As reported in our earlier post today, Leader Paul Diviani makes clear on the EDDC website that “any information published should be viewed as purely speculative and not as fact.”
Does this mean that Cllr Hughes’ comments to the Sidmouth Herald may be slightly premature? You can read them here: 080116 local plan comment
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Contents of Local Plan remain confidential until fact checking exercise complete
08 January 2016
The EDDC website has this statement today, from EDDC Leader, Paul Diviani, on the Local Plan “tentative final report”:
“The Local Plan Inspector has given East Devon District Council his “tentative final report” on the district’s Local Plan and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedule, which officers will be scrutinizing before responding with any comments within a given two week deadline.
“At this stage, the contents of the report, which contains the Inspector’s final conclusions and recommendations, could still change, and it would therefore not be appropriate for us to publish or comment on any of its contents until the Inspector has received our comments and issued his final report.
“The Local Plan has been an intensive and lengthy exercise, requiring a great deal of skilled input and resource, and its importance to the future development of the district cannot be overstated. While the council undertakes to “fact check” the documents, there will undoubtedly be attempts by the media to second guess what its final contents will be, but until the council issues any formal press releases, any information published should be viewed as purely speculative and not as fact.
“We look forward to moving towards adoption of the Local Plan and to implementing its strategy to the benefit of the residents of East Devon.”
Local Plan close to being adopted, EDDC Leader tells Cabinet
Following Councillor Paul Diviani’s announcement at last night’s Cabinet meeting at Knowle, Ed Freeman (Service Lead – Planning) has sent out this message:
“The Council has just received what is known as the Fact Check Reports from the Local Plan Inspector in relation to both the Local Plan and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedule. These documents provide us with what the Planning inspectorate’s guidance describes as “tentative final report”. The guidance is clear that it is not for us to question the Inspectors conclusions and that the report is not for publication. We can simply respond within 2 weeks for clarification or to address any factual issues. I can however say that the report concludes that both the Local Plan and CIL charging schedule are sound and can move to adoption subject to main modifications. Unfortunately I am unable to give any further details at this time but can assure you that when we receive the Inspectors final report it will be published as soon as possible following receipt. ”
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