District Plan Review - Examination

12th February 2026

The Council has published its Infrastructure Delivery Plan (December 2025) and 1 April 2025 Housing Trajectory. These can be found in the Evidence Library.

4th February 2026 - Update from the Inspector

Some representors have asked whether they can participate in the discussion on Matter 6, scheduled for 8 March, to make comments about sites that have not been included in the plan. It is important to recognise that the Inspector is examining the soundness of the plan itself and its site allocations, not housing sites that have been omitted from it. The Matter 6 session is necessary to understand and assess the soundness of the Council’s site selection process, but this will be at a high level. There are several omission sites and it would be an inefficient use of examination time to hear detailed representations about their merits and demerits either from objectors or from site promoters. The Inspector will therefore not accept or consider such representations.

2nd February 2026

The Council has published its response to the Inspector's comments on Development Management Policies (IDJB-02). This has been added to the examination library.

26th January 2026
The Council has published its response to the Inspector's initial letter (IDJB-01) in the form of three topic papers:

• MS-TP1: Updates Since Submission
• MS-TP2: Housing
• MS-TP3: Employment

These have been added to the examination library. In addition, the Council has added some additional documents to the Evidence Library.

16th January 2026

The Inspector has provided a Guidance Note and draft Hearing Programme for the forthcoming hearings, scheduled to commence on 24th February 2026. The Council has Given Notice of the Examination, details available below.

The Inspector has also provided the Council with comments and proposed modifications on Development Management policies and Matters and Issues for Examination.

The documents have been added to the Inspector's Documents section below and the Council will respond in due course.

24th December 2025

The Inspector Jonathan Bore has issued a letter (Letter IDJB-01) to the Council which has been published in the examination library.

8th December 2025

The Planning Inspectorate has written to inform the Council that a new Inspector has been appointed to conduct the examination of the Mid Sussex District Plan 2021 – 2039.

• Letter from the Planning Inspectorate advising of a new Inspector (December 2025)

The District Plan 2021 – 2039 was formally submitted to the Planning Inspectorate on Monday 8^th July 2024.

The Secretary of State has appointed Jonathan Bore MRTPI to hold an independent examination of the Mid Sussex District Plan Review.

Information about the examination process can be found here. This page includes the Procedure Guide for Local Plan Examinations which provides detailed practical advice and a short guide aimed at people taking part in their first local plan examination.

District Plan Evidence Library

The evidence base and submission documents can be found on the District Plan 2021 – 2039 Evidence Library.

The Programme Officer undertakes the administration of the examination under the direction of the Planning Inspector and all communications are handled by the Programme Officer.

Charlotte Glancy
Programme Officer

c/o Banks Solutions
64 Lavinia Way
East Preston
West Sussex
BN16 1EF

Mobile: 07519 628064
E-mail: bankssolutionsuk@gmail.com

• Note of Examination Hearings 2026

• Notice of Examination Hearings