Core Strategy -Submission

For information about the independent Examination, please go to "Core Strategy Examination" .

The South Bucks Core Strategy is the key document in a suite of documents known collectively as the ‘Local Development Framework’. It sets out the broad policy framework for managing the scale, form and broad location of future development in the District in the period to 2026.

Following a recent consultation on the Proposed Submission Core Strategy (which ended on 12th May 2010), the Council submitted its Core Strategy to the Secretary of State on 21st July 2010.

In compliance with Regulation 30 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, the following documents and all Evidence Base studies and supporting documents  were submitted to the Secretary of State.

• Representations received to the Proposed Submission Core Strategy
• Sustainability Appraisal
• Habitats Regulation Assessment
• Evidence Base and other Supporting Documents

A full list of South Bucks Core Strategy Submission Documents (with hyperlink to each document) could be downloaded below.

The District Council has completed a Self-Assessment toolkit for both Legal Compliance and Soundness, and has submitted this to the Planning Inspectorate.

• Self Assessment Report - (download the pdf file from the table below)

In accordance with Regulation 29, the Council has sought and received a Statement of Regional Conformity from the South East England Partnership Board.

• Conformity Letter from SEEPB - (download the pdf file from the table below)

What happens next?
An independent Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State will now undertake an Examination on the Core Strategy to determine whether the document is legally compliant and sound. The Inspector will consider all the representations made following the publication of the Proposed Submission document and decide who should be invited to give evidence at the public hearing sessions. It will be for the Inspector to set the date for the hearings.

The anticipated timetable for progressing the Core Strategy through to adoption is as follows:
Core Strategy Submission	21st July 2010
Pre-Hearing meeting	Early October 2010
Hearing Sessions commence	Early November 2010
Fact check on the Inspector’s Report	Late Jan 2011
Final Report received	Mid February 2011
Adoption of Core Strategy and Proposals Map	March 2011

Further information regarding the Examination procedure can be viewed on the Planning Inspectorate website
For information on the previous Core Strategy stages, please refer to the  ‘Core Strategy- Publication Stage’ pages.

Programme Officer
A Programme Officer, Mrs Karen Park, has been appointed to provide administrative support for the Core Strategy Examination. She will be the first point of contact for any person who has made representations at the Pre-Submission Publication stage, and will act as a liaison point between the Council, Inspector and Examination participants.

Although Mrs Park is employed by the Council, she is impartial and reports only to the Inspector. Her contact details are as below:

Mrs Karen Park
Programme Officer
South Bucks District Council
Capswood
Oxford Road
Denham
UB9 4LH
Tel: 01895 837367
Email: programme.officer@southbucks.gov.uk