4NW is the Regional Leaders Forum for England's Northwest and is also the designated regional planning body for the Northwest.

Downloads

Introductory Downloads:

North West Plan Partial Review - Introductory Leaflet
The Handy Guide to Planning

Presentations for the Sustainability Appraisal Group - Options Stage:

Partial Review - Introduction
Introduction to Appraisal Meeting
Issues - Part 1
Issues - Part 2
Conclusions and recap

Workshop Presentation Downloads:

NWPPR Renewable Energy Workshop Presentation
NWPPR Waste Workshop Presentation
NWPPR Car Parking Workshop Presentation
NWPPR Housing, Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Workshop Presentation

Review of Regional Car Parking Briefing: Accessibility Areas
NWPPR Facilitation Workshop Guidelines
NWPPR Sample Workshop Outline

Online Videos:

Gypsy and Travelling Showpeople: A film highlighting some of the accommodation issues faced by communities which will be considered as part of the partial review of the Regional Spatial Strategy. >>

NWPPR Newsletters:

June Newsletter
April Newsletter

News:

NHPAU Advice
The National Housing and Planning Advice Unit has today (26th June) published its advice to Government on future housing supply. Government will consider the NHPAU’s advice as it finalises its own formal guidance to regional planning authorities. >>

Timetable Change for Partial Review of RSS revised at the Request of Government: As a consequence of a discussion with CLG/GONW officials last week, we have had to agree to shortening the timescale for the RSS Partial Review. >>

Consultation Workshops: Parts of the North West Plan, the Regional Spatial Strategy, are being reviewed in a Partial Review of the North West Plan. A series of workshops are being held that are open to all and will include a presentation on the options and time for discussion about them. >>

Public Consultation on Proposed Changes to Draft North West Regional Spatial Strategy: A public consultation on the Proposed Changes to the draft Regional Spatial Strategy for the North West of England was launched on 20 March 2008. >>

Current Consultation Results: Full results on the consultation of the Draft Project Plan are available for registered users. >>