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Welcome to the 19th edition of Framework, the newsletter that
keeps you up to date on the Local Development Framework (LDF)
and emerging planning policy in Pendle.
This is the most important issue of Framework we have issued to date. It
announces a six week public consultation to consider the Preferred
Options Report for our Core Strategy. This is your opportunity to tell us if
the strategic approach we are proposing to take, to guide development
and growth in Pendle for the next 15 years, reflects the best approach we
can take if we are to improve the area’s fortunes in the future.
Also included are short articles on the draft National Planning Policy
Framework and neighbourhood planning, which will be important features
of the planning system in the years to come.
Core Strategy: Preferred Options Report
This is effectively your final
chance to help us shape the
way Pendle will look in 2026.
The Core Strategy is one of the most
important documents Pendle Council
will produce for many years. It has far
reaching implications, and will be used
by planning officers on a daily basis to
help determine planning applications
for new development in the Borough.
The planning policies in Neighbourhood
Development Plans (see separate
article) will need to be in general
conformity with the strategic policies in
the Core Strategy.
The Preferred Options Report takes
account of published evidence and new
research. More importantly it has been
influenced by two earlier rounds of
public consultation and over 3,500
individual comments. This feedback
from members of the public and
partners, concerned with issues as
diverse as highways, sewage, health,
education, crime and the environment,
has been invaluable.
LIVE
Public Consultation
PUBLIC
CONSULTATION
Our consultation of the Preferred
Options Report will take place from:
9:00am on Friday 28th October to
5:00pm on Monday 12th December
All documents can be viewed or
downloaded from the Council website at:
www.pendle.gov.uk/corestrategy
But, before we can take the Core
Strategy forward we need to be sure
that we have identified the right
answers to the following questions.
Reference copies will be available at
Number One Market Street in Nelson
and at the main libraries in
Barnoldswick, Colne and Nelson.
• What type of development is
needed?
• Where is development most
needed?
• How much new development is
needed?
• Which areas need to be protected
from new development?
A copy of the Preferred Options Report
and representation forms are available
in all Council Shops and local libraries.
If we have got it right then the quality of
life for people in Pendle should
improve, and over time everyone will
have a better chance to reach their full
potential.
Planning officers will also attend a
series of drop-in sessions throughout
Pendle during the course of the sixweek public consultation (please see
local press, Council website and
consultation leaflet for more details).
By working together we can
help to make Pendle a better
place to …
WORK LEARN PLAY
ISSUE 19 : OCTOBER 2011
VISIT
Land-use Allocations
Sustainable Development
Your LDF Team
Up to this point our consultations on
potential site allocations have taken
place alongside those for the Core
Strategy.
Sustainable development seeks to use
resources (land in the case of planning)
in a way that meets human needs
(economic and social) whilst preserving
the environment, so that these needs
can be met not only today, but for
generations to come. The diagram
below shows how this delicate balance
is achieved.
Neil Watson
But, we need to agree our overall
strategy before we can select those
sites that are best placed to help
deliver our strategic objectives for
future development and growth in
Pendle.
Source: Johann Dréo (2006)
The draft National Planning Policy
Framework (NPPF) is a key part of the
Coalition Government’s reforms to make
the planning system less complex and
more accessible, and
to promote
sustainable growth.
The Localism Bill, when enacted, will
allow parish and town councils across
Pendle to establish general planning
policies for the development and use of
land in their area.
There has been much debate in the
national and local press, speculating
about what the NPPF will mean for the
countryside and planning in general.
Whilst some of this may have been
misleading, the final content of the
NPPF will undoubtedly change.
What is clear is that a plan-led
system will remain.
Jonathan Dicken
01282 661723
Senior Planning Officer (Policy)
Shelley Coffey
01282 661716
Planning Policy & Conservation
Planning and Building Control
Pendle Borough Council
Town Hall
Market Street
Nelson
Lancashire BB9 7LG
Neighbourhood
Development Plans
A presumption in
favour of sustainable development is at
the heart of the NPPF. This means that
any development proposals that are
consistent with the local development
plan will be expected to go ahead
without delay.
01282 661330
Principal Planning Officer (Policy)
Contact Us
National Planning
Policy Framework
The NPPF states
that “planning must
operate to encourage
growth and not act
as an impediment.”
John Halton
Senior Planning Offcer (Policy)
As a result the final
public consultation,
to consider all the
sites that have
been proposed, will
not take place until
mid-2012.
The land-use allocations document will
also contain our detailed policies for
development management. So from
late 2013 our borough-wide strategic
and detailed planning guidance,
together with our site allocations will be
in just two documents.
01282 661706
Planning & Building Control Manager
The main way they can do this is to
produce a Neighbourhood Development
Plans (NDP). Whilst there is no
obligation for a parish or town council to
produce such a document, in areas
where they are prepared they will be a
significant factor in the determination of
planning applications, as they will form
part of the statutory Development Plan.
The Government recognises that
neighbourhood planning will not operate
sensibly if its policies are in conflict with
those produced by the local planning
authority, so all NDPs must:
• Have regard to national planning
policies and advice in guidance from
the Secretary of State.
• Be in general conformity with the
strategic policies in the development
plan for the area.
Pendle Council, as local planning
authority will, through the Core Strategy,
continue to establish the strategic
context for planning in the Borough.
Telephone:
01282 661330
Email:
[email protected]
Website: www.pendle.gov.uk/planning
LDF Update
This summary, based on our Local
Development Scheme, shows you what stage
we have reached in preparing each of the
documents to be included in the Pendle LDF.
LDF Document
Core Strategy DPD
Land-use & Development Mgmt. DPD
Stage
1
1
Bradley Area Action Plan DPD
4
South Valley Area Action Plan DPD
Conservation Area Design SPD
4
Design Principles SPD
4
Open Countryside & AONB SPD
Brierfield Canal Corridor SPD
4
Brierfield Railway Street Area SPD
4
1
2
3
4
Regulation 25
A period of ongoing informal consultation
seeking to identify the key issues to be
addressed and consider all reasonable
alternatives for dealing with these issues.
Regulation 27 (DPD) or 17 (SPD)
Publication stage – a formal six-week public
consultation to consider what the Council
believes to be the ‘final’ version of its
document.
Regulations 30 and 31 (DPDs only)
Independent examination (Regulation 31)
of the document submitted to the
Secretary of State (Regulation 30).
Regulation 36 (DPD) or 19 (SPD)
Document adopted.
2009
For an alternative format of this
document phone 01282 661330