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Site Allocations and Development Policies DPD

Site Allocations and Development Management Policies

Timetable for Production

  Stage   Time
  Call for Sites
Call for sites from landowners and developers, and identification of the broad issues and constraints
Autumn 2005 to Spring 2007
  Issues and Options
Public consultation on potential approaches for the allocation of sites and policies
March to April 2009
  Preferred Options
Public consultation on the Council's preferred approach
January to February 2010
  Presubmission
Public consultation on the finalised proposed sites and policies
January to February 2011
  Submission
Site Allocations DPD and all public comments received during the proposed submission stage are submitted to Central Government to be examined by an independent planning inspector
May 2011
  Pre Hearing Meeting
A procedural meeting to enable those who wish to appear at or make written representations to understand how the Hearing Sessions will proceed.
9th August 2011
  Examination in Public
The Hearing sessions at the PRESCAP Centre, Fox Street, Preston, PR1 2AB
Opened 20th September 2011 - suspended 17th October 2011
Further Consultation Consultation on the major changes to the document that have been suggested to address issues of soundness arising from the hearing sessions.  19 January to 1 March 2012
  Reconvene Examination in Public The Examination in Public will be reconvened once the Joint Authorities have completed consulting on major changes and submit them to the Planning Inspector Expected in Summer 2012
  Inspectors Report Published   Planned for January 2011 but delayed due to further consultation
  Adoption   Planned for March 2012 but delayed due to further consultation

 

This consultation will run from 19 January to 1 March 2012.
 
Copies of the proposed major changes document and other supporting documents will also be available for viewing during normal opening hours at:
  • Lancashire County Council at County Hall, Pitt Street,Preston, PR1 8XN
  • Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council at Town Hall, King William Street, Blackburn, BB1 7DY and Darwen Town Hall, Croft Street, Darwen, BB3 1BQ
  • Blackpool Borough Council at Customer First Centre, Municipal Building, Corporation Street, Blackpool, FY1 1NF
  • Information Centres
  • Public Libraries 
A list of all the inspection points is available in the 'Download' box on the right of this page. 

 

Examination

We have set up a dedicated page for managing information on the examination in public.  It can be accessed by clicking on the link titled 'Site Allocations Examination' on the left of this page.  


 

 

Previous Stages




 

Submission

Lancashire County Council, Blackpool Borough Council and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (‘Joint Authorities’) have prepared Site Allocations and Development Management Policies development plan document as part of the Lancashire Minerals and Waste Development Framework, which covers the administrative areas of Lancashire County Council, Blackpool Borough Council and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. This document is the mechanism to deliver the Core Strategy and it contains policies that set out the criteria against which planning applications will be considered. It also allocates sites for the treatment of waste or extraction of minerals. 

The Site Allocations and Development Management Policies development plan document has been submitted to the Secretary of State on Tuesday 31 May 2011, the submission documents include: 

 

Copies of the documents and supporting papers are formally available for inspection during office opening hours.
 
Copies of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies development plan document, Proposals Map and background papers will be available for viewing at:
  • Lancashire County Council at County Hall, Pitt Street,Preston, PR1 8XN
  • Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council at Town Hall, King William Street, Blackburn, BB1 7DY and Darwen Town Hall, Croft Street, Darwen, BB3 1BQ
  • Blackpool Borough Council at Customer First Centre, Municipal Building, Corporation Street, Blackpool, FY1 1NF
  •  Information Centres
  • Public Libraries 
A list of all the inspection points is available to download on the right of this page. The Site Allocations Examination page  will be used to publish updates to the examination process, dates for the examination in public etc. 

 

Background Documents

The documents below were submitted as 'Background Documents' to the Site Allocation and Development Management Policies DPD.  They were produced for the previous stages in the documents preparation. 

Preferred Options 2010

Call for Sites 2007

The following sites were submitted for consideration as part of the initial Call for Sites.

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