Local Need for Community Uses
6.1 As community facilities tend to be used by residents of a wider area, the local need for community facilities can be a proven need either within this settlement or adjacent settlements.
6.2 Evidence for such uses may come from a range of sources, including (but not limited to):
- Lancashire Care - Provide health and wellbeing services for the area, working with a multitude of partners.
- My Neighbourhoods
- Clinical Commissioning Group - to provide detailed information on the health needs of an area. This evidence should clearly demonstrate the need for the proposed use, and also for its scale - for example a large community centre will not be accepted, if the submitted evidence only demonstrates the need for a small centre.