January 2024
The Dormington and Mordiford Draft Neighbourhood Development Plan is published for formal consultation from Monday 29th January 2024 until 5pm Monday 11th March 2024.
This web page contains the documents relevant to the Regulation 14 Neighbourhood Development Plan consultation
There have been several other consultations to get us to this point: the vision and objectives consultation, the housing needs survey in March 2023, and the informal consultation in June 2023.
We obtained grant funding for an independent planning consultant, for an independent technical assessment of sites that had been submitted by landowners (i.e. whether they are suitable in principle for development for housing ); and for design guidance in the Group Parish, to provide a design standard for new houses and conversions and other development. The grant also covered printing, advertising and postage.
The sites deemed by the independent consultants to be most suitable are included in the Regulation 14 Plan, as are important local green spaces, buildings of historic interest, and a selection of our beautiful views, and some of our local history. The Design Guide is also part of the consultation, but is quite large, so we have two versions of the Draft Plan – one which contains both the Plan and Design Guide, and the other is just the Regulation 14 Draft Plan. Click here to read about and view the Design Guide as a separate document.
Consultation process:
We would like to hear your views on the Draft Plan before we submit it to Herefordshire Council. The consultation begins on 29th January and ends on 11th March at 5pm. You can take part in the following ways:
Please could you:
- View the documents carefully – they are large documents so you may not wish to print them. [You will need a pdf viewer to view them. If you don’t already have it, you can download Adobe pdf reader for free here: https://www.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/pdf-reader.html ]
- Print and complete the consultation response form: click here to return by post to: Dormington & Mordiford NDP, PO Box 437, HEREFORD HR1 9US
OR
- Complete the online consultation response form (an editable Word form) by clicking here – save it once complete and email it to the Clerk@dormingtonmordifordgroup-pc.gov.uk OR
- Visit the drop-in event being held at Mordiford School on Tuesday 5th March from 6.30-8pm, to view the documents, collect a form and return it to the School (a box in the foyer); or
- Visit Checkley Church or St Peter’s Dormington Church, to view the documents, collect and complete a form, and return it to the post box in the church foyer or
- Copies of the documents are also available for viewing at the Moon Inn at Mordiford, with hard copies of the form available on application to Clerk@dormingtonmordifordgroup-pc.gov.uk.
Next steps: 
As well as householders, Statutory bodies such as Historic England, Natural England, Environment Agency and Herefordshire Primary Care Trust, as well as local organisations and groups are also invited to comment on the Draft Plan during the consultation period.
Once the public consultation has ended (11 March 2024) the plan may need to be amended depending on your feedback and that of the statutory consultees.
The Plan will be submitted to Herefordshire Council and then published for a further 6 weeks consultation before proceeding to an independent examination and eventually a local referendum.
By the 29th January:
- Each household in the Group Parish should have received a postcard with details of the consultation, how to view documents, attend the drop-in, comment and return comments. To view the postcard, please click here.
- Statutory and other relevant consultees should have received the following letter with similar details. To view the letter, please click here
- Posters have been posted onto Parish Council noticeboards. To view the poster, please click here
Environmental impacts – SEA and HRA
The environmental impacts of the draft plan on local environmental assets, and in particular any which might impact on the River Wye and Lugg, have been considered by Herefordshire Council in two reports which may be viewed or downloaded here. This consideration is a fundamental part of the NDP.
- Click here for the Environmental report prepared by Herefordshire Council – this assessment looks at the positive and negative environmental issues that the plan might have on local environmental assets.
- Click here for Appropriate Assessment prepared by Herefordshire Council – This report considers the adverse effects on the integrity of the River Wye (including the River Lugg) SAC.
How did we advertise the consultation?
By postcard to each household including the QR code to the website, by posters on all of our Parish Council noticeboards, on our webpage and Facebook page, and via the Hereford Times newspaper, online and hard copy.
Watch this space!