Rayleigh Centre Area Action Plan Adopted 20 October 2015
The Rayleigh Area Action Plan Submission Document (December 2014) was submitted to the Government for independent examination on 5 December 2014 alongside a number of supporting documents.
The Programme Officer for the examination was Kay Tinson.
Following submission the Planning Inspector provided his preliminary observations to the Council, and asked for clarification regarding some issues and made several suggestions on how the Council should proceed.
The Inspector observed that the changes in the Rayleigh Area Action Plan Submission Document (December 2014) suggested by the Council constitute main modifications to the Plan rather than additional modifications. As such the Inspector suggested that it would be more appropriate from a procedural point of view to carry out the examination based on the original Pre-Submission Document published in November 2013.
A hearing session took place on 4 March 2015. Following this hearing session for the Pre-Submission Document (November 2013), the Inspector provided his interim views on the soundness of the plan (see table below, ref. RCAAP014). The Council considered the Inspector’s interim views and produced a consolidated list of modifications to the Pre-Submission Document (November 2013). The Schedule of Modifications and accompanying Sustainability Appraisal were consulted on between 27 April and 22 June 2015 and are available to download below:
Proposed Schedule of Modifications to Rayleigh Area Action Plan Submission Document
Sustainability Appraisal of the Rayleigh Area Action Plan Submission Document-Schedule of Modifications
Comments submitted on the proposed modifications can be viewed on request by contacting the Planning Policy Team.
| Reference | Document title | Author | Date |
| RCAAP001 | Inspector’s Preliminary Observations | Planning Inspector | 23 December 2014 |
| RCAAP002 | Letter to representors | Programme Officer | 24 December 2014 |
| RCAAP003 | Schedule of Modifications | RDC | 13 January 2015 |
| RCAAP004 | Initial questions to the Council | Planning Inspector | January 2015 |
| RCAAP005 | Provisional Hearing Agenda | Planning Inspector | January 2015 |
| RCAAP006 | Letter to Inspector - RCAAP006 | RDC | 9 January 2015 |
| RCAAP007 | Inspectors Guidance Note | Planning Inspector | 19 January 2015 |
| RCAAP008 | 2nd Letter to Representors | Programme Officer | 19 January 2015 |
| RCAAP009 | RDC response to Inspectors initial questions Response to initial questions Response to initial questions - Appendices A - C Response to initial questions - Appendix D |
RDC | 6 February 2015 |
| RCAAP010 | Examination Hearing Agenda | Planning Inspector | 26 February 2015 |
| RCAAP011 | ECC joint statement | RDC/ECC | 3 March 2015 |
| RCAAP012 | Post Hearing note | Planning Inspector | 6 March 2015 |
| RCAAP013 | Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) - Update | RDC | 6 March 2015 |
| RCAAP014 | Letter to Inspector | RDC | 23 April 2015 |
| RCAAP015 | Inspector’s Final Report | Planning Inspector | 6 August 2015 |