Matthew Bills,Chris Brown and Peter Elliott

Neighbourhood Planning Partnerships

in Harborough District

About Harborough District

• Harborough District has 88 Local Councils– 1 None Parish Area (Market Harborough)– 1 Town Council– 44 Parish Councils– 43 Parish Meetings

• 14 Parishes have expressed an interest in NDPs– 2 have been ‘made’

About a Neighbourhood and Green Spaces Officer

What do I do?

The tools to do the job

What else have we done?

Is Neighbourhood Planning for us?

And they’re off!

The most important thing in a Neighbourhood plan

ConsultationConsultation

ConsultationAnd when you have finished that………

More Consultation!

Money and Grants

S.E.ATop Tips from the team

CommentsDevelopment Control

Time – NDP Group and Officer

time

Working with Communities

• Be honest• Don’t be intimidated• Plans have to ‘plan positively’ (NPPF para 184)• Don’t use planning jargon!• Manage expectations

Working with Communities

• Officer time commitment• Work time – checking documents• Policy wording

The new Local Plan

• Uncertainty over key issues• Flexibility needs to be built in• Neighbourhood Plan reviews

Working with Communities

Housing Numbers!

Working with Communities

• Housing types and housing mix• Examiner will have final word• Conformity

Working with Consultants

• Vital from an Officers perspective• Use the consultant to check all documents,

prior to general consumption• Better use of work time

A Community Perspective

Peter ElliotDistrict and Parish Councillor and Chair of the Scraptoft Neighbourhood Plan

Steering group

What is there to gain from a Neighbourhood Plan?

Is Neighbourhood Planning for us?

Should we spend time and money on it?

What ‘Front Runner’ money?

We just missed out.

Officer time and support is worthwhile

Where else did we get help?

• Rural Community Council• Funding from Community

Development Fund• Our Community!

The Big Issues

• Consultation and evaluation• We are now writing the Plan –

with help from a consultant.