Introduction

 A Schedule Proposed Modifications to the Local Plan was approved for public consultation by the Council on 12 October 2006. The Schedule was accompanied by a Statement of Decisions which set out the Council’s response to the Inspector’s Report into objections made to the Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan. It listed where the Council proposed modifications to the Local Plan as well as the reasons for not accepting any of the Inspector’s recommendations.

The Proposed Modifications to the Local Plan were placed on deposit for a six week period of public consultation between 2 November 2006 and 14 December 2006. Comments were invited on the proposed modifications to the Local Plan or to the fact that the Council has rejected a recommendation from the Inspector. Around 2600 representations were received during the consultation period.

A report setting out the key issues arising from the public consultation on the Proposed Modifications to the Local Plan and schedule of the Council's responses to the representations was considered by the Council on 29 March 2007. At the meeting the Council agreed to make two further modifications to the Local Plan. The further modifications relate to the following two sites:

1. Deletion of St Martin’s Garden Primary School from Policy GDS.1/18 and Policy S.3, and associated amendment of the site boundary on the Proposals Map

2. Amendment of the wording of Policy GDS.1/K2: South West Keynsham in relation to housing capacity.

Representations

We would like to hear your views on these two sites. Please read the Schedule of Further Proposed Modifications and fill in one of the response forms. You can use the online questionnaire, download a response form to email or post back, or comment directly to the newly worded policy documents.

Please use a separate form for each representation. The closing date for all representations in 5pm on Wednesday 20th June 2007, representations received after this time are unlikely to be considered.