Transcript Lavant Neighbourhood Plan

Public Meeting
Monday 24th February 2014
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Welcome
 Ian Hutton
Chair of Lavant Parish Council
 Alan Taylor
Chair of LPC Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
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Agenda
 What is a Neighbourhood Plan and what it isn’t?
 Why is a NP important to us all?
 Programme overview
 What’s been completed so far
 Feedback from previous public meetings
 What’s left to do
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Agenda continued
 Where are we focusing now?
 Built Environment
 Natural Environment
 Infrastructure
 Community Facilities
 Community Engagement
 Group work
 Questions and Answers
 Next Steps
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What is a NP?
 The Localism Act 2011 introduced statutory Neighbourhood
Planning in England
 It enables communities to draw up a Neighbourhood Plan for their
area and is intended to give communities more of a say in the
development of their local area (within certain limits and parameters).
 Our Neighbourhood Plan will be used by CDC and SDNPA as part
of their planning processes
 We can influence where we want new homes, shops and offices to be
built
 We can influence what new buildings should look like
 We can influence landscape decisions
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What a NP isn't…
 A wish list (the plan must be evidence based)
 About services (the plan is only concerned with planning issues)
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Why is a NP important?
 A Neighbourhood Plan is the most effective way by which
a community is able to influence planning decisions
 It will impact planning decisions for the next 10 – 15 years
 We live in a desirable area. Without a NP our community
will be an easy target for developers.
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Programme Overview
 What’s been completed so far
 Stage 1 – deciding to develop a NP, setting up a Steering Group
 Stage 2 – Application to CDC/SDNP – designating our area
 Feedback from previous public meetings
 What’s left to do
 Stage 3 – developing our vision and objectives
 Stage 4 – developing the plan
 Stage 5 – independent examination
 Stage 6 – referendum
 Stage 7 – Final Plan
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Community
Engagement
‘Planning must be a creative exercise
In finding ways to enhance and improve
the places in which we live our lives’
(NPPF Ministerial forward)
CDC
Community Hub
Social Housing
Affordable Housing
Health & Social
Market Housing
Local Economy
Steering
Group
Schools
&
pre-school
Industrial
Premises
Lavant
Community
Community
planning needs
& vision
Development
Sites
(SDNP)
Traffic
management
Flooding
&
Drainage
Green Spaces
SDNP
Community
Engagement
Landscape
Assessment
& Village
Identity
CDC
SDNP
SDNP
Parking
Ecologically
Sensitive Areas
Footpaths, Cycle
&
Bridle ways
WSCC
Community
Engagement
Built Environment
 Robert Newman – Work Group leader
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How many households?
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What type?
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How big?
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Phasing?
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Built Environment
Social
Affordable
Council owned or controlled
Rent controlled
Housing association owned
Rent or part ownership
Schemes
Market
Industrial / Community
Rent, leasehold or freehold
Cost determined by the market
place
Industrial - for profit, driven
by market and owners’ needs
Community - charitably owned
with social not financial
benefit
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Natural Environment – an
integrated approach to development
 Nick Reynolds – Work Group leader
 Issues raised by the Community:
 Land use and density
 Location of Developments – central village layout
 Gateway to SDNP
 Retain separate identity - not part of sub urban Chichester
 Green spaces and their use - retain, enhance, change, increase
 Issues raised by others:
 ‘Daffodil Field’ Public Inquiry – lessons learnt (settlement
pattern)
 Opportunities arising from collaboration with SDNP as primary
planning authority.
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Natural Environment – an
integrated approach to development
 Way forward:
 Need to define the special and distinctive characteristics of Local
Landscape
 Need to develop Guidelines that improve the economic, social
and environmental value of the landscape
 How?:
 Landscape survey tours to record/ illustrate special
characteristics and negative features incl settlement edges
 Desk study of other NPs
 Guidance from SDNP on Local Landscape Character Assessments
 Special workshops with experts and feedback workshops with
community
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Natural Environment – an
integrated approach to development
 Result:
 Long term (15 yr) vision of what the residents of Lavant
want their village to be like
 An exciting opportunity to be part of a creative exercise to
improve the place in which we live
 Local Landscape Character assessment for use by all
decision makers into the future
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Community Engagement
 Elaine Mallett – Work Group leader
 Team members
 Caroline Reynolds, Lindsay Campbell and Claire Rose
 Our focus
 Developing a clear statement that expresses what Lavant
wants to achieve through its Neighbourhood Plan
 The Who, What, Where, When and How of keeping you
informed and up to date about the Neighbourhood Plan
 Listening to what you have to say and taking this into
account
 Getting you involved – we need you!
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Group work
 Your opportunity to share ideas and suggestions
 2 x 25 minute sessions
 Choose 2 from the 3 groups:
 Built Environment
 Natural Environment
 Community Engagement
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Group working:
In order to make the most of the limited time:
 We encourage you to listen and contribute
 We encourage you to develop ideas offered by others
 Please respect the views of others
 It’s good to offer alternative views
 Think in terms of options and choices, as opposed to answers and
solutions
 Consider both intended and unintended consequences of choices
 Get involved
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Questions & Answers
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Next Steps
 Feedback from this public meeting – by mid March
 Next public meeting – by end May 14 CE
 Steps to achieve overall target of submission of our NP by end
March 2015:
 Work groups up and running by end Mar 14
CE
 Data gathering and analysis to the end Aug 14
CE
 Guidance notes and proposals issued by end Nov 14
CE
 Integrated policies drawn up by groups by end Dec 14
 NP issued for 6 weeks’ public consultation by end Jan15
 Revisions and NP finalised by end Mar 15 -> CDC/SDNPA
CE
CE
CE
 Public referendum CE
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