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Core Strategy

The Core Strategy is the main strategic policy document of the LDF. It sets out the vision for the area over the next 15 years and policies intended to enable this to be realised. The diagram below shows the stages involved in the production and adoption of the document, highlighting the stage it is currently at.

The council has now reached the Submission Draft stage of the Core Strategy. The draft plan was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate on Tuesday, 7 February 2012. This was a month in advance of the date programmed in the Local Development Scheme. Laura Graham, BSc, MA, MRTPI, has been appointed to conduct the examination to determine if the draft Core Strategy is sound.

The Inspector has confirmed the timetable and process for the Examination hearings. The hearings will commence on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 at Medway Council’s offices at Gun Wharf in Chatham. A detailed programme for the four days of the Examination Hearings is attached below. For all queries regarding the Examination hearings, please email the LDF Programme Officer, Alison Rock, at  ldfprogrammeofficer@medway.gov.uk or phone on 01634 333880.

Copies of the notice and programme of the examination hearings, guidance notes for participants, and a list of matters and issues selected by the Inspector for examination are attached below.

Core Strategy Diagram

Core Strategy examination documents

A) General documents:

B) Correspondence documents:

You can view a copy of the Submission Draft Core Strategy and key supporting documents below:

Core Strategy documents

MC01 Core Strategy Submission Version (pdf 5,601KB)

MC02 Publication Draft Core Strategy (pdf 4,291KB)

MC03 Pre-Publication Draft Core Strategy (pdf 15,991KB)

MC04 Issues and Options Report (pdf 3,692KB)

MC05 Statement of Community Involvement 2006 (pdf 1,318KB)

MC06 Statement of Community Involvement 2012 (pdf 654KB)

MC07 Sustainability Appraisal (incorporating SEA) (pdf 6,657KB)

MC08 Diversity Impact Assessment (pdf 125KB)

MC09 Habitats Regulations Assessment Report (pdf 2,011KB)

MC10 Regulation 30(d) Statement (pdf 9,397KB)

MC11 Regulation 30(e) Statement (pdf 161KB)

MC12 Representations submitted on the Publication Draft Core Strategy

MC13 Local Development Scheme (pdf 115KB)

MC14 Addendum Report CS Cabinet Report (pdf 135KB)

MC15 Schedule of Minor Changes to Core Strategy - Cabinet Report December 2011 (pdf 123KB)

Local background documents

LD01 Conformity with National Policy (pdf 278KB)

LD02 Cross Boundary Issues (pdf 246KB)

LD03 Deliverability (pdf 170KB)

LD04 The Basis for Housing and Employment Growth Targets (pdf 186KB)

LD05 The Plan Preparation Process (pdf 165KB)

LD06 Scope of Land Allocations and Development Management DPD (pdf 152KB)

LD07 Spatial Strategy 2012 (pdf 185KB)

LD08 The Thames Gateway (pdf 170KB)

 

The process was started back in 2008 when a series of State of Medway Reports and a Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report were published. These set out baseline information about the area and started to identify the issues that needed to be addressed. 

This was followed in July 2009 by an Issues and Options Report and associated Initial Sustainability Appraisal. The Pre-Publication Draft Core Strategy and the Interim Appraisal were produced for public consultation in late 2010. 

The council used information gathered from the representations made at this stage to inform the Publication Draft Core Strategy that was subject to consultation in August 2011. This was the final stage for comments before the preparation of the Submission Draft.

To use the pdfs you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this on your computer, please use our advice page.

For more information contact Development Policy and Engagement by telephone: 01634 331629 or by email: ldf@medway.gov.uk

Write to: Development Policy and Engagement, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

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