11 June 2018
Cabinet approve draft
Cabinet approved draft plan

Calderdale's cabinet approves the draft local plan

21 June 2018
Council approve draft
Coucil approved draft plan

Calderdale's cabinet approves the draft local plan

10 Aug 2018
Public consultation
Public consultation opens

The public consultation into Calderdale's draft local plan commences during the summer holiday period

24 Sept 2018
Consultation ends
Public consultation opens

The public consultation into Calderdale's draft local plan closes

11 Jan 2019
Plan submitted
Calderdale submits Local Plan

Calderdale submits the Local Plan and Appendix to the government.

No further evidence should be submitted unless requested by Inspector


Plan: 244 pages

Appendix: 186 pages


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Calderdale: 430


Comments: 2747

05 May 2019
Inspector writes
Planning Inspector appointed

Government-appointed Planning Inspector, Miss Katie Childs, writes to Calderdale setting out first Matters, Issues and Questions (MIQ's) 1-6 for the Stage One hearings


 

PAGES

Inspector: 8

MIQ 1-6 evidence
Calderdale replies to Inspector

Calderdale responds in writing to the Planning Inspector.

The 81 pages generate 544 comments from participants (138 pages).

 


 

PAGES

Calderdale: 81

Respondents: 138


Comments: 544

26 June
First Hearings
Stage 1 Hearings - Shelf Village Hall

The Stage One hearings are held over 5 days at Shelf Village Hall. 

The Inspector raises an issue with Calderdale's housing and economic amibtions and requests a consultation on changes

January 2020
Housing Supply
'Turley Report' on housing supply

Calderdale responds in writing to the Planning Inspector.

The 81 pages generate 534 comments from participants (138 pages).


PAGES

Calderdale: 40


Comments: 2232

27 May 2020
Stage 2 MIQ's
MIQ's for Stage 2 Hearings

Government-appointed Planning Inspector, Miss Katie Childs, writes to Calderdale setting out first Matters, Issues and Questions (MIQ's) 1-6 for the Stage One hearings


PAGES

Inspector: 59

MIQ 7-29 evidence
Calderdale replies to Inspector

Calderdale responds in writing to the Planning Inspector.

The 891 pages generate 544 comments from participants (138 pages).


PAGES

Calderdale: 891

Respondents: 927


Comments: 2681

05 Oct 2020
Second Hearings
Stage 2 Hearings - online

The Stage Two hearings were held online

 

August + 2020
Further evidence
Further evidence from Calderdale

Calderdale Council releases a further batch of documents in response to questions from the Inspector. The documents are referenced 'CC'.


PAGES

Calderdale: 2762

Respondents: 4297


Comments: 691

Calderdale's Local Plan in numbers

Regulation 19 submission is the plan Calderdale submits for examination – at this point no further evidence should be produced

Calderdale Local Plan submitted to the government in January 2019

430 pages

Pages subsequently presented by Calderdale to either justify their decision or provide new evidence

3774 pages

Responses to Calderdale

Population changes

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates poulation changes for UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The ONS estimates Calderdale’s population will increase by around 5,000 citizens over the plan period.

Chart showing population change over local plan period

Calderdale's plan for housing growth

Calderdale’s plan for housing growth has changed over the local plan period. 

The original idea was for most development to take place in Halifax area, however as you can see from the chart, this has now shifted to Brighouse.

Chart showing Calerdale local plan housing allocations

Brighouse allocations

Under Calderdale Council’s draft Local Plan, nearly half Calderdale’s growth is focused on Brighouse.

Brighouse allocations are categorised as strategic extensions (garden suburbs) and other Brighouse allocations.

Chart showing how proposed Brighouse garden suburbs will be nearly two thirds of new housing

Calderdale's land value decline

Benchmark land value (BLV) is a critical component of the viability assessment.  The BLV provides the baseline against which the viability of a particular scheme/site is tested.

BLV explained

To ensure viability, the costs of any requirements likely to be applied to
development, such as requirements for affordable housing, standards, infrastructure contributions or other requirements should, when taking account of the  normal cost of development and mitigation, provide competitive returns to a willing land owner and willing developer to enable the development to be deliverable

A graph showing how Calderdale land values have dropped during the local plan period

Average timescale for local plans

Average timescale for strategic local plan adoption (days), from plan submisison to the Planning Inspectorate through to being found sound and then adopted.

Found sound (avg days)
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Adopted (avg days)
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Total days for plan to conclude
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What would this mean for Calderdale?

Clifton & Brighouse sites

Calderdale Council decided to focus all the significant growth in South East Calderdale. With major developments already underway in neighbouring Kirklees. Find out more about Calderdale's plans at their website

Thornhills Lane

If it is permitted, Thornhills Lane garden suburb will be one of the largest developments in Calderdale. We believe the development used flawed data in the justification for the proposal, find out on our wepage