Issue - meetings
Review of procedures for neighbourhood planning
Meeting: 25/01/2017 - Weekly Bulletin (Item 7.)
Review of procedures for neighbourhood planning
Cabinet AGREED
A) To approve the process for designation Neighbourhood Areas as set out in paragraphs 12 and 13 of the report.
B) To approve the decision making process once a Neighbourhood Plan is submitted to the Council as set out in paragraphs 14 and 15 of the report.
This decision was first published on Thursday 19 January and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Thursday 26 January. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Friday 27 January.
Meeting: 19/01/2017 - Cabinet (Item 8)
8 Neighbourhood Area Designating - Updating the process 
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Additional documents:
- Appendix A January 2017, item 8
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- Appendix B January 2017, item 8
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- Appendix C January 2017, item 8
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Decision:
Cabinet AGREED
A) To approve the process for designation Neighbourhood Areas as set out in paragraphs 12 and 13 of the report.
B) To approve the decision making process once a Neighbourhood Plan is submitted to the Council as set out in paragraphs 14 and 15 of the report.
Minutes:
Councillor Lynda Harford presented this item, which invited Cabinet to update the process to follow when designating a Neighbourhood Area within the District and set out the decision making process to be followed once a draft Neighbourhood Plan was submitted to the Council. It was noted that changes were necessary due to new national regulations that came into force on 1 October 2016.
Councillor Harford confirmed that there was a separate consultation process that had to be carried out by residents who wished to alter a parish boundary.
Councillor Harford stated that the authority was responsible for providing support to allow parish councils and residents to draw up a Neighbourhood Plan and she was confident that the Council had the resources to facilitate this process, although this would be monitored. The Senior Planning Policy Officer reported that the Council could apply to grant money from the Government to cover the costs to this authority of the examination and the referendum.
Councillor Harford confirmed that parish councils that had a Neighbourhood Plan were only required to provide a three-year land supply instead of five.
Cabinet AGREED
A) To approve the process for designation Neighbourhood Areas as set out in paragraphs 12 and 13 of the report.
B) To approve the decision making process once a Neighbourhood Plan is submitted to the Council as set out in paragraphs 14 and 15 of the report.