WLLP Examination

Information

We submitted the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 to the Secretary of State on 31 October 2012 for an Examination in Public (EiP) by a Planning Inspector. 

The tables and links below contain all the submission documents, as well as supporting documents for the Local Plan.  Further series of documents were added during the Examination.

A public Pre-Hearing Meeting took place on 19 December 2012. Notes of that meeting, together with other related papers, are contained within the series of documents EX.116a-f, listed below.

Examination Hearings were held between Tuesday 19 February 2013 and Thursday 7 March 2013 at the Investment Centre, Skelmersdale.

Submission documents

Supporting documents

Due to the volume of the supporting documents, they are broken down into the following sections:

• A: National and regional planning policy, strategies and guidance
• B: West Lancashire and 'other' policy, strategies and guidance
• C: Local Plan preparation stages, including consultation
• D: Local Plan Evidence Base
• E: Cabinet reports and minutes
• F: The Replacement Local Plan 2001-2016

Documents submitted during the Examination

Documents submitted Prior to Hearings

Documents submitted by the Inspector and the Council, and items from the Programme Officer. Documents in this section run from EX.101 to EX.136.

• View Documents submitted during the Examination (prior to hearings) 
• View the Hearing Session Agendas

Hearing Statements submitted

The hearing statements submitted by representors, and the Council, in response to the Inspector's questions can be found using the links below.

• View the hearings statements - Matter 1 to Matter 8 
• View the hearing statements - Matter 9 to Matter 17

Documents submitted during the Examination Hearings

These documents run from EX.201 to EX.243b.

• View the documents submitted during the Examination hearings

Further Statements arising from Inspector's invitations during the hearings

This section of the library includes responses to invitations as covered in other library entries numbered EX224a, EX230a, and EX231a.  These documents run from EX.301a to EX.310a.

• View further statements arising from Inspector's invitations during the hearings

Documents submitted following the close of the Hearings

These documents run from EX.401a to EX.413b. The Inspector's interim views on the Local Plan can be found in the EX.410 series, whilst the Cabinet papers can be found in the EX.413 series. All documents provided in this section were produced following the close of hearings (8 March) and the start of consultation on the Main Modifications (27 June).

• View further documents submitted following the close of the hearings

Notes to the Hearings

• View the Notes to the Hearings

Responses to consultation on revocation of Regional Strategy

See Programme Officer's email (Library item EX.406) for background details. The Council's response is within library document EX.407b.

• View the responses to the consultation on the revocation of Regional Strategy

Response to consultation on household projections

See Programme Officer's email (Library item EX.407c) for background details. The Council's response is within library document EX.407b.

• View the responses to the consultation on household projections

Consultation on the Main Modifications

The Inspector set out his interim views on the modifications required to the policies which cover the strategic and land allocation aspects of the Local Plan, in order to make the Plan sound.  The Inspector's letter, and the accompanying documents, can be found in EX.410a to EX.410i.  In response to the Inspector's interim views, the Council prepared a series of Main and Minor Modifications to the Local Plan, which were approved by Council's Cabinet on 18 June 2013. Consultation on the Main Modifications ran for 6 weeks, from Thursday 27 June to Friday 9 August 2013.  All comments received were then passed to the Planning Inspector for his consideration.

The full library of consultation documents, representations received and correspondence can be found as EX.8 documents.

• View the Main Modifications documents

Publicity

Press notices were placed in the local paper to notify of submission of the Local Plan, notification of the Pre-Hearing Meeting and hearing dates, and consultation on the Main Modifications.