The following briefing provides a summary of the panel’s report on the examination of the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (WMRSS) phase two revision – hereafter referred to as the RSS. The public consultation on the Assembly’s submitted document ended on the 8 December 2008. This was followed by the Examination in Public by an Independent Panel which running between 28 April to 24 June 2009. The HBF gave evidence at the Examination. The Panel report was published on 28 September 2009.
The focus of the phase 2 was housing, employment, transport and retail, targets for these and land allocation and distribution. A phase 3 consultation is currently underway which will consider rural services, gypsy and traveller sites, culture, sport and tourism and environment and minerals policy.
