Local Plan Review
Public consultation
Issues and Preferred Options consultation (Regulation 18) now Closed
Through the Issues and Preferred Options, we sought views on different options for distributing future development across the borough and on possible alternative or additional approaches in certain policy areas, such as town centres and economic development, climate change and providing new homes.
The consultation was open from 9am on Friday 29 October 2021 until 5pm on Monday 29 November 2021.
Availability of documents
The following were available as part of this consultation:
The Sustainability Appraisal process is an iterative process which runs alongside the development of a plan and informs the decision-making process. An interim Sustainability Appraisal report has been prepared which provides an appraisal of the development options and a brief commentary on the thematic policy issues and options.
- Interim Sustainability Appraisal (October 2021) [PDF 720KB]
What happens next?
Following this consultation, we are now considering all of the comments received and will prepare a summary of the main issues. Your views along with the evidence that supports the Local Plan and the Sustainability Appraisal will be used to develop the next stage of the Local Plan, the drafting of a Pre-Submission Local Plan. We will carry out further consultation on this Plan (under Regulation 19). At this time, we expect this consultation will take place in spring 2022.
To stay informed about future stages of the Local Plan preparation sign up to our consultation database.
Swale Borough Local Plan Review (Regulation 19) Pre-submission Consultation
We held a consultation from 8th February 2021 to 30th April 2021 on a pre-submission version of the Local Plan. This was a formal and statutory consultation period during which we specifically sought comments on the Plan’s soundness and whether we had complied with our legal requirements.
Although we have decided not to proceed with this version of the Local Plan, we will be taking on board the comments received during the Regulation 19 Local Plan consultation.
You can view all the responses received on our consultation portal. A summary of the main issues raised is available below.
- Summary of main issues raised at Regulation 19 [PDF 185KB]
- Summary of main issues raised by statutory consultees at Regulation 19
There were various documents associated with this consultation event which you can still view:
- The Swale Borough Local Plan Review (Regulation 19) Pre-Submission Document [PDF 119MB] (downloadable version)
- Addendum [PDF 138KB]
- Habitat Regulations Assessment [PDF 3.2MB]
- Infrastructure Delivery Plan [PDF 617KB].
- Swale Borough Council Transport Strategy 2022 - 2037 [PDF 5.4MB]
- Local Plan Review Frequently Asked Questions (PDF267kb)
- Local Plan Review Statement of Consultation (PDF 426kb)
- Teynham Frequently Asked Questions (PDF 117kb)
- Appendix 1A - Article in Inside Swale (Summer 2018) (PDF 61kb)
- Appendix 1B - Consultee Notification Letter (PDF 208kb)
- Appendix 1C - Parish and Town Council Briefing Presentation (PDF 463kb)
- Appendix 1D - Quick Questionnaire (PDF 196kb)
- Appendix 1E - Developers and Landowners Workshop Presentation (PDF 790kb)
- Appendix 1E - Heritage and Culture Workshop Presentation (PDF 1.56MB)
- Appendix 1E - Infrastructure Workshop Presentation (PDF 3.35MB)
- Appendix 1E - Natural Environment Workshop Presentation (PDF 3.3MB)
- Appendix 1E - Rural Communities Workshop Presentation (PDF 1.13MB)
- Appendix 1F - Youth Forum Presentation (PDF 689kb)
- Appendix 2A - Report to Local Plan Panel 29 October 2018 (PDF 556kb)
- Appendix 2B - Schedule of Summary Responses to Looking Ahead Consultation (PDF 2.22MB)
- Appendix 2C - Schedule of Summary Responses to Quick Questionnaire (PDF 835kb)
- Appendix 2D - Notes of Technical Workshops - Heritage and Culture (PDF 109kb)
- Appendix 2D - Notes of Technical Workshops - Infrastructure and Utilities (PDF 145kb)
- Appendix 2D - Notes of Technical Workshops - Natural Environment (PDF 181kb)
- Appendix 2D - Notes of Technical Workshops - Rural Communities (PDF 90kb)
- You can also watch our video which explains the Regulation 19 Local Plan.
The Regulation 19 Local Plan was accompanied by a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) which considered the social, economic and environmental effects of the plan.
- SA report (February 2021) [PDF 9.5MB]
- SA non-technical summary (February 2021) [PDF 2.1MB]
- SA technical appendix (February 2021) [PDF 1MB]
Consultation on a draft Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report was carried out in 2018. Following this consultation, the Scoping Report was updated to take account of responses.
- SA Scoping Report (December 2018) [PDF 3.2MB]
Looking Ahead April 2018
In April 2018 we published a consultation and engagement document ‘Looking ahead’ to give you an early opportunity to shape the scope and content of the next Local Plan. You can view further details on our Current Consultations Page