Latest news: Examination in
Public
The Examination in Public (EiP) was held
into the WMRSS Phase 2 Revision Preferred option between April 28th and
June 24th 2009.
Next steps: Panel
Report
The Secretary of State appointed an
independent Panel to hold the Examination in Public.
The Panel has now submitted its report to
the Secretary of State outlining its recommendations. The Panel’s
Report was published on Monday 28th September 2009 and can be
downloaded here.
Next steps: Proposed
Changes
The Secretary of State will consider the
Panel Report recommendations before publishing his Proposed Changes to the
draft Phase 2 Revision. The Proposed Changes document and a statement
identifying each of the proposed changes together with the reasons, will be
made available on the Government Office and WMRA websites together with a
further statement advising where and when these documents will be available
for inspection.
Lord McKenzie's letter to WMRA regarding further work on proposed changes can
be found below.
Background to Phase 2
Revision
Further information can be obtained via
the WMRA
Website.
NLP Study
Following the WMRA’s submission of
the RSS Phase 2 Revision Preferred Option on 21 December 2007, Baroness
Andrews wrote to the Chairman of the WMRA expressing concern at the level
of housing proposed in the context of achieving the Government’s
Housing Green Paper targets. Baroness Andrews asked GOWM to
commission further work to examine how additional housing could be
accommodated in the region and Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (NLP) were
appointed to undertake this work. The study was published on 7th
October 2008 and was submitted as evidence to the EiP.
