework':

Inspector's 'homework' - Council comments on Representor's responses:

Representor's responses to Council's 'Homework':

Adur Floodwatch Group

Albemarle

Cobbetts

Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)

Hyde

Landstone

New Monks Farm Development Ltd

Sussex Wildlife Trust

Statements of Common Ground:

Responses to questions raised by Inspector during the hearings:

Council responses to Inspector's Questions

Representor Responses to Inspector's Questions

Adur Floodwatch

Albemarle

Brighton & Hove City Council

Cobbetts Developments Ltd

Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)

Environment Agency

Gladman

Home Builders Federation

Hyde

New Monks Farm Development Ltd

Old Salts Farm

Persimmon

Sussex Wildlife Trust

West Sussex County Council

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Examination timetable

Timetable of stages and dates for the Examination
StageDates
Guidance Note and Issues and Questions published 28th November 2016
Statements to be submitted to Programme Officer Midday on 22nd December 2016
Hearing sessions commence Commence on 31st January 2017
Publication of Inspector's preliminary findings 5th May 2017

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Venue

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Submission Documents and Core Documents

The Submission Documents and Core Documents can be found on the:

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Latest news and updates (most recent at the top)

12th May 2017:

A new item has been added to the Adur Local Plan Examination page. This is as follows:

  • ID-7 Inspector's Preliminary Summary of Main Modifications

See: Inspector's Preliminary Findings (above)

16th February 2017:

One new item has been added to the Core Documents list. This is as follows:

  • CD24/11A - Supplementary Viability Information: Residential CIL Viability Appraisal

See: Core Documents list

2nd February 2017:

Five new items have been added to the Core Documents list. These are as follows:

  • CD07/1A: Housing Provision 2011-2032: Update of housing figures in paragraphs 2.12 - 2.25 and Policy 3
  • CD07/4A: Proposed Major Modifications Update (January 2017)
  • CD07/23A: Addendum Note: Corrections to Table 7 and Table 8 (Five Year Housing Land Supply - Objectively Assessed Need Housing Target)
  • CD15/7: Adur District Council, Environment Agency & West Sussex County Council Memorandum of Understanding
  • CD24/14: Duty to Co-operate Memorandum of Understanding

See: Core Documents list

25th January 2017:

One new item has been added to the Core Documents list. This is as follows:

  • CD24/11: Adur District Council Whole Plan & Community Infrastructure Levy Viability
    Assessment

One document has been amended:

  • ID-3: REV 5 Adur Issues & Questions with amended timetable

See: Core Documents list

23rd January 2017:

Four new items have been added to the Core Documents list. These are as follows:

  • CD13/7A: West Sussex Joint Minerals Local Plan Proposed Submission Draft (Regulation 19)
  • CD24/13: Planning School Places
  • CD12/9: New Monks Farm, Lancing: Technical Note 02 - Phase 1 Residential Development Impact
  • CD12/10: New Monks Farm development: Technical Note 2 - Phase 1 Residential Development Impact - Comments by West Sussex County Council

See: Core Documents list

16th January 2017:

Three new items have been added to the Core Documents list. These are as follows:

  • CD01/22: House of Commons Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS488)
  • CD01/23: Technical housing standards - nationally described space standards
  • CD24/12: Planning Contribution for Infrastructure Provision

One document has been amended:

  • CD14/22: Adur Landscape Study Update - New Salts Farm
    Please note that this report is a revised version of the report produced in October 2016. There were a number of errors in the 2016 report and this revised report corrects the following:
    - The photograph from viewpoint 1 from Lancing Ring
    - The locations of three viewpoints
    - The scale of the proposed development in these viewpoints

See: Core Documents list

13th January 2017:

Four new items have been added to the Core Documents list. These are as follows:

  • CD01/19: Housing and Planning Act 2016
  • CD01/20: House of Commons Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS50): Support for Small Scale Developers, Custom and Self-builders
  • CD01/21: Starter Homes Regulations 2016: Technical Consultation
  • CD21/3: Housing and Residential Land in West Sussex

See: Core Documents list

9th January 2017:

Two new items have been added to the Core Documents list. These are as follows:

  • CD10/5: Greater Brighton City Deal
  • CD24/10: West Sussex Waste Local Plan

See: Core Documents list

4th January 2017:

Three new items have been added to the Core Documents list. These are as follows:

  • CD01/18: Planning policy for travellers sites
  • CD24/8: Adur & Worthing Councils Note: Support for Neighbourhood Plans
  • CD24/9: Draft Adur Place Plan

See: Core Documents list

23rd December 2016:

One new item has been added to the Core Documents list. This is as follows:

  • CD07-24: Adur Local Plan - Summary of consultation responses to SHLAA and HIS updates 2016

See: Core Documents list

19th December 2016:

Three new items have been added to the Core Documents list. These are as follows:

  • CD21/2 - Adur District Council Annual Monitoring Report 2016
  • CD13/14 - Shoreham Harbour Joint Area Action Plan Revised Draft for Consultation December 2016
  • CD13/15 - Shoreham Harbour Transport Strategy October 2016

See: Core Documents list

6th December 2016:

Three new items have been added to the Core Documents list. These are as follows:

  • CD07/21 - Further clarification of differences between the Adur Local Plan 1996 Proposals Map and the Submission Adur Local Plan 2016 Policies Map
  • CD07/22 - Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) Update 2016
  • CD07/23 - Adur Housing Implementation Strategy 2016

See: Core Documents list

18th November 2016:

Two new items have been added to the Core Documents list. These are as follows:

  • CD07/20: Adur Local Development Scheme 2016-18
  • CD24/7: Adur Local Plan 2016 Omission Sites

See: Core Documents list

Additionally, a number of appendices have been added to the Adur & Worthing Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (CD15/1) showing flood depth maps, flood hazard maps, flood onset maps and flood velocity maps.

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Page last updated: 03 February 2023

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