Core Strategy Preferred Options (June - August 2009)

Please note: The consultation on our Preferred Options for the Core Strategy took place from June to August 2009 and this page dates from that time.

You can view the Preferred Options document and the comments that we received online via our consultation portal (external link). (No longer open for consultation). 

You can also print a copy of the Preferred Options document.

You can also view a presentation of our Preferred Options. Copies of an audio transcription are available upon request.

Other documents available online are:

• our 13 Topic Papers which summarise the information that has informed the Preferred Options;
• a leaflet summarising the Preferred Options document (.pdf, 1401Kb);
• a further developed Sustainability Appraisal and a non-technical summary;
• a Habitats Regulations Assessment (.pdf, 487Kb) that assesses the impact of our preferred options on our European protected site 'The Manchester Mosses Special Area of Conservation';
• a Consultation Report (.pdf, 855Kb) that provides details of the consultation undertaken prior to the Preferred Options stage, a summary of the comments received and our responses;
• Proposals Map Changes - Minor Boundary Changes to Sites of Biological Importance (.pdf, 1452Kb).

You can also view the documents at our offices (see below) and at:

Gateway House, Standishgate, Wigan 8.30 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday (please note that Gateway House has restricted access for people with limited mobility).

Wigan Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, 8.45 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday

Leigh Town Hall, Market Street, Leigh, 9.00 am to 4.00 pm, Monday to Friday

and at all borough libraries (except the children's library) during opening hours (telephone 01942 827619).

We can make this information available in other formats and languages on request.

You can also view information on the previous Issues and Options stage of Core Strategy preparation.

Please note: an interim draft report (.pdf, 868Kb) on the Preferred Options consultations was produced in January 2010. Most of the content is updated and reproduced in the consultation reports published alongside the Draft Core Strategy.

Subsequent addition (May 2011):  An Interim Equality Impact Assessment (.pdf, 355Kb) was undertaken prior to the Preferred Options stage in September 2008.

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