Guidance
Local Plan: monitoring progress
The Planning Inspectorate maintains a list of the overall position for each LPA and a list of local plan examination hearing dates we are holding over the next few months
Change of https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-plan-monitoring-progress
Change description : 2025-10-09 10:08:00: Local Plan examination hearing dates updated [Guidance and regulation]
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The Planning Inspectorate maintains a list of the overall position for each LPA and a list of local plan examination hearing dates we are holding over the next few months
If you have a question about the timing of the publication, submission or adoption of a local plan, please contact the relevant LPA directly.
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Plans containing non-strategic policies, Local Plan examination hearing dates and Plans containing strategic policies updated
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies documents updated
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated
LPA hearing dates updated
Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated with February 2025 data
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated with January 2025 data
Hearing dates added for Enfield local plan
Latest hearing dates added. Table updated to reorder most recent at top.
The following have been updated: Plans containing strategic policies - file attachment Plans containing non-strategic policies - file attachment Plans containing strategic policies - HTML attachment Plans containing non-strategic policies - HTML attachment
Latest data updated for 'Plans containing strategic policies' and 'Plans containing non-strategic policies'
'list of local plan examination hearing dates' updated.
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated
All attachments have been updated.
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies have been updated
Plans containing strategic policies -and Plans containing strategic policies updated
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies - file attachment and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates all updated with latest data
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated with March 2023 data
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
A hearing date for for Blackburn & Darwin has been added to the Local Plan examination dates.
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
Local Plan examination hearing dates data updated
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
Warrington and Barking and Dagenham added to the local plan hearing dates
Updated with hearing dates for Cornwall Council's Climate Emergency DPD examination.
Hearing dates added, plans containing strategic and plans containing non-strategic updated.
Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated.
Plans containing strategic policies updated for March 2022. No update to the Plans containing non-strategic policies.
East Northants hearing details added
Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
A list of Local Plan Examination hearing dates the Planning Inspectorate is holding over the next few months has been added
Plans containing strategic policies updated.
Plans containing strategic policies updated
Plans containing strategic policies list updated
July data added to the strategic plan sheet
July 2021 data added
First published.
2025-10-09 10:08
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2025-09-08 12:42
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2025-08-07 13:53
Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated
2025-08-04 11:57
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2025-07-09 07:28
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies andLocal Plan examination hearing dates updated
2025-06-09 14:17
Plans containing non-strategic policies, Local Plan examination hearing dates and Plans containing strategic policies updated
2025-05-08 10:12
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies documents updated
2025-05-02 07:44
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2025-04-07 15:07
Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated
2025-04-04 15:41
LPA hearing dates updated
2025-02-17 16:11
Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated with February 2025 data
2025-02-10 16:44
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2025-01-08 15:59
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2025-01-07 09:52
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated with January 2025 data
2024-12-10 16:50
Hearing dates added for Enfield local plan
2024-12-10 12:21
Latest hearing dates added. Table updated to reorder most recent at top.
2024-11-07 11:50
The following have been updated:Plans containing strategic policies – file attachmentPlans containing non-strategic policies – file attachmentPlans containing strategic policies – HTML attachmentPlans containing non-strategic policies – HTML attachment
2024-10-08 15:51
Latest data updated for ‘Plans containing strategic policies’ and ‘Plans containing non-strategic policies’
2024-09-25 14:43
‘list of local plan examination hearing dates’ updated.
2024-09-11 13:18
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2024-08-08 14:41
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2024-07-05 10:59
Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2024-04-12 11:59
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2024-03-13 16:09
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2024-01-22 16:17
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2023-11-07 14:56
Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated
2023-10-16 14:19
All attachments have been updated.
2023-08-08 10:14
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies have been updated
2023-07-07 15:34
Plans containing strategic policies -and Plans containing strategic policies updated
2023-06-09 12:46
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies – file attachment and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2023-04-13 12:01
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates all updated with latest data
2023-03-20 15:10
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated with March 2023 data
2023-02-27 07:38
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2022-12-01 13:53
A hearing date for for Blackburn & Darwin has been added to the Local Plan examination dates.
2022-11-14 10:25
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2022-11-10 14:49
Local Plan examination hearing dates data updated
2022-10-13 08:56
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2022-09-05 13:53
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated
2022-08-10 08:08
Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2022-07-12 12:32
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2022-07-06 12:49
Warrington and Barking and Dagenham added to the local plan hearing dates
2022-06-01 16:56
Updated with hearing dates for Cornwall Council’s Climate Emergency DPD examination.
2022-05-12 09:22
Hearing dates added, plans containing strategic and plans containing non-strategic updated.
2022-04-07 17:14
Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated.
2022-03-07 13:12
Plans containing strategic policies updated for March 2022. No update to the Plans containing non-strategic policies.
2022-03-01 16:10
East Northants hearing details added
2022-02-23 14:56
Plans containing non-strategic policies updated
2022-02-17 10:14
A list of Local Plan Examination hearing dates the Planning Inspectorate is holding over the next few months has been added