A new Local Plan Hub for Lancaster District

We have published our new digital hub for the full review of the Lancaster District Local Plan. We hope that our new digital approach and the information will help everyone to understand the local plan process.   We have asked for feedback, if you do find something is not clearly explained we will try to explain it better. The Local Plan Hub will be kept up to date as the new local plan is prepared. 

Local Plan Issues & Opportunties

The Local Plan Issues & Opportunties consultation, which ran from 19 July 2024 to 20 September 2024, is now closed, and we are currently reviewing and processing comments received.  Keep an eye on this page for details on the next step of the plan process.

Please take a look at our Local Plan Hub to be kept informed>>>>>>>>

Call for Sites

We need to plan for future development and understand what land might be suitable and available to enable this.  We are currently in the process of going through all the sites submitted to the Council as part of the first round of the Call for Sites process, which closed 30 September 2024, to assess the accuracy of the data provided. We are expecting to publish the sites submitted by the end of this year although this only be for information purposes and will not contain any assessment or conclusion on the suitability of any sites submitted

Identifying flood risks 

We are looking for information which will help us identify flood risk. We need information about sites but also evidence that these areas flood.  Further details to follow on submissions to date at 30 September 2024.

Engagement doesn't end here!

We want to keep you informed, so please do check this page regularly. If you would like more information or feel that you would like to be involved in the development of the Local Plan, please contact us: planningpolicy@lancaster.gov.uk  and join our mailing list.

Current Local Plan position

Lancaster City Council adopted its current Local Plan in July 2020 (Strategic Policies & Land Allocations DPD and Development Management DPD).  In light of its own declaration of a Climate Emergency the Council decided to partially review partially review the adopted plan.  Work on this partial review is ongoing; the council hopes to adopt the reviewed plan in 2024.

In 2023 Lancashire County Council decided to suspend work on the South Lancaster Growth Catalyst. This project was to provide transport and other infrastructure supported by funding from the government. This infrastructure would have enabled much development in the south of Lancaster including a new garden settlement.  The City Council had been preparing a Lancaster South Area Action Plan. Following the decision to suspend the South Lancaster Growth Catalyst Lancaster City Council decided to stop work on the Area Action Plan and to fully review the adopted Local Plan.