Knowsley Council is consulting with the public on a further
modification to its Local Plan following a recent change to
Government policy related to wind turbine developments.
In June 2015, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local
Government issued a Written Ministerial Statement on Local
Planning, which introduced changes to national planning policy on
wind energy. This issue affects all authorities who are currently
preparing a Local Plan.
Government Planning Inspector Martin Pike, who is carrying out
the Examination in Public of Knowsley’s Local Plan, advised that a
change to the Plan would be needed to reflect these national policy
changes.
The suggested change will restrict the development of wind
turbines to areas where the Local Plan has identified that they are
suitable, and where there is support from the local community.
Knowsley’s emerging Local Plan has not identified any suitable
sites for wind energy development and there are no current
proposals for wind farms within the borough.
Public consultation will start on Friday 4 September 2015 and
all comments must be received by 12 noon on Friday 2 October
2015.
Any responses which relate to other parts of the Plan will not
be accepted.
Details of the consultation, modification to the plan, guidance
notes, response forms and supporting documents are available at
www.knowsley.gov.uk/localplan.
All responses must be submitted by:
- e-mail to localplan@knowsley.gov.uk;
and/or
- letter to Local Plan Team, Knowsley MBC, Ground Floor, Yorkon
Building, Archway Road, Liverpool L36 9FB.
Hard copies of these documents are available at the Council’s
One Stop Shops in Halewood, Huyton, Kirkby and Prescot and at
libraries in Halewood, Huyton, Kirkby, Prescot and Stockbridge
Village.
For further information about the consultation, call the Local
Plan team on 0151 443 2326 or email localplan@knowsley.gov.uk.
For information on the Knowsley Local Plan: Core Strategy
Examination in Public, please contact the Programme Officer, Paul
Morris on 0151 443 3077 or email programmeofficer@knowsley.gov.uk.