Maggie 65 Report post Posted March 18, 2014 Shropshire Council Site Allocations and Management of Development (SAMDev) Plan Pre-Submission Draft (Final Plan) 17 March – 28 April 2014 The final consultation is now open. You can make representations only on the 'Soundness' of the process. I.e. not dispute the allocations and areas to be developed. Soundness means whether the process has followed the legal rules, is Justified, Effective and Consistent with national policy. The definitions of what these mean are here http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/media1/1019/guidance-notes-on-making-representations.pdf All the documents are here http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/get-involved/site-allocations-and-management-of-development-samdev-plan/ You can write in, but the council seem to favour electronic responses, they will acknowledge emails, and have a form that you can submit here, http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/get-involved/site-allocations-and-management-of-development-samdev-plan/ This is a huge document, which will fundamentally affect how Shropshire develops in future, particularly where the areas are which will have new housing and why. Until Shropshire has this signed off by the Planning Inspectorate we are all subject to rogue developers applying for green belt land which does not fit into any strategic plans, as a simple way of increasing value of that land (i.e. landbanking). Have a look at this article in the Shropshire Star, and the discussion following it in the 'Comments'. http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2014/03/17/anger-at-15000-shropshire-homes-backlog/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
