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Guidance

Local plans: monitoring progress (legacy system)

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

From:
Planning Inspectorate
Published:
1 January 2012
Last updated:
17
14 AugustSeptember 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Local plans examination hearing dates

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Plans containing strategic policies

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Plans containing strategic policies

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Details

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Local Authorities should contact the Local Plans team at plans.admin@planninginspectorate.gov.uk if they wish for an out-of-date entry to be removed from the list.

Updates to this page

Published 1 January 2012
Last updated 1714 AugustSeptember 2026 — Show all updates

  1. Local plans examination hearing dates information updated

  2. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies data updated

  3. Local plans examination hearing dates updated

  4. (legacy system) added to the title

  5. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated.

  6. Tower Hamlets Local Plan 07/07/2026 hearing has been postponed

  7. Plans containing strategic policies , Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local plans examination hearing dates updated

  8. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated.

  9. Plans and hearing dates documents updated

  10. Plans updated for March 2026

  11. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  12. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  13. Wolverhampton Local Plan opening hearing was due to start tomorrow 16/12 but has been postponed, new date to be confirmed.

  14. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  15. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  16. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  17. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  18. Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  19. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  20. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  21. Plans containing non-strategic policies, Local Plan examination hearing dates and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  22. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies documents updated

  23. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  24. Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  25. LPA hearing dates updated

  26. Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated with February 2025 data

  27. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  28. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  29. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated with January 2025 data

  30. Hearing dates added for Enfield local plan

  31. Latest hearing dates added. Table updated to reorder most recent at top.

  32. 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

  33. Latest data updated for 'Plans containing strategic policies' and 'Plans containing non-strategic policies'

  34. 'list of local plan examination hearing dates' updated.

  35. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  36. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  37. Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  38. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  39. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  40. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  41. Plans containing non-strategic policies and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  42. All attachments have been updated.

  43. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies have been updated

  44. Plans containing strategic policies -and Plans containing strategic policies updated

  45. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies - file attachment and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  46. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates all updated with latest data

  47. Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local Plan examination hearing dates updated with March 2023 data

  48. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  49. A hearing date for for Blackburn & Darwin has been added to the Local Plan examination dates.

  50. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  51. Local Plan examination hearing dates data updated

  52. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  53. Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

  54. Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  55. Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  56. Warrington and Barking and Dagenham added to the local plan hearing dates

  57. Updated with hearing dates for Cornwall Council's Climate Emergency DPD examination.

  58. Hearing dates added, plans containing strategic and plans containing non-strategic updated.

  59. Local Plan examination hearing dates, Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated.

  60. Plans containing strategic policies updated for March 2022. No update to the Plans containing non-strategic policies.

  61. East Northants hearing details added

  62. Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

  63. A list of Local Plan Examination hearing dates the Planning Inspectorate is holding over the next few months has been added

  64. Plans containing strategic policies updated.

  65. Plans containing strategic policies updated

  66. Plans containing strategic policies list updated

  67. July data added to the strategic plan sheet

  68. July 2021 data added

  69. First published.

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Update history

2026-09-14 12:37
Local plans examination hearing dates information updated

2026-08-17 08:00
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies data updated

2026-08-11 12:20
Local plans examination hearing dates updated

2026-07-20 14:28
(legacy system) added to the title

2026-07-13 13:25
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated.

2026-07-03 13:30
Tower Hamlets Local Plan 07/07/2026 hearing has been postponed

2026-06-10 16:00
Plans containing strategic policies, Plans containing non-strategic policies and Local plans examination hearing dates updated

2026-05-08 11:08
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated.

2026-04-08 14:29
Plans and hearing dates documents updated

2026-03-12 10:20
Plans updated for March 2026

2026-02-05 07:41
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

2026-01-08 11:19
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

2025-12-15 12:36
Wolverhampton Local Plan opening hearing was due to start tomorrow 16/12 but has been postponed, new date to be confirmed.

2025-11-11 12:07
Plans containing strategic policies and Plans containing non-strategic policies updated

2025-11-05 15:18
Local Plan examination hearing dates updated

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