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Examination Documents

Inspectors documents

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Council documents

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Written Statements

Week 1

Inspectors’ opening announcements

Matter 1– Procedural/legal requirements

Followed by HRA

Matter 2 – The duty to co-operate

Matter 3 – The Spatial Strategy (Policy CS(R)1)

Matter 4 – The Housing Requirement (Policy CS(R)3) 

Matter 6 – The Employment Requirement (Policy CS(R) 4)

Matter 5 – Other Housing Requirements (Policies CS(R)12; CS(R)13; CS(R)14, RD2)

Week 2

Matter 7 – Retail Hierarchy and Capacity (Policy CS(R)5) 

Matter 8 – Green Belt (Policies CS(R)6); GB1; GB2 (but not site-specific safeguarded land) 

Matter 9 – Infrastructure (Policy CS(R)7), Transport and Liverpool John Lennon Airport (CS(R)15 & C1 (Part); CS (R)17 & C4)

Matter 11 – Implementation/Whole Plan Viability

Matter 10 – Natural and Historic Environment (Policies CS(R)20; HE1 (Part), HE2 (Part)) 

Reserve session for Interim Recreation Mitigation Strategy?

Reserve Day (if required)

Reserve Day (if required)

Week 3

Matter 12

Matter 12b

Matter 12b – Strategic Residential Allocations – Widnes and Hale sub-area (Policy RD1)

- SRL 7: North East Widnes

Matter 16 – Green Belt-Safeguarded Land (Policy GB2)

- SG12: Land adjacent Notcutts Garden Centre, Widnes

Matter 12b – Strategic Residential Allocations – Widnes and Hale sub-area (Policy RD1)

- SRL 8: North West Widnes

Matter 16 – Green Belt-Safeguarded Land (Policy GB2)

- SG10: Pex Hill, Widnes

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Matter 12b – Strategic Residential Allocations – Widnes and Hale sub-area (Policy RD1)

- SRL9: Hale Bank​​

- SG13: Land to the south of Hale Bank Road

Matter 16 – Green Belt-Safeguarded Land (Policy GB2)

- SG11: Land at Hale Gate Road

- SG13: Land to the south of Hale Bank Road

Matter 12a

Matter 12a – Strategic and other Residential Allocations– Runcorn sub-area (Policy RD1)

- SRL1-Delph Lane West

- SRL2-Central Housing Area, Daresbury

Matter 12a – Strategic and other Residential Allocations–

- SRL4 Sandymoor

- M8

Week 4

Matter 12a – Other Residential Sites D1

Matter 16 – Green Belt-Safeguarded Land (Policy GB2)

- SG2: Land to the East of Chester Road, Daresbury

- SG4: Land south of Daresbury Lane, Daresbury

- SG9: All Saints Vicarage, Daresbury Lane, Daresbury

Matter 12a – Strategic and other Residential Allocations– Runcorn sub-area (Policy RD1)

- SRL3 Wharford Farm

- SRL5 Halton Lea

- All Other Residential sites

Matter 15 – Gypsy and Traveller Allocations (Policy RD2, GT1 – GT7)

Matter 16 – Green Belt-Safeguarded Land (Policy GB2)

(SG1, SG3, SG5-SG8)

Matter 12b – Other Residential Allocations – Widnes and Hale sub-area (Policy RD1)

Matter 13a – Strategic and other Employment Allocations– Runcorn sub-area (Policy ED1)

Matter 13b – Strategic and other Employment Allocations – Widnes and Hale sub-area (Policy ED1)

Matter 14a/b – Town Centre/Retail Allocations (Policies HC2, TC1-TC11)

Matter 14c – Mixed Use Areas (PoliciesHC9, MUA1-MUA11) and EDU1-EDU3)

Matter 14d – Education Allocations (Policies HC10, EDU1-EDU3) 

Week 5

Matter 17 – Housing Land Supply and Delivery (Policy CS(R)3)

Matter 18 – Employment Development (Policies ED2 & ED3)

Matter 20 – Connectivity (Policies C1-C3)

Matter 23 – Environment (CS(R)21, HE1-HE9)

Matter 19 – Residential Development Policies (Policies RD3-RD6)

Matter 22 – Design and Sustainable Development (Policies CS(R)18; CS(R)19; ​GR1-GR5) 

Matter 24 – Minerals (Policies CS(R)25, HE10-HE11)

Matter 25 – Other Policies (Policies CS(R)25, CS(R)26)

Matter 21 – Halton Centres (Policies HC1-HC10)

Matter 26 – Local Plan Monitoring

Other Matters

Closing remarks

Reserve (if required)


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