Six months into its second year, the story of the
Development Brief for the Mill Lane Opportunity Site
required by South Bucks District Council (SBDC) in its
Core Strategy statement, continues.
The Council Officers are working to achieve the Council's
agreement on the content of the Brief with a Steering
Group comprising prospective developers Barratts Homes
and the several Mill Lane landowners, and a Working Party
comprising the Taplow Parish Council (TPC), the Hitcham
and Taplow Society (HTS) and the Ellington Road and District
Association (EDRA).
A draft version of the Brief was presented to the Council's
Policy Advisory Group (PAG) on 2 July. It was decided that
further work was neeeded and a revised draft version will
be presented at a meeting of PAG on 26 October.
If this draft is accepted it will be published for a six
weeks Public Consultation.
Amendments will be made to the Brief by the Council
Officers and the PAG after consideration of the comments,
required by law, from various Statutary Bodies, and the
responses to the consultation made by Local Authorities
and Organisations and by members of the general public.
Then the final version of the Brief will be presented for
approval to a meeting of all SBDC Councillors in April
next year and if it is accepted it will be published as
an Appendix to the Core Strategy.
At that point developers will be invited to submit planning
applications which conform to the specifications of the
Development Brief.
Karl Lawrence
