Local Plan (Regulation 19) consultation

Publication version of the Uttlesford Local Plan 2021 - 2041

Consultation extended

The consultation period will be extended to 23.59pm Monday 14 October.
This is due to additional transport data being incorporated into the existing Transport Study Document within the evidence base of the local plan.
The information was previously summarised in the main reports.

You are invited to submit your representations to the consultation which opens on Thursday 8 August and closes at 23.59pm Monday 14 October 2024.

In accordance with Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 representations are invited on the publication version of the Uttlesford Local Plan 2021 - 2041. Representations should focus on whether it is legally compliant and meets the tests of 'soundness' as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), paragraph 35, referring to specific policy and paragraph numbers wherever possible.

Find out more about the plan making process, legal compliance and tests of soundness:

Legal compliance

The revised Local Plan has been prepared in accordance with legal and procedural requirements. The plan should have been:

prepared in accordance with our latest Local Development Scheme (PDF) [533KB] ;
accompanied by a Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment;
subject to consultation carried out in accordance with our Statement of Community Involvement (PDF) [737KB] and our Community Engagement Strategy (PDF) [476KB] ;
compliant with all relevant laws including the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (PCPA) 2004 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.

We should also have worked collaboratively with neighbouring authorities and prescribed bodies on strategic and cross boundary matters, known as the Duty to Cooperate (PDF) [6MB] .

Soundness

Local Plans are considered to be sound if they have been:

Positively prepared

Provides a strategy which, as a minimum, seeks to meet our objectively assessed needs and is informed by agreements with other authorities, so that unmet need from neighbouring areas is accommodated where it is practical to do so and is consistent with achieving sustainable development;

Justified

An appropriate strategy, taking into account the reasonable alternatives, and based on proportionate evidence;

Effective

Deliverable over the plan period, and based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic matters that have been dealt with rather than deferred, as evidenced by the statement of common ground; and

Consistent with national policy

Enabling the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies in this framework and other statements of national planning policy, where relevant.

How to have your say on the Regulation 19 consultation

► Uttlesford Local Plan 2021-2041: A Short Guide (PDF) [3MB]

Public events

A number of drop-in exhibitions are being held across the district so that residents and businesses can find out more about the proposals within the new Uttlesford Local Plan.

Event details