2025 Examination

4th June 2025

A schedule of the Examiner’s modifications and subsequent amendments to the Examination version of the draft NP has been agreed with Somerset Council. The schedule can be seen here.

12th May 2025

The Examiner’s Report has been published. The Examiner recommends that the Neighbourhood Plan as modified by his recommendations should proceed in due course to Referendum. The Report, which includes his recommendations, can be seen here.

10th April 2025

At its 9th April Meeting the PC resolved to accept the amendments proposed in the draft response to the Examiner’s “Additional Comments” with one modification. This was to replace “agrees” with “recognises” in the opening sentence. The version sent to the Examiner is here.

3rd April 2025

A draft response to the Examiner’s “Additional Comments” will be on the Agenda for the PC’s April Meeting. It can be seen here.

1st April 2025

The Examiner has issued “Additional Comments” and has requested that the PC consider these. They can be seen here.

28th March 2025

The Examiner has issued a Note confirming that he is “dealing with
the examination on the basis of the written material.” The Note is here.

14th March 2025

Somerset Council’s response to the Examiner’s “Initial Comments” is here, and its comments on the Reg 16 representation submitted by Lochailort Investments Ltd is here.

The Historic England letters requested by the Examiner in question 20 in his “Initial Comments” are here: 2019/2976 and 2021/2928.

13th March 2025

The PC’s agreed response to the Examiner’s Initial Comments can be seen here.

Its response to the Regulation 16 representations are here.

19th February 2025

The Examiner has issued his “Initial Comments”. This document can be viewed here.

10th February 2025

The appointed Examiner, John Slater BA(Hons), DMS, MRTPI, FRGS, has issued introductory notes which set out the procedure for the forthcoming examination.

These notes can be seen here .