The Penwortham Town Neighbourhood Plan meets the Basic Conditions and its promotion process is compliant with legal and procedural requirements.
Paragraph 38A(4)(a) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires the Council to make the Neighbourhood Plan if more than half of those voting in the referendum have voted in favour of the Plan being used to help decide planning applications in the area. The Plan was endorsed by more than the required threshold in the referendum on 9 February 2016.
