The Inspectors invited all Matter 1 participants and the Central Lancashire Authorities to respond to their note on the duty to cooperate. The following document has been added to the examination library:
In response, the following submissions were received:
The original Matter 14 - Sustainable Travel Policies, Infrastructure Policies and Monitoring hearing session was postponed, but I can now confirm that the rearranged hearing session will take place at 09:30 on Tuesday 3 February 2026 at Leyland Civic Centre, West Paddock, Leyland, PR25 1DH.
An agenda has been published for this session:
A number of documents relating to this matter have recently been published in the examination library and are linked below
A list of participants for this hearing session is listed below. If any amendments are required, please let the Programme Officer know.
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Respondent ID |
Representor |
Participant |
Additional Participant |
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D11 |
Defence Infrastructure Organisation |
Matthew Dawber |
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A24 |
Home Builders Federation |
Chris Martin |
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D12 |
Lancashire County Council |
Neil Stevens |
Dan Spencer, Mohammed Salmaan Patel |
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D12 |
Lancashire County Council |
John Barrett |
Paula Durrant, Paul Turner |
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D16 |
National Highways |
Lindsay Alder |
Warren Hilton, Neville McKenzie, Emma Trevett, Pete Wilson |
Please note that only those participants listed will be able to speak at the hearing session. If you no longer wish to participate, I would be grateful if you could inform the Programme Officer.
If you have any questions, please contact the Programme Officer.
In relation to the Matter 8 and 9 - Employment Land Need and Allocations hearing session on Tuesday 13th January 2026, the Inspectors have issued an agenda for this hearing session, please find this linked below:
The Matter 14 – Sustainable Travel, Infrastructure and Delivery, and Monitoring hearing session, originally scheduled for Thursday, 15 January 2026, has been postponed.
A new date has not yet been confirmed. Further details will be published as soon as they are available.
A new hearing programme has been published and can be viewed on the link below:
In addition, information continues to be added to the Examination Library. This information can be viewed at Examination Documents.
It is the Inspectors’ intention for Matter 13 – Climate Change Policies to begin on the morning of Thursday, 15 January 2026.
It is also intended that following a short break after Matter 13, Matter 14 - Sustainable Travel, Infrastructure and Delivery, and Monitoring, will be heard.
Accordingly, please could interested parties for both matters arrive by 11:30 a.m.
Due to the hearing session for Matter 4 Mixed-use Allocations not being completed in the allocated time, there has been a change to the hearing programme.
The remaining items to be heard were, Mixed-use Allocations in Chorley.
With the exception of EC5.1 Buckshaw Village, these will be heard after the Matter 5 Housing Allocations Chorley hearing session.
The Matter 5 Housing Allocations Chorley hearing session will take place on Tuesday 9th December 2025 starting at 9:30am.
EC5.1 Buckshaw Village will be heard before the Matter 5 Housing Allocations South Ribble hearing session.
The Matter 5 Housing Allocations South Ribble hearing session will take place on Wednesday 10th December 2025 starting at 9:30am.
An updated hearing programme has been published:
Please also be aware that the Examination Documents page will be continue to be updated with documents submitted to the examination.
The following document has been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab:
If you have requested to participate in the hearing sessions, please check that you are listed for the session(s) requested and the name of your participant is correct. If there are any issues, please contact the Programme Officer immediately.
Please note, if you are not named as a participant on the hearing programme then you will not be able to speak at the hearing sessions.
The draft hearing programme sets out the expected dates for the hearing sessions. However, this is subject to change and you should refer regularly to the examination website. It is your responsibility to keep yourself up to date with the arrangements and programme.
The following documents have been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab:
The Hearing Sessions Information webpage has been updated with information about the upcoming hearing sessions.
If you plan to participate or observe, please review the information provided on this page.
For any questions about the hearings or the examination, please contact the Programme Officer at:
Please note, an incorrect version of FR02c Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Appendix C Site Assessment was uploaded to the Evidence Base. The correct version has now been published:
The following document has been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab:
The Examination Documents tab has been updated to include hearing statements submitted to the examination.
If you have submitted a hearing statement(s), please carefully check that it has been recorded correctly and contact the Programme Officer immediately if there are any issues.
In addition, the Central Lancashire Authorities have submitted several documents which have been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab.
The locations of the hearing sessions have now been confirmed and can be viewed in the following document, which has been added to the examination library:
The draft hearing programme also lists the participants for the hearing sessions.
If you have requested to participate in the hearing sessions, please check that you are listed for the session(s) requested and the name of your participant is correct. If there are any issues, please contact the Programme Officer immediately.
Please note, if you are not named as a participant on the hearing programme then you will not be able to speak at the hearing sessions.
The draft hearing programme sets out the expected dates for the hearing sessions. However, this is subject to change and you should refer regularly to the examination website. It is your responsibility to keep yourself up to date with the arrangements and programme.
If you intend to observe the hearing sessions and have not already informed the Programme Officer of this, please do so immediately.
The following documents have been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab:
The Programme Officer has written out to all representors in relation to the above documents. If you believe you should have been contacted by the Programme Officer but haven't, please let the Programme Officer know immediately. A copy of this letter is linked below:
In addition, the Central Lancashire Authorities have provided a response to the Inspectors Initial Questions (ID01). This document has been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab:
The Inspectors have written to Central Lancashire Authorities with their initial questions. This document and documents produced by the Central Lancashire Authorities have been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed below and in the Examination Documents tab:
The following documents have been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab:
A number of documents have been added to the Examination Library during the initial weeks of the examination. Additional documents will continue to be published throughout the examination.
Interested parties are advised to check the Examination Documents page regularly for updates.
All documents added to the Examination Library can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab.
The following document has been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab:
If you have not received a copy of this letter and believe you should have, please contact the Programme Officer at programme.officer@chorley.gov.uk
The following documents have been added to the Examination Library and can be viewed in the Examination Documents tab:
23 July 2025 - The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) wrote to the Councils to confirm that Inspectors A. Partington BA (Hons) MA MRTPI and A. Jordan BA (Hons) MRTPI have been appointed to hold an independent examination of the Central Lancashire Local Plan.
