Leicester Local Plan 2020-2036 Examination
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5 December 2024 - EXAM 36 - Updated Actions List - Hearing Weeks 1 to 5 and a number of Action Point Responses have also been published (See Examination Documents 9A & 104 - 112 .
3 December 2024 - Track Changed Updates to the Sustainability Appraisal have been published - Examination Documents EXAM 21AA Main Report and EXAM 21C-G Appendices. EXAM 101 - Response to Action 218 - Policy CCFR05, EXAM 102 - Response to Action 272 - Policy CT04 and EXAM 103 - Response to Action 285 - Land South of Evington Way published.
21 November 2024 - The Hearing Sessions have now closed. The Council will be completing work in relation to the action points and hope to be in a position to submit all outstanding tasks by the end of November. A Post Hearing Letter from the Inspectors is then anticipated to follow in December.
20 November 2024 - The Council have supplied a summary of the Technical Documents for each Strategic Site, the documents are EXAM refs 100A to E and comprise of:
EXAM 100A - SL02
EXAM 100B - SL03
EXAM 100C - SL04
EXAM 100D - SL05
EXAM 100E - SL06
19 November 2024 -EXAM 9A - Housing Allocations and Commitments - Deliverability & Developability Updated November 2024 (Excel Document - Direct Download)
18 November 2024 - EXAM 19 - Hearings Programme updated to reflect latest participant position. EXAM 98 - Action 50 - Technical Note in relation to Transport and Sustainability Appraisal and EXAM 99 - Action 68 - Gypsy & Traveller Site information published.
16 November 2024 - EXAM 87 - Day 13 Agenda Updated.
15 November 2024 - EXAM 86 - Day 12 Agenda Updated to include reference to Site 1040 under Matter 13.
14 November 2024 - EXAM 96 - Action 164 - Housing Trajectory & Windfall Note and EXAM 97 - Action 167 - Updated Housing Trajectory published.
13 November 2024 - EXAM 94 - Action 128 - DI01 Suggested Amendments to Supporting Text.
EXAM 95 - Action 47 - Ashton Green Infrastructure Delivery Note published.
11 November 2024 - EXAM 19 Hearings Programme updated to reflect the latest participant position. EXAM 20 - Sustainability Appraisal Corrections and EXAM 21B - Consequential Updates to Sustainability Appraisal Appendix B updated and re-published.
8 November 2024 - EXAM 36 - Actions List Weeks 1 to 3 updated and EXAM 93 - Action 140 - Map of Allocations and Open Space published.
6 November 2024 - EXAM 92 - Actions 155 and 172 - Local Wildlife Sites published.
5 November 2024 - Hearing Agendas for Weeks 4 and 5 published (See 'Hearing Sessions' section of the website or Examination Documents EXAM 83 - 88). EXAM 89 - Action 64 - Beaumont Park Air Quality Assessment & EXAM 90 - Action 145 - Technical Note and Allotment Strategy 2015 - 2020 , EXAM 91 - Action 150 - Site 559 and Route of the Eastern District Distributor Road published. EXAM 48 - SL06 Masterplan updated.
30 October 2024 - Hearing Statements for Hearing Weeks 4 & 5 published.
25 October 2024 - EXAM 81 - Action 134 - Application Details Site 15 and EXAM 82 - Action 142 - Pre Application Details regarding Site 960 published.
24 October 2024 - EXAM 80 - Action 141 - Housing Scheme Examples published.
23 October 2024 - EXAM 78 - Action 89 - CHA05 Developer Dialogue & EXAM 79 - Effectiveness of Enforcement Report published.
22 October 2024 - A number of Action Point Responses published - See Examination Documents EXAM 68 - 77. EXAM 36 - Actions List updated covering Hearing Weeks 1 to 3.
21 October 2024 - EXAM 65 - Action 16 - Plan Review , EXAM 66 - Action 80 - Planning and Development - Station Extract , EXAM 67 - Action 73 - Residential Growth Patterns in City Centre published.
17 October 2024 - EXAM 64 - Action 46 - Ashton Green Education Strategy published.
15 October 2024 - EXAM 19 - Hearings Programme Updated.
14 October 2024 - EXAM 57 - Action 1 Response - Note and Chronology of Duty to Co-operate Meetings. EXAM 36 - Latest Actions List (incorporates Week 2 Actions), EXAM 58 - Action 70 - Leicester Waterside SPD EXAM 59 - Action 53 - SHELAA Joint Methodology Paper EXAM 60 - Action 61 - Charnwood Policy Approach SL05, EXAM 61 - Action 108 - Note on Table 2.6 of Interim Forecasting Report, EXAM 62 - Action 112 - Midlands Connect A46 Study and EXAM 63 - Action 121 - Air Quality Action Plan published.
