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CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Neighbourhood Planning – Localism Act 2011. Corsley Parish Council Quarterly meeting 9 th December 2013 Localism Act 2011 and Community Rights Briefing Notes. Slide 1. CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Quarterly Meeting 9 th December
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CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Neighbourhood Planning – Localism Act 2011 Corsley Parish Council Quarterly meeting 9th December 2013 Localism Act 2011 and Community Rights Briefing Notes Slide 1
CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Quarterly Meeting 9th December Neighbourhood Planning – Localism Act 2011 • Localism Act 2011 aimed to decentralise control • over services, assets and planning • It introduced the Community Rights Agenda • embracing rights to: • BID • CHALLENGE • BUILD Slide 2
CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Quarterly Meeting 9th December Neighbourhood Planning – CHALLENGE & BID • CHALLENGE. Opportunity to bid to take over • local services • Local and Fire & Rescue • Power to submit expression of interest • Local authority can accept or reject • PC must run competitive procurement • BID. Power to submit assets of community value to be kept on list by local authority • Community may express interest to purchase • Deadlines to put together bid, funding and buy Slide 3
CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Quarterly Meeting 9th December Neighbourhood Planning – PLANNING • Planning System. National Planning Policy • Framework • Affects how communities can influence development • 1000 pages into 50 – fewer rules • Presumption in favour of sustainable development • Local authority area plan even more important • Supports neighbourhood planning • RIGHT to build. Aims to decentralise power over • planning to communities • Establishment of local planning policies • Right to build • Local referendums Slide 4
CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Quarterly Meeting 9th December Neighbourhood Planning – RIGHT TO BUILD • Proposals. Allows communities propose local • development • Approvals. Permissions without going through lengthy and cumbersome planning process • Decision. Communities decide themselves what is built – type, quantity, design • Obligations. Must meet NPPF, EU and Human Rights • Rural areas. Expected to be of particular benefit • Financial. Increasing development spurs • economic growth Slide 5
CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Quarterly Meeting 9th December Neighbourhood Planning – West Wiltshire • Wiltshire Core Strategy. Provides foundation for • community led planning policy including • neighbourhood plans • Planning policy. Required to be based on clear • evidence and needs assessment • Neighbourhood Planning. Option, not • compulsory. Other routes exist. • Qualifying Body. Neighbourhood plans can only • be prepared by “qualifying body”, eg Parish • Council Slide 6
CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Quarterly Meeting 9th December Neighbourhood Planning – The Plan • Content. There are no set guidelines but it • should include: • Local allocations for development. • Employment, residential. Input from Core Strategy • Outline specific requirements. • Eg, open spaces and community facilities • Related policies. • Those relating to all development within plan area • Timescales. Time to produce estimated to be 1-2 • years • Costs. Estimated between £17k - £63k, part met • by Wiltshire, remainder by Qualifying Body Slide 7
CORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL Quarterly Meeting 9th December Neighbourhood Planning – The Process Slide 8