Introduction

Following the Hearing session and the publication of the Council’s response to the Inspector’s questions in a Schedule of Proposed Amendments, the Inspector has requested a further six week period of public consultation on three of the suggested changes contained within this document. This will take place between 1 September and 13 October 2008.

Background

The Hearing session of the Examination in Public (EiP) took place between the 15 and 18 of July 2008. During and after the Hearing session, the Inspector posed several questions to the Council. These were answered in a Schedule of Proposed Amendments, which set out a list of suggested changes (SCs) to the submission draft of the Leisure and Recreation DPD.

Schedule of Proposed Amendments

The Schedule of Proposed Amendments is available, along with other documents pertaining to issues arising from the Hearing session.

Why is there a further period of public consultation?

Many of the changes are minor wording changes for clarification which do not raise new issues or result in questions as to the soundness of the submitted document.

However, this is not the case with all of the suggested changes. The Inspector is not able to recommend changes to make the DPD sound unless those changes themselves meet the tests of soundness. This means that he must be satisfied that there has been adequate public consultation.

The Inspector has recommended that changes 24, 34 and 35 are subject to a further 6 week period of public consultation. He has also suggested that it would be desirable, if not essential, to provide an opportunity for public comment on all of the suggested changes.

Please bear in mind that the Inspector has requested further public consultation only on the changes to the DPD that he has suggested during the Hearing session; this is not another opportunity to revisit points raised during the session.

How to comment:

Please read the consultation paper, available through the link below, in conjunction with the documents below, and use the spaces provided to make a comment. The form can either be completed online or downloaded, printed out and posted to the address below.

  1. Leisure and Recreation DPD Further Consultation Paper online form
  2. Leisure and Recreation DPD Further Consultation Paper (PDF file, opens in a new window)
Returning this form:

The Deadline for receiving comments is 5.00pm on 13 October 2008.

Please return the form to:

Planning Policy and Conservation
West Wiltshire District Council
165 Bradley Road
Trowbridge.
BA14 0RD

Telephone: 01225 776655

Email: planningpolicy@westwiltshire.gov.uk

Documents from the Inspector

The documents below are requests and comments from the Inspector regarding the suggested changes that were identified in the Schedule of Proposed Amendments.

  1. Inspector’s Request for a Further Consultation (PDF file, opens in a new window)
  2. Inspector’s Further Comment on Suggested Change No. 14 (PDF file, opens in a new window)
  3. Inspector’s Further Comment on Submission Proposals Map (PDF file, opens in a new window)
  4. Inspector’s Further Requests for WWDC (PDF file, opens in a new window)
  5. Inspector’s Further Questions on Policies LP1 and LP3 (PDF file, opens in a new window)
  6. Inspector's Suggested Rewording of Policy LP3 (PDF file, opens in a new window)

A summary table of these and other requests or comments from the Inspector, in relation to the suggested changes identified in the Schedule of Proposed Amendments, is available below. This table is current as of 1 September 2008 and will be updated if there are any further such requests or comments from the Inspector.

  1. Summary of Request and Comments from the Inspector Regarding the Suggested Changes (PDF file, opens in a new window)
Contacts

If you would like further information, please contact the Planning Policy Team at the above address.

Alternatively, you can contact the Programme Officer, Mr. Ian Kemp, by email on idkemp@ntlworld.com. The Programme Officer is not a District Council Officer but works under the direction of the Inspector. He is responsible for dealing with all administration and procedural matters for the Examination. This includes the Examination programme, recording Examination documents and dealing with correspondence on behalf of the Inspector.