Pre-Submission consultation period for the Local Plan review
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Borough Council has been preparing a Local Plan Review to update the current Core Strategy and Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan. Consultation took place on a draft Local Plan Review document in 2019. At the meeting of the Borough Council on 8 July the Council agreed to proceed to the ‘Pre-Submission’ consultation stage. What this means is that we will publish a version of the Local Plan Review (and supporting documents) in the form that the Borough Council wishes to submit for Examination and provide an opportunity for representations to be made about it. These will then be passed to an Inspector who will undertake an ‘Examination’ of the Local Plan Review.
I am writing to you as a person or organisation who is interested in the local plan process (either as a statutory consultee, or someone who has previously expressed an interest in being informed about this) to tell you that the Local Plan Review will be open for representations from Monday 2 August until 5 pm on Monday 27 September 2021.
Details of how to view the relevant documents and make representations are included on the Statement of Representations below. There will be on-line consultation through our website/consultation portal, and downloadable forms, guidance notes, etc. The period for representations is currently active and you can view the version of the Local Plan Review as agreed by Cabinet/Council and supporting documents as preparation should you wish to make formal representations when the consultation goes live. This can be seen at: Local Plan Review (2016 to 2036) | Local Plan Review (2016 to 2036) | Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk (west-norfolk.gov.uk)
Statement of Representations Procedure
The Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk proposes to submit the King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Local Plan Review document to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for independent examination, in accordance with Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.
Before submitting the document the council is required to publish the document and invite people to make representations on its ‘soundness’.
Title of Document: King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Local Plan Review Pre-Submission document.
Subject matter and area covered by the document: the Local Plan Review document allocates land to deliver the development requirements of the borough, such as housing, employment, recreation, green spaces, community and leisure uses. It also includes development management policies which apply across the borough and these will be used when determining planning applications.
Period for representations: The representation period runs from Monday 2 August 2021 to 5pm on Monday 27 September 2021.
Representations should be sent:
By post: Environment & Planning, Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, King’s Court, Chapel Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EX
Via the website: Local Plan Review (2016 to 2036) | Local Plan Review (2016 to 2036) | Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk (west-norfolk.gov.uk)
By email: planning.policy@west-norfolk.gov.uk
Please note the following:
- Representations may be made by way of electronic communications or in writing.
- Representations may be accompanied by a request to be notified at a specified address of any of the following:
- that the Local Plan Review document has been submitted for examination;
- the publication of the recommendations of any person appointed to carry out an independent examination of the Local Plan Review document;
- the adoption of the Local Plan Review document.
Arrangements for inspection of documents:
The Local Plan Review Pre-Submission document and other proposed submission documents are available for inspection online on the council’s website: Local Plan Review (2016 to 2036) | Local Plan Review (2016 to 2036) | Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk (west-norfolk.gov.uk), at the Borough Council offices, King’s Court, Chapel Street, King’s Lynn, PE30 1EX and at libraries at London Road, King’s Lynn; Gaywood; Hunstanton; Dersingham; Downham Market; and Wisbech.
Yours faithfully,
Alan Gomm
Planning Policy Manager
Planning Policy Team – Environment & Planning Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk