Examination in public archive

Pre Hearing Meeting

The Programme Officer wrote to all those who made representations to the Pre Submission Draft DPD with regard to a Pre Hearing Meeting (PHM) held within the Forest Room of the Forest Lodge Hotel, Pikes Hill, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7AS on Wednesday 14 July 2010.

The purpose of the PHM was to discuss procedural arrangements for the Examination and was an opportunity to ask any questions regarding the process.

The merits of individual representations or questions of soundness were not explored at the PHM. Matters which related to the soundness of the DPD, and which the Inspector wished to raise with the Authority and those who indicated that they wished to speak, were dealt with at the subsequent Hearing Sessions. Attendance at the PHM was not compulsory, a full minute was available shortly afterwards and if persons were unable to attend it did not prejudice their future involvement in the Examination. Any questions regarding the scope of the PHM were addressed to the Programme Officer, Mr Kemp, who answered any queries.

PHM documents:

Documents relating to the Pre Hearing Meeting can be found below:

• Introduction letter (80 KB)
• PHM Briefing Note (156 KB)
• Agenda (72 KB)
• Note of meeting (158 KB)

Final list of issues and participants

Following consultation on the draft list of Issues and Participants and discussion at the Pre Hearing Meeting a Final list was prepared and formed the basis of discussions at the hearing sessions. Representors who were not taking part in the discussions were more than welcome to attend any session as an observer.

• Issues and participants (142 KB)

Statements Submitted to the Examination

Following the publication of the Final List of Matters, Issues and Participants the following statements were received by the Inspector from Representors

New Forest National Park Authority opening statement (59 KB)

The Programme Officer

The Programme Officer, Ian Kemp, acted as the contact point for any person who had made representations at the submission stage, and as a liaison between the Inspector, the National Park Authority and examination participants.

He acted independently on behalf of the Inspector to organise and manage the administrative and procedural matters of the examination process and was the first point of contact for any questions relating to timetabling or procedural matters. All statements were submitted through him.

Any matters that anyone wished to raise with the Inspector were submitted via the Programme Officer.

Documents submitted to the Inspectorate

On 28th May 2010, the New Forest National Park Authority submitted their Core Strategy and Development Management Policies DPD to the Planning Inspectorate, along with a number of supporting documents.

These documents can be viewed below

Core documents list (297 KB)