Local Plan news

22nd February

Cabinet will consider the Inspector's Report and the Local Plan, and be asked to support the adoption of the Local Plan. To view the Cabinet Papers, please see: Cabinet Agenda for Thursday 2nd March 2023.

The final decision will be taken by the Full Council on the Wednesday 22nd March.

10th February

This document has been added to the Examination Library:

CC 188 - Habitats Regulations Assessment Audit Trail(PDF 659KB)

Please note: This document is for background information only and not for consultation.

27th January 

Local Plan – Inspector’s Report

The independent Planning Inspector, Miss Katie Child B.Sc. (Hons) MA MRTPI, was appointed by the Secretary of State for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to examine the draft Local Plan.

The Council received the Inspector’s Final Report on 26th January. The next step will be consideration of the draft Local Plan by the Cabinet, which will be asked to support its adoption. The final decision will be taken by the Full Council. This will take place over the next 8 weeks.

Final Inspector’s Report in to the Examination of the Calderdale Local Plan:

• Calderdale Local Plan Inspectors Report(PDF 898KB)
• Calderdale Local Plan - Appendix 1 Main Modifications Written Statement(PDF 2.7MB)
• Calderdale Local Plan - Appendix 2 Main Modifications Site Allocations(PDF 7.2MB)

9th November

Local Plan Main Modifications consultation

(Closed on Friday 21st October at 5pm.)

Apart from those comments which were submitted directly to the Portal, the Council also received several comments submitted by email.

All additional comments have been added to the Consultation Portal.

24th October

The Consultation on the Local Plan Main Modifications closed on Friday 21st October at 5pm.

All Representations made during the consultation period will be submitted to the Planning Inspector for consideration.

30th September

Main Modifications' consultation extended to Friday 21st October (5pm).

This is due to updates on Transport and Secondary Education Infrastructure in the Southeast Calderdale Area. For more details, please read: 

CC187 - Infrastructure Update(PDF 172KB)

20th September

Erratum Notice - Local Plan Main Modifications Consultation

It has been brought to the Council’s attention that the incorrect map was included in the Local Plan Main Modifications Appendix 1 (SD01.2) consultation document which is available for comment as part of the Council’s Main Modifications Consultation commencing 12th August 2022. The error relates to modification reference MM217 and site reference LP0177; Land adjacent to Ellistones Place, Saddleworth Road, Greetland. The error has now been rectified and a document containing the correct map uploaded to the Council’s consultation portal dated 20th September 2022.

A further issue has been reported in the same document in relation to modification reference MM218 and site reference LP0952; Land at New Gate Farm, Saddleworth Road, Greetland whereby the list of ‘reports required’ is missing from the Main Modifications schedule. This has been included in the re-published version of SD01.2.

Comments already submitted on the Local Plan Main Modifications Appendix 1 (SD01.2) document are unaffected by this issue but consultees are advised to take note of these changes and submit comments on the revised document as appropriate. The Council apologises for any inconvenience these errors have caused.

18th August

These documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC 134a - Standard Methodology Housing Calculations(PDF 158KB)
• CC 184 - South East Calderdale Programme Updates(PDF 64KB)
• CC 185 - Additional Plans re. Traffic Flows(PDF 649KB)
• CC 186 - Cabinet Report Update (11th July 2022)(PDF 63KB)

Please note: These are for background information only and not for consultation.

To comment on the Main Modifications consultation, please visit: 

Consultation Portal

11th July

Cabinet met on 11th July to discuss the consultation on the Local Plan Main Modifications.

For more details, please see: Agenda and draft minutes.

9th May

Document CC48.2 - Additional Changes to the Schedule of Minor Boundary Changes to Green Belt, is now available to view in the Examination Library.

CC 48.2 - Further changes to Schedule of Minor Boundary Changes to Green Belt May 2022(PDF 239KB)

The production of this Paper has been necessitated by the need to carry out a final clean-up of the Green Belt boundary following completion of the Examination Hearings into the Calderdale Local Plan.

The paper details changes that have been necessitated by base map corrections, changes to proposed site allocations and any other incidental changes that affect Green Belt as the Council moves towards consultation on Main Modifications.

This paper should be read in context with the Council’s Technical Paper on Exceptional Circumstances for the release of Green Belt (EV09), Additional Changes to Schedule of Minor Boundary Changes to Green Belt Paper (CC48.1) and Chapter 19 (Green Belt and Rural Areas) of the Calderdale Local Plan.

This paper follows on directly from the Schedule of Minor Boundary Changes to Green Belt Paper (CC48) and details additional minor boundary changes to the Green Belt.

EV 09 - Technical Paper on Exceptional Circumstances for the release of Green Belt(PDF 649KB)

CC 48 - Schedule of Minor Boundary Changes to Green Belt(PDF 729KB)

CC 48.1 - Further changes to Schedule of Minor Boundary Changes to Green Belt Sept 2020(PDF 1.7MB)

23rd March

The Council received the Planning Inspector’s post hearing letter on Monday, 21st March 2022. The letter follows the completion of the Stage 4 hearings and marks the start of the next stage of the Local Plan preparation, which is known as the ‘Main Modifications’ stage. The letter is not to be confused with the Final Inspector’s report on the Local Plan, which will be written after completion of the Main Modifications consultation.

21st March

A public consultation was held for 6 weeks on the updated document CC149d Habitats Regulations Assessment. The comments submitted may be viewed in the Examination Library under 'Consultation Comments'.  

17th March

The Council has now completed all task lists which were created as a result of outstanding items and further requirements from each of the 4 hearing stages. Each task list item highlights an action point raised and provides a link to a response from the Council. The responses may also be viewed in the Examination Library as individual documents. Please note, over the last few weeks, several documents have been added to the Examination Library, details of these documents may be viewed in the ‘Latest News’ section:  

• Stage 1 - CC17b
• Stage 2 - CC85e
• Stage 3 - CC156a
• Stage 4 - CC162b

14th March

Earlier this year, the Council responded to INS27, the Inspectors note on Smart Motorways in document CC122a. Their response has now been updated to reflect additional work carried out in the Habitats Regulation Assessment and may be viewed in document CC122b. 

10th March

The following documents are now available and may be viewed in the Examination Library:

• CC171 - Stage 2 - M17 Task 138 Elland Housing Allocations, re Council’s Transport Evidence Base and specifically CC62b TN13
• CC172 - Stage 2 - Matter 28 Task 231 Crushed Rock assumptions
• CC173 - Stage 1 - Task 4  - Where is it written that each Local Authority in LCR would meet their own Employment Needs?
• CC174 - Stage 2 - Tasks 111, 135 and 136 Update on capacities and progress of allocations LP0565, LP1654 and LP1655
• CC175 - Stage 2 - Matter 17 task 141 - LP0026 Site Availability Map
• CC176 - LP0103 - Map for Site LP0103 – Indicative Developable area
• CC177 - Stage 2, Matter 8,  Task 13 - Detail on the timetable for updating the West Yorkshire Low Emission Strategy (WYLES).
• CC178 - Stage 3, Task 11 West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) Transport Plus Fund Review 2021. To clarify the position to the timeline for spending the monies in the fund.

