About EPOA

For further information about the EPOA please contact the Chair.

Graham Thomas
Head of Planning & Sustainable Development  

Essex County Council
County Hall
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH 

Telephone: 03330 13045307
Email: graham.thomas@essex.gov.uk

 

Minutes from EPOA meetings are available on the EPOA minutes page. Information and minutes from the various sub-groups of the EPOA is available via links from the main Essex Planning Officers Association (EPOA) page.

EPOA guidance documents are also available to download from the Essex guidance documents page.
 

Terms of reference

• Chief Officers’ Group and EPOA Partnership - Terms of Reference (PDF, 131 KB)
   

Responses to consultations

The EPOA responds to consultations on relevant national policy changes.

• EPOA response to the National Planning Policy Framework consultation (24 September 2024) (PDF, 161 KB)
• EPOA response to the public consultation on Local Plans, SA/SEA, Neighbourhood Plans, SPDs and other associated documents (12 May 2020) (PDF, 224 KB)
• EPOA response to MHCLG on proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (10 May 2018) (PDF, 181 KB)
• EPOA response to the DCLG Changes to Statutory Consultee consultation (29 January 2015) (PDF, 150 KB)
• EPOA response to the Defra consultation on 'Delivering sustainable drainage systems' (24 October 2014) (PDF, 325 KB)