The Council submitted their Plan to the Planning Inspectorate on 27th March 2018.

This page should be viewed alongside the Council's New local plan webpage from which the original submission library may be accessed. The submission library also contains a full set of representations submitted at the Local Plan Publication stage.

Further library items will be added to this Examination page as the Examination progresses and representors and other interested parties are encouraged to view it on a regular basis for new items and latest developments.

Latest news

• 3 September - All the consultation responses to the recent Further Modifications consultation have now been added to the Examination library as item EL7.009a and the Council’s responses have been added as item EL7.009b. All  have now been forwarded to the Inspector who is giving them full consideration in his further deliberations. Further details will be advised in due course.
• 17 July - The Inspector has now considered responses to the recent Modifications consultation exercise and has written to the Council on two topics: land north of Skipton Castle, and the wording of Policies H1 and H2.  Following his letter – EL6.011 in the Examination library – the Council are now undertaking a further limited consultation exercise and relevant documents are in a new library section EL7. This latest consultation will run until 29 August following which all responses will be forwarded to the Inspector to assist his deliberations and progress towards final report.
• 20 May - All the consultation responses to the recent Modifications consultation have now been added to the Examination library as item EL6.010a and the Council’s responses have been added as items EL6.010b-d. All  have now been forwarded to the Inspector who is giving them full consideration in his further deliberations. Further details will be advised in due course.

The Inspector

Inspector Matthew Birkinshaw BA (Hons) MSc MRTPI has been appointed, by the Secretary of State, to undertake an independent examination into the soundness of the Plan and to subsequently issue a report with his conclusions.

The Programme Officer

Until the conclusion of the Examination, Tony Blackburn will continue to fulfill the role of independent Programme Officer and may be contacted via email at

ABlackburn@cravendc.gov.uk 

or alternatively by post at the following address:

15 Ottawa Close
Blackburn
BB2 7EB

Additionally he may be contacted by telephone on 01254 260286.

Enquiries regarding the content of Modifications to the Plan should in the first instance be directed to the Council at localplan@cravendc.gov.uk or on 01756 706472.

Although this webpage appears on the Council's website, the Programme Officer will be responsible for its contents.

The hearings

The Inspector held a series of hearings as part of the Examination process and these concluded on Wednesday 31 October.

Examination library items

Select items from the following tables to download copies.