SS58 – Site Specific Information for Daisy Bank:

• LP0397 Daisy Bank Supplementary Note
• Daisy Bank Official Copy (Deed of grant) 11.09.1991 - WYK373096
• Daisy Bank Official Copy (Deed of partition) 01.06.1921 - YY90561

2nd March

The following documents are now available to view in the Examination Library:

CC169 - S106 agreements completed related to communicated sums for application dating from 2018 - 2021

CC170 - Councils response to Matter 17 task 148 - Elland Housing Allocations, with regards to LP1567 Land at Exley Lane, Elland

2nd March

Document CC171 is now available to view. This note provides a response to a task from the Inspector arising from the Matter 17 Hearing Session on the Elland Housing Allocations, with regards to the Council’s Transport Evidence Base and specifically CC62b Technical Note 13.

25th February

At the last hearing session, the representative for Clifton Village Neighbourhood Forum asked the Inspector for permission to submit late evidence. The following document on Roof Tax – OTH 09 was submitted by NJL Planning obo the Forum and the Council were asked to respond. The Councils response may be found in document CC168 with an appendix CC168.1. The Inspector has had sight of all the documents and has informed the Forum and the Council that she is not seeking any further comments from any parties as this stage and will take account of these documents when reaching any conclusions on the soundness and legal compliance of the submitted Calderdale Local Plan.

25th February

At the last hearing session, the representative for Clifton Village Neighbourhood Forum asked the Inspector for permission to submit late evidence. The following document on Roof Tax – OTH 09 was submitted by NJL Planning obo the Forum and the Council were asked to respond. The Councils response may be found in document CC168 with an appendix CC168.1. The Inspector has had sight of all the documents and has informed the Forum and the Council that she is not seeking any further comments from any parties as this stage and will take account of these documents when reaching any conclusions on the soundness and legal compliance of the submitted Calderdale Local Plan.

25th February

CC162a The Stage 4 Hearing task list has now been updated to show any new documents which have been released by the Council in response to action points raised during the hearings.

9th February

The Statement of Community Involvement has been updated.

3rd February

The Council is now seeking comments on CC149d Calderdale Local Plan Habitats Regulations Assessment - Air Quality Assessment. (HRA).

The Council consulted on the HRA in 2018, prior to submission of the Local Plan to the Secretary of State (see SD10, SD11 and SD12.1 to SD12.6).

Natural England expressed concern, during this consultation, that insufficient evidence had been submitted within the HRA with respect to the assessment of traffic emissions on the South Pennine Moors SPA/SAC. They stated that an assessment of air quality impacts associated with the Local Plan will be needed.  An air quality assessment to inform the HRA has been undertaken and the Council are now consulting on this assessment.

This is a statutory consultation and you are invited to make representations. Please submit representations to spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk. Comments are invited between Friday 4 February and 5pm on Monday 21 March 2022.

3rd February

Document CC167 The Councils response to action point 67 in the Stage 2 Hearings Task List for Matter 12 (Site assessment process and the Green Belt) is now available to view in the Examination Library.

27th January

The Inspector wrote to the Council asking for further information with regards to Smart Motorways and how they will affect the Local Plan after the Government announced on 12th January 2022. The roll-out of new all lane running Smart Motorway schemes is to be paused until 5 years of safety data is available. Please see the Inspectors message to the Council in document INS27. The Council have responded to the Inspector, please see document CC122a.

18th January

CC166 is now available to view. This note provides a response to the Inspector regarding the assumptions in the viability work, with regards to Part L of the Building Regulations and completes action point 35 for Matter 8 in the Stage 2 Task list (CC85).

CC165 is now available to view. This note provides a response to the Inspector regarding the status of two Local Plan sites in the Replacement Calderdale Unitary Development Plan and completes action point 64 in the Stage 2 Task list (CC85).

13th January

The final Local Plan hearing session on Air Quality took place yesterday. The session was carried out virtually and streamed live for observers to view on the Councils YouTube Channel. 

This was followed by a closing session with the Inspector and the Council. The next steps and timelines were addressed. 

The Council will now work towards finalising any outstanding action points and complete work on Main Modifications, the Inspector will issue a post hearings letter in due course. All information, as it becomes available, will be placed in the Examination Library and updated in the Examination News.

12th January

CC163, Capacity of LP0454 - Land Off Wheatley Road, Lee Mount, Halifax is now available to view in the Examination Library. This document is in response to item 180 from the Stage 2 Action List (CC85d).

11th January

CC162, a running task list created at the end of Stage 4 hearings, is now available to view. The document will be updated at regular intervals as action points are completed by the Council. 

21st December 2021

Live hearing update: The hearing will no longer be held as a live session at The Shay. It will be carried out virtually and may be observed by everyone on the Councils YouTube Channel. All other details remain the same. The session is on Air Quality and will start at 10am on Tuesday 11th January 2022 and will follow the Inspectors amended agenda INS26a.

16th December 2021

Stage 4 live hearings will continue on Tuesday 11th January, please see document INS26a - The Inspectors Amended hearing agenda for further details. 

Note: The hearing will no longer include the afternoon session on the Council’s Habitats Regulations Assessment work (CC149) (following publication of a Statement of Common Ground between the Council and Natural England, CC149c).

The morning session will focus on the Council’s new Technical Note on Air Quality (CC157) and follows on from the hearing session on Air Quality held on 29th September 2021.   

The hearing will be held live at the Shay Stadium, unless circumstances change. The hearing session may also be observed live on the Councils YouTube Channel. 

3rd December 2021

CC110m – The List of Documents published for further consultation has been updated. It now shows consultation comment for CC125d 'Annual Update for 2020/2021 year, Housing trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply'.

29th November 2021

CC161 - Pupil Projections and Housing Trajectory has now been added to the examination library for you to view. It was requested by the inspector as an action point resulting from Stage 3 hearings.

15th November 2021

INS26 - Stage 4 Hearing Agenda for Air Quality and Habitat Regulation Assessment is now available to view for the forthcoming live hearing session which takes place on Tuesday 11th January 2022. The hearing will be held at The Shay Stadium, Shaw Street, Halifax. HX1 2YS. The hearing will also be streamed live to the Councils YouTube Channel.

12th November 2021

One new document has been added to the Examination Library. The Council is publishing this document both for information and to enable interested parties to submit comments. It is:

CC125d: Update for 2020/2021 Year: Housing Trajectory and Five-Year Housing Land Supply.

Comments must be received by 5pm on Friday 26th November.

All comments are to be emailed to the Spatial Planning Team at spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by the above date.

CC159: Affordable Housing Trajectory has also been published in the Examination Library for information.

9th November 2021

The Council have issued CC160 Technical Note for Air Quality in response to the Inspectors questions asked at the previous stage of the examination hearings.

5th October 2021

At the Local Plan Examination Stage 4 Hearings held on 29-30 September 2021, the Inspector agreed to a request that the Council publish a technical note produced to inform the Council’s response to question 4 on the Agenda for Wednesday 29th September 2021.

CC157: Stage 4 hearing (air quality) – compliance with EU Directive

Interested parties are invited to submit comments regarding document CC157 during a consultation period which ends at 5pm on Wednesday 20th October 2021.

All comments must be emailed to the Spatial Planning Team (Calderdale Council) at spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by 5pm on Wednesday 20th October 2021 and should clearly indicate that comments relate to CC157.

