Proposed Submission Epsom and Ewell Local Plan (2022-2040) – Regulation 19 Consultation

The Council held a public consultation on the Proposed Submission Epsom and Ewell Local Plan from 20 December 2024 to 5 February 2025. This is the plan we submitted for public examination. Thank you to everyone who submitted a response.

We recognised that the Regulation 19 consultation stage was more technical than the previous Regulation 18 stage, and it is for this reason that we:

• produced a guidance document to assist residents in submitting responses
• provided short webinar on the Local Plan regulation 19 consultation
• held four bookable events to provide one to one support for residents.

Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan: Preferred Options (2022-2040) Consultation and responses  

The Council consulted on a Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan from 12:00 on Wednesday 1 February to 23:59 Sunday 19 March 2023.    

During the consultation period the planning team hosted six public consultation events, and promoted the consultation through a wide range of communications channels, to engage residents as widely as possible.  

Thank you to the 1,736 individuals or organisations that responded to the consultation on the Draft Local Plan during the consultation period through our consultation platform, by email or in writing.   

The responses received during the consultation period are now available to view on our consultation portal.  

Please note: Any comments that were received during the consultation period which were considered to be inflammatory, offensive or otherwise inappropriate have been redacted.   

Whilst the comments have gone through a redaction process to remove offensive comments from the published responses, it is possible that some comments remain publicly viewable that may be offensive to some people. Such comments are not the views of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, and the council does not condone the use of potentially offensive language and/or remarks. If you come across any comments which you or others may find offensive, please email localplan@epsom-ewell.gov.uk and we will consider redacting them.  

Local Plan Pause 

Following the close of the consultation on the Draft Local Plan, on the 22 March 2023 an Extraordinary Council Meeting was held where a Motion was debated and the Council agreed that the Local Plan process be paused.  

On the 15 June 2023 a Local Plan Update Report was considered by the Licensing and Planning Policy Committee (LPPC) to provide an update on the work undertaken following the decision on the 22 March by Council.   

On the 26 September 2023 the Licencing and Planning Policy Committee considered a report on un-pausing the Local Plan. This was followed by a decision by Full Council on 24 October 2023 to un-pause the plan.