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 A plan for jobs and homes - Core Strategy ConsultationThe Planning Policy Team - November 2011jobsandhomes@kirklees.gov.uk At their meeting on 23 November, full Council approved the overall principles which will form the basis of the core strategy proposals. These principles include the locations for new employment land, the total number of new homes, broadly how they will be distributed and how many will be in green belt locations. Council also agreed to establish an all-party working group to identify policy areas where further discussions are necessary. We expect this group to report back to council in early 2012. Like other local authorities, Kirklees must now wait until the Government abolishes the regional spatial strategy (RSS) before it can submit its core strategy proposals. This is because our core strategy proposals recommend 25% less homes than the RSS says we should provide. Government tell us RSS should be abolished in spring 2012. Because we must now wait for government to act, we cannot say with certainty when the council will be able to make a formal decision on the core strategy. However, once the decision is made, this will be followed by a statutory 6 week period for representations to be made, supporting or objecting to the council’s proposals. These representations will be submitted with the council’s proposals to the Secretary of State who will appoint a planning inspector to examine the soundness of the core strategy proposals, taking into account the representations made. Only when the plan is judged to be sound can it be adopted. We will continue to update this page with the latest information as progress develops. 23rd November 2011: Revised LDF Core Strategy debated at Extraordinary Council meeting
8th November 2011: Revised LDF Core Strategy considered at Cabinet meeting
7th December 2010 to 13th February 2011
Please note - the consultation period has been extended by one week from the original closing date of 6th February. The formal consultation period closed on 13th February. However, as a listening organisation the council welcomes further comments on its plan for jobs and homes. The council can assure everyone that their comments will be taken into account particularly if they raise issues that have not already been raised during the consultation period. Email: jobsandhomes@kirklees.gov.uk Post: Local Development Framework Strategic Investment Service Civic Centre 3 PO Box B93 Huddersfield HD1 2JR The government has asked every council to produce a comprehensive plan called the Local Development Framework, which sets out how much development there should be over the next 18 years, and where it should go. In Kirklees, ensuring we emerge strongly from the recession relies on us identifying land which will help businesses to expand and create more new and skilled jobs for our residents. At the same time, as our population increases and people are living longer, we also need to identify where we can build new homes. Our new plans will govern how planning applications and proposed developments are treated. This is particularly important for us all because the type of policies we adopt now will affect the district's ability to grow and thrive in the future. From 7th December 2010 until 13th February 2011 we are inviting you to consider our latest proposal and tell us your views:
A full copy of the Local Development Framework Core Strategy is available for you to read at Batley Town Hall, Batley Library, Birstall Information Point, Mirfield Library & Information Centre, Skelmanthorpe Council Offices, Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury Library, Cleckheaton Town Hall, Heckmondwike Library and Information Point, Holmfirth Library (Cash & Information Point), Marsden Information Point, Meltham Town Hall, and the Planning Service office at Civic Centre 3, Huddersfield. 
Core Strategy Options Consultation February 2009
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