Kirklees Council are inviting residents and businesses to have their say on proposals to update the Local Plan. The Local Plan affects the built and natural environment and guides housing and employment in the borough.
The first stage of the consultation is the Early Engagement Survey – open from 25 November 2024 to 28 February 2025 invites the public to give their views on what they would like to see in a Local Plan.
A Local Plan sets out how the local authority will manage development. It aims to set out development plans and planning guidance which support businesses, and local people and aim to meet environmental goals.
By law, all local councils must adopt a Local Plan, which sets out how much and where land can be developed to meet the needs of local people and businesses. In the years that followed the previous adoption of the Kirklees Local Plan in 2019 there have been many events and changes locally, nationally and globally and the update aims to take these into account. Once adopted, the new Local Plan will continue to govern how all planning applications are assessed.
Members of the public are encouraged to take part in the Early Engagement survey to have their say in shaping their local area. The survey can be accessed via the Kirklees website: