From: Planning.policy [Planning.policy@tendringdc.gov.uk]
Sent: Fri 25/04/2014 16:42
Subject: The Tendring District Local Plan
Dear Sir or
Madam,
The
Tendring District Local Plan
You are one of many local residents
who, over the last couple of years, have expressed an interest in proposals for
future development in your community and the wider Tendring district by writing
to us with your comments on the Council’s emerging Local Plan. As I am sure you
already understand, the Council has a legal duty to produce a Local Plan to
guide future development in our district, meet the housing and employment needs
of a growing population, attract new businesses to the area, secure investment
in new and improved infrastructure and provide continued protection for our most
valued environmental assets.
I am writing to you now because,
having considered the comments received in response to the last version of the
Local Plan and having taken advice from the Planning Inspectorate, the Council
has decided that more fundamental revisions to the Local Plan will be needed to
ensure that it complies with government planning policy, particularly the
requirement to boost the supply of new housing to meet projected population
growth. Councils all across the country are facing similar challenges and many
have had to make significant changes to their Local Plans to comply with the
government’s planning policy. There are also numerous examples of Councils that
have had their Local Plans rejected by the Planning Inspectorate where they have
failed to identify sufficient land to meet projected housing needs, so it is
very important that this Council takes the necessary steps to avoid a similar
outcome.
A report explaining, in more detail,
why further changes to the Local Plan are required was considered by the Council
on 25th March 2014 and this report can be viewed on the Council’s
website using the following link.
At that meeting, elected Councillors agreed to set up a dedicated Local Plan
Committee made up of 13 Councillors that will oversee the necessary changes to
the Local Plan. Members of the public will be able to attend the meetings of the
Local Plan Committee which will take place in the Council Chamber at the Council
Offices in Weeley on the following dates this year:
·
6.00pm on
Tuesday 13th May 2014;
·
6.00pm on
Tuesday 15th July 2014;
·
6.00pm on
Tuesday 30th September 2014; and
·
6.00pm on
Tuesday 2nd December 2014.
The agendas, reports and minutes of
the Committee meetings will be published on the Council’s website.
I am also hoping to send out a regular
e-mail newsletter to our contacts to update them on the progress of the revised
plan and the business of the new Local Plan Committee. As someone who has
expressed an interest in the Local Plan in the past, I will assume (unless you
advise me otherwise) that you would like to receive the
newsletter.
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank you for your comments on the Local Plan so far and to assure you that
all of the comments received to date have been carefully considered and, whilst
it is never possible to please everyone, the Council has always endeavoured,
where possible, to address residents’ concerns and take on board their
suggestions.
If you have any questions, please feel
free to contact us by e-mail on planning.policy@tendringdc.gov.uk
or by telephone on 01255 686177.
Yours faithfully,
Gary
Guiver
Planning
Policy Manager
Tendring
District Council
Planning
Services,
Council
Offices,
Weeley,
CO16 9AJ
