Examination

The Pre-submission Local Plan Part II was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for examination on 23rd January 2019.

The Inspector

Mike Fox BA (Hons) DIPTP MRTPI has been appointed as the Inspector to undertake an examination into the soundness of the Local Plan Part II. Soundness is tested against the criteria and policies in National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). In the case of Local Plan Part II, this will be March 2012 NPPF and not the revised NPPF published in July 2018. The Inspector cannot be contacted directly by the Council or any other parties. All enquiries and requests relating to the examination must go through the Programme Officer.

Programme Officer

The Council have appointed Robert Young as Programme Officer to assist the Inspector through the examination process. Mr Young is independent of the Council and responsible for all procedural matters relating to the examination. The Programme Officer can be contacted by email Robert.Young@mendip.gov.uk or telephone 07852 474689 or by post to: Robert Young, Mendip Local Plan Programme Officer.
c/o Mendip District Council, Cannards Grave Road, Shepton Mallet BA4 5BT

Examination Programme and timetable

Examination Hearings took place from Tuesday 23^rd July to Friday 2nd August 2019. Hearing statements and other documents submitted to the examination are listed below. The agenda for hearing sessions and participants can be found here Icon for pdf Examination Agenda.pdf [264.43KB]

Additional Statements and Notes

The Inspector has requested the Council and other parties provide additional statements and notes in response to documents ED11 and ED11A - ED11E. No additional documents can now be submitted unless requested by the Inspector. The Inspector has indicated a provisional timetable towards receipt of a final report in December.

The Council has received an Interim note containing post-Hearing advice and is reviewing the work required and how this affects the provisional timetable.

Examination Timetable

Tuesday 12^th March 2019 - Start of Council's 6 week consultation on Proposed Changes;
Friday 29^th March 2019 - Deadline for representors to contact Programme Officer on whether they wish to take part in examination and raising any other matters;
Wednesday 24^th April 2019 - Six week consultation on Proposed Changes closes and responses passed to Inspector;
Friday 17^th May - 12 noon 2019 - Deadline for Representation Statements / Further written representations;
Monday 24^th June 5pm 2019 - Deadline for Hearing Statements/Further Written Representations on Proposed Changes*
Monday 24^th June 2019 - Deadline for additional requests to participate in hearings*
Tuesday 23^rd July 2019 - Examination Hearings Open at 10am;
Friday 2^nd August 2019 - Examination Hearings Close;
Friday 9^th August 2019 - deadline for additional statements requested by the Inspector See ED11 A-E
Tuesday 10^th September 2019 - Inspector's Interim Note - Post Hearing Advice - See Icon for pdf ED 20 [221.17KB]

Provisional timetable indicated by the Inspector

September 2019 - Agreement between Council and Inspector on Main Modifications
October/November 2019 - Consultation on Main Modifications
December 2019 - Inspector's estimate of submission of the Examination Report will be available

The Planning Inspectorate publish a Icon for pdf guide on examination procedures [310.37KB] which gives useful advice on the process.

Submission Documents and Representations

You can view all documents submitted to the Planning Inspectorate here: Submission Documents

Representations made to the Pre-Submission Plan consultation (Feb 2018) are here: Pre-Submission Representations

Representations made to the Proposed Changes consultation (April 2019) are here: Proposed Changes Representations

A summary of representations to the Proposed Changes has been published as Icon for pdf ED07 [307.03KB]

Examination Documents

During the examination period, the submission and examination material will be available to be viewed by the public on this website and at the Council offices. Details of any letters to the council from the Inspector and additional documents are below:

Icon for pdf ED01 Inspector's Preliminary Note [124.77KB]
ED02 Mendip Council Response to ED01 (19th Feb 2019) [181.23KB]
ED03 Examination - Inspector's Guidance Note [279.85KB]
ED03A Inspector's Guidance Note v2 [242.71KB]
ED04 Examination - Inspector's Matters and Issues v1 [154.93KB]
ED04A Examination - Inspector's Matters and Issues v2 [157.9KB]
Icon for pdf ED04B Inspector's Matters & Issues v3 [158.63KB]
ED05 Inspector's 2nd note - 4th March 2019 [127.8KB]
ED06 Inspector's draft Hearing Programme v1 [205.99KB]
ED06A Inspector’s draft Hearing Programme v2 [204.03KB]
ED06B Mendip Local Plan Part II Examination - Inspector's draft Hearing Programme v3 [200.35KB]
Icon for pdf ED07 Summary of Proposed Changes Representations [307.03KB]
ED08 Proposed Changes to the Pre-submission Plan Corrections July 2019 [220.3KB]
ED09 Council Position Statement on Norton St Phillip NP [203.07KB]
ED09A Examiner Report Norton St Philip - Mendip Final [282.32KB]
ED09B Norton St Philip PC [435.1KB]
Icon for pdf ED09C - Parsons - Supplementary Statement [73.0KB]
ED09D - Parsons - Appendix_Redacted [170.56KB]
ED10 Mendip -opening statement - final [198.41KB]
ED11 Inspector Requests for Further Statements 25 July 2019 [183.42KB]
ED11A Inspector Requests for Further Statements 2 - 26 July 2019 [176.36KB]
Icon for pdf ED11B Inspector Requests for Further Statements 3 - 29 July 2019 [188.67KB]
ED11C Inspector Requests for Further Statements 4 - 30 July 2019 [175.44KB]
ED11D Inspector Requests for Further Statements 5 - 1 August 2019 [174.43KB]
ED11E Inspector Requests for Further Statements 6 - 5 August 2019 [173.49KB]
Icon for pdf ED12 Letter of Intent - David Wilson Homes & Wainhomes [119.58KB]
ED13 Lochalort Investment Response to ED11 [2.66MB]
ED14 SPD Marketing and Business Evidence to Planning Applications [40.79KB]
ED15 IAQM Odour Guidance [2.1MB]
ED16 MDC closing statement 02-08-19 [74.96KB]
ED17 Tony Thompson - Gypsy and Traveller Allocations [2.82MB]
Icon for pdf ED18 - Wookey Hole Inspector's letter 2 Aug19 [42.21KB]
ED18A - Wookey Hole Inspector's 2nd letter - 9 Aug19 [40.09KB]
ED19 MDC request for modifications 13aug19 [277.61KB]
ED20 - Inspector's Interim Note on Post Hearing Advice - 10 Sep 2019 [221.17KB]

