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#neighbourhoodplanning
Golden Rules
First Golden Rule
PLAN POSITIVELY
“Planning must be a creative exercise in finding ways to enhance and improve the places in
which we live our lives…”
Neighbourhood planning gives communities direct power to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood and
shape the development and growth of their local area.
They are able to choose where they want new homes, shops and offices to be built, have their say on what those new buildings should look like and what infrastructure
should be provided, and grant planning permission for the new buildings they want to see go ahead.
Neighbourhood planning provides a powerful set of tools for local people to ensure that they get the right types of
development for their community where the ambition of the neighbourhood is aligned with the strategic needs and
priorities of the wider local area.
Paragraph 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework is clear that those producing neighbourhood plans or Orders should support the strategic development needs set out in Local Plans, including policies for housing and economic
development.
More specifically paragraph 184 of the National Planning Policy Framework states that neighbourhood plans and
Orders should not promote less development than set out in the Local Plan or undermine its strategic policies.
I commend Cringleford Parish Council for seeking to face up to the difficult issue of meeting a considerable level of housing
need for a relatively small community: a further 1,200 dwellings in a parish where 1,000 new dwellings are already being
constructed in Round House Park.
Report of the independent examiner
“I only know two English neighbourhoods thoroughly, and in each, within a circle of five miles, there is enough of interest and
beauty to last a reasonable man his life.
I believe this to be the case almost throughout the country, but each has a special attraction, and none can be richer than the one I am speaking of
and going to introduce to you particularly…”
Tom Brown’s Schooldays, Thomas Hughes
Thame
VISION
Thame must maintain its character
as a real market town• Continue to feel ‘compact’
• Continue to have a close relationship with open countryside around it• Retain its markets
• Continue to act as a centre for the surrounding area, not just residents• Remain attractive to residents and visitors
Thame
The ten-word Vision Statement is clear, short and sharp. It provides a good introduction,
from which the more detailed objectives, and then the policies to support and deliver the
vision, naturally flow.
Report of the Independent Examiner
Thame
POLICIES
Land allocated for 775 new homes: seven sites and three reserve sites.Nine other policies on integration of windfall sites, design, provision of
new facilities, etc.
Other policies on Working and Shopping; Getting Around; Community, Leisure and Well Being;
Environment, Sustainability and Design Quality
But remember: Upper Eden contains seven policies in total.
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING IS A FLEXIBLE TOOL
“Don’t start unless you have a clear idea of why you need a neighbourhood plan and you
have a positive goal in mind.”
Jo Hawkins, Chairman
www.exeterstjamesforum.org
Second Golden Rule
PUT YOURSELF
IN THEIR SHOES
“Does this plan meet the basic conditions?”
WHOSE SHOES? THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
…appropriate, having regard to national policies and advice…
…general conformity with strategic policies of the development plan…
…contribute to sustainable development…
…compatible with EU obligations…
Neighbourhood Development Orders have some additional basic conditions
The plan you submit for publicity and examination must be accompanied by a ‘basic conditions statement’ explaining how the plan meets the requirements.
You can find the basic conditions at
Page 38, Locality Roadmap, or
http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/neighbourhood-planning/
Or Schedule 10, Paragraph 8, Localism Act
WHOSE SHOES? THE VOTER
The referendum question
Do you want Thereborough District Council to use the neighbourhood plan for the Whereford area to help it decide
planning applications in the neighbourhood area?
A qualifying body should be inclusive and open in the preparation of its neighbourhood plan or Order and ensure that the wider community
•is kept fully informed of what is being proposed
•is able to make their views known throughout the process •has opportunities to be actively involved in shaping the emerging neighbourhood plan or Order
•is made aware of how their views have informed the draft neighbourhood plan or Order.
http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/neighbourhood-planning/
Where a qualifying body submits a plan proposal to the local planning authority, it must include a consultation statement, which
•(a) contains details of the persons and bodies who were consulted about the proposed neighbourhood development plan
•(b) explains how they were consulted
•(c) summarises the main issues and concerns raised by the persons consulted and
•(d) describes how these issues and concerns have been considered and, where relevant, addressed in the proposed neighbourhood development plan.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/637/contents/made
WHOSE SHOES?
THE DECISION MAKER
WHOSE SHOES?
THE DEVELOPER
Pursuing sustainable development requires careful attention to viability and costs in plan-making and decision-taking. Plans should be deliverable.
Therefore, the sites and the scale of development identified in the plan should not be subject to such a scale of obligations and policy burdens that their ability to be developed viably is threatened.
To ensure viability, the costs of any requirements likely to be applied to development, such as requirements for affordable housing, standards, infrastructure contributions or other requirements should, when taking account of the normal cost of development and mitigation, provide competitive returns to a willing land owner and willing developer to enable the development to be deliverable.
National Planning Policy Framework
Third Golden Rule
TO GET A PLAN…
…GET A PLAN
Regulations Timescale
6 weeks
6 weeks
6 weeks
28 working days (56 for a business referendum)
Designation of neighbourhood area/forum
Pre-submission consultation
Referendum
Publicity period
Examination