Watermead Neighbourhood Plan
A working group comprising residents, councillors and other key stakeholders is now working with our expert consultant to create a Neighbourhood Plan for Watermead. This is essential in today’s planning environment with legislation due to change. We need to provide for a new demographic with many new and younger residents, as well as those who have lived here for a long time going forward. There is a need for recreation, leisure and provision for those working at home. The Plan group will be seeking to engage with all parts of the community; your views are really important. Please respond to our quick surveys, which will be posted through your letterbox, preferably online for a chance to win an Amazon voucher!
We are also keen to talk to local businesses; there are very many companies registered in Watermead and with the change to working from home unlikely to be temporary, we are thinking of ways we can help and maybe provide some facilities for meetings, office space and so on. By answering the questionnaire you will help us to formulate a Plan, which meets our needs both now and in the future. If you would like to help, make a comment, or just talk to one of the team about the Plan please email or call Noreen, [email protected] - 01296 395211 to arrange a chat.
What is a Neighbourhood Plan?
A Neighbourhood Plan is a document produced by the Parish Council to set out the future of a community for 10-15 years.
Usually the whole process, including an independent examination and a referendum, takes between 2 and 4 years.
Who is involved?
Everyone can be involved. It is a plan for the whole community. Residents, business owners, interest groups and developers will be asked for their views regularly. The Parish Council will lead on the Neighbourhood Plan and along with volunteers will produce it. If you would like to be involved, have skills you think might be useful or simply wish to be kept informed, please contact Noreen on 01296 39511.
A working group comprising residents, councillors and other key stakeholders is now working with our expert consultant to create a Neighbourhood Plan for Watermead. This is essential in today’s planning environment with legislation due to change. We need to provide for a new demographic with many new and younger residents, as well as those who have lived here for a long time going forward. There is a need for recreation, leisure and provision for those working at home. The Plan group will be seeking to engage with all parts of the community; your views are really important. Please respond to our quick surveys, which will be posted through your letterbox, preferably online for a chance to win an Amazon voucher!
We are also keen to talk to local businesses; there are very many companies registered in Watermead and with the change to working from home unlikely to be temporary, we are thinking of ways we can help and maybe provide some facilities for meetings, office space and so on. By answering the questionnaire you will help us to formulate a Plan, which meets our needs both now and in the future. If you would like to help, make a comment, or just talk to one of the team about the Plan please email or call Noreen, [email protected] - 01296 395211 to arrange a chat.
What is a Neighbourhood Plan?
A Neighbourhood Plan is a document produced by the Parish Council to set out the future of a community for 10-15 years.
- It has legal weight in planning decisions
- It has to be supported by the community
- It is only concerned with land use matters
- It can direct appropriate growth to appropriate locations
- It can protect local assets such as important green spaces and local facilities
- It can ensure that new development is sensitively designed
- It can be used to set out a ‘wish list’ for improvements or new facilities e.g. play facilities
- It can’t prevent new development
- It can’t be in direct conflict with Aylesbury Vale’s Local Plan
- It can’t be in conflict with Government Planning Policy and Guidance
Usually the whole process, including an independent examination and a referendum, takes between 2 and 4 years.
Who is involved?
Everyone can be involved. It is a plan for the whole community. Residents, business owners, interest groups and developers will be asked for their views regularly. The Parish Council will lead on the Neighbourhood Plan and along with volunteers will produce it. If you would like to be involved, have skills you think might be useful or simply wish to be kept informed, please contact Noreen on 01296 39511.
