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Recent developments in the examination process.

Recent developments in the examination process.

  • Council's reply to the Inspectors' Post-Stage 1 Hearings Sessions letter

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    27 October 2025

    The Council's reply to the Inspectors' post-Stage 1 Hearings letter is now available in the Examination Documents at DBC/ED38.

  • Responses to the Consultation on Duty to Cooperate

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    Responses to the consultation on DBC/ED35 can be viewed on the Consultation on Duty to Cooperate consultation page.

  • Post-Stage 1 Hearings letter

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    13 October 2025


    The Council received a letter from the Inspectors following the conclusion of the Stage 1 Hearings. The letter can be viewed in the Examination Documents at DBC/ED36.

  • Programme & Participants - updated

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    29 September 2025

    An updated Hearings Programme with the Participants for the Stage 2 hearing sessions is now available on the Hearing Sessions page.

  • National Highways hearing note

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    29 September 2025


    In response to the Inspectors’ request the Council have submitted a note on the cumulative impacts on the strategic network and Duty to Cooperate with National Highways. The document is available in the Examination Documents as DBC/ED35.

  • Live Stream Update

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    17 September 2025


    As the hearing sessions are in person sessions there is no requirement to live stream the hearings. The Council kindly offered to include a live stream for the hearings, but unfortunately there were some technical difficulties yesterday and on occasion it was not possible to hear all the discussions. The hearings were paused yesterday to try to resolve the issues, but if the technical difficulties cannot be fixed this morning, there will not be any further pauses in the hearings to try to resolve these issues. If you wish to be sure of hearing the discussions please come to the Council offices where you will be able to listen to the discussions in person.

  • Stage 1 Opening Statement

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    16 September 2025

    The Council's Opening Statement at the hearing sessions of the Examination of the Local Plan is available in the Examination Documents at DBC/ED34.

  • Programme & Participants - updated

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    11 September 2025

    An updated Hearings Programme including the participants for each of the sessions in the Stage 1 hearings is available on the Hearing Sessions page.

  • Three new Statements of Common Ground

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    5 September 2025

    Three Statements of Common Ground have been submitted and are available in the Examination Documents:

    DBC/ED31 SoCG between DBC and National Highways
    DBC/ED32 SoCG between DBC and David Lock on behalf of The Crown Estate (Hemel Hempstead growth area Hm01)
    DBC/ED33 SoCG between DBC and Pegasus Group for Catesby Estates (Tr02)

  • Stage 1 Hearing Statements

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    5 September 2025

    The Stage 1 Hearing Statements can be viewed on the Hearing Statements page.

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