Somerset Local Plan
Somerset Council are progressing the Somerset Local Plan 2045. The timetable for this is set out in the Local Development Scheme for Somerset. A summary of the timetable is as follows:
- Commencement – April 2023
- Evidence gathering and early engagement – April 2023 – December 2025
- Regulation 18 consultation on Draft Plan – April 2026
- Regulation 19 publication – October 2027
- Submission for independent examination – January 2028
- Inspector’s report – February 2029
- Adoption – March 2029
Work to date has been focussed on producing evidence base, early engagement exercises and a Call for Sites. As evidence base and engagement is completed, these reports will be added to this webpage.
Local Plan update reports are presented to the Planning and Transport Sub-Committee of the Executive. These provide detail on work that has taken place.
- Local Plan Update Report – 11 February 2025 as part of the Local Development Scheme Committee Report
- Local Plan Update Report – 8 October 2024
- Local Plan Progress Report – 14 February 2024
Until the Somerset Local Plan 2045 is adopted, the current Local Plan documents for the former district council areas remain part of the Development Plan until they are replaced either wholly or in part by the Somerset Local Plan.
Work had progressed on the review of existing former district councils Local Plans. Although these will not now be progressed, this work remains relevant to the new Somerset Local Plan. And information gathering through engagement activities will remain important in shaping the new Somerset Local Plan.