A member of the Council’s planning team is available to help you make comments online at the following drop-in advice sessions: Halifax Customer First: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9am – 1pm Email spatial.planning@calderdale.gov.uk The examination could last around nine months. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Unlike many other councils, this will be a single Plan incorporating both strategic policies and land allocations, so Calderdale is ahead of many councils which have an adopted Core Strategy, but have made limited progress on allocating sites for development. Adoption of the plan by Calderdale Council is expected to be confirmed by the end of 2018. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. There are just over two weeks left for local people to have their say on the draft plans for housing, employment, infrastructure and open spaces in Calderdale over the next 15 years. This entry was posted in … The consultation on the initial draft of the Calderdale Local Plan is now open and information on t… Calderdale’s Local Plan will then be examined in detail by the Secretary of State. Calderdale Council’s Cabinet will be asked to endorse an adjustment to the initial draft of the Local Plan to reflect these changes in the housing requirement. The Cabinet will meet to consider the report at 6pm on Monday 4 December 2017 at Halifax Town Hall. Then Have your say on the Local Plan … It’s vital that we consider them carefully and it’s right that we plan for the future. Once existing planning permissions and … Change ). Learn how your comment data is processed. Calderdale Council serves the towns of Brighouse, Elland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden. Over 1,500 comments have already been made on Calderdale’s initial draft Local Plan. To help ensure this, we need to know if the draft plans meet local people’s needs. However, the Council is urging more people to share their views before the consultation ends at 5pm on Friday 29 September. The 2017 Post was not sent - check your email addresses! To give you the very best experience, this website sets cookies on your computer. A Planning Officer will also  be in attendance at the following locations to assist you in making comments online. Calderdale may require fewer homes within its Local Plan after a review of the way housing need is calculated. “These changes have given us the opportunity to refine the draft Local Plan to make sure that the sites which have been identified for development are sustainable and realistic; protect the green spaces which people value the most and have the greatest potential for economic growth.”. You can search for archived press releases from 1999 to 2013. There are just over two weeks left for local people to have their say on the draft plans for housing, employment, infrastructure and open spaces in Calderdale over the next 15 years. Once existing planning permissions and windfalls are taken into account this means the figure required to be allocated would be under 10,000 and we will be looking at further opportunities on brownfield sites and increasing densities of town centre developments.