Where to build?

In the future we may need to provide land for new employment, housing, schools or transport. Any sites we wish to see used for such developments will be identified Pendle Council's Land-use Allocations DPD (Development Plan Document). This document will also help to protect areas of land that make a valuable contribution to our day-to-day lives.

Last summer we issued a second 'call for sites' and received details sites that people felt had development potential. They also told us about sites where development should be resisted, or required to meet higher standards, because of the value they bring to our quality of life or local community (e.g. public open space, conservation areas, employment sites etc.)

On Friday 8th January 2010, Pendle Council will publish a report containing details of 50 site suggestions put forward during last summer's call for sites. The sites listed in the LDF Site Search - Stage 2 Sites Report include:

1.    New sites that were put forward for consideration.

2.    Alternative proposals for one of the 158 sites that were included in the first public consultation held in summer 2007 - i.e. someone may have suggested that a site may be better if developed for housing rather than employment use, or that it should be protected from development rather than allocated for development.

3.    Any other changes to one of the original 158 site submissions - i.e. minor boundary changes.

Please take time to have a look at these proposals and let us have your comments for, or against, the uses that have been suggested. Your views will help to guide decisions on where future development in Pendle should go.
The public consultation will run for six-weeks. It provides you with an opportunity to view those proposals that have not yet been publicised, and to comment on these if you wish to do so. This consultation does not allow you to put forward new sites for consideration.

The report, which includes maps for each of the sites is available to view, or download from the Council's website at www.pendle.gov.uk/landuseallocations

Alternatively copies of the report are available for you to look at in your local library or Council Shop. If you want to comment, response forms are available at each of these locations, although you send a letter, email or fax if you prefer.

The official six-week consultation period will start at 9:00am on Friday 8th January 2010 and close at 5:00pm on Monday 22nd February 2010.

Before coming to any decision on the allocation of sites for development, we will carefully consider your views, together with the economic, social and environmental impacts of any development proposal. Issues that we will look at are possible impacts on health, education, transport, waste, crime, employment etc.

Our final decision will, on balance, seek to offer the best possible quality of life for all concerned, both now and in the future and make the best use of scarce resources such as land. In this way planning will help to play a positive role in delivering our vision for the future of Pendle. This is identified in Our Pendle Our Future, Pendle's Sustainable Community Strategy, which was published last year by Pendle Partnership. Namely:

We want Pendle to be a place where quality of life continues to improve and where people respect one another and their neighbourhoods. We want Pendle to be a place where everyone aspires to reach their full potential. We want to be recognised locally, regionally and nationally as a great area to live, learn, work, play and visit.