Procedure guide for local plan examinations

Publication Year

2025

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides guidance on the procedural aspects of carrying out a local plan examination. Covers: overview of the examination; before submission; submission; initial assessment and organisation of the hearing sessions; preparation for the hearing sessions; conduct of the hearing sessions; main modifications to the plan; the Inspector's report; quality assurance, fact-check procedure and delivery of final report to the LPA; other procedures and matters; technical seminars and meetings; formal presentation of evidence and cross-examination; pre-hearing meetings; and conduct of all parties during the examination.

Document History

Last updated: 27 November 2025 - Added information about the new plan-making system. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/examining-local-plans-procedural-practice/procedure-guide-for-local-plan-examinations and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 13 May 2014.

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