The Central Lancashire Local Plan (CLLP) is a strategic plan for the area of South Ribble, Chorley and Preston and sets out the three councils’ approach to managing and delivering development (residential, employment and other infrastructure) for the three districts between 2023 and 2041.
It is an important strategy which supports delivery of corporate ambitions and objectives, such as provision of affordable housing, tackling health and social inequalities and tackling the climate emergency.
It sets out a mandate for the three councils in shaping future growth in the three districts and ensuring this is determined locally.
Following the consultation there will be a period where the planning inspector will scrutinise the plan and then once adopted, it will replace the Central Lancashire Core Strategy (2012), the Chorley Local Plan (2015), the Preston Local Plan (2015) and the South Ribble Local Plan (2015).
Consultation
The Central Lancashire partnership have engaged on the development of the Central Lancashire Local Plan through two previous consultations: Issues and Options, and Preferred Options.
All three councils have now approved the Central Lancashire Local Plan for the Regulation 19 stage of the plan making process. The consultation is expected to go live in February 2025.
Regulation 19 is the final opportunity for stakeholders, consultation bodies and any others to provide feedback on the new local plan, before it’s submitted to the Secretary of State in Summer 2025.
Representations made must only refer to the tests of soundness and legal compliance of the plan and set how where and how the local plan does not meet the tests. Representors are asked if they wish to suggest a change to part of the local plan, they clearly set out why and how the plan should be changed.
More detail on the consultation, and how to contribute, will be shared shortly.