ARRA flagged that SDC‘s Development and Conservation Advisory Committee were due to consider the Local Scheme at the forthcoming meeting on 11 July. Here is a link to the papers for that meeting, for those interested in the detail:
https://cds.sevenoaks.gov.uk/documents/g3311/Public%20reports%20pack%2011th-Jul-2024%2019.00%20Development%20Conservation%20Advisory%20Committee.pdf?T=10&J=2
In essence, an update was given to the Committee in March (see agenda item 3, pages 20 to 23). For the reasons set out at page 134 of the report’s pack (paragraph 8) the Planning Department is now proposing to give the Committee members a further update on progress on the local plan in September together with more reporting on their ‘evidence base’. It now looks as if the draft local plan itself will not be published until December. Under regulations adopted by the last government the latest date for submission would have been 30 June 2025. ARRA very much doubt whether the current government will want to alter that.
