Pre-submission draft Local Plan Consultation (Regulation 19)

The Regulation 19 (Pre-submission) consultation is now closed, all responses must have been received before the close of consultation at 4pm on Monday 2 December 2024.

In accordance with Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 representations were invited on the publication version of the Rutland Local Plan 2021 - 2041. Representations should have focused on whether it is legally compliant and meets the tests of 'soundness' as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), paragraph 35, referring to specific policies wherever possible.

Find out more about the plan making process, legal compliance and tests of soundness:

• National Planning Policy Framework
• Government Local Plan Guidance
• Government Plan-making Guidance 

Legal compliance

The Local Plan has been prepared in accordance with legal and procedural requirements. The plan should have been:

• prepared in accordance with the latest Local Development Scheme
• subject to consultation carried out in accordance with our Statement of Community Involvement
• compliant with all relevant laws including the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (PCPA) 2004 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012

We should also have worked collaboratively with neighbouring authorities and prescribed bodies on strategic and cross boundary matters, known as the Duty to Co-operate. This is demonstrated in the Duty to Co-operate Statement. 

Soundness

Local Plans are considered to be sound if they have been:

• positively prepared - provides a strategy which, as a minimum, seeks to meet our objectively assessed needs and is informed by agreements with other authorities, so that unmet need from neighbouring areas is accommodated where it is practical to do so and is consistent with achieving sustainable development
• justified - an appropriate strategy, taking into account the reasonable alternatives, and based on proportionate evidence
• effective - deliverable over the plan period, and based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic matters that have been dealt with rather than deferred, as evidenced by the statement of common ground
• consistent with national policy - enabling the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies in this framework and other statements of national planning policy, where relevant

If you are unable to access the portal or the internet or have any queries regarding this consultation please contact us via email at localplan@rutland.gov.uk or by telephone on 01572 720902.

Regulation 19 Consultation Documents