Parish Consultation Papers

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Consultation Papers

Consultation on a revised Neighbourhood Plan

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We are revising our Neighbourhood Plan to make sure it is fit for purpose for the next few years. The review was started before the General Election and this may help us understand any new proposal that come forward and how they may affect our parish. Consultation for our revised Neighbourhood Plan will now run from 9th September 2024 for six weeks (ie to 21st October)and the meeting and presentation will happen in Martley village hall on Saturday 21st September from 10:30 to 12:00. Do come along and find out more or contact our Chairman, Cllr Michael Bellamy at Michael.bellamy1310@gmail.com Some background information. For reasons of scale and human resources we share our Neighbourhood Plan with Martley. Neighbourhood development plans were authorised by the 2011 Localism Act. This enabled parish councils and neighbourhood forums to create their own development plan to set out how their area should develop in the future. The key questions such a plan should answer are: < How will the area develop in the future? < How much land should be set aside for new houses, shops and places of employment? < Where is the best place for development to take place? < What should new buildings look like? < What else is needed to provide a good quality of life? A neighbourhood plan can help prevent the wrong kind of development, and promote a higher quality of building design. Planning inspectors must refer to the neighbourhood plan in cases where developers appeal against a refusal of planning permission. Neighbourhood plans must conform to the strategic objectives of the local plan, which in our case is the South Worcestershire Development Plan (SWDP). Local plans, despite their name, usually cover a wide area and are mainly concerned with identifying sites for housing and commercial development.
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