Please note that your comments and name will be sent to the Local Plan Inspector and published on the Council’s website. No personal contact details such as telephone numbers or emails will be published. Anonymous comments will not be accepted.

For details of previous consultations, please see CC110 in the Examination Library.

For any queries about this consultation, please contact the Spatial Planning Team or for more details, visit: Local Plan.

30th September 2021

CC158 - Waste Site Capacity Table has been released by the Council. It was requested as an action point as result of the Stage 4 hearing session on Waste Sites which took place on Thursday 30th September.

28th September 2021

Stage 4 hearings will start at 10am on Wednesday 29th September with the session on Air Quality.

INS25b, an updated Hearing Programme, including agendas and participants has now been added to the Examination Library.

All sessions will be streamed live on the Councils YouTube Channel.

21st September 2021

Please see CC146 Sustainability Appraisal - Comments for Stainland and District Parish Council [PDF 143KB].

The document was incorrectly placed with comments for CC149. Those persons participating in or observing Stage 4 hearings may wish to refer to it.

16th September 2021

INS25a – An updated draft hearing programme is now available and includes a list of participants for Stage 4 hearings.

Note: The Session for HRA (Habitat Regulations Assessment) which was due to take place on Wednesday 29th September at 2pm has now been postponed. A new date will be issued shortly.

13th September 2021

CC110j - Documents published for further consultation, has now been updated to show consultation comments for CC146 (Sustainability Appraisal Policy Options and Filtered Sites), CC147 (Habitat Regulations Assessment) and CC152 (Regeneration Action Areas – Proposed new policy).

10th September 2021

CC156 - Stage 3 Task list, showing action points which were raised as a result of the stage 3 hearings is now attached, highlighting the Councils responses as they become available.

23rd August 2021

CC110i 'Documents Published for Further Comment‘ has been updated to include links to view comments from recent Consultations.

18th August 2021

Stage 4 Hearings

The Inspector has released document INS25: Stage 4 Hearing Programme and Agenda [PDF 128KB]. Detailed information for the hearings may be found on the Live Hearings page in the Examination Library. The Stage 4 Hearings will take place on 29th and 30th September and will again, be carried out virtually and may be watched live on Calderdale Councils YouTube channel.

29th July 2021

On 2nd July, an email was sent out seeking comments on CC132 & CC132a. At this point the Council was not seeking specific comments in relation to CC150 and CC151; as these were supporting documents in response to comments previously made. Please note: the council wishes to clarify that comments can be made on documents CC150 and CC151.

In order order to allow additional time for consultees to prepare and submit comments on documents reference CC150 Technical Note - Model Validity May 2021 and CC151 Air Quality Assessment Supplementary Information June 2021 the consultation period has been extended. It will now finish on Monday 9th August at 5pm.

All comments are to be emailed to the Spatial Planning Team at spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk.

26th July 2021

The following documents have been added to the examination library:

• CC 153 LP1041 - Review of Developable Area [PDF 2119KB]
• CC 154 LP1036 - Review of Cricket Ground [PDF 344KB]
• CC 155 LP1229 - Brook Embankment [PDF 298KB]

23rd July 2021

Two new documents have been added to the Examination Library. The Council is now seeking comments on these documents. They are:

• CC125c Update to CC125 Housing Trajectory/Five-Year Housing Land Supply [PDF 1357KB]

Comments must be received by 5pm on Friday 6th August 2021 (CC125c).

• CC152 Regeneration Action Areas - Proposed New Policy [PDF 218KB].

Comments must be received by 5pm on Monday 6th September 2021 (CC152).

All comments are to be emailed to the Spatial Planning Team at spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by the above dates.

2nd July 2021

The Council is now seeking comments on CC132 & CC132a. This consultation is to allow parties additional time to submit comments in relation to the Air Quality report. Please see news items from 26th May, 3rd June and 17th June for more details. The Council is not seeking specific comments in relation to CC150 and CC151; these are supporting documents in response to comments previously made.

All comments are to be emailed to the Spatial Planning Team at spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by the date shown in CC110f. Please note there are different end dates for different documents.

These documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC110f Documents Published for Further Comment (Latest)
• CC 150 Technical Note-Model Validity May 2021
• CC 151 Calderdale Local Plan Air Quality Assessment Supplementary Information June 2021

25th June 2021

The Council is seeking comments on documents where interested parties have not previously had the opportunity to comment.

CC110f Documents Published for Further Comment for consultation.

All comments are to be emailed to the Spatial Planning Team at spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by the date shown in CC110. Please note there are different end dates for different documents.

These documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC110f Documents Published for Further Comment
• CC146 Sustainability Appraisal - Policy Options and Filtered Sites
• CC149 Habitats Regulation Assessment of the Draft Calderdale Local Plan - Air Quality Assessment June 2021

21st June 2021

CC148 is a note from the Council highlighting a retraction with regards to a matter raised from the hearing session on the Garden Suburbs which took place last week on Tuesday 15th June.

18th June 2021

The Inspector has issued a post Stage 3 Hearing message to the Council regarding the Councils Housing Trajectory, see: INS24 Inspectors post Stage 3 Hearing message. The Council have been asked to produce a revised trajectory within the next few weeks and the document to be published for a short period of consultation. Also as discussed at yesterday’s hearing session, the Inspector said it may be necessary to hold a further hearing session on housing supply once the consultation closed, potentially as part of a Stage 4 hearing session which is provisionally planned for Autumn 2021. 

17th June 2021

The Local Plan Stage 3 hearings finished today with a final session where the Inspector Ms Child and the Spatial Planning team reviewed this weeks action points and Main Modifications. These will be available to view shortly on document CC85. With regards to the way forward, there are some documents which will be released in due course for public consultation. This may lead to a short Stage 4 hearing session in the Autumn, before the Inspector is able to release her Post Hearing letter to the Council. All examination information may be found in the Local Plan Examination Library, for all other enquiries, please contact the Programme Officer, Miny Schofield: miny.schofield@calderdale.gov.uk / 07799 724690.

After the hearing session this morning, the Inspector will hold a 'mop up' session with the Council to cover any action points raised during this weeks hearings.

The public may view this session by visiting Calderdale Council's YouTube channel.

Concerns regarding documents:

• CC 132 - Calderdale Local Plan Air Quality Assessment Figures [PDF 7618KB]
• CC 132a - Calderdale Local Plan Air Quality Assessment Figures [PDF 7618KB]

Various parties and group have recently addressed their concerns with regards to document CC132 to the Chief Executive of Calderdale Council, Robin Tuddenham. Mr Tuddenham has responded by email, OTH/08 -  Letter to Mr Rae [PDF 85KB] and the accompanying 4 documents:

• OTH08.1 -  Response to Interested Parties Local Plan CC132 Air Quality Assessment Report [PDF 208KB]
• OTH08.2 -  Appendix 1 CC132 Email [PDF 215KB]
• OTH08.3 -  Appendix 2 Calderdale Local Plan AQA - Proofing Commentary (Memo) [PDF 181KB]
• OTH08.4 -  Appendix 3 Quality Control [PDF 468KB]

Document CC132 will be consulted on prior to the Stage 4 hearings and further information will be added to Local Plan Examination Library as it becomes available.

