Timetable and Next Steps

The draft South East Plan was submitted to Government on 31 March 2006, and consultation ran from 31 March 2006 until 23 June 2006.

The Plan has been developed over more than two years with extensive input from Assembly members, advisory groups, stakeholders and public.

Our View the Plan page gives access to the full Plan submitted to Government and we also provide consultation information detailing how to comment on the Plan. The timetable below shows the key stages in developing the Plan to date and anticipated dates for the next stages of the Plan process.

The future timetable is indicative and may be subject to change, depending on the level of response to the consultation on the draft plan submitted to the Government.

Following submission of the Plan in March 2006, the process is managed by the Government Office for the South East. If you have any queries about the timetable please contact:

Tel: 01483 882255
Email: info@gose.gsi.gov.uk

July 2003 - December 2004

  • Preparation of the draft South East Plan: research, workshops, opinion polling, policy drafting.

January - April 2005

  • Public consultation on the initial draft of the Plan.

January - Summer 2005

  • Continuing work on the sub regional details.

Summer - December 2005

  • Public consultation and further work by local authorities on the sub-regional details of the draft Plan. This will include housing allocations to district council areas.

January - March 2006

  • 1 February - Regional Planning Committee
  • 1 March - Assembly Plenary
  • 31 March - Submission of full South East Plan to Secretary of State.

March 2006 - June 2006

  • 31 March 2006 - 23 June 2006 -
    Public Consultation on the submitted South East Plan

July 2006 – September 2006

  • 23 June 2006 - 18 August 2006 - Consideration of Matters
  • 31 August 2006 - Publication of Draft list of Matters
  • 7 September 2006 - 1st Preliminary Meeting
  • End of September 2006 - Comments on draft list of matter due

October 2006 – March 2007

  • 12 October 2006 -
    Publication of Final List of Matters
  • 17 October 2006 -
    2nd Preliminary Meeting
  • 9 November 2006 -
    Statements submitted to Panel
  • 28 November 2006 -
    South East Plan Examination-in-Public begins
  • 28 November 2006 - 15 December 2006 -
    South East Plan Examination-in-Public - Regional Matters - Woking (Regional and General matters)
  • 16 January 2007 - 26 January 2007 -
    South East Plan Examination-in-Public - Sub-Regional Matters - Chichester (South Hampshire, Sussex Coast, Isle of Wight)
  • 6 February 2007 - 15 February 2007 -
    South East Plan Examination-in-Public - Sub-Regional Matters - Maidstone (East Kent & Ashford, Kent Thames Gateway)
  • 27 February 2007 - 9 March 2007 -
    South East Plan Examination-in-Public - Sub-Regional Matters - Reading (Gatwick, London Fringe, Western Corridor, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes & Aylesbury Vale
  • 20 March 2007 - 30 March 2007 - South East Plan Examination in Public - sub-regional and regional matters - Reading (Residual and final regional matters)

August 2007

  • 29 August 2007 - Inspectors' report published

Summer 2008

  • Publication of proposed changes
  • Consultation on proposed changes

Autumn/Winter 2008

  • Revised South East Plan published/adopted

 

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