Regulation 14 2nd Consultation
Following on from the April/May 2016 Regulation 14 Consultation the Neighbourhood Plan received a wide range of comments, as well as technical input from Basingstoke & Deane Planning Department, the Environment Agency and the AONB, among other bodies. The LTPG has redrafted the plan with two chief aims: to make clearer and more positive the policies on affordable housing and smaller units; to clarify the types of “brownfield” sites to meet national planning policy frameworks.
As these changes have resulted in a substantially new plan (albeit with the same Aims and Policies) the Parish Council has decided to hold a second six-week Regulation 14 consultation period which will start on 4 November 2016.
The Plan can be viewed on the St Mary Bourne Parish Council website
www.stmarybourne-pc.gov.uk/index.php/en/minutes-agendas/parish-plan/477-st-mary-bourne-neighburhood-plan-second-consultation-2016
They can also be viewed;
· in the Clubroom when the Parish Office is open during normal Parish Council Office opening hours of Mon-Fri 3.30pm-5.30pm and on Saturday 8.30 – noon. ,
· in printed form if needed from the Parish Clerk.
Comments may be submitted;
by email to the Parish Clerk smbclerk@yahoo.co.uk
into boxes in the Clubroom and in the Village Shop
on the Neighbourhood Plan Blog www.smbp2027.blogspot.com
We look forward to your final contributions to this document by no later than Friday 16 December 2016.
This is a well researched and thought through document. Transport continues to be an issue and it is hard to see how this might change without considerable investment/subsidy e.g minibus. However thought might be given to an Uber style arrangement whereby people sign up as drivers of their own vehicles for periods of time either on a paid or voluntary basis to offer local trips in to Whitchurch or Andover for shopping or commuting. Uber seem to have cracked the issue for cities, surely there is a similar rural solution.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your positive response. We all agree that transport is an issue. Perhaps the next task is to bring together those who would like to investigate possibilities. B&DBC can certainly offer advice on possibilities and I think places to find grants. We also need to look at what other rural areas are doing. Any offers?
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