Issue - meetings

To consider a request for the designation of Feckenham as a Neighbourhood Plan area.

Members considered a request from Feckenham Parish Council for the designation of Feckenham as a Neighbourhood Plan area under decentralisation measures introduced though the Localism Act 2011.

Officers explained the background to neighbourhood planning.  Neighbourhood plans were required to be ‘pro-development’ and could not be used to prevent any development which was already allocated or permitted, nor could they propose less development than that which was set out in the Local Development Plan. 

Neighbourhood plans provided an opportunity for local communities to have a say on what development should look like in their area, and it was noted that Feckenham Parish Council would continue to be consulted on relevant planning applications as at present.

RESOLVED that

Feckenham Neighbourhood Plan Area application, as attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be considered as providing a ‘sound’ basis for a six week period of public consultation prior to its formal designation in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012.