…sound by Planning Inspector Geoff Salter.
Bournemouth Borough Council has received the Inspector’s report into its Area Action Plan and it has been found sound as a basis for planning the town centre for the next 14 years. The Council now intend to adopt the plan in February or March next year.
This plan affects a number of the key sites around the town centre, including instances where planning is currently being sought. It will be interesting if the Council take the Inspector’s endorsement as a green light to begin applying the new policy immediately before formal adoption (as indeed they did in the end with the Core Strategy).