Local Plan Review
Important update
North East Lincolnshire Council’s Local Plan review continues but will take into account any changes to the National Planning Policy Framework following the Government’s recent consultation. As part of that national consultation all local authorities with planning responsibilities were asked to submit their views on a series of questions. North East Lincolnshire Council’s response can be found at Cabinet or you can read it by opening the PDF:
For details on the proposed national reforms and timelines go to Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system at GOV.UK.
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The current North East Lincolnshire Local Plan was adopted in 2018.
The Council is required to review the Local Plan within five years of its adoption. An initial decision was made to commence a review of the Local Plan in 2020, however, due to proposed planning reforms this work was paused.
In October 2021 Cabinet committee agreed that work on the review should be restarted. The review will be carried out in several stages taking around three years to complete.
In line with the Government reforms to the planning process, the Local Plan review will seek to:
- Simplify the Local Plan.
- Focus on local priorities.
- Not repeat national guidance.
- Provide a framework for development in North East Lincolnshire to be a place where people are proud to live, work, invest and visit.
An initial assessment was undertaken in 2019 using the Planning Advisory Service Toolkit to identify which areas of the adopted Local Plan needed review. This identified that many areas of the Plan are working well and remain consistent with national planning policy and therefore do not need to be included in the review.
Stages of review
The following engagement and consultation activities have been undertaken as part of the Local Plan review:
Related content
Related documents
The Local Plan – Summary (Word, 59KB)
Frequently Asked Questions (Word, 27KB)
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