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Find the latest developments on the Dudley Local Plan Examination below.

  • 3 October 2025 - The Action Point 14 response, DMBC30, was originally submitted in September 2025. The Council overlooked some of the policies that should have been addressed through this action point. Another review has been conducted by the Council and therefore this document has been updated. Accordingly, the Examination Documents webpage has been updated with the following document:

  • 29 September 2025 - Please be aware of the following updates to the hearing timetable:

    • Matter 14 Promoting Healthy and Safe Communities is now being heard during the morning session of Tuesday 21st October 2025

    • Matters 15 Infrastructure and Viability, Matter 16 Other Development Management Policies and Matter 17 Implementation, Delivery and Monitoring are now being heard in the afternoon session of Tuesday 21st October 2025

    • The Examination Next Steps session will now take place on Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 11am.

Accordingly, the Examination Documents webpage has been updated with the following document:

If you have requested to participate in the hearing sessions, please carefully check the draft hearing timetable, to ensure that you are listed correctly for all the matters you wish to participate in and the name of your participant is correct. 

Hearing attendees will only be permitted to speak if they are named on the hearing timetable. If you are not listed correctly or have any queries, please contact the Programme Officer immediately.

If you have not received a copy of this letter and believe you should have, please contact the Programme Officer immediately.

A limited consultation on this evidence will take place between Monday 14 July and 5:00pm on Monday 21 July 2025. This consultation is open only to those who submitted representations during the Regulation 19 consultation (held from 18 October to 29 November 2024), and comments must relate solely to the newly published Duty to Co-operate material.

All responses received within the consultation period will be forwarded to the Inspector and the Council and will be published on the examination website. The Council will then have an opportunity to respond by 24 July 2025.

The Programme Officer has written out to all representors. If you have not received an email or letter and believe you should have, please contact the Programme Officer.

For further information on the limited consultation, please see:

If you have any questions on the limited consultation, please contact the Programme Officer.

The Programme Officer will be contacting representors shortly in relation to Action Point 06.

Accordingly, an updated hearing timetable, ID04 v5, has been added to the Examination Documents.

If you have requested to participate in the hearing sessions, please carefully check the draft hearing timetable, to ensure that you are listed correctly for all the matters you wish to attend and the name of your participant is correct. Hearing attendees will only be permitted to speak if they are named on the hearing timetable. If you are not listed correctly or have any queries, please contact the Programme Officer immediately.

If you have requested to participate in the hearing sessions, please carefully check the draft hearing timetable, ID04 v2, to ensure that you are listed correctly for all the matters you wish to attend and the name of your participant is correct. Hearing attendees will only be permitted to speak if they are named on the hearing timetable. If you are not listed correctly or have any queries, please contact the Programme Officer immediately.

Please be aware that ID03 Inspector's Matters, Issues and Questions (MIQs) v3 is an updated version of this document.

DMBC13 is an addendum to SD029 - Dudley Local Plan Submission (Reg 22) Duty to Cooperate Compliance Statement 2025, which corrects errors in the original document.

If you intend to submit a hearing statement, please refer to the Inspector’s Guidance Note to ensure your hearing statement(s) are submitted correctly.

Please ensure postal copies are sent as well as electronic copies.

Electronic copies of your hearing statement(s) are required to be sent to Kerry.trueman@dudley.gov.uk

Two paper copies of your hearing statement(s) should be hole punched and stapled, then sent to the Programme Officer at: Dudley Examination, 1 Pendragon House, Bertram Drive, Meols, Wirral, CH47 0LG.

If you have not received a copy of this letter and believe you should have, please contact the Programme Officer immediately.

The Programme Officer will be writing out shortly to all representors with information on how to take further part in the examination.