Tendring District Council - Local Plan Newsletter and Public Consultation on the Statement of Community Involvement

I received the first Tendring District Council Local Plan Newsletter by email today, 29th May 2014.

If you didn't receive the newsletter, I can forward it to you - please email me, there is an email button available from the 'View my complete profile' link under 'About Me' on this internet page.

In summary:

Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Tending District Council Local Plan Committe is at 6.00pm on Tuesday 15th July 2014 at the Council Offices in Weeley.

Members of the public can attend these meetings.

Document References

There are several references in the newsletter to the A1 - A5 documents which are linked-to from the minutes of the 13th May 2014 meeting, see my earlier blog post.

Results of January 2014 Consultation

In the newsletter under 'Results of our last public consultation', 'The top 10 issues raised':

4 - Development on the Colchester Fringe
Residents in Colchester are worried that possible development crossing the Tendring/Colchester border might add to existing concerns about traffic and the environment.

Timetable for the new Local Plan

To quote from the newsletter:

"To make sure the Council follows the right procedures when preparing the Local Plan and to also ensure that other people can understand the different stages of the process, it has to produce a ‘Local Development Scheme’ (LDS).

On 13th May, the Local Plan Committee approved a new LDS containing the timetable for public consultation, examination by a Planning Inspector and final adoption for the new Local Plan. The main stages for producing the Local Plan are as follows:

Initial public consultation: Early 2015

Final public consultation: Autumn 2015

Examination by the Inspector: Spring 2016

Adoption of the Local Plan: Summer 2016"

Statement of Community Involvement

This document "explains how residents and others will be notified, consulted and involved in preparing the Local Plan and considering major planning applications".

There is a proposed new Statement of Community Involvement which can be commented on until 5pm on Monday 7th July 2014.

Regards
James
Colchester East Action Group (CHEAG)