Examination

Local Plan Part 2 Latest Update.

Examination Hearings took place from Tuesday 23^rd July to Friday 2nd August 2019. The Inspector issued an Interim note containing post-Hearing advice on 12^th September 2019 - Icon for pdf document ED20 [221.17KB].

An informal response and a draft schedule of Modifications to ED20 were provided to the Inspector on 3^rd December 2019. The Inspector has requested the Council's covering letter is published as ED24 and advised that the draft schedule and supporting documents are published for consultation in order to progress the Local Plan Part 2. - see ED25 . ED25 highlights that the publication of the modifications remains 'without prejudice' at this stage and that all representations will be taken into account in the Inspector's report. Responses to the requests for additional information made in the Interim Note are published on this page as MF1 - MF5

Main Modifications

Consultation on Main Modifications will take place from Tuesday 21st January to 5pm Monday 2^nd March 2020. The schedule, response forms and supporting documents can be found here.

Programme Officer

All enquiries and requests relating to the examination must go through the Programme Officer.
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 Documents

Hearing statements and other documents submitted to the examination are listed on this page below.

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

Local Plan Part 2 Timeline

April 2020 - Council's estimate of plan adoption
March 2019 - Council's estimate of submission of the Examination Report
January - February 2020 - Consultation on Main Modifications
December 2019 - Finalising Modifications and supporting documents
By end of November 2019 - Agreement between Council and Inspector on Main Modifications

Tuesday 10^thSeptember 2019 - Inspector's Interim Note - Post Hearing Advice - See Icon for pdf ED 20 [221.17KB]
Friday 9^thAugust 2019 - deadline for additional statements requested by the Inspector See ED11 A-E
Tuesday 23^rdJuly 2019 - Examination Hearings to Friday 2^nd August. See Examination Agenda.pdf [264.43KB]

Monday 24^thJune 2019 - Deadline for additional requests to participate in hearings
Monday 24^thJune 5pm 2019 - Deadline for Hearing Statements/Further Written Representations on Proposed Changes
Friday 17^thMay - 12 noon 2019 - Deadline for Representation Statements / Further written representations
Wednesday 24^thApril 2019 - Six week consultation on Proposed Changes closes and responses passed to Inspector
Friday 29^thMarch 2019 - Deadline for representors to contact Programme Officer on whether they wish to take part in examination
Tuesday 12^thMarch 2019 - Start of Council's 6 week consultation on Proposed Changes
Tuesday 29^th January 2019 Mike Fox BA (Hons) DIPTP MRTPI appointed as the Inspector to undertake the examination
Wednesday 23^rd January 2019 The Pre-submission Local Plan Part II was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for examination

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]
ED21 - Norton St Philip, Beckington and Rode Parish Council’s [1.02MB]
Icon for pdf ED22A - Avalon Motor Co 1_Redacted [2.54MB]
ED22B - Avalon Motor Co 2_Redacted [2.39MB]
ED23 - Mendip Local Plan Part 2 Examination - Inspector's Interim Note 2 on Post Hearing Advice - 5 Nov 2019 [56.21KB]
ED24 Informal Letter to Mr Fox 3rd Dec 2019 - redacted [218.27KB]
ED25 - Inspector's note - Progress towards publication of Main Modifications 7 Jan 2020 [55.22KB]