The village is in the process of creating a 'Neighbourhood Development Plan', now more commonly called just the 'Neighbourhood Plan ('NP'), which is hoped to be submitted to TVBC for Regulation 16 Consultation and 'examination' in May 2024. Prior to this we must complete a Regulation 14 Public Consultation and use this feedback to amend the draft appropriately. 

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Professional consultants were engaged in October 2020, using funds from Locality. They produced a set of core Policies for the draft NDP, which was reviewed and edited by the NP Steering Group in March 2021. A 'Housing Needs Assessment' was produced by a Locality funded consultancy, AECOM, following national guidelines, and this will be part of the evidence base for the NP.

 

When approved by both TVBC and a government inspector the NP will become an adjunct to the main TVBC Development Plan, with full legal standing as planning policy.

 

NP History: A village-wide survey, both online and as a supplement to the SEDCA newsletter, was the first formal task of the NP. The results were presented at the Annual Parish Meeting on 8th May 2019. The report was published in the SEDCA newsletter at the end of June 2019. A link to download this is on the right.

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There was a second more specific survey in 2021 when the first draft had been completed - report on the right.

 

The Parish Council has published several items about the proposed NP over the course of the past 2 years in SEDCA, the village newsletter. The latest of these articles can be downloaded here (buttons on the right). There is also a lot of information about NPs on the TVBC web site:

 

https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planningpolicy/neighbourhood-planning

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If you have any comments or queries regarding the Neighbourhood Plan please speak to any Parish Councillor.