The Stowmarket Area Action Plan is a formal planning policy
document and sets out relevant planning policies to guide future
development in Stowmarket and its immediate surrounding villages.
It includes policies for retail in the town centre, requirements
for design, and policies for the town’s river valleys and the
historic environment. It also proposes to allocate specific sites
to ensure that there is sufficient land for future growth in
employment, housing, retail, and recreation. These allocations are
for employment and residential uses which could accommodate up to
2,000 new dwellings.
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September 2011
The Examination in Public for Mid Suffolk’s Stowmarket Area Action
Plan was due to start on Tuesday 20th September 2011. The Inspector
appointed to examine the ‘Stowmarket Area Action Plan’ has
maintained her concerns that the Stowmarket Area Action Plan does
not conform to the policies in Mid Suffolk’s Core Strategy. Leading
up to the examination, Mid Suffolk provided the Inspector with
further information to explain the Council’s view, however the
Inspector did not move from her position.
Therefore, the Council decided to ask the Inspector to suspend the
examination of the Stowmarket Area Action Plan to conduct two focus
changes to Policy CS8 and the Employment chapter within the
Core Strategy. The partial review will update the Core Strategy
with recent evidence and assessments which in turn will bring the
Stowmarket Area Action Plan into conformity.
The Inspector has granted the suspension. Correspondence is
available below which explains the background to this
decision:
Inspector's Letter 09/09/11
Council's e-mail 13/09/11
Inspector's reply 14/09/11
Council's letter in reply to Inspector's letter 16/09/11
Inspector's letter 19/09/11
Council's letter 22/09/11
Inspector's letter 23/09/11
Inspector's letter 02/11/11 |
Previous
Correspondence
'draft National Planning Policy Framework'
consultation reponses are available from the following
webpage.
'Planning for Growth' consultation responses are
available from the following
webpage.
The 'pre-examination hearing' took place on
Thursday 21st July 2011 at Mid Suffolk District Council Offices,
Needham Market. Further information, details and material are
available
here.
Sustainability Appraisal: Consultation May 2011.
Further information is obtainable via this
link.
An 'exploratory meeting' took place
on: Wednesday 9th February 2011, at Mid Suffolk District
Council Offices, Needham Market. Further information is
available from the following
webpage. |
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Submission
The Stowmarket Area Action Plan (SAAP) was submitted to the
Secretary of State on 30 November 2010. Information
and documentation related to the submission is available on
the
Stowmarket Area Action Plan: Submission
webpage. |