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Wiltshire and Swindon Waste Core Strategy Document - Examination
Welcome to the information page for the independent examination of the Wiltshire and Swindon Local Development Framework (LDF) Waste Core Strategy and supporting documents.
This page will provide details of the examination arrangements, key dates and links to all the relevant documents that should be read in conjunction with the examination procedure and will be updated regularly.
The Waste Core Strategy submission stage
In March 2008, Wiltshire County Council and Swindon Borough Council submitted the draft Waste Core Strategy (pdf 3009Kb) 
alongside a number of supporting documents. The consultation period on the Submission draft document ran between 31st March and 14th May 2008.
For the purpose of Regulation 31(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004 the Councils have published a supporting Regulation 31 statement (pdf 1784Kb) detailing the consultation undertaken, and the representations received, as part of the submission stage of the Waste Core Strategy.
The Independent examination
- The Inspector
- The Programme Officer
- The Pre-examination Meeting
- Key Dates in the Examination Process
- Examination - List of Main Matters and Submitted Position Statements
- Supporting Guidance Publications
- Core Documents Library
The Inspector
A Government Planning Inspector, (Sue Holland MA, DipTP, MRTPI, DipPollCON), has been appointed to undertake an independent examination into the soundness of the Waste Core Strategy. The role of the Inspector is to consider whether the Wiltshire County and Swindon Waste Core Strategy meets the requirements of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and the associated Regulations. The Inspector will also determine whether it satisfies the nine tests of soundness as set out in the relevant Government guidance on Local Development Frameworks (PPS12) in paragraphs 4.23 and 4.24. The presumption of PPS12 is that a development plan document is sound unless “it is shown to be otherwise as a result of evidence considered at the Examination”. Following the closure of the Examination, the Inspector will prepare a report with precise recommendations that will be binding for the Councils.
The Inspector will take into account the representations submitted on the Waste Core Strategy and further representations invited on the list of Main Matters for the Examination. The Inspector has identified the need to hold a series of informal, ‘round table’ hearing sessions to assist with her consideration of the submitted Waste Core Strategy. The hearing sessions will provide an opportunity for people to present their case in front of the Inspector on issues of soundness. Arrangements have been made for the hearing sessions to be held in Trowbridge on the prescribed dates.
The Examination hearing sessions will be held in the Chapman’s Building at County Hall (Library & Heritage HQ) in Trowbridge over a three week period commencing on 7th October 2008. Details of how to find the Chapman’s Building can be found here.
The Programme Officer
The Programme Officer, Mr Ian Kemp, is not a County or Borough Council employee and acts independently on behalf of the Inspector to organise and manage the administrative and procedural matters of the examination process.
The Programme Officer acts as the contact point for any person who has made representations at the submission stage of the Waste Core Strategy and acts as a liaison between the Councils, examination participants and the Inspector. He is the first point of contact for any questions relating to timetabling or procedural matters and all statements will be submitted through him. Any matters that anyone wishes to raise with the Inspector should be raised via the Programme Officer.
In the build up to, and during, the examination period The Programme Officer can be contacted at:
Address:
36 Campbell Street
New Bilton
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2HY
Telephone: 01788 562864
Mobile: 07723 009166
Email: idkemp@ntlworld.com
Immediately prior to and during the examination period, Mr Ian Kemp will be based in the Core Strategy Examination Programme Room in the Chapman’s Building at County Hall in Trowbridge.
The Pre-examination Meeting (PEM)
The main purpose of the Pre-Examination Meeting (PEM) was to explain and discuss the procedure for the hearing sessions and how they will be managed. The PEM provided an opportunity for any other procedural queries to be raised with the Inspector. Please note however the PEM will not consider the merits of any individual cases and will be purely procedural.
The Waste Core Strategy PEM was held on Wednesday 16th July in Wiltshire County Council’s Committee Room 5, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8JN, commencing at 10.00am.
The full agenda and guidance note used for the pre-examination meeting can be viewed below:
Pre examination meeting agenda (pdf 17Kb)
Pre-examination meeting guidance note (pdf 145Kb)
A note of the PEM can be viewed below:
Pre examination meeting note (pdf 166Kb)
Key Dates in the Examination Process:
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16th July |
PEM |
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From 18th August |
Final List of Matters and Participants Published |
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9th September |
Councils Statements in response to questions posed in final list of matters |
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23rd September |
Participants responses and those submitting written statements to final list of matters and Councils statements |
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First week October |
Inspectors Agenda’s available |
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7th October |
Examination Hearing Sessions on Matters 4, 5 , 7 and 12 |
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8th October |
Examination Hearing Session on Matters 3 and 6 |
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14th October |
Examination Hearing Session on Matters 1, 4, 6 and 9 |
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15th October |
Examination Hearing Session on Matters 2 and 10 |
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16th October |
Examination Hearing Session on Matter 11 |
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17th October |
Examination Hearing Session on Matter 8 |
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21st October |
Examination Hearing Session on Matter 13 |
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22nd October |
Examination Hearing Session – AOB and Suggested Changes by the Councils |
Supporting Guidance Publications
The following publications give guidance and advice on the new development plan system:
- PPS12 - Local Spatial Planning; Department for Communities and Local Government
- PPS12 – Local Development Framework (pdf 8489Kb) ; Department for Communities and Local Government
- Companion Guide to PPS12 - Producing Local Development Frameworks (pdf 972Kb) ; Department for Communities and Local Government
- Local Development Frameworks – Frequently Asked Questions; Department for Communities and Local Government
- Development Plans Examination – A Guide to the Process of Assessing the Soundness of Development Plan Documents (pdf 228Kb) ; Planning Inspectorate
- Letter of Conformity from Regional Planning Body (pdf 3645Kb)
Core Documents Library
To assist with the process of examining the submitted Waste Core Strategy, the Councils have drawn up a list of the documents relied upon during the preparatory phases of work - the Core Documents Library (pdf 245Kb) . This list will be kept under review as Statements of Evidence are prepared for the forthcoming hearing sessions in October.
Once the hearing sessions commence, the library will be set up in the Programme Office and anyone wishing to obtain copies of documents can do so by contacting the Programme Officer - Ian Kemp.
