Updates of the Examination can be viewed on the
Site Allocations Plan Examination page.
The Examination webpages, although hosted on the Leeds City Council website are the sole responsibility of the Programme Officer.
Latest News
14 August 2018
Sustainability Appraisal of Identified Sites (HG1 sites)
During hearing sessions held in July 2018 in relation to Matter 1 (procedural requirements) and Matter 6 (site selection methodology), the Inspectors agreed that further sustainability appraisal work should be undertaken. A note was submitted to the hearing
EX44-Identified (HG1) Sites and Intended Further Work in relation to Sustainability Appraisal, which is available as an examination document and sets out the scope of further technical work to be carried out by the council.
To ensure that the Site Allocations Plan is sound and legally compliant, the Council has carried out a sustainability appraisal on identified (HG1) sites where homes have not yet been completed or started.
The assessment work of HG1 sites
Sustainability Appraisal Addendum – Identified HG1 sites, was available for comment beween 14 August until 11 September 2018.
The period to submit comments closed at 5pm on Tuesday 11th September 2018
Next Steps
All the comments received during this period are being duly considered and to be submitted to the appointed inspectors.
02 July 2018
Composite version of the Matters and Issues from the Inspectors: Composite Matters and Issues Revised Submission Plan (PDF 295KB)
The Draft Programme for the hearing sessions is now available:
Draft Programme Stage 2 (PDF 113KB)
23 March 2018
Revised Submission Draft Site Allocations Plan was submitted on 23rd March 2018 as part of the ongoing independent examination.
The following
Site Allocations Plan update (PDF 93KB) gives a brief overview for the changes that have arisen to the hearing programme and further work to be undertaken by the Council.
The Plan remains at Examination during this period and the Council will not consider any further site submissions.
Hearing Sessions
Stage 1
Stage 1 will commence at 10am on 24 October until 26 October 2018. It will deal with matters relating to employment, retail, green space and Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople.
Stage 2
Stage 2 hearing session will commence at 1pm on Monday 9th July 2018, [Banqueting Suite, Leeds Civic Hall] covering housing and mixed use sites, including the release of Green Belt land and all outstanding matters from Stage 1.
A further round of public consultation on selective modifications only will be carried out after the hearing sessions have conculded.
Inspector
The Secretary of State has appointed Claire Sherratt DIP URP MRTPI and Louise Gibbons BA Hons MRTPI. CEnv to conduct the examination into the Site Allocations Plan.
Programme Officer
Helen Wilson is the Programme Officer for the Examination, she is an impartial officer of the Examination and works under the direction of the Inspector.
Helen can be contacted by email on
progofficer@aol.com, or by phone on
0151 352 3863 or
07879 443035.
Documents
The core documents and evidence base below are a library of relevant documents in preparing the Local Plan.
Core documents list
View the Core documents list (PDF 112KB)
Evidence base list
View the Evidence base list (PDF 118KB)
The document list will be updated throughout the examination process and remain online as the Plan progresses through examination.
