Lewisham Local Plan Examination
Latest Update - 8th November 2024
EXAMINATION LATEST NEWS
Hearing Sessions have now concluded, the sessions were live-streamed and available to watch back via the Council's You Tube Channel. The Inspectors' Post Hearing Letter has been submitted to the Council.
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8th November 2024 - IN5 - Inspectors' Post Hearing Letter published.
11th October 2024 - The Council have submitted a number of documents in relation to the Action Points for Matter 15 - Housing Land Supply, comprising of: WS15/2 - Updated Matter 15 Written Statement, LC34A - Sources of Supply Spreadsheet (Updated October 2024 - Excel Document), LC34B - Proposed Housing Spreadsheet - Excel Document, LC41A - Response to Action 206 - Annual Monitoring Report 2022 -23 and LC41B - Response to Matter 15 Actions - Part 2.
30th September 2024 - EXAM49A - Further Action Point Response - Matter 9 and EXAM 50B - Action Point Response to 106 and 137 published.
27th September 2024 - The Council have submitted three Neighbourhood Development Plans in response to Matter 13 Action Point 220 as follows: LC50B - Crofton Park and Honor Oak, LC50C - Grove Park and LC50D - Lee
23rd September 2024 - LC48A - LPA Response to Actions on Matter 8: Part 2 published.
20th September 2024 - A number of additional Action Point Response have been published - See Examination Documents List references LC44A (Matter 1), LC46A (Matter 6), LC51A (Matter 21), LC57 (Matter 18), LC58 (Matter 17), LC59 (Matter 20), LC60 (Matter 14) and LC61 (Matter 19).
17th September 2024 - A number of additional Action Point Responses have been published - See Examination Documents List references LC43B, LC50A and LC52 - LC56.
7th September 2024 - The Council have submitted a suite of documents in response to the Actions List - See Examination Documents List references LC43A and LC45 - 51.
2nd September 2024 - LC44 - Council's Response to Action Point 2 published.
22nd August 2024 - EXAM 10 - Legal Opinion Submitted by Knight Frank published.
21st August 2024 - LC39 Consolidated List of Action Points, LC40 - Action Point Responses on Matter 11 (Heritage), LC41 - Action Point Responses on Matter 15 (Housing Land Supply), LC42 - Action Point Responses on Matter 22 (Viability), LC43 - Action Point Responses on Matter 5 (Other Housing Requirements) published.
27th July 2024 - LC38 - Statement of Common Ground with Bellway Homes and Peabody Developments re Site LNA SA 18 published.
18th July 2024 - EXAM 9 - Legal Opinion Submitted by QUOD re Matter 17 published.
17th July 2024 - EXAM 7 - AA Homes and Housing - Archived Maps and EXAM 8 - Land and Planning Supplementary Matter 13 comments published.
16 July 2024 - LC37 - Viability Note on LCA SA 05 - Connington Road & Lewisham Road published.
14 July 2024 - V7 Programme published updating the latest participant position. Please note the closing session has also been brought forward to follow on from the discussions on the final matter.
10 July 2024 - LC36 - Bakerloo Line Extension - Local Economic Impact Assessment published.
9 July 2024 - LC35 - Statement of Common Ground with Kitewood Estates re Site LWA SA 09 - Willow Way LSIS published.
8 July 2024 - LC31A - Statement of Common Ground with Millwall and Athletic FC re LNA SA 09 & Hearing Session Agendas for Week 4 published comprising of Matter 15, Matter 19, Matter 21, Matter 22 & Matter 23
7 July 2024 - The Council have submitted updated Housing Land Supply information, comprising of: LC32 - Housing Requirement & Supply Scenarios Paper, LC33 - Housing Calculations Spreadsheet (Excel Document), LC34 - Sources of Supply Spreadsheet (Excel Document) and a revised Matter 15 Written Statement.
2 July 2024 - Replacement Matter 17 Hearing Session Agenda and Replacement Matter 18 Hearing Session Agenda published.
1 July 2024 - LC30 - Statement of Common Ground with HPG - LSA SA 01, LC31 - Statement of Common Ground with The Renewal Group - LNA SA 09, EXAM 6 - TfL Note on Bakerloo Line Extension together with Hearing Session Agendas for Week 3 comprising of Matter 16, Matter 17, Matter 18 & Matter 20 published.
28 June 2024 - V6 Programme published at the close of Week 2 Hearings.
22 June 2024 - Amended V5 Programme and Agenda published to reflect the continuation of the Matter 5 session following Matter 9 on Wednesday 25th June.
20 June 2024 - V4 of the Hearings Programme published, updating the participant position.
19 June 2024 - LC29 - Draft Housing Target Scenarios (Excel Spreadsheet) published. Please note this is a draft document and will be subject to updating.
