Guidance for programme officers. LDP examinations
Publication Year
2014
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Provides guidance on how to carry out the role of a programme officer during local development plan examinations in Wales. Covers: the qualities of an effective Programme Officer; the Programme Officer and the Inspector; role of the Programme Officer; office arrangements for the Programme Officer and Inspector; examination library and website; representations database; pre-hearing meeting; pre-hearing meeting/hearings venue; hearings; preparing the examination programme; processing documents; final preparations for the hearings part of the examination; closing the examination/handover; and getting started.
Publisher Information
Planning Inspectorate Wales
The Planning Inspectorate Wales division dealt with planning appeals, national infrastructure planning applications, examinations of local plans and other planning-related and specialist casework in Wales. Its functions were taken over by the Welsh Government in October 2021 and it is now known as Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW).
