Longbridge Area Action Plan Submission

The Longbridge Area Action Plan (Submission Document) sets out the land use framework and proposals for the regeneration of the former MG Rover plant site at Longbridge.  

The Area Action Plan’s final proposals include plans for 10,000 jobs, over 1,450 new homes, built to high environmental standards, a new local centre to provide a wide range of retail, leisure, commercial and community facilities and a series of public transport and highway improvements.  The overall aim of the plan is to create a truly sustainable and well designed community.

Examination in Public

The Planning Inspectorate has appointed a Planning Inspector (Jill Kingaby) to undertake an examination into the soundness of the Longbridge Area Action Plan.  The Inspector is assisted by a dedicated Program Officer (Lorraine Oliver) who is an impartial officer of the Examination and works under the direction of the Inspector.  Examination updates and meeting material can be found here.

Examination

The oral Examination into the Councils' submitted Area Action Plan (AAP) will be held at The Examination which will take place at the Innovation Centre, 1 Devon Way, Longbridge Technology Park, Birmingham B31 2TS.

It will open at 10am on Tuesday 14 October 2008.

The revised program for all attendees of the public examination will commence at 10am on Thursday 4th December 2008 and the agenda can be viewed here.

Previous revisions can be found here, and for all Longbridge Area Action Plan examination updates can be found here.

***PLEASE NOTE that the revised program is subject to change and those wishing to attend should contact the program officer, Lorraine Oliver, on 07824 694366 (normal working hours) to check that the programming of hearing sessions has changed***

Pre-Examination Meeting

The Pre-Examination Meeting (PEM) was advertised and took place on Tuesday 5 August 2008 at the Hollymoor Centre, Manor Park Grove in Northfield, 2-3pm.  It provided an opportunity for administrative matters relating to the AAP Examination to be explained and discussed and was open to all those who made representations on the Submission Document, as well as statutory consultees.  

Examination Library

A dedicated library has been established for the examination and is available by clicking here. This library contains all the key examination documents and is updated frequently.  Documents within the library are also available to review at the Program Officer's offices at:

Lorraine Oliver BSc (Bus)
Programme Officer for the Longbridge AAP
1^st Floor
46D Regal Court
Kings Norton Business Centre
Pershore Road South
Kings Norton
B30 3ES

T: 0121 464 4965
F: 0121 464 6551
E: lorraine.oliver@birmingham.gov.uk 

Background Reports and Examination Library

Copies of the AAP supporting papers including baselines and technical notes are available from Bromsgrove District Council, The Council House Burcot Lane Bromsgrove

The Main Documents can be downloaded below and all the other supporting information is available to view on the Longbridge AAP supporting evidence and representations pages accessed via the link below

- Longbridge AAP Supporting Documents and Examination Library

Submission to Secretary of State

Following two years of intensive work by Birmingham City and Bromsgrove District Councils, landowners, interested groups, local organisations and the general public the plan was submitted to the Secretary of State on 28 March 2008.  This date also marked the start of a six week statutory consultation period, which ended on 9^th May 2008.  A copy of the Longbridge Area Action Plan Submission Document is available below together with a summary table of supporting submission documents.  Please note.  A full set of submission documents can now be found in the Examination Library detailed below.

Longbridge Area Action Plan Submission Document 

Representations Received on Submission Document

During the consultation period on the Area Action Plan, 113 representations were duly made from 34 parties / respondents.  As required under the relevant regulations, these representations were made available to view at Council Offices / local libraries and on-line via Birmingham, Bromsgrove and Future 4 Longbridge websites.  Information on these representations is covered in the Regulation 31 Statement and supporting appendices detailed below.

- Regulation 31 Statement 
- Appendix 1: Advertisement / DPD Matters 
- Appendix 2: Full Consultation List and Covering Letters 
- Appendix 3: Newsletter 
- Appendix 4: List of Representors 
- Appendix 5: Summary of Representations 

Site Allocation Representations

Of the 113 representations made on the Area Action Plan on submission, 12 'Site Allocation Representations' were identified.  These representations proposed changes to proposed site allocations identified in the Area Action Plan.  In compliance with the relevant regulation, consultation on the 12 Site Allocation Representations lasted 6 weeks, from 19^th May through to 30^th June 2008.  A 'Statement of Matters' and a full set of the representations were made available at nominated public offices and libraries The representations were also made available online.

This stage of consultation is covered by the Regulation 32 Statement detailed below with supporting appendices.

- Regulation 32 Statement 
- Appendix 1: Statement of Matters - Available on Request
- Appendix 2: DPD Bodies 
- Appendix 3: Representations Form 
- Appendix 4: Full Set of Site Allocation Representations - Available on Request

Recent Representations

During the consultation on the Site Allocation Representations, three representors made comments.  Information on these representations is detailed in the Regulation 33 Statement provided below and supporting appendix.   Copies of this information have also been made available at the places the Submission Document was deposited for public comment, which include:

- Regulation 33 Statement 
- Appendix 1: Full Set of Representations

• Advantage West Midlands 
• Centro 
• St. Modwens: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10