15 BARTON UPON HUMBER NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN - DESIGNATION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA - The Director: Business Development submitted a report informing the Cabinet Member about the outcome of the six-week consultation into Barton Town Council’s application to have their area formally designated for the purpose of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan, and seeking approval to formally designate Barton Town Council’s area for the purpose of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan and publicise the designation.
The Localism Act 2011 introduced new opportunities for local communities to get involved in planning their areas by preparing neighbourhood plans, neighbourhood development orders, and community right to build orders. The Act and associated neighbourhood planning regulations gave town/parish councils and neighbourhood forums powers to shape and encourage delivery of new development.
The local planning authority was under a duty to support and was obliged by law to help people draw up their neighbourhood plans. The Place Planning and Housing team had met the Town Council and members of the local community to explain the neighbourhood planning process and help residents decide if a neighbourhood plan should be pursued.
Before town/parish councils or neighbourhood forums could begin the work of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan, the area they wished the plan to cover to be formally designated must have been applied for.
The Council was responsible for receiving and determining applications for the designation of a neighbourhood area. The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 prescribed time limits for the determination of a neighbourhood area application. They required the Council to advertise the application for a consultation period of not less than six weeks. All representations received must have then been considered and a recommendation made to either designate or to not designate the neighbourhood area.
Once the application for designation was publicised and comments invited, a decision must have been issued within 13 weeks. Thereafter, the Council was required to publicise the designation. If the Council failed to determine the application within 13 weeks it must designate the area as a neighbourhood area.
Barton Town Council wished to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan and submitted an application on 9 October 2019 to have its area formally designated for this purpose. The application was published and publicised for the required six-week period to allow comments to be made. The six-week period ran until 27 March 2020. Comments were invited by email and letter, and respondents could also reply via a Survey Monkey link on the Council website.
Three questions were asked as part of the consultation. These questions were detailed at paragraph 2.7 of the report.
Comments were received from 5 organisations and individuals. All comments were received via email, and a full report of these comments were detailed at Appendix 1 of the report.
Resolved - (a) That the contents of the report be noted, and (b) that the approach set out in Option 1 of the report to formally designate the Barton upon Humber Neighbourhood Area and publicise the designation be endorsed.
16 HAXEY NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN - DESIGNATION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA - The Director: Business Development submitted a report informing the Cabinet Member about the outcome of the six-week consultation into Haxey Parish Council’s application to have their area formally designated for the purpose of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan, and seeking approval to formally designate Haxey Parish Council’s area for the purpose of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan and publicise the designation.
The Localism Act 2011 introduced new opportunities for local communities to get involved in planning their areas by preparing neighbourhood plans, neighbourhood development orders, and community right to build orders. The Act and associated neighbourhood planning regulations gave town/parish councils and neighbourhood forums powers to shape and encourage delivery of new development.
The local planning authority was under a duty to support and was obliged by law to help people draw up their neighbourhood plans. The Place Planning and Housing team had met the Parish Council and members of the local community to explain the neighbourhood planning process and help residents decide if a neighbourhood plan should be pursued.
Before town/parish councils or neighbourhood forums could begin the work of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan, the area they wished the plan to cover to be formally designated must have been applied for.
The Council was responsible for receiving and determining applications for the designation of a neighbourhood area. The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 prescribed time limits for the determination of a neighbourhood area application. They required the Council to advertise the application for a consultation period of not less than six weeks. All representations received must have then been considered and a recommendation made to either designate or to not designate the neighbourhood area.
Once the application for designation was publicised and comments invited, a decision must have been issued within 13 weeks. Thereafter, the Council was required to publicise the designation. If the Council failed to determine the application within 13 weeks it must designate the area as a neighbourhood area.
Haxey Parish Council wished to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan and submitted an application on 21 August 2019 to have its area formally designated for this purpose. The application was published and publicised for the required six-week period to allow comments to be made. The six-week period ran until 27 March 2020. Comments were invited by email and letter, and respondents could also reply via a Survey Monkey link on the Council website.
Three questions were asked as part of the consultation. These questions were detailed at paragraph 2.7 of the report.
Comments were received from 5 organisations and individuals. All comments were received via email, and a full report of these comments were detailed at Appendix 1 of the report.
Resolved - (a) That the contents of the report be noted, and (b) that the approach set out in Option 1 of the report to formally designate the Haxey Neighbourhood Area and publicise the designation be endorsed.