When finally settled and approved by the Government the current
local plans will be superseded by:
 
The South East Plan The draft South East Plan provides for 578,000 homes to be built in the South East over the next 20 years. Of this total, 4,600 have been allocated to Waverley (i.e. an average of 230 new homes a year). The draft plan has been produced by the South East England Regional Assembly after very lengthy consideration. The draft plan has been examined by a panel of Planning Inspectors who in their report to the Government have recommended that the quota of new homes to be allocated to Waverley should be increased to an average of 250 a year.

Waverley's Core Strategy The Core Strategy, which forms the central plank of the planning documents which will replace the current local plan, was drafted by Waverley. In it Waverley rejected the option of a new settlement in the Borough, subject to review if the allocation of housing under the South East Plan to Waverley is significantly increased beyond an average of 230 a year. The draft Core Strategy was submitted to a Planning Inspector for it to be examined for soundness. However Waverley withdrew the draft from the examination and must now redraft it.