Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP)

Inspectors Report

The Inspector’s Report into the soundness of the Southend Central Area Action Plan has been received, and found that the document is sound subject to a number of modifications. Receipt of the report concludes the examination.

The final report can be downloaded below:

Inspectors Final Report, December 2017

Proposed Modifications - Consultation now Closed

As part of the examination process the Council has made a request to the Inspector to make modifications (changes) to the Plan, which were deemed necessary to make the plan sound/legally compliant and appropriate for adoption by the Council. These are set out as ‘Main Modifications’ and are the modifications that the Inspector has advised must be subject to public consultation. For completeness, the Council is also consulting on a number of minor modifications to improve readability, although these do not relate to the soundness of the Plan.

The Modifications are subject to public consultation, with comments invited during a six-week period from 11 August to 22 September 2017. All comments must be received by 17:00 on Friday 22 September 2017. This is a focused consultation, and representations should be made on the modifications and the supporting addendum report to the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) only. The outcome of the consultation will be considered by the Inspector before he finalises his report.

We encourage you to respond to the consultation online via: http://www.southend.gov.uk/planningpolicyconsultations. Alternatively, response forms can be downloaded below.

Further details of the consultation, including where hard copies of the document can be viewed and how to submit your comments, is contained within the SCAAP Schedule of Modifications document below.

• SCAAP Schedule of Modifications
• SCAAP Sustainability Appraisal Addendum of Modifications
• SCAAP Habitats Regulation Assessment Addendum of Modifications
• Response Form

Notice of Examination (Please note the examination hearing has been held)

The Examination Hearing will commence on Tuesday 23rd May 2017 at 10:00. The Hearings will be held at Committee Room 1 (Jubilee Room), Civic Centre, Southend Borough Council, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER.

Anyone wishing to attend the Examination Hearing should notify the Programme Officer, Mrs Claire Jones-Hughes, in advance.

or by email: bankssolutionsuk@gmail.com or tel. 01273 381518 / 07737 786 425.

For the full hearing programme and further details please refer to this examination page, or by contacting the Programme Officer.

Examination

The Revised Proposed Submission Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) was submitted to the Government for independent examination on 10th March 2017.

In addition to the SCAAP Submission Document, the Council also submitted a number of supporting documents to the Secretary of State. These include the representations submitted during the revised proposed submission consultation as well as the results of previous community involvement. All documents that form part of the Core Document Examination Library can be found in the table below.

The following documents may also be viewed at all Southend libraries during normal opening hours, and at Southend Council Offices (Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend) during normal opening hours Mon to Fri 08.45 to 17.15):

SCAAP Revised Proposed Submission Document, SCAAP Policies Map, Consultation Statement, Sustainability Appraisal (and non-technical summary), Schedule of Suggested Amendments.

The Programme Officer for the examination is Mrs Claire Jones-Hughes. Any correspondence or queries relating to the Examination should be directed towards the Programme Officer:

Address: Banks Solutions (Brighton), 6 Brading Road, Brighton, BN2 3PD

Email: bankssolutionsuk@gmail.com; Tel: 01273 381518 / 07737 786 425

For further information relating to the SCAAP itself, please contact the Strategic Planning Team on 01702 215408 during office hours, Monday to Friday, or email: ldf@southend.gov.uk;

The Secretary of State has appointed Inspector Mr Mike Fox BA (Hons) DIPTP MRTPI of the Planning Inspectorate to conduct the examination.

Core Document Examination Library

SD1 Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) (Revised Proposed Submission) (2016)

SD2 Policies Map (Revised Proposed Submission) (2016)

SD3 Schedule of Suggested Amendments

SD4 Consulatation Statement

SD5 Summary of Representations by Respondent

SD6 Scanned Full Representation by Respondent (Available for inspection at Council Offices)

SD7 Sustainability Appraisal

SD8 Sustainability Appraisal Non-Technical Summary

SD9 Habitats Regulation Assessment (including addendum)

SD10 Equality Impact Assessment

SD11 Duty to Co-operate Statement

SD12 Soundness Self-Assessment

SD 13 Legal Compliance

SD14 Topic Paper 1: Parking and Access

SD15 Topic Paper 2: Strategic Highway Network

SD16 Topic Paper 3: Employment, Business and Investment

SD17 Topic Paper 4: Deliverability

SD18 Topic Paper 5: Community Infrastructure

SD19 SCAAP Preferred Approach Document and Policies Map (2015)

SD20 SCAAP Proposed Submission document (superseded) and Policies Map (2011)

SD21 SCAAP Issues and Options (2010)

SD22 Southend-on-Sea Core Strategy (2007)

SD23 Southend Development Management Document (2015)

SD24 Local Development Scheme (2017)

SD25 Statement of Community Involvement (2013)

SD26 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Update 2016

SD27 Southend-on-Sea Annual Monitoring Report 2016

SD28 Southend Local Transport Plan 3

A full list of evidence base documents is available here, which includes the Car Parking Study.

Documents submitted during the Southend Central Area Action Plan Examination (Prior to Hearings)