2020 Examination news and updates
Correspondence and updates relating to the Local Plan Examination process from 2020.
See examination correspondence and updates from:
18 December 2020
The Inspectors have sent a letter to the Council (EX/INS/19) and have requested that the Council responds to it by Friday 15 January 2021. (The letter and this update was not added to the examination webpage by the Council until 11 January 2021)
13 October 2020
The Inspectors have written to the Council regarding additional evidence (EX/INS/17), which has been submitted and which is due to be submitted shortly. In their letter, the Inspectors have indicated that further consultation will be undertaken at a later date. Please note: The Inspectors have made it clear in their letter, that until they have received and considered the Green Belt documents, they will not be accepting any further comments from representors about the HNU or any other matters. Any unrequested comments submitted will be returned to the sender by the Programme Officer and not passed onto the Inspectors.
7 October 2020
City of York Council has written to the Inspectors (EX/CYC/43) in response to their letter (EX/INS/16) regarding the recently published 2018 household projections and the Inspectors’ letter (EX/INS/15) relating to proposed green belt boundaries in the Plan.
3 August 2020
The Council has written to the Inspectors (EX/CYC/42) to provide an update to some outstanding homework items and the Inspectors’ request for further information in relation to the publication of the 2018 household projections.
9 July 2020
The Inspectors have written to the City of York Council (EX/INS/16) regarding the newly published 2018 household projections. The Council have been asked to consider whether “the publication of the 2018-based household projections represents a ‘meaningful change’ in the housing situation from that which existed at the time of the Plan’s submission, the subsequent re-assessment of the OAHN in the Housing Needs Update (January 2019) and the relevant hearings in December 2019.” The Council have been asked to respond by Friday 31 July 2020. The Inspectors have specified that they are not seeking representations from participants at this stage and any unsolicited correspondence will be returned.
22 June 2020
Following on from the stage one hearings held in December 2019, on 12 June 2020 the Inspectors wrote a letter to the City of York Council (EX/INS/15) regarding the proposed green belt in the Local Plan. The City of York Council have now written a letter of response to the Inspectors (EX/CYC/40). Any further updates will be posted on this website.
8 June 2020
The Council have submitted further documents relating to the homework as agreed during the phase one hearings. The further documents have now been added to the Examination Library - Audit Trail of Sites 35-100 Hectares (EX/CYC/37), Joint Position Statement between CYC and Selby DC Housing Market Area April 2020 (EX/CYC/38), Green Belt Clarification Note June 2020 (EX/CYC/39) and its Appendix 1 Wedgewood vs City of York Council (EX/CYC/39a).
28 April 2020: COVID-19 update
In line with everywhere in the current times, there are issues with trying to carry on working as normal and it has to be acknowledged that there will be unavoidable delays regarding certain aspects of the examination. The Council had previously indicated that they would be able to submit the agreed evidence in accordance with the ‘homework schedule’ by 27 March 2020. However, since lockdown on 23 March the Council, along with the majority of the country, have experienced a great number of difficulties in trying to work as normal. The Council were unable to submit by the agreed date but they have continued to make progress on the preparation and submission of the evidence. The evidence will be made available on this webpage in due course. Please keep checking for updates.
6 March 2020
At the stage one hearings held in December 2019 the Council agreed to submit a number of additional documents, as set out in document EX/CYC/33. The Council has agreed to submit these documents to the Inspectors by 27 March 2020. Until all of this additional evidence is received by the Inspectors they are unable to consider the evidence submitted so far, publish their findings or set out a draft programme for moving forward. Please keep checking this page for updates.