10 October 2024 - EXAM 56 - Action 17 Response - Implications of New National Planning Policy Framework
9 October 2024 - EXAM 37 - Sustainability Appraisal Summary - Site SL04 - corrected. EXAM 38 - Sustainability Appraisal Summary - Site SL05 - updated. EXAM 55 - Action 23 Response - Employment Technical Note published.
8 October 2024 - A number of Action Point Responses have been submitted by the Council. Please see Examination Documents List Documents EXAM 37 - 54.
7 October 2024 - EXAM 36 - Week 1 List of Hearing Actions published.
4 October 2024 - EXAM 34 - Technical Note prepared by LCC in response to Actions 4, 5 & 6 and EXAM 35 - Map of area leaflet drop for Reg 18 and 19 consultations in response to Action 2 published.
3 October 2024 - EXAM 31 - LCC Response to Action 4 - Plans and Tables SL02 & SL03, EXAM 32 - Explanatory Note Sustainability Appraisal, Site SL02 and EXAM 33 - Explanatory Note Sustainability Appraisal Site SL03 published.
1 October 2024 - EXAM 30 - Council's Opening Statement published.
30 September 2024 - EXAM 19 - Hearings Programme updated to reflect current participant position.
27 September 2024 - A Letter from LCC regarding Site 1051 - Gilmorton Community Rooms has been appended to the Council's Matter 3 Hearing Statement.
24 September 2024 - Hearing Agendas for Days 1 to 8 published (see Examination Documents 22-29)
23 September 2024 - Revised Sustainability Appraisal and Associated Appendices published. See Examination Documents EXAM21 - 21G. LCC Matter 2 Hearing Statement updated to include a letter re SL02 (final page).
19 September 2024 - EXAM 19 - Latest Hearings Programme and EXAM 20 - LCC Note on Sustainability Appraisal Corrections published.
9 September 2024 - EXAM 15: Statement of Common Ground Site SL05: Land West of Anstey Lane , EXAM 16 - SA / SEA Scoping Report 2016, EXAM 17 - Cartographic Revisions to the Green Wedge in the Proposals Map and EXAM 18 - LCC Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment August 2024 published.
6 September 2024 - EXAM 13 - LCC Statement on Consistency of Green Wedge Designation in Leicester and Leicestershire and EXAM 14 - Draft Statement of Common Ground to support progression of Local Plans in Leicester and Leicestershire (signed copy to follow) published.
20 August 2024 - EXAM 12 - Inspectors' Matters, Issues and Questions - August 2024 published.
6 June 2024 - The Hearing Sessions have been rescheduled to commence at 10am on Tuesday 1 October 2024 within the Attenborough Hall in Leicester. A revised Hearing Programme (EXAM 11) has been produced together with a revised Guidance Note (EXAM 10), the latter includes information on the rescheduled deadlines for expressions of participation interest and the submission of statements.
29 May 2024 - The Examination Hearing, which was due to open on Tuesday 2 July, has been postponed due to the General Election taking place on 4 July. The Hearing sessions scheduled for 2-4 and 9-11 July will be rearranged for alternative dates.
18 May 2024 - EXAM 10 - Guidance Notes, EXAM 11 - Draft Hearings Programme & EXAM 12 - Matters, Issues and Questions for July Hearings published.
9 April 2024 - EXAM 8 - Draft Schedule of Main Modifications (March 2024) and EXAM 9 - Housing Allocations and Commitments Deliverability & Developability (Excel Document - Direct Download) published.
31 January 2024 - LCC Responses to Inspectors' Initial Questions and Associated Documents published. (See Examination Documents EXAM 3 - 7)
5 December 2023 - Inspectors submit Initial Questions to LCC (EXAM 2)
17 October 2023 - Leicester & Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan (EXAM 1) added to Examination Documents
9 October 2023 - Planning Inspectors K Baker DipTP MA DipMP MRTPI, M Hayden BSc(Hons) DipTP MRTPI and J Burston BSc MA MRTPI AIPROW have been appointed to undertake an independent examination into the soundness and legal compliance of Leicester City Council’s Local Plan
26 September 2023 - The City Council submitted the Local Plan to the Inspectorate for Examination.