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If you're not familiar with what a Neighbourhood Plan is you'll know by the end of this blog.
In brief:
Neighbourhood planning was first introduced in 2011 through the Localism Act. It allows residents and businesses to have their own planning policies in a neighbourhood plan.
Tell me more:
It is a document that sets out planning policies for the neighbourhood area. Planning policies are used to decide whether to approve planning applications. The document is written by the local community who love, live and work in the area, rather than the Local Planning Authority. As the neighbourhood plan is a document with legal force it must go through formal procedures. The role of the Forum and Steering Committee is to ensure that procedures are carried out to the satisfaction of the approving body, the local authority.
We've listed some of the benefits of a Neighbourhood Plan:
These are some of the things that could be included in a Neighbourhood Plan for Roman Road and Bow:
Do you understand Neighbourhood Plans now?
Published on 24 March 2017
Written by Neil Leahy
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