New Joint Local Plan Homepage Archive

November 2021 -

Joint Local Plan Examination - Letter from inspectors Links to the letters (Document G08) and Document G09), and the councils acknowledgement (Document G10). The approach discussion took place on the 16^th December 2021 and was livestreamed on the Councils YouTube Channel.

Letter to inspectors published for proposed work programme - Available to view in the Core Document Library

Draft five year land supply position statement - adopted

Draft five year land supply position statement consultation – ran for a period of 6 weeks from 3^rd November

Matter 9 and 10 hearing sessions - postponed

Sustainability appraisal legal advice note published - Core Document Library (as document H35 (page 19)).

Matter 2 and Matter 4 further statements – Core Document Library - Matter 2 documents can be accessed from pages 20 - 21 and Matter 4 documents can be accessed from pages 23 – 26.

September 2021 -

Examination hearings – Commenced 22^nd September 2021. All hearing sessions were live streamed through the Council’s dedicated YouTube channel. Comments were invited on multiple documents from participants of Matters 4, 9 and 10 hearing sessions to be submitted to the Programme Officer by 12pm (midday) on Friday 1 October 2021. Comments were also invited on Document G07 – Gypsy and Traveller, Travelling Showpeople Provision and Boat Dwellers.

July 2021 -

Examination hearings to reconvened in September – Stage 1 commenced 22^nd September 2021. A preliminary Matter 4 hearing session, just involving the Councils, was held virtually on 21^st July 2021. This hearing session is available to view on our YouTube Channel.

June 2021 -

Notice of commencement of examination hearing - 21^st June 2021.

March 2021 -

Submission of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan for examination (Regulation 22) - The Babergh and Mid Suffolk JLP was formally submitted to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for independent examination on 31 March 2021. Visit our JLP submission webpage.

November 2020 -

Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan – pre-submission (Regulation 19) consultation (consultation closed) - The Babergh and Mid Suffolk JLP pre-submission (Regulation 19) consultation commenced 12th November 2020 and closed the 24^th December 2020.- Visit our JLP pre-submission (Regulation 19) consultation (Nov 2020) webpage.

Local Plan timetable (the Local Development Scheme) – No Longer Current - View the new Local Development Scheme.