Procedure guide for local plan examinations

Publication Year

2025

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides guidance on the procedural aspects of carrying out a local plan examination. Covers: before submission; submission; initial assessment and organisation of the hearing sessions; preparation for the hearing sessions; conduct of the hearing sessions; main modifications to the plan; the Inspector's report; quality assurance, fact-check procedure and delivery of final report to the LPA; and other procedures.

Document History

Last updated: 23 September 2025 - Updated to reflect the new pre-examination checklist. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/examining-local-plans-procedural-practice/procedure-guide-for-local-plan-examinations and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 13 May 2014.

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