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Frequently asked questions: Local Development Framework

1. What is Knowsley’s Local Development Framework (LDF)?
2. What is included in the LDF?
3. Why is the LDF being produced?
4. What is the aim of the LDF?
5. What key challenges are we trying to tackle?
6. What are the benefits of the LDF?
7. How does the LDF affect the current planning system?
8. Will the council use evidence to support the preparation of the LDF?
9. What evidence has the council produced so far?
10. What is the timetable for the preparation of the LDF?
11. How have my previous views on the Issues and Options paper been taken into consideration?
12. What stage is the LDF preparation at?
13. What is the purpose of the Preferred Options report?
14. How is the information available?
15. When is the consultation period for the Preferred Options report?
16. Are there any additional documents that I need to know about?
17. How can I submit my views?
18. When and where are the consultation events?
19. What happens after the consultation period ends?
20. What happens next?
21. Will I be able to comment again after the Preferred Options stage?
22. How can I get more information on the LDF?

1. What is Knowsley’s Local Development Framework (LDF)?

Knowsley Council is producing a new development plan that will shape the growth and development of the borough up to 2027. The Local Development Framework (LDF) will over time replace the existing Replacement Unitary Development Plan (UDP).

2. What is included in the LDF?

The LDF will be made up of a number of individual documents that set out the council's policies for promoting, guiding and managing development of the borough.

3. Why is the LDF being produced?

The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires the council to replace the current UDP (adopted 2006) with new development plan documents (DPDs) forming part of the council’s LDF, the most important of these being a core strategy. Other Development Plan Documents (DPDs), Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) and a new proposals map will also be produced.

4. What is the aim of the LDF?

The LDF will help ensure that Knowsley becomes a 'borough of choice' by 2027. It will identify how and where our towns will develop, providing a development focus for issues such as housing, employment, leisure and retail for the next 10-20 years, whilst identifying areas of restraint and protection of environmental or heritage value. The LDF will promote, guide and manage the future development of Knowsley and make important choices about how and where new development and regeneration will take place. The LDF will also shape the investment plans of the council and other public, voluntary and private sector organisations.

5. What key challenges are we trying to tackle?

Evidence based upon localised need suggests that there is a requirement for a further 7,650 homes to be built in Knowsley up to 2027. We also need to decide how our town centres and employment areas should develop and how we should tackle the high levels of deprivation which exist in Knowsley.

6. What are the benefits of the LDF?

The intention of the LDF is to streamline the local planning process, improve flexibility in the planning system, strengthen community and stakeholder involvement, and contribute to achieving sustainable development.

7. How does the LDF affect the current planning system?

The main difference is that each DPD can be reviewed individually. This should speed up the process of review, helping to keep the LDF up to date.

There will be no difference in the way we receive and deal with planning applications under current UDP policies, until the core strategy is adopted and a number of policies are therefore replaced. A schedule of UDP policies proposed to be deleted upon adoption of the core strategy is included within appendix D of the preferred options report. Other UDP policies will remain saved until superseded through the adoption of subsequent DPDs.

8. Will the council use evidence to support the preparation of the LDF?

A key feature of the LDF is that policies and proposals are based on a robust and up to date evidence base. The evidence base requirements are set out in various planning policy statements (PPSs) which are produced by the government.

9. What evidence has the council produced so far?

A number of specialist studies or research projects have been completed or are ongoing. Finished documents and progress on ongoing evidence preparation can be viewed by clicking here.

10. What is the timetable for the preparation of the LDF?

The full timetable for the production of the Local Development Framework (LDF) can be viewed by clicking here.

11. How have my previous views on the Issues and Options Paper been taken into consideration?

Between November 2009 and January 2010 the council consulted extensively on the Core Strategy Issues and Options Paper which sought views on key choices facing the borough. The findings of this earlier consultation can be found in the Core Strategy - Issues and Options: Report of Consultation, and have been used to inform the council’s Preferred Options Report.

12. What stage is the LDF preparation at?

The LDF core strategy is currently at preferred options stage. Other LDF documents are at varying stages of preparation – see www.knowsley.gov.uk/LDF for further details. 

