Core Strategy Examination

Information

Please note that the hearing session on MM25, which was to take place on Wednesday 23 May will now take place on Monday 21 May at 4pm in Committee Room 4, SODC Council Offices.
 
 

This page has been drafted by and is the responsibility of Helen Wilson, Programme Officer for the Examination. Helen is an impartial officer of the Examination and works under the direction of the Inspector. Helen has had no involvement in the preparation of the Core Strategy

You can find relevant information on South Oxfordshire's Core Strategy Examination by clicking on the relevant sections below.  For historical information relating to the July hearing sessions and documentation relating to earlier stages in the Examination process please click on the archive page link.  We have also created an achive part 2 for information post July hearing sessions including the November hearings.  You can view the archive part 2 link here.

Update
Following the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework on 27 March 2012 and the new Planning policy for traveller sites on 23 March 2012, the Programme Officer wrote to all respondents, inviting them to comment on the documents, insofar as they relate to the soundness of the Core Strategy.  Copies of the responses received are available here. 

The proposed changes or 'Main Modifications' publication period has now closed.  You can click here or use the quick link to the right to access the information.

You can view a selection of representations taken from the mid examination publication process, by clicking here.  It has only been possible to make available on the website the representations of those who indicated a wish to participate at the further hearings.  Due to the resource implications and system limitations, we have not been able to make all the representations available on the website.  All representations are available to view at our office by appointment.  Simply e-mail your request to the Planning Policy Team.  All representations have been submitted to the Inspector.  The additional information requested by the Inspector at Appendix A to the Wallingford Agenda is listed below.

Following the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework, the Programme Officer has written to all respondents to ask whether the Core Strategy reflects the presumption in favour of sustainable development in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and, if not, whether the inclusion of the 'model policy' included on the Planning Portal would be an appropriate way of securing consistency with national policy?

The model policy can be viewed at here Planning Portal This link will take you to an external website...

Further Hearing Sessions  

Further hearings will be held on 22 and 23 May, the timetable for these sessions is as follows:

UPDATE

Covering letter by Mrs Jameson (45.4 KB) icon (ID4922)

Report submitted by Mrs Jameson (2.5 MB) icon (ID4922)

Assessessment of submitted HRWallingford report (51.6 KB) icon

The sessions will take place in the Council Chamber at South Oxfordshire District Council, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8ED. 

Please note that the Inspector will not be requiring statements for these hearings.

New Core Documents -  

The following documents have been added to the Core Documents list, these documents have been appended to South Oxfordshire District Council's response to the consultation on Main Modifications.

  • CD09/84 (6.5 MB) icon  - Draft Wallingford Conservation Area Character Appraisal plus associated material Part 1 
  • CD09/84 (3.5 MB) icon  - Draft Wallingford Conservation Area Character Appraisal plus associated material Part 2 
  • CD05/14 (4.1 MB) icon  - OCC Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Proposed Submission Document
  • CD09/85 (2.4 MB) icon  - Landscape Assessment Study for Site F: Thame Report by Kirkham Landscape Planning Ltd

Inspector's conclusions on changes to the Core Strategy to be advertised for public representations

Note from the Inspector to SODC re the S20-23 of the Planning and Compulsory Act

  • ID38 (57.6 KB) icon  -  issue regarding S20-23 of the Planning and Compulsory Act
  • ID38a (68.8 KB) icon - Further Inspector's note to SODC re the S20-23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act

Statement by the Inspector - 16 January 2012

Documents received regarding the Inspector's Draft Conclusions

Statement by the Inspector - 5 January 2012

Documents Submitted by SODC following the Inspector's Statement to SODC dated November 2011 

 Inspector's Statement to SODC dated 30 November 2011

Note from the Inspector following the hearings, 11 November 2011

Points for follow up - November

New documents from SODC

Core documents list

Examination documents

Contact details for the programme officer

For all matters concerning the examination, please get in touch with Helen using the following contact details:

Programme Officer: Helen Wilson

Telephone: 01527 65741

Mobile: 07879 443035

E-mail: progofficer@aol.com

 

 

Last reviewed: 21 - 05 - 2012

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