The first stage of plan-making (Regulation 18 Notification) took place between July and August 2017
To inform this work the local community and other interested parties were asked:
- What the Local Plan should contain and what the key planning issues are for Oldham; and
- What, in broad terms should be the main aims of the Local Plan
In addition, we published our Integrated Assessment Scoping Report and invited the Environment Agency, Historic England and Natural England to comment on the scope of the Local Plan. This was also available for the local community and stakeholders to view and comment on if they wished.
The below document summarises the comments received in 2017 and how we have addressed the key issues raised:
The comments that were received during the process, helped to identify the issues that the Local Plan needed to address, which were used to inform the next stage of consultation: