Local Plan: timetable
HBM
People will have all summer to comment on the draft after the executive agreed to increase the consultation period to 10 weeks - until the end of August.
Then the council will submit its plan for scrutiny by an independent government planning inspector. Comments made will also be passed to the inspector.
If the inspector needs any extra evidence or submissions, this will happen in summer next year. By the end of 2014, the planning inspector will have produced the final Local Plan for the Canterbury City Council area up to 2031.
Ian Brown, the council's head of planning and regeneration, said:
"That report will be binding. It will be the final part of the process. We see south Canterbury as a way of extending the city and providing sustainable transport into the city. Such a development would also address the problem of affordable housing."
Mr Brown also suggested people to look beyond housing for other topics discussed in the plan, including history, environment and transport.
HB Gazette 6th Jun 2013
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