a neighbourhood plan for winsford. localism the time has come to disperse power more widely in...
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A Neighbourhood Plan for Winsford
Localism
“The time has come to disperse power more widely in Britain today”
Localism Agenda – the Big Society – reduced public spending – central targets abolished
The Localism Act 2011
The Localism Act sets out a series of measures with the potential to achieve a substantial and lasting shift in power away from central government and towards local people.
• General power of competence for local authorities• Community right to challenge• Right to bid for assets of community value• Abolition of Regional Spatial Strategies• Duty to co-operate• Requirement to consult • Community Right To Build• Neighbourhood Development Orders• Neighbourhood Planning
Neighbourhood Planning
QUALIFYING BODIES • Neighbourhood Forums (in non-parished urban areas)• Parish and Town Councils
The Localism Act allows local communities to draw up plans for their own neighbourhoods.
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANS
“…..allow local communities to…… say where they think new houses, businesses and shops should go - and what they should look like.”
They will set out a vision for an area and planning policies for the use and development of land. They will be about local rather than strategic issues.
The Scope of a Neighbourhood Plan
• Can cover anything that a normal development plan can deal with, i.e. the use and development of land
• Cannot cover things dealt with by other regimes, such as major infrastructure
• Can be simple and concise OR go into considerable detail where this is what people think is required
• Can be used to grant outline or full planning permissions in areas where people most want to see new homes and new businesses developed
Neighbourhood Plans in context
Neighbourhood Plans must conform to national policy, to the local strategic plan (the Local Development Framework), and to other legal requirements.
Development Plan}
FocusedDeliverableAffordable
SimplisticNarrow in scopeWho is excluded?
Addresses all issuesMulti-dimensional
Inclusive
ComplexUnrealisticExpensive
Selective Comprehensive
Proportionate Approach
What makes a good neighbourhood plan?
1.Evidence (existing and new) 2. Community engagement
Identification of key issues
Formulation of clear vision & aims to address issues
Policy Proposals
How to make a good neighbourhood plan
PARTNERSHIP
Professional expertise Local community understanding• Understanding planning
• Best practice /what’s possible • Technical skills & analysis• Deliverable plan
• Local knowledge• Awareness of issues and problems• What will (and won’t) work • Delivery
The Winsford Neighbourhood Plan
Qualifying Body &
Boundary Agreed
Community &StakeholderEngagement
Evidence, Issues,Vision,
Aims
Review ofExisting data.
Research, surveys & analysis
Draft Plan:policies & proposals
Community & StakeholderConsultation
Conformity
IndependentExamination
Referendum
Local Authority
check
Formal Adoption by Local Authority
50%+
Further information
ReferendumUrban Vision Enterprise
Community Interest Company
Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design