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Medway Core Strategy
The Core Strategy is the main strategic policy document of the
Local Development Framework (LDF). It sets out the vision for the
area over the next 15 years and the 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 the current stage.
In January 2012, the council approved a Submission Draft of the
Core Strategy. This document was sent to the Planning Inspectorate
for independent examination. Laura Graham, BSc, MA, MRTPI, was
appointed to conduct the examination to determine if the draft Core
Strategy is sound.
The inspector held hearing sessions into the matters and issues
that she had selected for examination in June 2012. She
requested additional information following the hearings, and will
issue further advice on proceedings and the timetable to be
followed once she has considered the information submitted.
All documents related to the Examination hearings can be
found on the
Core Strategy Examination 2012 - 2013 page.
In response to new information that emerged during the
Examination process on nightingales at Lodge Hill, the Council has
carried out a review of the Sustainability Appraisal that assessed
the draft Core Strategy. A
draft Addendum to the Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic
Environmental Assessment report was produced. The
council consulted on this draft addendum report in early
2013. A
final SA Addendum report (pdf 1,124KB) is now available.
You can view a copy of the Submission Draft Core Strategy and
key supporting documents below.
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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) 2011 (pdf 6,657KB)
MC08
Diversity Impact Assessment 2011 (pdf 125KB)
MC09 Habitats Regulations
Assessment Report 2011 (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 2011 (pdf 115KB)
MC14 Addendum
Report CS Cabinet Report (pdf 135KB)
MC15
Schedule of Minor Changes to Core Strategy - Cabinet Report
December 2011 (pdf 123KB)
MC16 PAS
Legal Compliance Self Assessment (pdf 173KB)
MC17 PAS Soundness
Self Assessment (pdf 134KB)
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.
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