SDBDC/006 Consultation Statement
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SDBDC/006 Braintree District Council Consultation Statement Introduction Contents: Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 4 Stages prior to the commencement of the Braintree Local Plan 2033................................................. 4 Stages in the Braintree Local Plan 2033 ................................................................................................ 4 What the consultation document will cover? ....................................................................................... 5 Documents comprising the Development Plan .................................................................................... 6 2. Issues and Scoping .................................................................................................................................... 7 Title of the consultation, consultation period, and the relevant planning regulations. ........................... 7 Key aspects of the consultation and where appropriate main changes arising from the previous consultation. ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Which bodies and persons the local planning authority invited to make representations ..................... 7 How those bodies and persons were invited to make representations ................................................... 8 The number of representations made and a summary of the main issues raised by the representations made ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 How any representations made have been taken into account in the plan preparation process. ........ 10 3. Local Plan Draft Document for Consultation ...................................................................................... 26 Title of the consultation, consultation period, and the relevant planning regulations. ......................... 26 Key aspects of the consultation and where appropriate main changes arising from the previous consultation. ........................................................................................................................................... 26 Which bodies and persons the local planning authority invited to make representations ................... 26 How those bodies and persons were invited to make representations ................................................. 28 The number of representations made and a summary of the main issues raised by the representations made ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 How any representations made have been taken into account in the plan preparation process. ........ 33 4. Publication Draft Local Plan ................................................................................................................ 47 Title of the consultation, consultation period, and the relevant planning regulations. ......................... 47 Key aspects of the consultation and where appropriate main changes arising from the previous consultation. ........................................................................................................................................... 47 Which bodies and persons the local planning authority invited to make representations ................... 47 How those bodies and persons were invited to make representations ................................................. 49 Consultation Statement - October 17 2 Introduction The number of representations made and a summary of the main issues raised by the representations. ...................................................................................................................................... 50 Annex 1. List of consultees ......................................................................................................................... 61 Annex 2. List of consultation material ........................................................................................................ 71 Consultation Statement - October 17 3 Introduction 1. Introduction 1.1 This document sets out how Braintree District Council has undertaken consultation during the preparation of its Local Plan. It provides an overview of the consultation process, a summary of the issues raised and changes made to the local plan in response. It includes complete lists of consultees who were specifically contacted, how they were invited to make a representation and a summary of all responses and how the main issues were addressed. 1.2 The Braintree Local Plan 2016 - 2033 has been prepared in accordance with the requirements set out in Regulation 22(1)(c), (d) and (e) of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 and complies with the adopted Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). The consultation statement describes the processes undertake under Regulations 18, 19 and 20. 1.3 As at submission, the currently adopted Local Plan consists the 2005 Local Plan Review (as saved), produced as a stand-alone Local Plan, and the 2012 Core Strategy, adopted within the Local Development Framework (LDF). A Site Allocations DPD (SADPD) was planned to complete the suite of documents in the LDF by adding site allocation, development boundary and development management policies to the Core Strategy. Many of these policies were reviewed and updated Local Plan Review policies, which were consulted upon as part of reg18 and reg19 consultations for the SADPD, and then carried over to the Local Plan when the SADPD was cancelled. The following diagram shows the relevant documents which influenced the Local Plan as a predecessor: Stages prior to the commencement of the Braintree Local Plan 2033 Local Plan Review Core Strategy adopted Submission Site adopted 2005 2012 Allocations DPD 2014 Stages in the Braintree Local Plan 2033 1.4 In accordance with the Local Development Scheme, consultations at the following Key Stages were undertaken over the drafting of the Local Plan. Issues and Scoping Document is an issue and options consultation, the Draft Local Plan complies with regulation 18 and the Publication Draft Local Plan is a regulation 19 consultation. All Local Plan consultations were held for a Consultation Statement - October 17 4 Introduction minimum of 6 weeks as the timing of consultation period outlined in the table below shows: Issues and Scoping Draft Local Plan Publication Draft Local Plan Braintree Local Document 2015 2016 Local Plan 2017 Examination 2018 Plan 2033 Adopted Development Plan Stage Consultation period Local Plan Issues and Scoping January 2015 26th January to 6th March 2015 Local Plan Draft for Consultation 2016 27th June to 19th August 2016 Local Plan Publication Draft Local Plan 2017 16th June to 28th July 2017 Issues and scoping 1.5 Issues and Scoping sets the scene for planning issues faced by the District and asks open ended questions to allow a wider range of responses from the community. This is a relatively brief document that summerises key issues such as economic opportunities and constraints, town centre shopping, estimated housing target and transport and infrastructure. This document established the division of policies into the three themes of A Prosperous District, Creating Better Places and Protecting the Environment. Draft Local Plan 1.6 This Local Plan contained a shared strategic plan as part 1 with local policies and development management policies as part 2. Relevant policies were drawn on a proposals map. All policies had alternatives for consultation, including maps of alternative sites to proposed allocations. Publication Draft Local Plan 1.7 Part 1 and Part 2 of the Local Plan was split for submission and renamed Section 1 and Section 2. Section 1, containing the joint strategic policies will be examined before Section 2 involving all three North Essex Authorities, i.e. Braintree, Colchester and Tendring. A regulation 19 joint consultation for Section 1 was held by the North Essex Authorities in the summer of 2017. Representations submitted to this consultation will be collated and submitted together 1.8 A consultation for Section 2 of the Braintree Publication Draft Local Plan was held at the same time however comments submitted for this document will be considered separately for a later examination. What the consultation document will cover? 1.9 For each Local Plan stage, this consultation statement will describe the following issues: • Title of the consultation, consultation period, and the relevant planning regulations; Consultation Statement - October 17 5 Introduction • Key aspects of the consultation and where appropriate main changes arising from the previous consultation; • Which bodies and persons the local planning authority invited to make representations; • How those bodies and persons were invited to make representations; • The number of representations made and a summary of the main issues raised by the representations made; and • How any representations made have been taken into account in the plan preparation process. 1.10 In shaping the policies of the Local Plan, the Council will also undertake its obligation under the Duty-to-cooperate (DTC) by performing the following throughout the preparation of the Local Plan: • Commissioning joint