Hearings have been undertaken to allow the Inspectors to explore the main issues and questions relating to the legal compliance and soundness of the Brentwood Borough Council Local Plan 2016-2033.
Hearing sessions took place on the following dates:
- Tuesday 1 to Friday 4 December 2020
- Friday 11 December 2020
- Tuesday 2 to Friday 5 February 2021
- Wednesday 10 to Friday 12 February 2021
- Tuesday 23 to Thursday 25 February 2021
- Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 March 2021
- Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 July 2021
Further details can be found on the Notice of Commencement of Examination Hearings (Regulation 24) (19 October 2020) pdf.
The Guidance Note pdf, Matters, Issues and Questions (MIQs) and hearing timetables from the Inspectors can be found on the Examination Document Library which contains all other relevant examination documents.
Privacy notices relevant to those who participated in the hearing sessions can be viewed using the links below:
- Brentwood Borough Council Local Plan Examination Privacy Notice pdf
- Planning Inspectorate Privacy Notice
Hearing sessions were available to watch on the internet via YouTube. An archive of the sessions held can be viewed using the links below:
Week 1 hearing sessions (1st to 4th December and 11th December 2020)
- Matter 1, Issue 1 Duty to Cooperate (1 December)
- Matter 1, Issue 2 Other legal and procedural requirements (1 December)
- Matter 2 Spatial Strategy (2 December)
- Matter 4, Issue 5 Overall housing needs and requirements (3 December)
- Matter 5, Issue 6 Affordable housing (3 December)
- Matter 5, Issue 7 Employment needs (3 December)
- Matter 3 Green Belt (4 December)
- Matter 6 Dunton Hills Garden Village (11 December)
Week 2 hearing sessions (2nd to 5th February 2021)
- Matter 7a Site Selection Methodology (2 February)
- Matter 7b Site allocations general questions (2 February)
- Matter 7e Site allocations Urban neighbourhoods (3 February)
- Matter 7f Site allocations West Horndon (3 February)
- Matter 7g Site allocations Rural villages (Kelvedon Hatch and Blackmore)
- Matter 7c Site allocations Brentwood town (4 February)
- Matter 7h Site allocations Other employment sites (4 February)
- Matter 7d Site allocations Shenfield (5 February)
- Matter 7f Site allocations Ingatestone (5 February)
Week 3 hearing sessions (10th to 12th February 2021)
- Matter 12b Other infrastructure (10 February)
- Matter 9 Gypsies, travellers and travelling showpeople accommodation (10 February)
- Matter 10 Employment Land Provision (11 February)
- Matter 11 Retail Provision (11 February)
- Matters 13d Green Belt and rural development, 13e Promoting a safe, clean and healthy, 13f Sustainable construction and resource efficiency, 13g Design and place making (12 February)
- Matters 13a Strategic Policies and future proofing, 13b Natural environment, 13c Historic environment (12 February)
Week 4 hearing sessions (23rd to 25th February 2021)
- Matter 12a Transport (23 February)
- Matter 6 Dunton Hills Garden Village (23 February)
- Matter 6 Dunton Hills Garden Village (24 February)
- Matter 14 Monitoring and Viability (25 February)
- Matter 7c Site allocations Brentwood town: continuation of discussions on car park sites only Policies R10, R11, R13 and R14 (25 February)
Week 5 hearing sessions (9th and 11th March 2021)
- Matter 8 Housing Provision (9 March)
- Additional session to discuss the Council's notes F82 and F91 (11 March)
- Additional session to discuss the Council's note F89 (11 March)
- Outstanding items discussion (11 March)
Week 6 heading sessions (27th to 29th July 2021)