Examination in Public (EIP) update

The EIP is where the government-appointed Inspector examines Dacorum’s draft Local Plan in its entirety, including all of the proposed sites for development.

The EIP process will start on 16th September for stage one. At this point it is not yet clear how many more stages there will be, or how long they will last.

The GFRA has been successful in gaining one of the very limited seats at the EIP table at this initial stage, based on the strength of our submissions in the consultation period before Christmas.

We are being guided throughout by Varsity Associates, the planning consultancy we have been able to hire through generous donations from GFRA members and residents of Tring.

Our strategy remains to argue that the draft Local Plan is “unsound”. If the Plan is found to be unsound, Dacorum will have to submit an amended plan which we hope will be much more acceptable to Tring.