Woking Borough Council
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Regional planning policy
Latest news
- Public consultation on the Secretary of State's Proposed Changes to the draft South East Plan, 17 July - 24 October 2008.
- Public consultation on the partial review of the draft South East Plan. Number of pitches to be provided for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople, 1 September - 21 November 2008.
Regional Planning Guidance
Regional Planning Guidance Note 9 for the South East (RPG9) currently sets out policies that give a regional dimension to national planning policies. RPG9 will be replaced by the South East Plan, a new strategy for the future development of the region, which has been prepared by the South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA).
Woking’s Local Development Framework must be in conformity with the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS). The RSS, together with the new Development Plan Documents of the new Local Development Framework, will form the Development Plan for Woking. The draft South East Plan sets out the overall scale of development for the region. Further information is available on the SEERA website. It includes proposals for the amount of new housing being proposed in the Surrey Boroughs and Districts, including Woking, over the next 20 years.
South East Plan
The draft South East Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State in March 2006. The Examination in Public (EiP) was held between November 2006 and March 2007. See the EiP website for further details.
The Report of the Panel of Inspectors who conducted the Examination in Public was published for information only on 29 August 2007.
The Secretary of State published Proposed Changes to the South East Plan on 17 July 2008 for public consultation until 24 October 2008. The Proposed Changes, together with the Report of the Panel of Inspectors, can be viewed on the GOSE website. Responses can be made online, by post, email or fax using the links on the GOSE website. The Secretary of State will consider the consultation responses before finally approving the South East Plan, unless further consultation on proposed changes is required.
Partial review - Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople
SEERA is carrying out a partial review of the draft South East Plan in respect of the accommodation needs of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople. This involves taking a strategic view of needs across the region and identifying the number (but not the location) of pitches and plots for which each local authority is required to make provision.
SEERA is consulting on the different options for pitch provision in the South East between 1 September and 21 November 2008. Details of the consultation `Somewhere to Live; Planning for Gypsies, Travellers and travelling Showpeople in the South East' can be found on the SEERA consultation website.