EDDC does not seem to have written to our Local Plan Planning Inspector since 22 May 2014. He wrote back immediately suggesting October/November 2014 for re-examination.

The next Development Management Committee is scheduled for 23 September 2014 (there is no item on the agenda in August for the Local Plan). Even if the revised Draft Local Plan were ready then (which it won’t be it appears) there would need to be a six week re-consultation period which, even if it started the next day (always assuming we WILL be consulted), would take us to the middle of November and then time would be needed to collate comments so October/November re-examination is looking near impossible. And then, of course, comes Christmas.

Perhaps time for EDDC to write to Mr Thickett again? And perhaps let the public know what is going on – we can assume, of course, that developers are up to speed.

Interesting that all these delays take us just about up to council elections in May 2015 (with or without those missing voters!).