The 2023 versions of the Draft Neighbourhood Plan and associated Character Assessment can be seen here.
At its Meeting on 10th May 2023 the Parish Council resolved to carry out a fresh Regulation 14. This is considered necessary due to the significant period of time which has elapsed since the previous such consultation in December 2018. Details of that Consultation can be seen on the Documents page of this website, or by clicking here.
This new public consultation runs for just over 6 weeks, from 12th May 2023 until midnight on 25th June 2023. All comments received will be viewable on this website soon after the end of the consultation period.
Following this.the Draft Plan will be finalised with modifications if necessary and reconsidered by the PC. If the PC so resolve, the Plan will then be submitted to Somerset Council, the local authority, who will carry out a further (Regulation 16) consultation before the Plan is submitted for Independent Examination.
To publicise this Consultation the PC have:
Published the Notice on the “Latest News” page of its website
Emailed the Notice to all of those on its email list (approx 60 addresses)
Hand delivered the Notice to every address in the Parish
Emailed the Notice to Statutory Consultees, neighbouring Parish Councils, known landowners, local businesses and community organisations.
Placed the Notice on the Noticeboards in the Parish.
The Notice has also been emailed to those on the Neighbourhood Plan database (approx 250 addresses) and placed on this website, linked to this page and “Latest News”. It can be seen here.
Paper copies of the Draft plan were placed in the Palairet (Village) Hall, Parish Church and St Leonards Church, Farleigh Hungerford.
The Draft Neighbourhood Plan and Character Assessment can be seen here
The following two reports will be tabled at the PC’s September 2023 Meeting. They reference all comments received during the Regulation 14 Consultation and include a draft PC response. These reports will be used to inform any amendments to the Draft Plan which will be fully detailed in the Consultation Report to be submitted to Somerset Council.
Regulation 14 Landowner and 3rd Party Responses & PC Comment-Draft Report
Regulation 14 Residents Responses & PC Comment-Draft Report
The Data collected via the online survey carried out during Regulation 14, together with summary graphs is below. Names and addresses have been removed. 2 parish residents submitted their response outside of the online survey; these are reproduced on pages 21 and 22 of the Residents Comments.
Landowner/Developer Comments can be seen here in full
2 of the Statutory Consultees submitted comments;
Historic England and Natural England
Somerset Council published the SEA/HRA Screening Report in December 2023. It concluded that there is a requirement to undertake HRA and a full SEA.
SEA/HRA Screening Report- December 2023
At its Meeting on 14th February 2024 the PC will consider possible amendments to the Draft NP as a result of representations made during the 2023 Reg 14 Consultation. Residents and Landowners were notified by email to those on the Parish email list and those on the NP email list on 9th February (text of email here) These changes are set out in the documents below:
Schedule of proposed amendments
Residents Comments with proposed amendments
Landowner/3rd Party Comments with proposed amendments
At its Meeting on 14th February 2024 the PC resolved to agree the above Reports and Schedule of Amendments without changes. They can be seen here.
Welcome to the website for the proposed Norton St Philip Neighbourhood Plan. 