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Core strategy

About our core strategy

Find out what our core strategy is, how it was developed, and how it influences our work

Pre-production stage - March 2007

Documents relating to the pre-production stage in the development of the council's core strategy

Issues and options stage - October 2007

Documents relating to the issues and options stage in the development of the council's core strategy

Participation stage - summer 2009

Documents relating to the participation stage in the development of the council's core strategy

Consultation draft stage - November 2009

Documents relating to the consultation draft stage in the development of the council's core strategy

Key changes consultation stage - October 2010

Documents relating to the key changes consultation stage in the development of the council's core strategy

Publication version stage - January 2011

Documents relating to the publication version stage in the development of the council's core strategy

Submission stage - July 2011

Documents relating to the submission stage in the development of the council's core strategy

Examination stage position statements - winter 2011

Documents relating to the submission stage in the development of the council's core strategy

Examination library

Request planning and policy documents that aided the development of the council's core strategy

Core strategy challenge - 2013

Documents relating to the legal challenge to policy CS13 of the council's core strategy

Re-examination of policy CS13 - March 2014

Documents relating to the council's re-examination of policy CS13 of the core strategy

Re-examination of policy CS13 - hearing statements

Document library of hearing statements relating to the re-examination of policy CS13 of the core strategy

Re-examination of policy CS13 - document library

Document library relating to the re-examination of policy CS13 of the core strategy

Adoption of rewritten policy CS13 - 2015

Finalised documents relating to the re-examination of policy CS13 of the core strategy

Re-examination of other remitted policies

Documents related to the re-examination of additional policies in the council's core strategy

Hearing statements for other remitted policies

Hearing statement library related to the re-examination of other policies in the core strategy

Document library for other remitted policies

Document library related to the re-examination of other policies in the core strategy