Draft Core Strategy - the 'Proposed Submission' Version

Please note: The consultation on our Proposed Submission Version of the Core Strategy took place from 10th February - 25th March 2011.

As such it is officially the Proposed Submission version. The consultation on the Draft Core Strategy (Proposed Submission version) started at noon on 10 February 2011 and closed at noon on 25 March 2011.

The Draft Core Strategy (Proposed Submission Version) and our proposed schedule of minor changes were formally approved by Cabinet on 7 July 2011 and Council on 20 July 2011.  Here is the  Schedule of Minor Changes to the Draft Core Strategy for submission to the Secretary of State (.pdf, 243Kb) .

We submitted the Core Strategy to the Secretary of State in September 2011. All individuals, groups and organisations on our consultation database were notified on submission to the Secretary of State and all documents are now available on our Core Strategy Examination Library page.

You can view the Draft Core Strategy and the comments that we have received, online via our consultation portal (external link) .  (No longer open for consultation).

The Draft Core Strategy includes two maps showing changes to the adopted Proposals Map. You will find them under policy SP3 ‘A key strategic site – Northleigh Park’ in chapter 8.

Other documents available online are:

• Our statement of representations procedure (.pdf, 27Kb)
• Our  Sustainability Appraisal and a non-technical summary .
• Our Habitats Regulations Assessment (.pdf, 1031Kb) that assesses the impact of our Draft Core Strategy on our European protected site 'The Manchester Mosses Special Area of Conservation'.
• Our Consultation Report (.pdf, 317Kb) that provides details of the consultation undertaken prior to the Preferred Options stage, a summary of the comments received and our responses.
• Our Preferred Options ‘Your comments, our replies’ report (.pdf, 686Kb)  that provides a summary table of all of the comments received at the Preferred Options stage and our replies to those comments.
• Our Revised Proposals and Draft Policies ‘Your comments, our replies’ report (.pdf, 373Kb)  that provides a summary table of all of the comments received at the Revised Proposals and Draft Policies stage and our replies to those comments.
• Our local advertisement notice (.pdf, 237Kb)  (dated 10th February 2011) which includes a statement of the representations procedure and a statement of the fact that the proposed submission documents were made available for inspection and of the places and times at which they could be inspected.
• Our 13 Topic Papers which summarise the evidence that has informed the Draft Core Strategy.

In addition you can view our Review of evidence undertaken during the preparation the Draft Core Strategy.

You can also view the contents of the previous Issues and Options,  Preferred Options and Revised Proposals and Draft Policies stages of Core Strategy preparation.

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