Finally, after 5 years work spanning all the time I've been a district councillor, on 11 December HDC finally agreed a Regulation 19 Local Plan for consultation and subsequent submission to the Planning Inspectorate. As I said in the meeting (around 5hrs 20min), no plan is perfect, but should be the best in current circumstances.
It is now up to the Planning Inspectorate to weight up the plan and all its supporting documents, along with the comments from the public consultation (which closes on 1 March 2024): with a bit of luck and a fair wind we might have a made plan by mid-2025. What could possibly go wrong?
