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The Secretary of State appointed Mr Simon Emerson BSc DipTP MRTPI, of the Planning Inspectorate, to conduct the Examination into the compliance and soundness of the Core Strategy.
The Examination is now concluded. The completed stages are summarised below.
Inspector's Report - April 2011
The Inspector's report into the examination of Bristol's Core Strategy has now been received. The report contains the Inspector's recommendation that the submitted Core Strategy is sound and should be adopted, subject to changes, including the reasons he has come to this view.
Consultation on Potential Significant Changes
Consultation on potential significant changes to the Core Strategy arising from the examination process started on December 17, 2010 and ran until January 28, 2011. The consultation has now closed. For more information see the Consultation on Potential Significant Changes web page.
The following Council documents were also produced to accompany the potential significant changes.
BCC Response to Inspector's note of 18 Nov (pdf, 61 KB) (December 17, 2010)
Overall Housing Provision: Position Paper (pdf, 0.7 MB) (December, 17 2010)
Matters arising from September 7 hearing session
Inspector's Note - Follow-up to hearing session September 7, 2010 (pdf, 29 KB)
Inspector's Progress Note (pdf, 15 KB) (October 12, 2010)
Inspector's Note - Suggested Changes to the Schedules (pdf, 90 KB) (October 14, 2010)
Inspectors Note - Housing Matters & Proposed Consultation on Changes (pdf, 38 KB) (November 18, 2010)
Council documents
BCC Housing Position Paper (pdf, 0.6 MB) (October 2010)
BCC Flood Risk Sequential Test Paper (pdf, 3.3 MB) (October 2010)
BCC Response Statement - Policy BCS19 (pdf, 18 KB) (October 2010)
BCC Response to Inspector's request for statement on the status of the MAA (pdf, 30 KB) (October 18, 2010)
BCC Response to Inspector regarding draft schedules (October 18, 2010)
BCC Clarification question and Inspector's Response (pdf, 15 KB) (December 8, 2010)
Statements from hearing participants
Responses from Hearing Participants (October, 28 2010)
Resumed Examination Hearing Sessions
Hearings resumed on September 7, 2010 to discuss Housing Provision, Urban Extensions and the Green Belt and relevant Flood Risk issues.
Prior to the resumption, the Inspector issued the following -
Timetable for progression of the examination (pdf, 25 KB) (July 2)
Inspector's Note - Matters arising from the hearing sessions (July 2)
Further Questions on Housing provision and the greenbelt (July 2)
Explanatory Note Regarding Hearings (August 24)
Inspector's Note - Preliminary Housing Comments (September 7 and 8 hearings) (pdf, 29 KB)
Council documents
BCC Response Statement - Matter arising from the hearing sessions (pdf, 112 KB) (August 23)
BCC Response Statement - Overall housing provision and the greenbelt. (pdf, 199 KB) (August 23)
BCC Flood Risk Sequential Test Paper (pdf, 3.3 MB) (August 23)
BCC Response Statement - Response to Inspector’s Preliminary Comments Regarding Housing Provision dated 26 August 2010 (pdf, 82 KB) (August 31, 2010)
Statements from hearing participants
Response statements from hearing participants are available to download.
First Examination Hearing Sessions
The hearing sessions (pdf, 14 KB) of the Examination were held from Monday June 21, 2010 to Thursday July 1, 2010.
The Inspector's issues (pdf, 169 KB), and Briefing Note (pdf, 44 KB)for the Examination are available to download.
The Revised Hearing Programme (pdf, 68 KB), Responses to the Inspector's Issues and Questions and the Councils Opening Statement are available to download.
The Inspector's Note on Urban Extensions and the Green Belt (pdf, 7 KB) 14 June.
Inspector’s request for further information (June 10, 2010) is available to download.
The council's response to the Inspectors request for further information (issue 2) can also now be downloaded.
The Inspector has postponed the part of the hearing session discussing Urban Extensions and the Green Belt on the afternoon of Wednesday June 23. The programme officer has circulated the attached note.
Inspector's Hearing Agendas
Issue 1 - Monday June 21, 2010 (pdf, 17 KB)
Issue 2 part 1 - Tuesday June 22, 2010 (pdf, 35 KB)
Issue 2 part 2 - Wednesday June 23, 2010 (pdf, 27 KB)
Issue 3 - Thursday June 24, 2010 (pdf, 35 KB)
Issue 4 - Monday June 28, 2010 (pdf, 21 KB)
Issue 5 - Tuesday June 29, 2010 (pdf, 14 KB)
Issue - Superseded Policies and the Proposals Map (pdf, 19 KB)
Issue 6 - Wednesday June 30, 2010 (pdf, 27 KB)
Issue 7 - Thursday July 1 (pdf, 21 KB)
Issue 8 - Thursday July 1 (pdf, 12 KB)
Pre-Hearing Meeting
A Pre-Hearing Meeting took place on Tuesday 11 May 2010 at The Council House, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TR at 11am.
The purpose of the Pre-Hearing Meeting was to explain and discuss procedural and administrative matters relating to the management of the Examination, including the programme for the hearings, the Matters to be examined and related questions, the running order and participants, the methods of dealing with representations, the timetable for submitting statements, and any other relevant matters.
The Agenda (pdf, 12 KB) for the Pre-Hearing Meeting.
The meeting was to explain how the Examination process will proceed - the content and merits of the Core Strategy and the representations were not discussed at this meeting.
Inspector's Preliminary Comments, Concerns and Questions (pdf, 56 KB)
Bristol City Council's Response to Inspector's Initial Question (pdf, 0.9 MB). Appendix 3 (pdf, 3.2 MB) of this report can be downloaded separately.
Other Information
Regional Spatial Strategy
See correspondence from Council (pdf, 0.9 MB) and Inspector's response (pdf, 23 KB).
Further information about the examination process
Information about compliance and soundness and the examination process in general can be downloaded from the Planning Inspectorate website
Core Documents
Core Document List (pdf, 146 KB)
Additional Documents
Position Paper: Delivery in South Bristol - May 2010 (pdf, 246 KB)
West of England Joint Working - April 2010 (pdf, 115 KB)
Flood Risk Sequential Test Position Paper - May 2010 (pdf, 434 KB)
Capacity Appraisal Studies - Proposed Urban Extensions - SE and SW of Bristol (pdf, 2.5 MB)
Contact information
Strategic planning
2nd floor, Brunel house
St George's Road
Bristol, BS1 5UY
Opening Hours
Appointment only
- Email: bdf@bristol.gov.uk
- Work: 0117 903 6725