Council Hearing Statements

Icon for pdf CS1. Matter 1 - Legal - DTC [163.54KB]
CS2. Matter 2 SA HRA [262.41KB]
CS3. Matter 3 - Housing [474.24KB]
CS4. Matter 4 Green Belt [190.2KB]
CS5. Matter 5, LGS [264.92KB]
CS5-1 - Council Position Statement on Playing Field at Feltham Lane [249.44KB]
CS6. Matter 6 - Local Economy [293.6KB]
Icon for pdf CS7. Matter 7 - Infrastructure [349.07KB]
CS8. Matter 8 DM and risks [110.61KB]
CS9. Matter 9, site allocations [311.17KB]
CS9A - Mendip District Council - Addendum CR1 [142.13KB]
CS10. Matter 10 - Other Issues of Soundness [174.22KB]
CS11. Matter 11 - Proposed Changes [691.94KB]
CS12. Matter 6 - Question 6.7 [260.67KB]
Icon for pdf CS13. Matter 5 Question 5.4 [254.28KB]

Participant Hearing Statements

Additional Questions and Notes

Icon for pdf IQ-1 and Appendices - DTC [1.51MB]
IQ2 - HRA [95.88KB]
IQ-3 SoCG SA in Midsomer Norton - Radstock [1.5MB]
IQ4 - Review Policy [355.06KB]
IQ-5 Table 3 split by periods [185.46KB]
IQ-6 Shepton Mallet trajectory [377.07KB]
IQ-7 505 dwellings [503.08KB]
IQ-8 Frome FGA [175.74KB]
IQ-9 Use of Minimum [236.48KB]
Icon for pdf IQ-10 - village appeals [186.57KB]
IQ-11 Locahailort NSP [166.07KB]
IQ-12 FR3a - Housing Density [71.37KB]
IQ-13 Street ST3 [1.03MB]
IQ-13 appendix 1 [810.88KB]
IQ-14 odour reports [303.24KB]
IQ-14 Appdx 1 Bubwith Walk Odour Rpt_may 2014 [1.76MB]
IQ-14 Appdx 2 Bubwith Walk odour rpt_Aug19 [2.42MB]
Icon for pdf IQ-15 - 5Y HLA [308.27KB]
IQ-15 - Appendices [1.13MB]
IQ-15 - Trajectory ED1 [633.84KB]
IQ-16(i) Morlands [2.04MB]
IQ-16(ii) GT DPD and GTAA [285.84KB]
IQ16(iii) Draft Morlands SCG [143.43KB]
IQ16 (iii) Additional Statement - Glastonbury TC [265.98KB]
IQ16(iii) Additional Statement - Tony Thomson [1.04MB]
Icon for pdf IQ17-19 Info LGS.pdf [254.1KB]
IQ-20a Frome highways.pdf [294.44KB]
IQ-21 empt glossary [295.17KB]
IQ-22 - Terraqueous [179.27KB]
IQ-23 SPD [218.91KB]
IQ-24-FGA [186.98KB]
IQ-25 FR2 - land uses [285.11KB]
IQ-26 FR3a Masterplan [198.13KB]
IQ-27 Kinsgfield [180.07KB]
IQ-28 Appendix 1 [729.49KB]
Icon for pdf IQ-28 Appendix 2 [7.53MB]
IQ-28 Site ST1 [70.71KB]
IQ-29 - Gateway Status of Land [577.47KB]
IQ-30 - WL1 odour rpt consult [193.85KB]
IQ-31 - CR1 response from MDC Legal_Redacted [2.33MB]
IQ-32a__BT1.pdf [267.51KB]
IQ-33 Westbury [276.97KB]
IQ-34 TRO-SSM_Redacted [184.17KB]