Due to the unfortunate delay in dispatch of hard copies of the Proposed Changes and associated documentation late responses to the consultation will be accepted up to 5 pm on Friday 24th October.
Publication Of Proposed Changes to the draft Regional Spatial Strategy
The Secretary of State has now published Proposed Changes to draft Regional Spatial Strategy. The documents for consultation and all supporting documents including the Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulation Assessment are available through the consultation portal here.
Copies of the Consultation Documents will be sent to all those who participated in the Examination in Public; to a large number of regional partners and consultees, consistent with government guidance.
The consultation documents will be available for inspection during normal office hours at the offices of County, District and Unitary Planning Authorities in the region; it is also available for inspection at all libraries. Copies of the Consultation Documents can also be made available for inspection at the Government Office by appointment by contacting the RSS Team on 0117 900 1876.
Consultation will close on Friday, 17 October 2008 and we would ask that where possible representation is made through the portal. A Comments Form (also available through the portal) can be sent:
By post to: Regional Planning Team, Government Office for the South West, 2 Rivergate, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6ED
By E-Mail to: rssconsult@gosw.gsi.gov.uk
By Fax to: 0117 900 1914
Further details of the process so far and the key examination documents are available through the Examination in Public website.
Once the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West is approved by Government it will replace Regional Planning Guidance for the South West (RPG10). It will form a statutory document with which local authority development plan documents will need to conform. Advice on the process for revising the Regional Spatial Strategy is set out in national guidance - Planning Policy Statement 11 available to download from the link below:
