The Examination in Public (EiP) will be conducted by a
planning inspector over approximately 9 months, usually including a
Hearing lasting approximately 2 weeks. The inspector will
decide whether the Local Plan has been prepared correctly, in line
with legal procedures, and whether it can be considered
'sound'.
To do this, it will test the Local Plan against a set of
Tests of Soundness (Adobe PDF
format, 1.8mb). If the Council are ruled to have met
these requirements, the Local Plan can be adopted by the Council as
the Development Plan Document for West Lancashire.
The final decision for adopting the Local Plan will lie with the
full Council, which will make a decision on adopting the Local Plan
following receipt of the Inspector's Final Report on the EiP and
the 'soundness' of the plan. It is hoped that the Local Plan will
therefore be adopted no later than July 2013.
Contact us
For more information contact the Planning Policy team
Email: localplan@westlancs.gov.uk
Tel: 01695 585046