18 June 2024 - Lewisham Council Opening Statements published - LC28A - Jennifer Daothong & LC28B - Nick Fenwick.
17 June 2024 - LC25 - Council's Request to Inspectors to recommend Modifications to the Plan, LC26 - Statement of Common Ground with HUDU, LC27 - Statement of Common Ground with Tesco and Astir Living, PD11 - Updated Schedule of Proposed Modifications, Hearing Session Agendas for Week 2: Matter 6, Matter 8, Matter 9, Matter 10, Matter 11, Matter 12, Matter 13 & Matter 14 published.
14 June 2024 - V3 of the Hearings Programme published, updating the participant position. Index of Written Statements updated to remove statements submitted by Cllr Curran at his request.
13 June 2024 - Index of Written Statements republished to correct typographical errors. Specific attention is drawn to the addition of Written Statement WS6/1A which is a supplementary note from the Council in relation to their Matter 6 statement.
12 June 2024 - The Index of Written Statements has been updated to include statements received for the Matters being heard in July. A number of Statements of Common Ground have also been added to the Examination Documents List (See LC17 - 24).
10 June 2024 - Hearing Session Agendas for Week 1 published: Matter 1 - Procedural / Legal Requirements, Matter 2 - Duty to Co-operate, Matter 3 - Vision, Objectives & Spatial Strategy, Matter 4 - Housing Target / Requirement, Matter 5 - Other Housing Requirements & Matter 7 - Transport and Connectivity.
8 June 2024 - V2 of the Hearings Programme released which includes details of invited participants.
23 May 2024 - Written Statements for Stage 1 Hearings published. A number of accompanying new documents have been added to the Examination Documents List (see entries dated 23rd May).
29 April 2024 - LC 7 - Lewisham Council's Regulation 24 - Notice of Hearing Sessions published.
15 April 2024 - IN 2 - Guidance Note, IN 3 - Matters, Issues and Questions & IN 4 - Draft Hearings Programme published.
3 April 2024 - LC6 - Employment Land Topic Paper published.
7 March 2024 - LC3 - Council's Response to Inspectors' Initial Questions, LC4 - Housing Target Topic Paper, LC5 - Spatial Strategy Topic Paper and EXAM 1 - Bakerloo Line Upgrade and Extension Report published.
7 February 2024 - LC2 - Lewisham Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Assessment Update published.
30 January 2024 - IN 1 - Inspectors' Initial Questions to Council published.
17 January 2024 - LC 1 - Lewisham Industrial Employment Land Report published (Updates Document EB22)
24 November 2023 - Planning Inspectors R A Bust BSC (Hons) MA MSc LLM PhD MoL MCMI MIEnvSci MRTPI & C Mulloy BSc (Hons) DipTP MRTPI appointed to undertake an independent Examination into the soundness and legal compliance of the Local Plan.
3 November 2023 - Lewisham Local Plan Submitted for Examination.
THE INSPECTORS
Planning Inspectors R A Bust BSC (Hons) MA MSc LLM PhD MoL MCMI MIEnvSci MRTPI & C Mulloy BSc (Hons) DipTP MRTPI appointed to undertake an independent Examination into the soundness and legal compliance of the Local Plan.
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The Inspectors' task will be to consider the soundness and legal compliance of the submitted Plan, based on the criteria set out in paragraph 35 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2023 (the Framework) and associated regulations., namely the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Localism Act 2011 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.
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The Inspectors will take into account the representations submitted upon the Regulation 19 Draft Plan as far as they relate to soundness considerations. A number of informal debates will take place on the principal matters identified by the Inspectors, these are termed Hearing Sessions.
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At the end of the Examination, the Inspectors will prepare a report to the Local Planning Authority with precise recommendations, these recommendations may include modifications to the Plan, if such a request is made by the Council.
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IAN KEMP - PROGRAMME OFFICER
My role is to act as the point contact for any person who has an interest in the Examination and as a liaison between the Inspector, Local Planning Authority and Representors. ​I am an independent Officer of the Examination and work on behalf of the Inspector to organise and manage the administrative and procedural elements of the Examination process. ​Any matters that anyone wishes to raise with the Inspector should be submitted to me in the first instance.
Address: ​PO Box 241, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 1DW
Email: ​​ian@localplanservices.co.uk
Telephone: ​07723009166​
GUIDANCE NOTES
Guidance Notes have been prepared by the Inspectors to help people understand the process. Procedural Guidance for Local Plans has also been produced by the Planning Inspectorate, together with a short guide aimed at those participating in a local plan examination for the first time.
PROGRAMME AND MATTERS, ISSUES & QUESTIONS
Hearing Sessions will commence at 9.30am on Tuesday 18th June 2024 within the Council Chamber of Lewisham Town Hall, Catford Road, London, SE6 4RU. The Inspectors have produced Matters, Issues and Questions and a draft Programme for the Hearing Sessions.
KEY DATES
3rd May 2024 - Participation Requests Deadline.
17th May 2024 - Written Statements Deadline - Phase 1 Hearings
7th June 2024 - Written Statement Deadline - Phase 2
18th June 2024 - Hearing Sessions Commence.
REGULATION 19 REPRESENTATIONS
Representations received in response to the Council's Regulation 19 Local Plan consultation are as follows:
Statutory Consultees (updated 14th June)