Neighbourhood Plan Review
January 2022 – the latest position update
It’s been a little while so a quick update to keep you informed on the current status of the Neighbourhood Plan (NP) review.
In discussion with our independent planning advisor, we are now working on the submission version of the draft plan to incorporate feedback from the last Regulation 14 consultation which took place in June 2021.
Meetings have been held within the NP Team and with other stakeholders to continue to investigate factors affecting the proposed development sites. The two main issues are the viability of a pavement in Kirdford Road linking the proposed sites with village amenities and the demonstration of water neutrality. Demonstration of the latter is a recent planning requirement for all Parishes within the Sussex North Water Supply Zone. This is a large area that includes Horsham and Crawley, as well as the north Chichester area, the implications of which are currently being considered by all the District/Borough Councils.
The third issue still affecting the WG NP Review is the ongoing delay in the Chichester Local Plan which has to be complete, and the housing allocation for Wisborough Green confirmed, before our NP can go forward for examination. It is unlikely that the Local Plan will be progressed significantly in the immediate future so the conclusion of our own NP is currently, and regretfully, not within the control of the NP Team. We will continue to keep you informed.
The Neighbourhood Plan Review Team
Regulation 14 Consultation THE CONSULTATION HAS NOW CLOSED
A local consultation on the Revised Neighbourhood Plan will take place from Tuesday 4th May closing on Wednesday 30th June 2021, extended from Friday 18th June 2021. (Deadline extended on 14th May 2021.)
We appreciate that this has been a long process so far, so thank you to everyone who responded to the Regulation 14 consultation.
The results of this consultation will now be analysed, with advice provided by an independent planning consultant. All respondents’ views will be reviewed and, where possible and appropriate, taken into account. A Consultation Statement summarising comments will be prepared and made available on the village website in due course.
Any changes that are considered necessary, as a result of the Regulation 14 consultation, will be discussed with CDC. The Revised Plan will then be approved by the Parish Council for submission to CDC with all the required supporting evidence. CDC will then organise the remaining stages of the process; a further consultation, examination, referendum and finally adoption by CDC. Keep with us, we’re getting there!
We also invite comments on the Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitat Regulations Assessment. Please email directly to clerk@wisboroughgreenpc.org or attach comments on a separate sheet to the consultation booklet.
The Revised Wisborough Green Neighbourhood Plan
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 2019 – 2035
CDC Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA) 2020
CDC Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) 2020
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 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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