Current position and next steps, May 2012

On 6th March 2012, the council approved the core strategy for submission to the Secretary of State. The approved document can be viewed below.

• Core Strategy Approved Document (PDF 4.0Mb)

The next stage of the core strategy process will be the 6 week period when representations - of objection or support - can be made about the proposals the council approved on 6th March. This period will start in early September. Further details of what happens at this stage are given in the document below. Once the starting date for the representations period has been set, more information will be published on this page.

• Progress so far, what happens next and how to comment during the representations period. (PDF 102Kb)

Press release and documents published for Extraordinary Council Meeting, 6th March 2012

• 6th March 2012 Extraordinary Council agenda and decision summary (see Item 4 Appendix)
• 6th March 2012 Extraordinary Council meeting webcast
• Press release, 8th February 2012: Extraordinary Council Meeting planned for March 6
  Kirklees Council announces an additional meeting of the council on March 6 to finalise decisions on the Local Development Framework core strategy.
• Proposed amendments to core strategy policies and supporting text arising from all-party group discussions in December 2011 and January 2012 (PDF 144kb)
• Core Strategy Proposed Submission - March 2012 (PDF 930kb)
  Revisions to the document published in November 2011 arising from the council's decisions of 23rd November 2011.
• Core Strategy Proposed Submission Sustainability Appraisal - March 2012 (PDF 1.27Mb)
  Sustainability appraisal of the Council's decisions on 23 November 2011 to amend the core strategy proposals and of the recommended changes to policy to be considered by Council on 6 March 2012.
• Petitions received (PDF 87Kb)
  Details of petitions objecting to LDF proposals received by the council since July 2011

Statement, December 2011

• 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.

23rd November 2011: Revised LDF core strategy debated at Extraordinary Council meeting

• 23rd November 2011 Extraordinary Council decision summary
• 23rd November 2011 Extraordinary Council meeting webcast
• Contact andrea.woodside@kirklees.gov.uk or 01484 221712.
• Core Strategy Proposed Submission (PDF 6Mb)
• Core strategy supporting documents:
  • Core Strategy Draft Proposals Consultation Report (PDF 1.9Mb)
  • Consultation Statement (Regulation 25 processes and outcomes) (PDF 1.8Mb)
  • Schedule of changes to the UDP proposals map (PDF 58kb)
  • Sustainability Appraisal including Health Impact Assessment (PDF 4.5Mb)
  • Non-Technical Summary of the Sustainability Appraisal (PDF 722kb)
  • Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Opinion (PDF 1.4Mb)
  • Infrastructure Delivery Plan (PDF 2.1Mb)
  • Equality Impact Assessment (PDF 227kb)
  • List of other reference documents (PDF 144kb)
• Other LDF documents: LDF supporting information

8th November 2011: Revised LDF core strategy considered at Cabinet meeting

• Cabinet decision summary
• Cabinet meeting webcast
• Contact tish.barker@kirklees.gov.uk or 01484 221817.