Document CC147 showing the proposed access arrangement in Woodhouse for sites LP1618 and LP1541 has now been added to the Examination Library.

16th June 2021

Document CC145  777A - An indicative Phasing Plan for Woodhouse Garden Suburb, Brighouse [PDF 2152KB], is now available for your information. The Inspector may refer to this item in this morning's Housing Supply hearing.

The following Development Framework documents provided by ID Planning have been added to the Local Plan Examination Library under Councils Site Specific Allocations section:

Woodhouse Garden Suburbs:

 LP1451 - WGS Constraints Plan [PDF 3033KB]

 LP1451 - WGS Assets and Opportunities [PDF 3067KB]

 LP1451 - WGS Development Framework Plan [PDF 1808KB]

 LP1451 - WGS Phasing Plan (Also CC145) [PDF 2152KB]

Thornhills Garden Suburbs:

 LP1463 - TGS Constraints Plan [PDF 3117KB]

 LP1463 - TGS Assets and Opportunities [PDF 3042KB]

 LP1463 - TGS Phasing Plan (Also CC145) [PDF 2152KB]

14th June 2021

In advance of the hearing on Thursday morning 17th June for Affordable housing on exception sites, Rural Exceptions Policy HS6, the Inspector has requested the following information in document INS23 to be circulated to all the participants for this hearing session. This document highlights the Governments changes on 24th May 2021 to the Policy.

Consultation responses for document CC139

are available here for your information. In advance of the hearing session on Tuesday afternoon, 15th June, Strategic Road Network interventions and transport and delivery issues relating to the Garden Suburb sites (LP1451 and LP1463). The Inspector has had sight of these comments and may refer to them in the hearing session. All consultation responses may be found in document CC110.

An updated INS20e Hearing Programme and Agenda has been added to the Examination Library.

11th June 2021

Stage 3 hearings are due to commence next week on 15th June at 10am. All information may be found on the Local Plan Hearings page. INS20d – an updated Hearings Programme and Agenda including participants is now available in the Examination Library.

At the Council's request, the Inspector has agreed that it would assist participants to circulate the following two maps CC143 – LP1451 and CC144 – LP1463 - Developable areas and availability, in advance of the hearing session on Tuesday afternoon, 15th June.

Further to a request from the Inspector to the Council, CC125b a revised extant pp table is now available for your information in advance of the Housing Supply hearing on Wednesday morning 16th June. This table is an addendum to document CC125 Housing Trajectory Update Five Year Housing Land Supply Update and the Council have indicated that there are no Permissions in Principle. Participants should read the table in conjunction with the notes at the end.

Document CC125a is an Additional Remodelling scenario on Five Year Housing requirement and was requested by the Inspector to be prepared by the Council and passed in advance to all the participants taking part in the hearing session on Housing supply on Wednesday 16th June in the morning.

10th June 2021

Having reviewed the modifications to the last part of Policy HS6 in relation to rural exception sites, as set out in CC124, the Council notes that the draft modifications do not actually achieve the intended purpose of increasing the flexibility of the Policy. Revisions to the modifications in CC124 are therefore proposed as set out in document CC124a  Revision to Modifications in CC124 Rural Exceptions Site - Policy HS6 Affordable Housing (para 7) [PDF 193KB]. All participants to the hearing session 'Affordable housing on exception sites' which takes place on Thursday morning, 17th June have been notified.

9th June 2021

At the Council's request, the Inspector has agreed that it would assist participants, to circulate the information contained within CC142 -  Information on Smart Motorways and A62 to Cooper Bridge Corridor Improvement Scheme [PDF 938KB], in advance of the afternoon hearing on 15th June covering Strategic Road Network interventions and transport and delivery issues relating to the Garden Suburbs.

8th June 2021

Peacock and Smith Ltd have submitted a site plan on behalf of Crosslee Plc in response to consultation document CC109 - Mixed Use Allocations Consultation. At the Council's request, the Inspector has agreed that it would assist participants to circulate SS59 - LP0032 site plan in advance of the hearings. The Council have added this site plan to their evidence documents.

3rd June 2021

CC132 Update

The changes to CC132 were a result of the document moving from its draft to final version. The draft and final versions of CC132 followed one another in close succession and the Council was keen to put it into the public realm as soon as possible and then to update them when the final version became available.

We recognise though that the version history should have been made clear on the Examination webpage because this has caused unnecessary confusion. We apologise for this. Although the Council does not consider that the changes between the draft and final versions of CC132 were substantive, in the interests of transparency, the Council will run an additional period for representations to be submitted on document CC132 and accompanying CC132a.

Considering air quality is not part of the agenda at the Stage 3 Hearings the Council will hold the additional 14 day consultation once these hearings have closed. This will allow participants to prepare and focus on the forthcoming matters. The Council will also publish a note produced by consultants WSP which will set out the changes between the two documents and the reason for these changes.

1st June 2021

An updated version of the Inspectors Draft Hearings Programme and Agendas including a list of participants INS20a has now been added to the Examination Library.

The following documents have been added to the examination Library:

• CC129a - Updated Land Supply Table (CC85 - Task 270).
• CC136 - Matter 23: Recent take-up rates of employment land – 2019/20.
• CC137 - Matter 23: Intensification in Primary Employment Areas

These documents will be included in the next public consultation, which is yet to be confirmed.

7th May 2021

The Inspector requested the Council to provide flood risk screening evidence relating to the other allocation sites or to clarify what approach had been taken. The Council have responded in document CC141 Flood Risk Screening Evidence (May 2021).

26th May 2021

The Council is looking in to concerns which community and environmental groups raised with them on 24th May 2021 relating to items in document CC132 Calderdale Air Quality Assessment Report. The Council will post a response with their findings, in the Local Plan News section of the Examination website page once they have had an opportunity to examine the document. The Planning Inspector is aware of any concerns raised.

21st May 2021

The Council is seeking comments on the Statement of Common Ground between Calderdale Council and Highways England (CC139) and the Inspectors Message to Calderdale Council concerning the issue regarding housing need and the Council's response (INS19/CC134) This is the fourth tranche of consultations. For details of current and previous consultations please see: 'CC110 Documents Published for Further Comment [PDF 345KB]'. All comments are to be emailed to the Spatial Planning Team at spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by 5pm on Friday 4th June 2021.

20th May 2021

An updated version of CC85 - Stage 2 Draft Task List [PDF 684KB] has been added to the Examination Library.

18th May 2021

The following documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC 138 - Highways England response to Council document CC122 Technical Note 14 - Assessment of Impact on Strategic Road Network 2021 and CC123 Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2021
• CC 139 - A Statement of Common Ground between Calderdale Council and Highways England
• CC 140 - Response to Inspector - Questions Arising From Evidence Documents - 26 April 2021

Stage 3 Hearings Update

The Inspector has released document INS20 -  Draft Hearings Programme & Agenda [PDF 148KB]. Detailed information for the hearings is on the Live Hearings page.

A direct invitation to participate has already been sent to those whom the Inspector is seeking further information from. For everyone else, the hearings will again be carried out virtually and may be watched live on Calderdale Councils YouTube channel.

