Eastleigh Borough Council's Local Plan Hearing Dates

The examination of Eastleigh Borough Council’s Local Plan will start on Thursday 21 November at 10am. 
All the hearing sessions will all be held in the Millennium Suite at the Botleigh Grange Hotel, Grange Road, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2GA. The hearing sessions of the Examination have now been arranged and will run for a period of six weeks on the following dates: 
Week 1:            Thurs 21 to Fri 22 November                  
Week 2:            Tuesday 26 to Thursday 28 November
Week 3:            Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 December
Week 4:            Wednesday 8 to Thursday 9 January
Week 5:             Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 January
Week 6:            Tuesday 28 to Thursday 30 January
(Some dates may be subject to change)
The hearings will be heard by Christa Masters MA (Hons) MRTPI who has been appointed by the Secretary of State to conduct the examination. 
Who can participate?  - All the hearings are open to the public. However, only those people who have already notified us, having previously made representations as part of the previous consultation, are able to participate in the forthcoming hearing sessions.
What happens after the hearings?  After the hearings have closed the Inspector will consider all the representations that have been made and then prepare a report with her conclusions and recommendations. This will include the next steps and an indication of its likely completion date. 
For further details including the Inspector’s guidance notes
https://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/lpexamination
We have also received more ‘Statements of Common Ground’ from key partner and statutory organisations that outline an agreed approach in relation to Eastleigh Borough Council’s Local Plan.

These include:

Biodiversity
Allbrook Rail Bridge 
Chickenhall Lane link road
Ancient Woodland 
Duty to cooperate
Education  
Find out more information