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We are reviewing the Purbeck Local Plan. Once adopted, the plan will be used to approve or refuse planning applications and will set out the vision and objectives for the Purbeck area. We set out our timetable for preparing planning policy documents in the Local Development Scheme.
Beverley Doward BSc, BTP, MRTPI was appointed as an independent planning inspector by the Planning Inspectorate to undertake an examination of both the Purbeck Local Plan and the CIL Charging Schedule however Ms Doward retired in early 2022.
The new inspectors for the plan are Susan Heywood and Gareth Wildgoose and the CIL Charging Schedule will be examined by Jameson Bridgwater.
Helen Nolan is the Programme Officer; she assists the inspector in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the examination process.
Local plan examinations and the planning issues that they deal with can be complex. The Planning Inspectorate have prepared a short guide for those who may be participating in an examination for the first time. If you have any further queries relating to the process of examining the Purbeck Local Plan please contact the Programme Officer.
Any queries about the examination should be sent to Helen Nolan, the Programme Officer.
Correspondence between the inspector, representors and the council is exchanged through the Programme Officer. For transparency and information purposes all documents will be published.
Table of correspondence to Representors from the Inspector and the council - updated October 2019
The CIL Charging schedule will be examined after the Local Plan. Details about these hearing sessions will follow later.
Limited Seats are available at all Hearing Sessions for the General Public and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Previous hearing sessions programmes for Matters A-I from July to October 2019
The Examination Library sets out the documents, statements and other relevant correspondence issued after the submission of the Purbeck Local Plan. This will be updated with all documents issued by the Inspector and submitted by Purbeck District council (now Dorset Council) and other parties throughout the examination process. Documents issued by the Inspectors are prefixed with abbreviation COR and those submitted by the council and other third parties with the abbreviation SD. The documents relating to the consultation on Proposed Main Modifications are prefixed with the abbreviation MMCD and those documents relating to the consultation on Further Proposed Main Modifications with the abbreviation FMMCD. There are 8 sections:
Dorset Council responses to Inspector's matters, issues and questions:
You can view the Purbeck Local Plan submission documents. They can also be viewed at Dorset Council's offices at Westport House.
Documents summarising the development of the CIL charging schedule and priorities for spending January 2019 can be found on the Community Infrastructure Levy review page.
After receiving Inspector Doward’s Post Hearing Note the council has prepared Main Modifications to the submission draft local plan and conducted a consultation on Proposed Main Modifications (MM). Documents and correspondence relating to MM are presented under the relevant heading on this page.
After considering issues raised in MM the council prepared Further Proposed Main Modifications (FMM) which principally related to: Policies V2 (Green Belt) and I5 (Morden Park holiday park and strategic suitable alternative natural greenspace). Documents and correspondence relating to FMM are presented under the relevant heading on this page.