Local Plan Archive
The Local Plan was adopted on 15 March 2018 following an Examination in Public and consultation under the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.
The Inspector's Report concluded that the Redbridge Local Plan is "sound" and that it provides an appropriate basis for the planning of the borough, provided that a number of main modifications are made.
Redbridge Local Plan Inspector's Report (PDF 392 KB)
Appendix - Main Modifications (PDF 1.1 MB)
Schedule of Proposed Additional Modifications (PDF 735 KB)
Notice of Publication of the Inspector's Report (PDF 216 KB)
The Main Modifications Consultation closed on 27 November 2017.
The proposed modifications to the Local Plan, and accompanying Sustainability Assessment addenda and Habitats Regulations Assessment addenda are set out below.
For ease of reference and to help understanding of the main modifications, please see a summary here.
The following documents have been updated or produced since the hearing sessions and are provided to assist and inform consultees in understanding the rationale and justification behind the main modifications.
A summary of representations and Council responses is available here: CED 062 Summary of Main Modification Responses (PDF 455 KB)
Alongside the Additional (minor) Modifications (AMs) set out in the Schedule of Proposed Additional Modifications (CED059), the Council made three further AMs to the Plan.
CED 063 Additional Modifications Update December 2017 (PDF 274 KB)
| Consultee | Reference Number |
| Conservators of Epping Forest (City of London Corporation) | R00360 |
| Greater London Authority | R01213 |
| Highways England | R01123 |
| Historic England | R01218 |
| Amec Foster Wheeler for National Grid | R01209 |
| Natural England | R01097 |
| NHS Redbridge CCG | R01263 |
| Sport England | R00325 |
| Savills for Thames Water | R01211 |
| Consultee | Reference Number |
| Ken Bean | R00105 |
| B Bliss | R01262 |
| Clive Durdle | R01259 |
| Jin Goodfellow | R01265 |
| Simon Griffith | R01260 |
| Mark Ling | R01264 |
| Kevin Page, London Green Belt Council | R01168 |
| Chris Gannaway, London Wildlife Trust | R01090 |
| Peter Mann | R01266 |
| Rick Mayston | R01261 |
| Meenakshi Sharma, Neighbourhoods Of Ilford South Engage (NOISE) | R00468 |
| Paul Scott | R01180 |
| Seven Kings and Newbury Park Residents Association | R00411 |
| Nicky Tranmer, South Woodford Society | R00108 |
On 3 March 2017, we submitted the Redbridge Local Plan and supporting documents to the Secretary of State for independent examination.
The Regulation 22 Notice of Submission (PDF 211KB) will give you information about the submission.
Inspector David Smith was appointed to conduct the examination to determine whether the Redbridge Local Plan is sound through a series of hearings.
The Examination hearing sessions took place in June and July 2017. Please refer to documents in the examination hearings section for more details. Information will be updated throughout the examination process.
The agenda for each day of the Examination Hearings.
The examination documents
The statements have been submitted in response to the Inspector’s Issues and Questions by the Council and Representors. These are organised by the issue number they refer to, with the Council statements appearing first. The appendix documents to the Council Statements have been published on this page.
The statements have been submitted in response to the Inspector’s Issues and Questions by the Council and Representors. These are organised by the issue number they refer to, with the Council statements appearing first.
These appendix documents relate to additional information that has been provided during the examination hearings and form part of the Council's hearing statements.
The Local Plan is supported by a robust evidence base and a policies map which identifies key geographical information and sites.
View the inset maps:
The Evidence Base documents have informed the preparation of the Draft Local Plan.
