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What is the purpose of a Neighbourhood Plan? Local people can decide the future of their community They can influence location of new development Influence type design and mix of new development Ask for more development Grant planning permission for development
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Know your Community RightsLocalism 6 months on
Neighbourhood PlanningCollecting the Evidence
Alyson Linnegar16 November 2012
Workshop Outline
• What is a neighbourhood plan• What is an evidence base for your plan• How to collect the evidence• Neighbourhood Plan Case Study• Questions and Answers
What is the purpose of a Neighbourhood Plan?
• Local people can decide the future of their community
• They can influence location of new development• Influence type design and mix of new
development• Ask for more development• Grant planning permission for development
Neighbourhood Plans
• Produced by Parish/Town Councils or Neighbourhood Forums
• Must accommodate National and Local Plan (LDF) policies
• Can’t block development• Policies used to determine planning applications
Neighbourhood Plans -The ProcessNeighbourhood area is agreed with LA
Collection of evidence and consultation with local community
Draft plan prepared and submitted to LA
Independent check by examiner
Community referendum
LA adopts NP as part of the ‘Local Plan’
What is an evidence base?
• A collection of documents, information, facts and figures which supports the development of a Local Plan (prepared by the LA) or a Neighbourhood Plan (prepared by the community)
• The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the requirements for a LA evidence base
What’s in an evidence base
• Community Consultation What are the views of the local community and
how they have been addressed in the Plan
• Research and fact findingEvidence that the policies in the Plan are supported by facts
Why an evidence base is important
• It provides an up to date assessment of the local area
• It is required to justify the policies in the NP and that it is ‘sound’
• Failure to produce an evidence base could result the NP being found ‘unsound’ at the independent examination
Examples of a LA evidence base
• Strategic Housing Market Assessment• Annual Monitoring Report• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment• Landscape Character Assessment• Conservation Appraisals• Employment Land Study• Local Transport Study
What issues may need evidence?
• Housing need• Allocating sites for specific uses• Lack of employment opportunities• New community facilities• Enhancing the natural and historic environment
Case Study
Tips for your evidence base
• Do not ignore the need for an evidence base• Work with your LA at an early stage for support
and advice• Use existing surveys, assessments etc where
available• Carry out your own surveys to ‘fill the gaps’• Complement your research with community
engagement
Contact details
Alyson Linnegar Planning Consultancy
E-mail [email protected] 01427 752536Mobile 07707994909
www.theruralplanner.co.uk