11th May 2021

Document CC110c Documents Published for Further Comment [PDF 345KB] has now been released by the Council, it shows a list of documents being prepared for Stage 4 of the current consultation, further information for this consultation will be released in due course. Document CC110c also lists all comments received for Stage 1/Crosslee/Stage 2 and Stage 3 consultations. The comments may be accessed by links in the right-hand column of the document.

6th May 2021

Document CC135 -  LGS026 Daisy Bank Allotments - Boundary Line [PDF 408KB] has been added to the Examination Library at the request of the Inspector in order to provide additional evidence regarding the proposed designation of Local Green Space at Daisy Bank Allotments, Halifax (LGS026).

28th April 2021

The Stage 3 Hearings for the Examination of the Calderdale Local Plan will commence on Tuesday 15th June 2021 at 10am. Due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines the hearings will be held virtually, in the same manner as for Stage 2. The dates of individual hearings, the agendas and arrangements for viewing and participating in the hearings will be published on the Council's website in advance of the commencement date.

26th April 2021

Note: The consultation period on document reference CC131 'Waste Sites Assessment Update 2021' has been extended by four weeks. Please email all comments to: spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by 5pm on Monday 24th May 2021.

15th April 2021

The Inspector has accepted a transport report submitted on behalf of Exley Lane Residents, as late evidence. The report by Northern Transport Planning is listed as OTH/06. The Council's response to this report is document CC133.

Housing and Economic Needs Assessment - Inspectors Message to Council

The Inspector raised an issue with the Council, referring to Paragraph 008 in the current PPG on Housing and Economic Needs Assessment, please refer to INS19 to see the Inspectors message. The Councils response to the Inspectors message is shown in CC134.

8th April 2021

The Council is seeking comments on documents where interested parties had not previously had the opportunity to comment.

This is the third tranche of consultations. 'CC 110b Documents Published for Further Comment [PDF 345KB]' contains various tables setting out the documents which the Council is currently seeking comments on.

All comments are to be emailed to the Spatial Planning Team at:spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by 5pm on Friday 23rd April 2021.

These documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC 110b Documents Published for Further Comment.
• CC 117 Approach to Identifying Gross and Indicative Developable Areas for Employment and Mixed Use Sites.
• CC 124 Rural Exceptions Policy Settlements.
• CC 125 Housing Trajectory Update 21st March.
• CC 126 Electric Vehicle Charging Points.
• CC 127 Sequential Test Summary.
• CC 127a Sequential Test Site Assessments.
• CC 128 LP1618 - Green Belt Assessment.
• CC 129 Employment Land Supply March 2021.
• CC 130 LP0901 - Open Space Provision & Viability and LP0902.
• CC 131 Waste Sites Assessment Update 2021.
• CC 132 Calderdale Local Plan Air Quality Assessment Report.
• CC 132a Calderdale Local Plan Air Quality Assessment Figures.

12th March 2021

The Council is seeking comments on documents where interested parties had not previously had the opportunity to comment.

This is the second tranche of consultation. 'CC 110a Documents Published for Further Comment [PDF 345KB]' contains various tables setting out the documents which the Council is currently seeking comments on and the indicative timetable for documents yet to be published.

All comments are to be emailed to the Spatial Planning Team at spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by 5pm on Friday 9th April 2021.

These documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC 110a  Documents Published for Further Comment [PDF 345KB]
• CC 111  Open Space Quantitative Standards and Assessment for Proposed Allocations [PDF 983KB]
• CC 112  Considerations of the Conclusions of the Viability and Mixed Use Studies [PDF 185KB]
• CC 113  Comparison of Conclusions of EV51.10 and CC53 [PDF 142KB]
• CC 114  Assessment of non-minor Green Belt Deletions against Green Belt Purposes [PDF 3094KB]
• CC 115  Considerations of changes of the Use Classes Order [PDF 281KB]
• CC 116  Substantive Historic Environment Matters Raised on Sites [PDF 4750KB]
• CC 118  Matter 12K - Allocations in Proximity to the South Pennines Special Protection Area [PDF 857KB]
• CC 119  Thornhills Primary School - Feasibility Report [PDF 11810KB]
• CC 120  Woodhouse Primary School - Feasibility Report [PDF 12102KB]
• CC 121  Pupil Projections and Housing Trajectory [PDF 4415KB]
• CC 122  Technical Note 14: Assessment of Impact on Strategic Road Network – 2021 [PDF 1298KB]
• CC 123  IDP - Transport Infrastructure Schemes - March 2021 [PDF 479KB]
• LP1451 - Landscape and Visual Baseline
• LP1451 - LVB Appendix 7.1 Figures
• LP1451 - LVB Appendix 7.2 Planning and Policy Context
• LP1451 - LVB Appendix 7.3 Consultation Correspondence
• LP1451 - LVB Appendix 7.4 Methodology
• LP1451 - Woodhouse Heritage Overlays

25th February

The Business Case for Clifton Enterprise Zone (LP1232) has been added to the site specific supporting evidence in the Examination Library under SS28.

12th February

Following the Stage 2 Local Plan Examination Hearings

We now seek comment on documents where interested parties have not had the chance to do this before.

CC110 Documents Published for Further Comment contains various tables setting out the documents that we seek comment on. Also, the indicative timetable for documents yet to be published.

Please email all comments to: spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk by 5pm on Friday 12th March 2021. Except comments on LP0032, which should be received by Friday 26th March 2021.

These documents have also been added to the Examination Library:

• CC107 Green Belt Review and Site Assessment Sensitivity Test.
• CC108A Secondary schools and takeaways - Calderdale West Isochrone.
• CC108B Secondary schools and takeaways - Calderdale East Isochrone.
• CC109 (Site LP0032) Mixed Use Allocation Consultation.
• CC109A (LP0032) Statement of Common Ground Part 1.
• CC109B (LP0032) Statement of Common Ground Part 2.
• CC109C (LP0032) Statement of Common Ground Part 3.

9th February 2021

During the hearings, the Inspector asked for the Council to provide an update on progress of the Spatial Priority Area application for SE Calderdale and NE Kirklees.

The SE Calderdale Garden Village SPA was formally designated by the LEP/WYCA on 10th December 2020. The paper also refers to other SPAs elsewhere in Calderdale.

• CC 105  Spatial Priority Areas Refresh - 10th December 2020 [PDF 193KB].
• CC 105a  Spatial Priority Areas - Item 8 Appendix 1 [PDF 1930KB].
• CC 105b  Spatial Priority Areas - Item 8 Appendix 2 [PDF 1901KB].
• CC 105c  Spatial Priority Areas - Item 8 Appendix 3 [PDF 320KB].

CC106  Councils response to Inspectors Stage 2 Post Hearings Letter (INS18) [PDF 65KB] has been added to the examination library. The letter outlines the way forward for Stage 3 and a provisional date for hearings has been released for week commencing 10th May 2021

19th January 2021

The Inspector has now issued INS/18  Stage 2 Post Hearings Letter [PDF 173KB] outlining the way forward. Further information for Stage 3 and hearing dates will be released in due course.

