Braintree
District
Council
LOCAL
Shape your district
2017-33
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The North Essex Authorities
GUIDANCE NOTES & RESPONSE FORM
North Essex Local Plan Examination
Technical Consultation 2019
Please read these guidance notes and the Inspectors Explanatory Note IED/016*
before completing the response form.
Introduction
Braintree District Council, Colchester Borough Council and Tendring District Council (the
North Essex Authorities) have prepared a shared strategic Section 1 of their Local Plans in
order to comprehensively plan for the future of North Essex. This shared section contains a
commitment to meet the sub-region's housing, jobs and infrastructure requirements through
the planning and delivery of three new Garden Communities at Colchester Braintree Borders,
Tendring Colchester Borders and West of Braintree.
The North Essex Authorities’ Section 1 was submitted to the Secretary of State in
October 2017 and an Examination in Public was carried out at the beginning of 2018.
Following the appointed Planning Inspector's post hearing session findings (see 8th June
2018 letter*) the Authorities have been working on the following documents to address the
issues raised by the Inspector:
Revised evidence base - 10 documents
Additional Sustainability Appraisal
Suggested amendments to Section 1
These documents have now been approved by the North Essex Authorities for public
consultation between 19th August and 30th September. All consultation responses will
be sent to the Inspector for his consideration prior to making a decision to resume the
Examination in Public.
If you would like assistance in completing your representation or have any other questions
about the Publication Draft Local Plan please contact the Planning Policy Team by email
planningpolicy@braintree.gov.uk or by phone on 01376 552525 and ask for Planning Policy.
Part A - Personal Details
Please note that it is not possible for
representations to be considered
anonymously. Representations will
be published on the North Essex
Councils' consultation portal and
forwarded to the Inspector. Address
and contact details will removed
from published responses. (Village/
town will be shown).
The Authorities reserve the right not
to publish any representations which
they
considers offensive or
defamatory.
Please supply a postal address and
email address if you have one.
Future contact preferences can be
indicated at the end of the form.
If an agent or consultant has been
engaged to act on your behalf
please fill in both sets of details in
full. Correspondence will be sent
primarily to the agent.
Part B - Representation
Comments are invited on:
1. Revised Evidence Base Documents
There are ten Evidence base documents
-
please specify to which document your
response refers.
2.
Additional Sustainability Appraisal
This is an assessment of the
environmental effects, and social and
economic issues of policies, proposals
and alternative strategies, used to inform
the preparation of Local Plans.
3. Suggested Amendments to the
North Essex Authorities' Shared
Section 1
The North Essex Authorities have
compiled a table of proposed
amendments to the Section 1 Plan which
aim to address certain issues identified
by the Planning Inspector, partners and
consultees.
For each response please specify the document and/or section you are
commenting on and provide a summary (this will ensure an accurate summary is
provided to the Inspector).
Responses on multiple documents and points are welcome - however please use a
separate form for each evidence base document in order that your response can be
processed against the correct document.
Please explain the reasoning behind any suggested amendments or text.
Duplicate responses are unnecessary. You need only respond using the North
Essex Authorities' online system for this consultation or to
localplan@braintree.gov.uk. All representations received by the three authorities
relating to shared Section 1 of the Plans will be processed centrally.
If you require more space to comment please attach additional sheets to this
response form and ensure they are clearly labeled with your name.
Please provide three hard copies of any supporting documents accompanying your
submission
*The Examiners letter of 8th June '18 (IED011) and Consultation Explanatory Note (IED/016) can both be found at:
www.braintree.gov.uk/LPExamination
1. Personal Details
Title
First Name
Last Name
Organisation
(Where relevant)
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
Address Line 3
Post Code
E-mail Address
Telephone
Number
2. Agent’s Details (if applicable)
Title
First Name
Last Name
Organisation
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
Address Line 3
Post Code
E-mail Address
Telephone
Number
PART A
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Braintree
District
Council
LOCAL
2017-33
PLAN
RESPONSE FORM
North Essex Local Plan Examination
Technical Consultation 2019
Please see guidance notes
Responses are encouraged via the council’s online consultation system available on
the website, see www.braintree.gov.uk/NEAtechS1 However, this form can be
returned electronically to localplan@braintree.gov.uk or in hard copy if necessary to:
Planning Policy, Braintree district Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree,
CM7 9HB
The consultation runs for 6 weeks until 5pm on Monday, 30th September 2019.
This form has two parts: Part A - Personal Details and Part B - Your comments
REPRESENTATION FORM
PART B
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1. Revised Evidence Base:
Do you have any comments to make on the additional evidence base documents that have
been prepared by the North Essex Authorities in response to the Inspector’s interim findings?
Please specify which document your comments relate to by choosing one of the following:
Habitats Regulations Assessment North Essex Authorities Strategic Section 1 Local Plan
Modal Share Strategy for the North Essex Garden Communities
Employment Provision for the North Essex Garden Communities
North Essex Authorities: Build Out Rates at the Garden Communities
North Essex Rapid Transit System: from Vision to Plan
North Essex Authorities: Delivery Mechanisms Position Statement
North Essex Authorities: State Aid Position Statement
North Essex Authorities: Viability Assessment Update
North Essex Authorities: Infrastructure Order of Costs
North Essex Garden Communities: Infrastructure Planning, Phasing and Delivery
If you are commenting on a specific part of a document please specify which paragraph
or section:
If you require more space to comment please attach additional sheets to this response form and
ensure they are clearly labelled with your name and the document(s) you are commenting on.
If your representation is more than 400 words, please provide a brief summary here:
(this will ensure an accurate summary is provided to the Inspector):
2. Additional Sustainability Appraisal
Do you have any comments to make on the Additional Sustainability Appraisal which has
been prepared by independent consultants in response to the Inspector’s interim findings?
If you are commenting on a specific part of the document please specify which paragraph or
section.
If your representation is more than 400 words, please provide a brief summary here (this
will ensure an accurate summary is provided to the Inspector):
3. Suggested amendments to the North Essex Authorities’ shared Section 1
of their Local Plans
Do you have any comments to make on the suggested amendments to the North Essex Authorities’
shared Section 1 of their Local Plans?
Please note where the suggested amendments materially affect the plan’s policies, they can only be
made if the Inspector considers they are necessary to make the plan sound and/or legally compliant.
Please ensure your comments relate to specific suggested amendments and that your response
clearly specifies which suggested amendments you are commenting on.
If you propose any changes to the suggested amendments or to the text of the shared Section 1 Plan
you should explain why they are needed to make the plan sound and/or legally compliant.
To which Suggested Amendment/text
does your comment relate?
Comments:
Y
es
No
Yes No
If you answered ‘yes’, at which stage have you made representations?
Issues and
Options/Issues
and Scoping
Preferred Options
Return by 5pm 30th September 2019
Localplan@braintree.gov.uk
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree. CM7 9HB
responses will not be accepted after this date.
Colchester Borough Council
Tendring District Council
Pre-submission Draft
4. Further details
Do you wish to participate at future oral hearing session(s) of the Section 1 Local Plan
Examination?
If you wish to appear at future oral hearing session(s), please outline why you consider
this to be necessary.
Please note the Inspector will determine the most appropriate procedure to adopt to hear
those who have indicated that they wish to participate in future hearing session(s)
Have you made representations to the North Essex Authorities earlier in the process of
preparing the shared Section 1 of their Local Plans?
Additional Sustainability
appraisal Methodology
BraintreeDistrict Council
Do you wish to be notified?
When the Inspectors Report is published?
When the Local Plan is adopted?
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