Notification under Regulation 22(3) of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning, England) Regulations 2012 (as amended) (‘the Regulations’)
We are writing to you because on 28th November 2024 Wiltshire Council submitted the draft Wiltshire Local Plan review (WLPr) to the Secretary of State for independent examination.
The Wiltshire Local Plan is a review of the adopted Wiltshire Core Strategy 2015. It sets out an updated vision and framework for delivering housing and employment land to meet Wiltshire’s needs over the period 2020 to 2038. In addition, it sets out a schedule of policies to manage planning applications for development, as well as a full review of extant strategic policies set out in the adopted Wiltshire Core Strategy.
The WLPr has been through the Regulation 19 pre-submission consultation which took place 27th September to 22nd November 2023 and is now ready for independent examination. Representations that were made during the Regulation 19 pre-submission consultation, along with a schedule of proposed changes have been submitted alongside the prescribed submission documents.
Now the WLPr has been submitted to the Secretary of State it will be subject to an examination conducted by the Planning Inspectorate. This is a continuous process running from the date of submission through to the receipt of the appointed Planning Inspector’s Report and is likely to take a number of months. It is anticipated that part of this process will involve hearing sessions where those invited to attend will have the opportunity to respond to matters raised by the Inspector. These hearing sessions could potentially take place during Quarter 2 of 2025. Once confirmed, all details relating to the examination process will be advertised, made available online and sent to those who have indicated they wish to be kept informed of the progress of the WLPr.
The Local Plan and relevant accompanying documents will be available to view on the Wiltshire Council Website. All updates relating to the examination will be published on a dedicated examination webpage for the WLPr examination, along with contact details for the independently appointed Programme Officer for the WLPr examination, Ian Kemp:
Paper copies of all of the submission documents will be available to view at the three main Wiltshire Council hubs during normal opening hours:
Monkton Park, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1ER
The Council House, Bourne Hill, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3UZ
County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8JN In addition, paper copies/web links to the core submission documents will also be made available to view at the following libraries across Wiltshire during normal opening hours:
Amesbury Library, Smithfield Street, Amesbury, SP4 7AL
Bradford on Avon Library, Bridge Street, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1BY
Calne Library, The Strand, Calne, SN11 0JU
Chippenham Library, Timber Street, Chippenham, SN15 3EJ
Springfield Community Campus, Beechfield Road, Corsham, SN13 9DN
Devizes Library, Sheep Street, Devizes, SN10 1DL
Malmesbury Library, 24 Cross Hayes, Malmesbury, SN16 9BG
Marlborough Library, 91 High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1HD
Melksham Community Campus, Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES
Pewsey Library, Aston Close, Pewsey, SN9 5EQ
Royal Wootton Bassett Library, Borough Fields, Royal Wootton Bassett, SN4 7AX
Salisbury Library, Market Walk, Sailsbury, SP1 1BL
Tidworth Library, Tidworth Leisure Centre, Nadder Road, Tidworth, SP9 7QA
Tisbury Library, Nadder Community Campus, Tisbury, SP3 6HJ
Trowbridge Library, County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN
Warminster Library, Three Horseshoes Walk, Warminster, BA12 9BT
Westbury Library, Westbury House, 15 Edward Street, Westbury, BA13 3BD For general planning policy information, please contact Wiltshire Council’s Strategic Planning team by email at strategicplanning@wiltshire.gov.uk or by telephone on 01225 713223. If you would like to learn more about the process and background to the production of the WLPr, please refer to Wiltshire Council’s webpages: https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-policy
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