13. What is the purpose of the Preferred Options Report?

The Preferred Options Report is part of our process of preparing Knowsley’s Core Strategy development plan document (DPD) setting out how the council proposes to address key issues about how and where development in Knowsley could best be built up to 2027.

14. How is the information available?

A preferred options booklet has been circulated to all households in Knowsley, with additional consultation events being organised throughout the borough.

The full Preferred Options Report is available to view and download online at www.knowsley.gov.uk/LDF, with copies will also be available within the consultation period at all council one stop shops and libraries during normal office hours.

The full Preferred Options Report is also available to purchase from the Places and Neighbourhoods Team
at a cost of £25 (including postage).

15. When is the consultation period for the Preferred Options report?

The consultation period for the preferred options report began on Monday June 27, 2011 and will last for 10 weeks.  All comments on this stage must reach us by 5pm on Monday September 5, 2011.

16. Are there any additional documents that I need to know about?

A Sustainability Appraisal (SRA), Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) and Health Impact Assessment (HIA) have been undertaken on the Preferred Options Report and are also published for representations to be made on them during the consultation period, together with a number of documents providing additional technical information to support this Preferred Options Report. All these documents are also available to view and comment upon online at www.knowsley.gov.uk/LDF.

17. How can I submit my views?

You can return your views to us using the cut off slip attached to the preferred options booklet, or alternatively use the online form at www.knowsley.gov.uk/LDF. You can also write to the council at:

Places and Neighbourhoods Team
Chief Executive’s Directorate
First Floor Annexe
Huyton Municipal
Archway Rd
Huyton
L36 9YU

Or email your response to: ldf@knowsley.gov.uk.

18. When and where are the consultation events?

We will be holding drop-in events in each of Knowsley’s town centres over the summer. The dates and times are as follows:

 

Month	Date	Day	Time	Centre	Location
July	2	Saturday	10am - 4pm	Prescot	Eccleston Street
	5	Tuesday	10am - 4pm	Kirkby	Newtown Gardens
	8	Friday	10am - 4pm	Huyton	Derby Road
	15	Friday	10am - 4pm	Halewood	Halewood Centre
	26	Tuesday	10am - 4pm	Prescot	Eccleston Street
August	6	Saturday	10am - 4pm	Kirkby	Newtown Gardens
	13	Saturday	10am - 4pm	Huyton	Derby Road
	20	Saturday	10am - 4pm	Halewood	Halewood Centre

19. What happens after the consultation period ends?

We will carefully consider all comments and views received about the options presented, other evidence and government requirements, and prepare a report of consultation, which will inform the content of the next stage (the publication version of the core strategy).

20. What happens next?

We will carefully consider all comments and views received, other evidence and government requirements and prepare a final version of the core strategy, known as the proposed submission version.

This document will be the final version of the plan which the council will be seeking to submit to the government and eventually adopt. There will be a further opportunity to share your views at this stage, although the consultation will be relatively limited in accordance with government regulations. Following an Examination In Public, the council will seek to adopt the core strategy in 2012.

Please keep checking www.knowsley.gov.uk/LDF for regular updates on core strategy progress. You can register your contact details online to receive future updates.

21. Will I be able to comment again after the preferred options stage?

Upon publication of core strategy in early 2012 there will be another consultation period providing opportunity for final comment related to the soundness and legal compliance of the strategy only. That stage will be the final period for representations before its submission to the government for examination by an independent planning inspector. 

22. How can I get more information on the LDF?

For further information and to keep up to date with the core strategy consultations or any other public consultations relating to the LDF, please visit www.knowsley.gov.uk/LDF.

You can also contact the Places and Neighbourhoods Team using the contact details below to be added to our LDF consultation database.

Please contact us on 0151 443 2326 or email ldf@knowsley.gov.uk.

Alternatively, write to the Places and Neighbourhoods Team, Chief Executive’s Directorate, First Floor Annexe, Huyton Municipal, Archway Rd, Huyton, L36 9YU.