Background
In September 2017 the CB&H Parish Council (PC) voted to enable a steering group to start initial work on putting together a Neighbourhood Plan (NP) to state our community priorities and to complement the Local Plan. On that basis an application was made to Wiltshire Council (WC) to designate CB&H as a Neighbourhood Area and that application was approved by WC in December 2017. This has enabled a WC link officer to be assigned to the group so that advice may be provided and enabled the application for grant money to pay for appropriate support on producing a plan.
The next stage was to create an NP questionnaire which was provided to all residents in CB&H to find out what everyone’s views were on a range of topics including green spaces, important features of the villages and community preferences for development. It also included sections on employment and travel. Separately the PC requested WC to undertake a preferences housing survey which was carried out at the beginning of 2018.
Information has been collated into themed Topic Papers from many sources, for example the flood plain, AONB, settlement boundary, the Parish Plan, the housing needs survey, and the Community Questionnaire (2018) as well as specially commissioned reports and analysis that assess housing need, potential sites, local character and design. These are available under the Evidence Base page (AL to provide a link) which will be used to underpin the policies in a Neighbourhood Plan. In addition, the Community Survey will run between 6-19 July 2020 to find out the community’s views on key issues before preparing the Draft Plan. The Plan will be shared with CB&H residents via a public consultation to further refine the Plan before it is submitted to Wiltshire Council for Examination.
The plan will then be consolidated so that an independent examination by WC can be undertaken to ensure proper processes and consultation have taken place. Then a referendum is held when everyone in CB&H can vote on whether they would like to progress with the Neighbourhood Plan or not. If over 50% of the votes agree with the proposed plan, then it goes forward to become part of the national statutory planning framework.
Currently the work putting together the questionnaire is being undertaken by a steering group which has a member of the PC on the team. The group of volunteers was formed after the public meetings held in 2016 and consists of Christine Cooper (Chair), Stephen Gledhill (the PC link), Alastair Lack, David Parson, Pauline Cullis and Tim Mynott. They are supported by Amy Burnett who provides neighbourhood planning expertise and administration support.
The group would appreciate hearing from any CB&H residents that would like to get involved. If you have any queries, please email cbandhnp@gmail.com
The next stage was to create an NP questionnaire which was provided to all residents in CB&H to find out what everyone’s views were on a range of topics including green spaces, important features of the villages and community preferences for development. It also included sections on employment and travel. Separately the PC requested WC to undertake a preferences housing survey which was carried out at the beginning of 2018.
Information has been collated into themed Topic Papers from many sources, for example the flood plain, AONB, settlement boundary, the Parish Plan, the housing needs survey, and the Community Questionnaire (2018) as well as specially commissioned reports and analysis that assess housing need, potential sites, local character and design. These are available under the Evidence Base page (AL to provide a link) which will be used to underpin the policies in a Neighbourhood Plan. In addition, the Community Survey will run between 6-19 July 2020 to find out the community’s views on key issues before preparing the Draft Plan. The Plan will be shared with CB&H residents via a public consultation to further refine the Plan before it is submitted to Wiltshire Council for Examination.
The plan will then be consolidated so that an independent examination by WC can be undertaken to ensure proper processes and consultation have taken place. Then a referendum is held when everyone in CB&H can vote on whether they would like to progress with the Neighbourhood Plan or not. If over 50% of the votes agree with the proposed plan, then it goes forward to become part of the national statutory planning framework.
Currently the work putting together the questionnaire is being undertaken by a steering group which has a member of the PC on the team. The group of volunteers was formed after the public meetings held in 2016 and consists of Christine Cooper (Chair), Stephen Gledhill (the PC link), Alastair Lack, David Parson, Pauline Cullis and Tim Mynott. They are supported by Amy Burnett who provides neighbourhood planning expertise and administration support.
The group would appreciate hearing from any CB&H residents that would like to get involved. If you have any queries, please email cbandhnp@gmail.com