§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many planning applications for housing in Chorley have been approved in each of the last five years. [148223]
§ Yvette CooperThe number of planning applications for housing in the borough of Chorley approved in each of the last five years is as follows:
Applications approved 1999 91 2000 58 2001 71 2002 69 2003 67 Total (January 1999 to December 2003) 356
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much land has been allocated for the next 10 years for new housing in Chorley. [148224]
§ Yvette CooperThe adopted Chorley borough Local Plan Review allocates 100 hectares of land for housing for the period up to 2006. This figure excludes the former Royal Ordnance Factory site at Euxton, which is also expected to contribute 500 dwellings during the plan period, on the part of the site lying within Chorley borough.
Upon commencement of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill, Chorley borough council will be required to prepare a Local Development Framework to replace the Local Plan Review. In doing so the council should have regard to the annualised rates of average housing provision set out in Regional Planning Guidance for the North West, as applied by the emerging Lancashire Structure Plan. That currently proposes an annual rate of housing provision for Chorley in the period 2006–16 of 210 dwellings per year, net of clearance.