EXAMINATION IN PUBLIC INTO THE DRAFT SOUTH EAST PLAN
PRELIMINARY LIST OF MATTERS AND PARTICIPANTS
The Secretary of State has appointed an independent Panel to conduct an Examination in Public of the Submission Draft of the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South East (also known as the Draft South East Plan). The Panel consists of Corinne Swain, OBE, MA(Cantab), MPhil, FRTPI as independent Chair, and Martin Shaw OBE, BA, DipTP, FRTPI, FIHT, FRSA and Mary Travers BA(Hons), DipTP, MRTPI, Members of the Planning Inspectorate. The Examination will commence on Tuesday 28 November 2006 at 10.00am at the H G Wells Centre, Woking. The Panel will report its findings and recommendations to the Secretary of State.
The public consultation period on the Draft Plan closed on Friday 23 June 2006. The Panel has examined and considered all the representations made and has now published a preliminary list of matters to be discussed at the Examination, a preliminary list of organisations or individuals to be invited to participate in these discussions (who will be contacted individually), and a proposed timetable. The Preliminary List of Matters and Participants can be viewed on the Examination website, www.eipsoutheast.co.uk, and is available to view during normal office hours at the South East of England Regional Assembly office in Guildford or at any of the Local Authorities in the South East region. Additionally it can be viewed by arrangement at the Examination’s Panel Secretariat office, together with copies of all the representations received (address and telephone number below).
Anyone wishing to comment on the Preliminary List of Matters and Participants (including representations to the effect that other matters should be discussed and/or that other persons/organisations should be invited) should do so in writing to:
Panel Secretary Tel: 01483 885256
Bridge House email: panel@eipsoutheast.co.uk
RSS EiP South East
1 Walnut Tree Close
Guildford GU1 4GA
Comments must arrive by no later than 5.00pm Thursday 28 September 2006.
Two Preliminary Meetings, explaining how the Examination will be conducted, will be held at the Town Hall, Reading at 10.00am Thursday 7 September and Tuesday 17 October 2006. The meetings are open to the public. For more information visit www.eipsoutheast.co.uk; this site will be regularly updated with the latest news and information.
Preliminary list of matters and participants
Indicative draft EiP timetable
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For many years, restaurants, public houses, hot food takeaways and other similar uses have been grouped together under the same Use Class (A3), so that changes of use from one to another did not need planning permission.
The Government has announced that, from 21 April 2005, this will change and there will be three new Use Classes, as follows:
A3 - Restaurants and Cafes (Sale of food and drink for consumption on the premises)
A4 - Drinking establishments (Public houses, wine bars, etc)
A5 - Hot food takeaways (Sale of hot food for consumption off the premises)
From that date, planning permission will be required for changes between these Use Classes (except from A4 or A5 to A3). It may also be needed for the introduction of a new use where it is not incidental to the main use (eg a restaurant introducing a hot food takeaway service).
The new Statutory Instrument (2005 N0. 84) and the associated circular (03/2005 - Changes of Use of Buildings and Land) may be viewed at www.opsi.gov.uk
E-mail: developmentcontrol@dover.gov.uk
