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An updated version of the Draft Timetable is now available Draft Timetable v2 20.10. 26
14 October 2026
The Council have submitted an Addendum to Statement of Common Ground with National Highways EB4a
1 October 2026
The Inspectors have issued additional questions to their Matters, Issues and Questions, relating to Matter 2 only and Policies SP1, SP5 and SP6 IN2a
29 September 2026
PS3 Recreation Mitigation Strategy has been added t0 the Examination Documents List.
23 September 2026
The Inspectors have today issued –
Matters, Issues and Questions MIQs Final
Draft Timetable Draft Timetable v1
Guidance Note Guidance Note
9 September 2026
The Inspectors anticipate issuing the Matters Issues and Questions and the Guidance Note by Monday 21 September. The deadline for the submission of Statements will be, by no later than Tuesday 27 October.
The Programme Officers will be contacting all respondents with further details about the Examination and the timetable in due course.
10 August 2026
The Council have submitted the following documents to the Inspectors –
| PS2 | Council’s Further Response to the Inspectors’ Preliminary Questions | 7/8/2026 |
| PS2a | Residential Land Survey and Housing Land Supply Position Report April 2026 | 7/8/2026 |
| PS2b | Residential Land Survey & Housing Land Survey Position Data Tables April 2026 | 7/8/2026 |
| PS2c | Housing Land Supply Site Templates | 7/8/2026 |
| PS2d | Policy SP8 Marked up with proposed changes | 7/8/2026 |
| PS2e | Copy of Schedule 1 sites – capacities updated to April 2026 | 7/8/2026 |
3 August 2026
The dates for the hearing sessions are confirmed as follows –
Week 1 – w/c Monday 9 November 2026
Week 2 – w/c Monday 16 November 2026
Week 3 – w/c Monday 30 November 2026
Week 4 – w/c Monday 7 December 2026
Reserve week – w/c Monday 18 January 2027
30 July 2026
Local Green Space Background Paper Update, October 2025 – has been added to the Core Documents List EB40a
17 July 2026
The Council have responded to the Inspectors’ Preliminary Questions
| Council’s Post Submission Documents | ||
| PS1 | Council’s Response to the Inspectors’ Preliminary Questions | 16/7/2026 |
| PS1a | Local Plan Monitoring Framework (Question 9) | 16/7/2026 |
| PS1b | Table of Superseded Policies (Question 10) | 16/7/2026 |
3 July 2026
A third Inspector has been appointed to the Examination – D Board BSc(Hons), MA, MRTPI
2 July 2026
The Core Documents List (including the Evidence Base) is now available NS Core Documents List 2 7 2026
1 July 2026
The Inspectors have issued their Preliminary Questions to the Council Preliminary questions 1
The Inspectors issued additional questions to their Matters, Issues and Questions, relating to Matter 2 only and Policies SP1, SP5 and SP6 IN2a
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