The following documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC 84a  Note to Inspector on Prudential Borrowing and Delivery (Updated 08/01/21) [PDF 279KB]
• CC 85b  Task List (Updated 08/01/21) [PDF 509KB]
• CC 98  Conclusions of Sustainability Appraisal Comparisons [PDF 457KB]
• CC 99 Impact of M42 on Density [PDF 476KB]
• CC 100  Wheelchair User Dwellings [PDF 526KB]
• CC 101  Policy HS4 - Independent Living Viability Addendum [PDF 414KB]
• CC 102  Assumptions Comparison Note [PDF 250KB]
• CC 103  Technical Note – Wind Turbines [PDF 805KB]
• CC 104  Stage 3 Waste Matters [PDF 451KB]

4th December 2020

Local Plan Stage 2 Live Hearings have concluded today. The Spatial Planning Team will now work through the Task List which has arisen as a result of the hearings. Task list (CC85) will be updated at intervals and all items/documents as they become available will be added to the Examination Library.

Details for the next stages of the Local Plan will be added here in due course. If you need any more help or information, please contact the Programme Officer Miny Schofield. Email: miny.schofield@calderdale.gov.uk or phone: 07799 724690.

1st December 2020

The new document, CC96 Housing Trajectory and 5 Year Housing Land Supply Update is now available.

• It sets out the Council's latest view on the level of housing supply over the Plan period and five year housing land supply.
• It will be used to inform discussions at the Matter 22 session on Thursday 3rd December 2020 in the morning.

30th November 2020

The new document, CC97 - Employment Land Supply Update is now available.

The information here has been gathered to aid discussion at the forthcoming Matter 23. This 'Employment Land Supply' hearing takes place at 2pm on Thursday 3rd December.

24th November 2020

Calderdale LP Examination - Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 25 - Friday 4th December 2020 has been added to the Examination Library.

23rd November 2020

INS12.6 Draft Hearings Programme for Stage 2 (version 16) [PDF 557KB] has been added to the examination library and is updated for week 5/6 hearings.

18th November 2020

CC94 - Phasing Plan Map [PDF 3008KB] and CC95 Land Ownership Map for Garden Suburbs - Thornhills Lane [PDF 1224KB] have been added to the examination library at the request of the Inspector to provide information which will aid discussion at the Matter 15 hearing on Thursday 26th November (Matter 15 Agenda). The maps will also provide further information for all parties.

At the end of weeks 1 and 2 of the hearing sessions, a list of tasks, modifications and actions was agreed between the Inspector and the Council. They are listed in document CC85  Stage 2 Draft Task List [PDF 791KB]. A new document CC85a will be added to the examination library in due course and updated at intervals to show any new actions or documents which have been completed or added

Please Note: If you are a respondent or participant please regularly check this list, the Examination Library, News Updates and live hearings page on the Councils website to keep you informed of any new documents and developments as the plan progresses. If you are unsure where to look, please contact the Programme Officer who will be happy to assist you.

17th November 2020

Two Hearing Agendas have been added to the Examination Library:

•  Calderdale LP Examination - Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 15 - Thursday 26th November 2020 [PDF 108KB]

Prior to this session on Thornhills, the Inspector has asked the Council to provide two additional pieces of information:

• A map showing the phases of development (as indicated on the revised housing trajectory in the Statement of Common Ground).
• A map showing the parcels of land ownership on the site with named owners. Also, whether they are currently included within the Thornhills consortium agreement or not.

These will be added to the examination library as soon as they become available, later this week.

•  Calderdale LP Examination - Stage 2 Hearings, Matters 22 and 23 - Thursday 3rd December 2020 [PDF 152KB]

11th November 2020

Documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC72b  Mixed Use Capacity Assessment (Updated 04/11/2020) [PDF 4156KB] (Replaced CC72 and CC72a)
• CC84  Note to Inspector on Prudential Borrowing and Delivery [PDF 106KB]
• CC91  Site LP0327 Rose Street Concept Plan [PDF 9807KB]
• CC92  Policy IM4 Sensitivity Note Electric Vehicle Charging [PDF 292KB] (Also listed as EV61.4)
• CC93  Landowners Map at Woodhouse Garden Suburbs [PDF 160KB] (Also listed as CC07)

9th November 2020

An updated Draft hearings programme is now available. Please note: There have been several changes to the sessions and participants.

•  Draft Hearings Programme for Stage 2 (version 15) [PDF 554KB].

The agenda for Matter 20 - Northowram and Shelf housing allocations has been added:

•  Calderdale LP Examination - Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 20 - Wednesday 25th November 2020 [PDF 115KB].

2nd November 2020

The following agendas have been added:

•  Calderdale LP Examination - Stage 2 Hearings, Matters 24, 26 and 27 - Thursday 19th November 2020 [PDF 117KB].
•  Calderdale LP Examination - Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 8 - Friday 20th November 2020 [PDF 101KB].

28th October 2020

The Inspector requested additional information from Historic England with regards to the latest masterplan for the site. It appears to show development within part of the area of high sensitivity identified in the HIA and was found to be different to the position in the Statement of Common Ground between the Council and Historic England.

Historic England have responded as follows: Historic England Additional Comments.

26th October 2020

The Matter 17 – Elland housing allocation hearing session has been divided as follows:

• Morning session at 10am: Greetland and West Vale housing allocations
• Afternoon session at 2pm: Other Housing allocations in the Elland Area.

Please refer to the agenda for a breakdown of items in each session: Calderdale LP Examination - Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 17 - Thursday 12th November 2020.

23rd October 2020

• Calderdale LP Examination - Stage 2 Hearings, Matters 16 and 19 - Wednesday 11th November 2020 has now been added to the Examination Library.

19th October 2020

• Matter 15 - Garden Suburbs: Woodhouse Agenda has now been added to the Examination Library. The hearing will take place on Tuesday 10th November at 10am.
• INS12.4 - Revised Draft Hearing programme is now available for you to view. The revised dates are highlighted in bold.

Due to the high level of interest in a number of the Stage 2 hearings sessions, it has been necessary to revise the second part of the hearings programme to allow additional time for certain items. It is now proposed to allow a whole day for each of the Garden Suburb allocations (Matter 15) and for the housing sessions on Elland (Matter 17) and Northowram and Shelf (Matter 20).

Other changes include:

• New dates for the housing and employment supply sessions (Matters 22 and 23) as these need to take place after the site-specific sessions.
• Additional time for the session on health and well-being policies (Matter 25).
• Inclusion of the outstanding session on Infrastructure Needs (Matter 8).

15th October 2020

Stage 2 - Week 2 hearings have come to a close today. Week 3 Hearings will commence at 10am on Tuesday 10th November 2020. All hearings information may be found on the Stage 2 Hearings – Examination in Public page.

9th October 2020

Documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC81 - Settlement Hierarchy Methodology Comments and Feedback March 2009
• CC82 - Settlement Hierarchy Methodology Consultation Evidence Base November 2008
• CC83 - Capital Funding Table - Matter 7

8th October 2020

• CC80 - COVID-19 Scenarios July 2020 - West Yorkshire Combined Authorities has been added to the Examination Library.

7th October 2020

Documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• LP1451 - Environmental Impact Assessment 20/06006/EIA
• LP1451 - Highways England EIA Scoping Report 20/06002/EIA
• LP1463 – Environmental Impact Assessment 20/06002/EIA

6th October 2020

• Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 8 - Wednesday 7th October 2020 has been updated.

