Panel and Examination-in-Public

Inspectors’ Report

An independent panel of inspectors delivered its assessment on the South East Plan on 29 August 2007 following an Examination-in-Public. The full report, a summary and the Assembly’s response are available on the View Inspectors’ Report page.

What is the Panel?

The Panel is an independent body appointed by the Deputy Prime Minster to prepare and conduct an Examination-in-Public. The Examination-in-Public was an opportunity to debate the Plan in public, and consider selected matters identified as important by the Panel. These matters were decided by the Panel, after consideration of consultation responses.

Who sits on the Panel?

The Panel for the draft South East Plan has been appointed by Government and are:

The Panel's contact details are:

Mrs Sue Morgan
Panel Secretary
Bridge House
RSS EIP South East
1 Walnut Tree Close
Guildford
GU1 4GA

Telephone: 01483 885256
Fax: 01483 885257

E-mail for general enquiries: panel@eipsoutheast.co.uk

Website: www.eipsoutheast.co.uk

Timetable

The start date for the Examination-in-Public (EiP) was:

Tuesday 28 November 2006

A number of locations around the regions were used. The timetable was:

Further Information

• EiP Resource Pack
  Includes answers to key questions, an editorial item for use in newsletters or magazines and information on the timetable, process and panel.
  
• Panel of Inspectors Website
  The website of the EiP panel includes a document library and minutes from panel meetings.

Statements

For each Examination in Public session, attending participants must submit a statement in direct response to the Final List of Matters published on 12 October 2006.

Woking

The Assembly submitted the following statements on Monday 30 October 2006. These statements cover the regional sessions being held at Woking, from Tuesday 28 November to Friday 15 December 2006.

Woking 1A - Strategic issues,vision and objectives - 131 KB
Woking 1B - Inter-regional and international issues - 164 KB
Woking 1C - Climate Change and resource consumption - 247 KB
Woking 1D - Infrastructure and demand management - 123 KB
Woking 1E - Water - 374 KB
Woking 1F - Social, cultural and health - 115 KB
Woking 1G - Economy and Jobs - housing alignment - 126 KB
Woking 1H - Housing Levels - 150 KB
Woking 2A - Spatial strategy - 158 KB
Woking 2B - Green Belt and strategic gaps - 111 KB
Woking 3 - Regional Transport Strategy - 180 KB
Woking 4A - Affordable Housing - 150 KB
Woking 4B - Other housing policies - 209 KB
Woking 5A - Employment Land policies - 125 KB
Woking 7A - Waste - 122 KB
Woking 7B - Minerals - 131 KB

Thames Basin Heaths Statement - 137 KB

The following statements cover regional and sub regional sessions being held at Chichester (16-26 January 2007) and Maidstone (6-15 February 2007).

NB: On sub-regional matters, unless otherwise stated in our statements, we support the sub-regional leads' submissions. If the Assembly has not submitted a statement for a sub-regional session, or not provided a response to one or more of the questions, it is because we support the sub-regional leads' submissions.

Chichester

Chichester 2C - Rural, small towns and built environment - 118 KB
Chichester 6A - Biodiversity - 184 KB
Chichester 6B - Environment, countryside and coast - 143 KB
Chichester 8A - Sussex Coast - 117 KB
Chichester 8B - South Hampshire - 118 KB
Chichester 9A - Isle of Wight - 108 KB

Maidstone

Maidstone 5B - Town centres - 140 KB
Maidstone 8C - Thames Gateway - 107 KB
Maidstone 8D - East Kent and Ashford - 121 KB
Maidstone 9B - Rest of Kent - 106 KB

Reading

Reading 8E - Central Oxfordshire - 130 KB
Reading 8F - Milton Keynes and Aylesbury Vale - 136 KB
Reading 8Fi and 8Fii- Joint Statement of Common Ground - 169 KB
Reading 8G - Gatwick - 132 KB
Reading 8H - London Fringe - 120 KB
Reading 8J - Western Corridor and Blackwater Valley - 126 KB
Reading 8Hiv and 8Jiv - Western Corridor and Thames Basin Heaths - 115 KB
Reading 10A - Implementation - 572 KB
Reading 10B - Monitoring - 114 KB

Other participants’ and non-participants statements will be available to download on the EiP website.

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