Salt Cross Area Action Plan re-opened examination 2024
Overview
Because of the legal challenge to the Inspector’s report of March 2023, the AAP examination has been re-opened to consider Policy 2 – Net Zero Carbon Development and any other consequential revisions to the AAP. No other matters or policies will be examined.
For ease of reference, all documentation relating to the re-opened examination will be made available on this page.
Inspector and Programme Officer
The appointed Inspector is Helen Hockenhull BA (Hons) B.PI MRTPI.
The Council has appointed a Programme Officer to facilitate the examination and her contact details are set out below.
Louise St John Howe
Programme Officer
PO Services
PO Box 10965
Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 3BF
Email: louise@poservices.co.uk
Latest news and updates
16 April 2025
The hearing sessions have now been arranged and will take place virtually on Friday 30th June 2025 with a reserve day on Monday 4th July 2025. Further information on the hearing sessions will be published in mid May.
1 April 2025
The Council has submitted its response to the Inspector’s initial questions set out in her letter of 7th January (ED7). The response can be viewed in the examination documents at ED9 through to ED9E inclusive.
5 February 2024
The Council have responded to the Inspector’s letter of 7 January 2025 (ED7) and their reply can be read at ED8 in the Examination Documents.
10 January 2025
The Inspector’s reply to the Council’s letter requesting a pause in the Examination is now available at ED7 in the Examination documents.
21 November 2024
The Council wrote to the Inspector requesting a pause in the Examination and their reasons for this request. Their letter can be viewed in the Examination documents at ED6.
Examination library
The examination library is available below. This will be updated as necessary during the course of the examination.
Examination documents
Evidence documents
CD1 Pre Submission Draft Salt Cross Garden Village Area Action Plan (AAP) (August 2020) - pdf - 28.07 Mb
Representations
The examination library will be added to as necessary during the course of the examination.