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Epsom & Ewell Borough Council Draft Local Plan.

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council Draft Local Plan.  

Consultation under Regulation 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2012.    

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council will be consulting on the Draft Local Plan 2022-2040. The Draft Local Plan sets out planning policies and identifies sites for future development within the Borough. When adopted, it will be used to determine planning applications that come forward within the Borough.   

The consultation will run for a period of six weeks*, commencing on noon 1 February 2023 and ending midnight on 15 March 2023. You are invited to make comments on the draft Local Plan and associated documents.     

You can view a digital version of the draft Local Plan on the Council’s website https://epsom-ewell.gov.uk/local-plan or consultation portal https://epsom-ewell.inconsult.uk/ . Alternatively hard copies of the documents are available for public inspection at the Epsom & Ewell Borough Council offices at the Town Hall, Epsom, between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm Monday to Friday or at libraries across the Borough (please check individual library websites for opening times). 

 Our website also includes background information and technical evidence, which has been used to inform the consultation. These are available under the ‘Evidence Base’ section on our website.   

Representations to the consultation can be made using the following methods:  

  Through our online portal: https://epsom-ewell.inconsult.uk/     

Planning Policy, Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, Town Hall, The Parade, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5BY   

The comments received during this consultation cannot be treated as confidential. Responses will be published on the Council’s website, together with the name and/or organisation name of the respondent.  

Only those representations that are made in writing and are received by the Council before midnight on Sunday 19th March 2023* will be considered.  

 Call for Sites request 

The Council will be running a Call for Sites exercise during the same period as this Local Plan consultation. We welcome details of sites which have potential to accommodate future development in the Borough. If you have a site to promote please visit our website https://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/call-for-sites and complete the relevant form. 

*Revised subsequently by Council to a slightly later date.