Regulation 14 – Update on the Group Parish neighbourhood development plan (NDP).
As of November 2024, our Group Parish NDP has been through Regulation 14 – the first statutory public and stakeholder consultation – and amendments have been made to the plan as a result of your inputs. We are extremely grateful to those who commented and who turned up to the various meetings.
At present we are awaiting input from Herefordshire Council before the plan progresses to Regulation 16 consultation and then independent examination by a specialist consultant planner, followed by further changes if necessary and then the public referendum. If all goes to plan, it will be used to determine planning applications in the Group Parish.
In the future, the NDP will need to be reviewed as required so that it continues to conform with National and Herefordshire planning policies.
Here’s a brief reminder of the purpose of an NDP – our focus was on trying to get some much needed, affordable housing.
The purpose of an NDP is to allow a parish and its residents to determine settlement locations, design of housing, and sufficient housing to meet local needs (e.g. for key workers in a rural environment), but also to resist development of houses unsuited to local needs, unsympathetic to local landscapes or to local vernacular and built in order to meet the Herefordshire Local Plan housing targets for the whole county.
If a parish has an NDP, it does NOT prohibit the development of other houses or buildings. However should developers wish to build in the parish, the NDP stipulates where those development sites should be located, and that developments should contribute to meeting local needs. NDPs can also support other types of development (such as a parish / school hall) which are needed in the area.
Timeline – so you can see the previous and next stages:
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