matthew bills, chris brown and peter elliott neighbourhood planning partnerships in harborough...
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Matthew Bills,Chris Brown and Peter Elliott
Neighbourhood Planning Partnerships
in Harborough District
About Harborough District
• Harborough District has 88 Local Councils– 1 None Parish Area (Market Harborough)– 1 Town Council– 44 Parish Councils– 43 Parish Meetings
• 14 Parishes have expressed an interest in NDPs– 2 have been ‘made’
About a Neighbourhood and Green Spaces Officer
What do I do?
The tools to do the job
What else have we done?
Is Neighbourhood Planning for us?
And they’re off!
The most important thing in a Neighbourhood plan
ConsultationConsultation
ConsultationAnd when you have finished that………
More Consultation!
Money and Grants
S.E.ATop Tips from the team
CommentsDevelopment Control
Time – NDP Group and Officer
time
Working with Communities
• Be honest• Don’t be intimidated• Plans have to ‘plan positively’ (NPPF para 184)• Don’t use planning jargon!• Manage expectations
Working with Communities
• Officer time commitment• Work time – checking documents• Policy wording
The new Local Plan
• Uncertainty over key issues• Flexibility needs to be built in• Neighbourhood Plan reviews
Working with Communities
Housing Numbers!
Working with Communities
• Housing types and housing mix• Examiner will have final word• Conformity
Working with Consultants
• Vital from an Officers perspective• Use the consultant to check all documents,
prior to general consumption• Better use of work time
A Community Perspective
Peter ElliotDistrict and Parish Councillor and Chair of the Scraptoft Neighbourhood Plan
Steering group
What is there to gain from a Neighbourhood Plan?
Is Neighbourhood Planning for us?
Should we spend time and money on it?
What ‘Front Runner’ money?
We just missed out.
Officer time and support is worthwhile
Where else did we get help?
• Rural Community Council• Funding from Community
Development Fund• Our Community!
The Big Issues
• Consultation and evaluation• We are now writing the Plan –
with help from a consultant.