The Local Plan Stage 2 hearing was opened today by Richard Seaman with the following opening statement: Stage 2 Hearing Opening Statement by Richard Seaman.

5th October 2020

• Stage 2 Hearings, Matters 13 and 14 - Thursday 15th October 2020 has been added.

Local Plan Stage 2 Hearings start this week. For details, agendas and link to our YouTube channel (where you can watch the hearings live), see: Stage 2 Hearings.

1st October 2020

• Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 12 - Wednesday 14th October 2020 has been added.

28th September 2020

• Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 8 - Friday 9th October 2020 has been updated. The session on Viability on Friday 9th September will now take place in the afternoon, starting at 2pm.

25th September 2020

Hearing Agendas for Matters 8 - 11 are now available:

• Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 8 - Wednesday 7th October 2020
• Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 9 - Thursday 8th October 2020
• Stage 2 Hearings, Matter 8 - Friday 9th October 2020
• Stage 2 Hearings, Matters 10 and 11 - Tuesday 13th October 2020

Please note, Matter 8 will now be dealt with in three separate sessions.

• Wednesday 7th October AM. Air Quality and Carbon Emissions (Matters 8a-d Growth Delivery)
• Wednesday 7th October PM. Infrastructure Needs (Matters 8e-j Growth Delivery)
• Friday 9th October AM. Transport/Masterplanning Policies IM4-7 and Viability

23rd September 2020

In preparation for Stage 2 Hearings the Inspector has released guidance note INS 16 Stage 2 Hearing - Instructions for Participants. This note includes an invitation to all participants to take part in a 'Test Zoom Event at 2.30pm on Tuesday 29th September 2020 prior to the beginning of the hearings.

If you would like to attend this event please contact the Programme Officer, Miny Schofield on 07799 724690 or email miny.schofield@calderdale.gov.uk.

22nd September 2020

The following documents are now available:

• Hearing Agenda for Day 1 - Matter 7
• CC74 Draft Mixed Use Allocations - Viability Assessment September 2020

21st September 2020

The following revised documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC72 Calderdale Local Plan Mixed Use Site Capacity Assessment
• CC72a Appendix to Local Plan Mixed Use Capacity Assessment 
• CC73 Draft Employment Allocations - Viability Assessment September 2020

No further comments are being sought at present. The Inspector will address these documents at the Hearings.

18th September 2020

The following documents have been added to the examination library under Site Specific Supporting Evidence:

• LP1618 - Response to Examination Questions 1
• LP1618 - Response to Examination Questions 2

At this stage prior to the hearings, the Inspector is not accepting any further comments, but will address these documents at the Hearings.

18th September 2020

The following revised documents have been added to the Examination Library:

• CC53.1 Additional Info on Stage 6 of the Councils Site Assessment Process 
• CC53.2 Green Belt Sites Filtered at Stage 6

The changes relate to 8 sites which were listed as being filtered at stage 6, however they were actually filtered earlier in the process due to Heritage constraints. These sites are:

• LP0142
• LP0415
• LP1001
• LP1002
• LP1003
• LP1142
• LP1276
• LP1457

No more comments are being sought at the present. The Inspector will address these documents at the hearings.

16th September 2020

New document CC71 Leeds City Region - Statement of Common Ground (March 2020) has been added to the Examination Library.

15th September 2020

CC63b has been added to the Examination Library. Amendments have been made to Appendix 1/Note 7/Table 1. For more information, see note on first page of CC63b.

11th September 2020

In response to the Inspectors Letter INS15 the Council have issued document CC70 - Councils Response to Inspectors Letter INS 15 - Summary List of all new Technical Documents Post July 2020, a table highlighting all new documents which have been released since July 2020.

9th September 2020

• The Council have released document CC48.1 showing additional changes to the Schedule of Minor Boundary Changes to the Green Belt. Other changes are listed in document CC48.
• The Inspector has today sent a message to the Council with reference to documents included within their Stage 2 Hearing Statements. Please refer to INS 15 - Note from the Inspector to the Council on new Technical/Evidence Documents [PDF 114KB].

7th September 2020

The following statements have been added to the Examination Library:

• Matter 7 - HS7.11 Mr Mark and Mrs Amanda Tattersall.
• Matter 23 - HS23.2 Mr Mark and Mrs Amanda Tattersall.

Please note: HS7.11 was not previously available, please take the time to read this statement now.

4th September 2020

The following documents have recently been added to the Examination Library:

• EV 28.1 Heritage Impact Assessment - Updated August 2020 (Also listed as CC68).
• EV 42.2 Calderdale Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2020 RS (Also listed as CC66).
• EV 61.3 Calderdale Housing Allocations Viability Assessment Final Report August 2020 (also listed as CC67).
• BP 08 Housing Delivery Test Action Plan Draft 4 August 2020 (Also listed as CC69).
• HS10.1a Other Housing Issues Statement - Calderdale Council (Amended 28/08/2020).

The Council released a revised Matter 10 Statement which now includes responses on the Viability questions, under Affordable Housing question c and Other Housing Needs question c. The following paragraphs, 10.6 – 10.10 and 10.36 – 10.38, have been added and no other changes have been made.

Respondents to the Local Plan who have already submitted comments on the relevant Matters at Stage 2 are now invited to submit additional comments on these documents.

All comments to be emailed to the Programme Officer: Miny.Schofield@calderdale.gov.uk by 5pm, Friday 18th September 2020.

2nd September 2020

BP08 - Housing Delivery Test Action Plan Draft has now been added to the Examination Library.

This Action Plan has been produced in response to the results of the Housing Delivery tests for Calderdale of 2019 and 2020. The Housing Delivery Test compares the number of dwellings completed over a rolling three year period with a target. The result is expressed as a percentage. The test is applied to all planning authorities annually. Authorities achieving 95% or less are required to prepare a Housing Delivery Test Action Plan. Calderdale scored less than 50% in both tests and this Action Plan is a response to those results. It examines the reasons behind Calderdale's low scores and suggests ways in which the housing completion rate might be improved. This includes the adoption of the Local Plan and the increase in allocated housing sites.

The Council is open to suggestions and comments regarding ways in which its completion rate might be improved. In the first instance these should be directed to:

• David Greenfield, Senior Housing Project Manager.
• Email: david.greenfield@calderdale.gov.uk

1st September 2020

At the request of the Inspector, the Council has re-run its modelling of the housing requirement taking account of the 2018 based household projections. The outcome of this exercise is set out in document CC63a.

The following documents are now available:

• HS7.1 Calderdale Council Housing Need Update Statement.
• INS13 Household Projections Letter from the Inspector to the Council
• CC63 Implications of the 2018 Household Projections Technical Note
• INS14 2018 Based Household Projections - Further Request from the Inspector
• CC63a Implications of the 2018 Based Household Projections Technical Note (Updated Aug 2020)

Respondents to the Local Plan are now invited to submit comments on the Councils response. All comments to be emailed to the Programme Officer: Miny.Schofield@calderdale.gov.uk by midday Wednesday 16th September 2020.

26th August 2020

EV42.2 Calderdale Infrastructure Delivery Plan (2020) has now been released by the Council.

25th August 2020

New document released - EV 28.1 Heritage Impact Assessment - Updated August 2020 to include new HIA for LP1534 Birks Mill, Birks Lane, Walsden, Todmorden.

