2018 publication, submission and examination

Progress of the new local plan in 2018 including submission to the Secretary of State.

27 March - Craven local plan submitted to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Following publication in January (see below), the Craven local plan has been submitted to the Secretary of State together with supporting documents. A planning inspector, appointed by him, will now conduct an examination into the plan's soundness. Representations made during publication will be considered as part of the examination. Please download and read the notification letter, provided below, which contains full details.

 Notification letter (pdf / 156 KB)

The documents submitted to the Secretary of State are listed below, with reference numbers. Select a document to download a copy.

The submitted documents have been numbered in order to assist in referencing and communications between parties during the examination. Details of document numbers are available in the  table of reference numbers for submitted documents (pdf / 200 KB).

You can follow the examination process and keep up-to-date with the latest progress by making regular visits to the Craven local plan examination page, which is maintained independently by the programme officer.


2 January to 13 February - representations invited on the publication draft Craven local plan and revised SCI

We prepared the publication version of the Craven local plan for submission to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and invited representations. Consultation on our revised statement of community involvement (SCI) ran concurrently. Whilst the representations period and consultation period have now ended, relevant documents are still available to view below.

Publication draft Craven local plan

Information, procedures and guidance:

Proposed submission documents:

Supporting documents:

Evidence base documents:

All evidence base documents are available on the planning policy evidence base page.

Other background documents:

 List of other background documents with links (January 2018) (pdf / 77 KB)

A revised statement of community involvement (SCI) for planning