Hearing Sessions

The Hearing sessions of the Examination of the South Staffordshire Local Plan Examination will be held virtually in on-line hearing sessions. The first set of hearings were held on Tuesday 27 May and ran until Friday 30 May 2025.

The Hearings that were scheduled for w/c 21 July and w/c 28 July have been postponed.

The Hearings may resume in November, but this will not be confirmed until the Inspectors have considered the response to the consultation on the additional Duty to Co-operate information the Council is submitting. The consultation is scheduled to take place over three weeks starting in mid-August. Once everything has been submitted, the Programme Officer will be in contact with the Representors entitled to respond to the consultation to give them details of the documents open for consultation and how they can respond.

Please see the Inspectors’ Examination Guidance Notes (below) for details on the hearings and the timeframe for further information on the hearings.

Hearings Session Documents:

Hearings Timetable and Participants (006) 22 July 2025

Week 1 (27 May - 30 May) List of the Participants (Updated 29.05.2025)

SST/ED8 Inspectors’ Examination Guidance Notes

SST/ED9 Inspectors’ Matters, Issues and Questions

SST/ED10 Inspectors’ Virtual Hearings Guidance

SST/ED16 Draft Hearings Programme V.1 3.4.25

The hearing statements submitted in response to the Inspectors’ Matters, Issues and Questions can all be accessed on Hearing Statements page.

Hearing Sessions Agendas

Matter 1 - Tuesday 27 May - AM Session

Matter 2 - Tuesday 27 May - AM Session