20th August 2020

Released today - CC62b Updated Transport Evidence Base Technical Note 13: Assessment of Cumulative Impact - 2020, now showing missing sites between 253 and 1046 in the table in Appendix 1. The Inspector has granted an extension to anyone wishing to submit comments on this document. All comments must reach the Programme Officer by midday Monday 31st August at miny.schofield@calderdale.gov.uk

19th August 2020

The Inspector has now released to the Council the Draft Hearings Programme with participants for Stage 2 (INS 12). Participants, please check your details and inform the Programme Officer of any changes.

Due to COVID-19, all hearings will take place by video conferencing. Arrangements for the hearings will be released in due course.

17th August 2020

Due to the late release of Council Document CC62 Transport Evidence Base Technical Note 13 - Assessment of Cumulative Impact 2020:

• The Inspector has given respondents a further two weeks to submit comments on this paper.
• These must be sent by email to the Programme Officer: miny.schofield@calderdale.gov.uk.
• They must arrive by 12noon on Monday 31st August 2020.

29th July 2020

Update (3rd August 2020): CC62 has now been updated to include a table in Appendix 1. (This was missed out in the earlier version.)

Council Document CC62 Transport Evidence Base Technical Note 13 - Assessment of Cumulative Impact 2020 has been uploaded.

28th July 2020

Council Document CC52 HRUPS Representations and Responses, parts 1 to 4 have been updated. (It now includes representations from the Woodhouse Residents Association.) See: Examination Library section 'Council Documents'.

6th July 2020

Additional Site Specific Evidence

The Council have now updated a number of sites with additional information in the Examination Library, under the section 'Site Specific Supporting Evidence – Allocations SS'.

The sites are as follows:

Updated sites

• SS4 – LP0353 – Fairfax Crescent, Southowram, Halifax (Housing Allocation)
• SS8 – LP0568 – Clough Lane, Rear of New Hey Road, Rastrick, Brighouse (Housing Allocation)
• SS11 – LP0814 – Richmond Street, Stannary Place, Halifax (Housing Allocation)
• SS12 – LP0815 – Works Depot, Stannary Place, Halifax (Housing Allocation)
• SS13 – LP0968 – Land at West End Golf Club, Paddock Lane, Highroad Well, Halifax (Housing Allocation)
• SS14 – LP0978 – Lower Edge Road/Shaw Lane, Elland (Housing Allocation)
• SS16 – LP1033 – Toothill Bank, Rastrick, Brighouse (Housing Allocation)
• SS18 - LP1078 – Land Between Dewsbury Road and New Hey Road, Rastrick, Brighouse (Housing Allocation)
• SS20 – LP1095 – Halifax Road, Brighouse (Housing Allocation)
• SS35 – LP1451 – Land Between Bradley Wood and Woodhouse Lane, Rastrick (Garden Suburb)
• SS36 – LP1463 – Land between Highmoor Lane and Bradford Road, Brighouse (Garden Suburb)
• SS41 – LP1648 – Crosslee, Brighouse Road, Hipperholme, Brighouse (Housing Allocation) (original document replaced - 'Preliminary Ecological Appraisal September 2017')
• SS42 – LP0766 – Land off, Hall Lane, Northowram, Halifax, HX3 7SN (Housing allocation)
• SS43 – LP1034 – Land off Soaper Lane, Shelf, Halifax, HX3 7PT (Housing Allocation)
• SS44 – LP1035 – Land at, Burned Road, Shelf, Halifax, HX3 7PT (Housing Allocation)
• SS45 – LP1523 – Land at Westercroft Lane, Northowram Halifax, HX3 7EN (Housing Allocation)lp
• SS46 – LP1567 – Land adjacent to Exley Lane, North of Elland, Elland (Housing Allocation)
• SS47 – LP1616 – Land at Ainley Top. South West of the Junction of the A643/New Hey Rd, Ainley Top, Elland (Housing Allocation)
• SS48 – LP0177 - Land adjacent to Ellistones Place, Saddleworth Road, Greetland (Housing Allocation)
• SS49 – LP0952 – Land at New Gate Farm, Saddleworth Road, Greetland, Elland (Housing Allocation)
• SS50 – LP0983 – Land at Maltings Road, Wheatley, Halifax (Housing Allocation)
• SS51 – LP1093 - Hill Crest Quarry, Halifax Road, Hove Edge (Housing Allocation)
• SS52 – LP1543 - Land North and North West of, Wade House Road, Shelf, Halifax (Housing Allocation)
• SS53 – LP0782 – Land off Cock Hill Lane, Shelf, Halifax (Housing Allocation)
• SS54 – LP0950 – Beacon Lodge Quarry, Long Lane, Halifax (Housing Allocation)
• SS55 – LP1036 – Land at north of Shelf Cricket Ground, Carr House Lane, Shelf, Halifax (Housing Allocation)
• SS56 – LP0658 – Cinderhill Mills, Halifax Road, Todmorden

3rd July 2020

A Reminder to all Respondents

If you wish to submit further comments by way of a Statement in response to the Inspectors Matters Issues and Questions as listed in document INS011, the deadline is 5pm on Monday 3rd August 2020.

The Programme Officer is happy to receive your statement by email. However, you can also post your statement to:

Miny Schofield

Local Plan Examination - Programme Officer

Town Hall, Crossley Street

Halifax

HX1 1UJ

24th June 2020

CC42 to CC59 have recently been added to the Examination Library, under the 'Councils Documents (CC)' section. Other documents will be added as they become available.

CC17a - Comprehensive list of Tasks and Modifications from Stage 1 has been added. This version works through the original task list and highlights the Councils supporting documents.

INS09a - Inspectors pre hearing note 3 has also been added. This version shows the Councils response and lists any supporting documents which have been released.

Document CC57 - Calderdale Local Plan - Publication Draft - Working List of Modifications (April 2020), is referred to in the Inspectors Matters, Issues and Questions has now been added.

3rd June 2020

Stage 2 Hearings

The Inspector has now released to the Council, Stage 2 Guidance Notes and Inspectors Matters, Issues and Questions. The Inspector is also inviting individuals who wish to participate in the Stage 2 Hearings to contact the Programme Officer by 5pm on Monday 20th July 2020 and for hearing statements to be received by 5pm on Monday 3rd August 2020. The Programme officer is happy to receive all correspondence by email. However, paper copies by post will also be accepted.

For more details please read:

• INS 10 Guidance Note for Stage 2 Hearings.
• INS 11 Inspectors Matters Issues and Questions for Stage 2 Hearings.

Please continue to check the Examination library as new documents will be added as they become available. The latest documents will be listed here in due course.

28th May 2020

Public Consultation Update

A public consultation was held earlier this year covering a revision to the Housing Requirement and an increased supply of sites to meet this need. The Council were also seeking comments on the Sustainability Appraisal (2019) supporting the proposed changes and the update to the Habitats Regulation Assessment.

This consultation ran for 6 weeks and ended on 24th February 2020.

All consultation responses are now available to view on the Councils Consultation Portal.

The Inspector, Ms Katie Child, has now had the opportunity to review all of the responses. She will shortly be issuing further details with regards to Stage 2 Hearings and a set of Pre Hearing Questions.