Have any Authorities had experience of rejecting a plan being submitted to them for Examination? What were the grounds for that rejection?
What if the Plan meets the legal requirements but is poor in every other way (lack of evidence, v poorly written policies which can not be implemented, only the most basic consultation) - are we able to reject it?
In this particular case there has been very limited involvement in the plan preparation by ourselves (despite our considerable efforts to coach and guide) and it is now being submitted. We are concerned that appointing an Examiner will give the impression that we consider it to be sound and credible, when in fact it is not. Its a no win situation, we reject it now we are the bad guys stopping local decision making, but if we let it go through to Examination and it fails reputationally this will also not be good and could make the other NDP groups we work very closely with nervous.
Finally what happens if the Forum takes no further part in the process. In this case there is no steam left and I very much suspect that now submitted they want no further involvement. Thanks.
