East Northamptonshire Local Plan (Part 2)

East Northamptonshire Local Plan Part 2 2011-2031
Adoption Statement
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended)
The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regs 2012 (as amended)

Notice is given that in accordance with Regulation 26 and 35 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended) and the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) that this Adoption Statement hereby provides that on 7 December 2023 North Northamptonshire Council adopted the East Northamptonshire Local Plan Part 2 2011-2031 as a Development Plan Document.

The East Northamptonshire Local Plan Part 2 replaces the remaining 'saved' policies from the 1996 District Wide Local Plan and the all the extant policies of the Rural North, Oundle and Thrapston Local Plan 2011. A schedule has been prepared to show which of the Part 2 Plan policies supersede those Local Plan policies, this is available on the Council’s East Northamptonshire Local Plan web page.

The East Northamptonshire Local Plan Part 2 has been subject to examination by an independent Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State. In the report published on 31 July 2023, the Inspector confirmed that, subject to a number of main modifications, the Plan was sound and recommended its adoption. The adopted Plan incorporates the Main Modifications recommended by the Inspector, as set out in the appendix to her report on the examination of the Local Plan. together with the Council’s additional Schedule of Minor Modifications. These can also be viewed on the Council’s East Northamptonshire Local Plan web page.

Any person aggrieved by the adoption of the East Northamptonshire Local Plan Part 2 may make an application to the High Court under Section 113(3) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

Any challenge pursuant to Section 113 must be made on the grounds that:

• The East Northamptonshire Local Plan Part 2 is not within the powers conferred by Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
  or
• a procedural requirement of the Act or its associated Regulations has not been complied with

Any such application should be made promptly, and in any event, no later than the end of the six week period starting from the date on which the Plan was adopted.

In accordance with Regulations 26 and 35 of the 2012 Regulations, the following documents have been made available to view:

1. East Northamptonshire Local Plan Part 2 2011-2031
2. This Adoption Statement; and
3. The Sustainability Appraisal Report

A copy of the documents listed can be viewed on the Council’s East Northamptonshire Local Plan web page.

Alternatively, hard copies of the documents are available for inspection at the Council’s Thrapston area Office, North Northamptonshire Council, Cedar Drive, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, NN14 4LZ and at the following local libraries during normal opening hours:

• Irthlingborough
• Oundle
• Raunds
• Rushden
  and
• Thrapston

If you require any further information, please email: [email protected].