A Neighbourhood Plan is a community project which derives its authority and policies from the community. Communication, feedback and consultation have played a major part in developing our Plan.
A Display weekend was held in the village hall in mid November 2018 followed by a Public Meeting. Feedback forms were available for those who wanted to comment. Although 3 weeks before the start of the official Public Consultation, these comments (below) relate to the Draft Plan and Character Assessment subject to the Reg 14 consultation.
Feedback from November 2018 Display weekend
Some minor amendments were made to the Draft Plan and Character Assessment following the Display Weekend and Public Meeting. The resultant pre submission drafts may be seen here:
2018 Reg 14 Draft Neighbourhood Plan and Character Assessment
The Pre-Submission consultation period ran from 7th December 2018 to 25th January 2019. Copies of the Draft Neighbourhood plan and character Assessment were displayed in the Co-Op, Parish Church, Village Hall, Fleur de Lys and St Leonards Farleigh Hungerford. Every household in the parish had a leaflet delivered which explained the process and contained a survey form. Both the leaflet and survey were available online available online.
2018 Regulation 14 leaflet/survey
Survey results may be seen here:
Landowners and other bodies whose interests might be affected by the proposals in the Draft Plan were also notified of the Consultation Period. Their details and representations may be seen here:
2018 Regulation 14-Statutory Consultees and representations
Comments made by parish residents may be seen here
Residents comments to 2018 Reg 14 Consultation in full
Following the Regulation 14 process, representations received were considered and where appropriate, the Draft Neighbourhood plan and Character Assessment amended. The issues and concerns raised, together with responses and amendments are detailed in the document below:
The amended Draft Neighbourhood Plan and Character Assessment which will be submitted to Mendip DC for the next stage of the Consultation Process (Reg 16) may be seen here:
2019 Reg 16 (Pre submission) Draft Neighbourhood Plan and Character Assessment