The Statutory Development Plan

Introduction

 

The Statutory Development Plan for Pendle provides a framework for the long-term development and conservation of land within the borough. It sets out the policies and proposals for the use of land, for example for specific development uses or for protection, and is produced jointly by the North West Regional Assembly, Lancashire County Council and Pendle Borough Council.

Decisions on planning applications submitted to Pendle Council are made in accordance with the Statutory Development Plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The Planning System aims to ensure that development provides the most efficient, effective and sustainable use of land in the public interest.

The Statutory Development Plan in Pendle currently comprises the following individual plans:

• The Replacement Pendle Local Plan (Adopted 2006) - to be replaced by the Local Development Framework
• The Regional Spatial Strategy for the North West (Adopted 2003) - currently under review
• The Joint Lancashire Structure Plan (Adopted 2005) - to be replaced by the Local Development Framework
• The Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (Adopted 2001) - currently under review

Collectively, these documents explain what type of development will normally be allowed and where.

The Replacement Pendle Local Plan was adopted in May 2006, and covers the period from 2001 to 2016. However, due to reforms in the way that development plans are structured and prepared (Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004), the Replacement Pendle Local Plan will be saved for a period of only three years. It, together with the Joint Lancashire Structure Plan, will be replaced by the Local Development Framework (LDF), for which work is already well underway.

 

Downloads

A useful introduction to the planning system in England from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) website

A guide to the local development plan system (LDF) from the Planning Portal website