Neighbourhood Plan Review
May 2023 – the latest position
For the past 4 years, a small volunteer team (with PC support), have been navigating the complexities of reviewing the Neighbourhood Plan (NP) to accommodate the Chichester Local Plan (LP) housing allocation, whilst protecting the village from speculative development. There’s been several village consultations on site identification and updates have been provided in the both the PC newsletter and Parish Magazine.
At first, the new housing number was 25, this was increased to a minimum of 40. After a further year’s prevarication, and a reluctance to engage, CDC announced in early January 2023 that the number’s been INCREASED TO 75 DWELLINGS… on top of 68 already added.
The Parish Council acknowledges the importance of having a Local Plan in place, but submitted an objection to the increased housing allocation in the Chichester Local Plan Regulation 19 consultation and has requested to be involved in the examination.
The Draft Reviewed NP, with sites identified for an allocation of 40 houses, was on Regulation 14 consultation in May 2021. The Neighbourhood Plan Review Steering Group will continue discussions with CDC and consult further with the village later in the year when the Local Plan examination has been completed.
The Revised Wisborough Green Neighbourhood Plan (Subject of Reg 14 Consultation May 2021)
Strategic Environmental Assessment completed by AECOM April 2021
Habitat Regulations Assessment May 2021 (February 2021 assessment updated to include information relating to water extraction at Hardham)
Site Selection Report April 2021
Regulation 14 Statement – Statement on whether modifications to the Neighbourhood Plan are so significant or substantial as to change the nature of the Plan
National Policy
National Planning Policy Framework
District Policy and Evidence
Chichester District Council Local Plan Review – Emerging Revised Local Plan 2021 – 2039
CDC Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA)
CDC Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA)
CDC Landscape Capacity Study – Northern Area
CDC Habitat Regulations Assessment
Wisborough Green Parish
Housing Need Survey undertaken by Chichester District Council (Autumn 2018)
Site Assessments
Local Call for Sites – Invitation (Publicised on noticeboards and in the parish magazine)
Local Call for Sites – Submission Form (completed by landowners/developers)
Site Assessment Methodology Report (Chapman Planning March 2019)
Independent Site Options and Assessment Report undertaken by AECOM (September 2019)
| Site Assessments by the Steering Group | |
| WG19-1 | Spring Meadow |
| WG19-2 | Ansells Yard |
| WG19-3 | Tanglewood Nursery |
| WG19-4 | Stable Field |
| WG19-5 | Winterfold Garden |
| WG19-6 | Land South of A272 – unsuitable on HELAA |
| WG19-7 | Paddock Farm |
| WG19-8 | Glebe Field |
| WG19-9 | Glebe View Garden |
| WG19-10 | Macdonalds Field |
| WG19-11 | Farnagates Field 1 |
| WG19-12 | Farnagates Field 2 |
| WG19-13 | Farnagates Field 3 |
| WG19-14 | Newpound Field |
September 2019 Site Consultation Event
Local Green Space Assessment
Landscape and Historic Character Assessment – March 2023 – Glebe Fields
Local Gap Assessment
Local Green Gap Assessment Report (2020) by Steering Group
Wisborough Green Locally Valued Open Land Assessment – Terra Firma Consultancy Ltd (February 2020) (Appendix 1 for above report)
Local Residents Green Gap Assessment – Standardisation (Appendix 2 for above report)
AECOM Green Gap Validation Report (2020)
Wisborough Green Parish Ecological Networks Map (CDC)
Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre – Summary Report of Ecological Data 2020
Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre – Biodiversity Maps 2014
Dragonflies and Damselflies on the River Kird by Dr Alison Barker FRES 2017
Community Survey January 2020
AECOM Support – evidence review and policy development to inform community survey – Final Report
Survey posted by Action in rural Sussex to all Parish households January 2020
Survey Results – analysis undertake by Action in rural Sussex (AirS)
Site Consultation Survey January 2021
Site Survey circulated to all households via the Parish Council magazine – response deadline 22 January 2021
Site Selection Report April 2021
Habitat Regulations Assessment
HRA Report completed by AECOM February 2021
Barbastelle Bats in the Sussex West Weald 1997 – 2008 by Frank Greenaway (November 2008)
Draft Bat Special Area of Conservation Planning and Landscape Scale Enhancement Protocol (South Downs National Park and Natural England Sussex)
Revised HRA completed by AECOM September 2021
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Scoping Report for SEA completed by AECOM in November 2019
Report completed by AECOM April 2021
Wisborough Green Village Design Statement adopted by CDC March 2018
Adopted by CDC as a supplementary planning document in March 2018
Regulation 14 Consultation Information
Undertaken in May/June 2021 – all information
Kirdford Road Footway
WSCC Land Registry Details – Plan 1
WSCC Land Registry Details – Plan 2
WSCC Email – confirming WSCC position on the footway
Historic Environment Record – Full Report
Local Green Space
| Parish Council Newsletter | August 2018 |
| Parish Council Newsletter | December 2018 |
| Parish Magazine | February 2019 |
| Noticeboard Notice | February 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | March 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | April 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | May 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | June 2019 |
| Parish Council Newsletter | July 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | July 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | August 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | September 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | October 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | November 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | December 2019 |
| Parish Magazine | January 2020 |
| Parish Magazine | February 2020 |
| Parish Magazine | March 2020 |
| Parish Magazine | April 2020 |
| Parish Magazine | May 2020 |
| Parish Magazine | July 2020 |
| Parish Magazine | October 2020 |
| Parish Magazine | November 2020 |
| Parish Magazine | December 2020 |
| Parish Magazine | January 2021 & consultation reminders on Facebook and the Village Noticeboards |
| Parish Magazine | February 2021 |
| Parish Magazine | March 2021 |
| Regulation 14 Consultation |
Parish Magazine April 2021 & consultation reminders on Facebook |
| Parish Magazine | August 2021 |
| Parish Magazine | January 2022 |
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