1. District Plan Update 18 th September 2015

2. District Plan Timeline Preferred Options Consultation – 2014 Further evidence gathering Pre-submission Consultation – Spring 2016 Examination Adoption

3. Future Dates District Planning Executive Panel 22 nd October 2015 19 th November 2015 17 th December 2015 East Herts Association of Parish and Town Councils (EHAPTC) 2 nd November 2015 25 th November 2015 6 th January 2016

4. Technical Work Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) Transport Modelling Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Delivery Study Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA) Village Hierarchy Green Belt Review

5. Independent Green Belt Review Tests parcels of land against five purposes Scores each parcel’s overall contribution GBR only one piece of the puzzle NPPF requires ‘sustainable development’

6. Village Assessment A method of categorising villages based on their facilities and access to services, rather than size or population. Builds upon the work completed for the Draft District Plan. Village facilities and services surveyed in 2014 and updated in 2015. Facilities and services subject to a methodology and point system that creates an individual village sustainability total.

7. Neighbourhood Planning Localism Act 2011 NP regulations 2012 EH Updated Neighbourhood Planning Guidance Note December 2014

8. East Herts Activity 1 Neighbourhood Plan adopted: Bishop’s Stortford Silverleys and Meads Wards 1 On-going Neighbourhood Area consultations: Sawbridgeworth Parish 9 Neighbourhood Area designations agreed: Hertford Heath Brickendon Liberty Buntingford Area Bishop’s Stortford Central, South, All Saints and part of Thorley Walkern Standon Braughing Eastwick & Gilston and Hunsdon Parishes Much Hadham