Consultation Overview  
Consultation on the Council’s approach to future development in Waveney to 2021. Read full details .


Who is consulting?
Waveney District Council.

And why?   
The plan making system has been fundamentally changed. The Local Plan is being replaced by a Local Development Framework. The Core Strategy is one of a number of documents which will make up the Local Development Framework. This document will set out the Council’s overall approach to future development, where it should take place and the key factors that need to be taken into consideration when considering proposed developments. All other Development Plan Documents will need to conform with the Core Strategy. The Core Strategy has been through three previous periods of public consultation and the comments made have been taken into account in producing the Submission document. An independent Inspector will be appointed to assess the Core Strategy and will be concerned with how ‘sound’ the document is. This means asking if the document is fit for purpose. A range of tests have been compiled by the Planning Inspectorate to be used when submitting comments on the Core Strategy, and the Council is inviting comments relating to the tests of soundness. Representations made at the previous stages will not be carried forward.