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Delay to Local Plan

13/4/2017

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Basildon Borough Council have announced a delay to their Local Plan timetable.  The new schedule is shown below.  The full details are here;  http://www.basildon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=7061&p=0
 
We will not now see their final draft Local Plan until July 2017 at the earliest, at which time the Regulation 19 Consultation will begin.  Unlike previous Consultations we will not be invited to comment upon the proposed content of the Local Plan and its impact upon our town.  Instead we will be commenting upon its Soundness.
For a Plan to be Sound it must meet the following criteria (based upon the relevant sections of the National Planning Policy Framework.)
‘Positively prepared – the plan should be based on a strategy which attempts to meet the Borough’s objectively assessed need for homes, jobs and infrastructure where it is reasonable to do so and consistent with achieving sustainable development.  If appropriate any unmet requirements from neighbouring authorities should be included, but other authorities can be asked to assist by taking development which our own Borough cannot address.
Justified – the plan should be based upon a credible and robust evidence base; 
Effective – the plan should be able to deliver what it claims is needed during its timescale;
 and be
Consistent with national policy – primarily the National Planning Policy Framework.’
 We’ll be providing more detail on how you can respond to this latest, and last, public Consultation soon.
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1 Comment
Graham Moat
21/4/2017 06:48:00

Although I'm very pleased to see some activity after a long lull, as I've previously commented to your Chairman Mike Andrews in our recent discussions, it is my view that BAG should be far more proactive plus the true potential number of new homes that could be proposed should be clearly stated as a wake up call to all residents. I feel that whatever impetus was gained previously it has now long slipped away and peoples lives have moved along such that their concerns previously prompted by your organisation have now been overridden by more pressing recent matters. It is therefore my further view that BAG should be continually promoting peoples attention and not just purely operating on a reactive basis. You say that card drops were previously made, we definitely never received one and I've polled a number of my near neighbours (Quilters Drive / Archers Close) who have told me that they did not receive this either! Thus I've produced my own which I've modified from my facebook published version and emailed a copy to Mike. I've also proposed a different ploy in of producing BAG Shopping Bags with the slogan "I'm Carrying the BAG" with a few suitable follow on words. Yet I've not received a response yet. Hopefully when I meet with your Committee next week such matters can be rationally debated.

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