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

• 19 February - The Council have now commenced their Modifications consultation exercise, full details of which may be found on their Planning policy consultations webpage. Relevant documents may also be found in the EL6 library section below. As covered in the supporting documents, all responses should be sent to the Council, and following the close of the exercise on 1 April 2019 these responses, in full, will be forwarded to the Inspector to assist with his deliberations.
• 19 February - At the Inspector’s request, the Council have produced a short note regarding site SK044 which relates to former allotments and garages at Broughton Road, Skipton. It is included in the Examination library as item EL5.012.
• 11 February - A further letter from the Inspector regarding Local Green Space designations at Skipton and Hellifield has now been added to the Examination library as item EL5.011. The modifications consultation exercise, which will include changes as covered in the letter, is expected to commence shortly.
• 22 January - Recent responses to the Local Green Space consultation have now been added to the webpage library and are receiving the Inspector’s attention.  Additionally, arising from an Inspector’s request during the hearings, updated car park survey information regarding locations at Settle and Ingleton, has also been added. Dates have not yet been concluded for the Modifications consultation exercise although current expectations are for a February start.
• 4 January - A first response to the Local Green Space consultation has been added to the library as item EL5.008c, and this will be followed by other items received up to the deadline of 11 January.
• 20 December - Air Quality Information re the A59, A65, and A6068 has been added to the webpage library together with Natural England’s response - see item EL5.009.
• 17 December - Following library item EL5.003 regarding proposed local green space designations at Skipton and Hellifield the Council have now responded to the Inspector with alternative proposals (see EL5.008a-b). Relevant representors have been given the opportunity to comment on these proposals by 11 January following which this webpage will be further updated.
• 13 December - Further items, arising from discussions during the hearings, have now been added to the Examination library as items EL5.004-7.
• 11 December - The Inspector’s recent letter to the Council regarding Local Green Space designations has now been added to the library as item EL5.003.

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.