Newton St Cyres Parish Neighbourhood Plan
Steering Group members
Your Say in the Future of the Parish
As you are probably aware the Parish Council decided that the village should take advantage of the provision to create a Neighbourhood Plan. The Neighbourhood Plan would have legal status when it came to decisions for development and would have to be taken into account when planning decisions are made: alongside, and be consistent with, the Mid-Devon Local Plan which is currently taking shape. To take this forward the Parish Council asked for volunteers to create a Steering Group. There are twelve members at the moment, including me, who have met on a couple of occasions.
We all really care about the future of the village and we know that the Mid Devon Local Plan is likely to require some some development in the parish. To seek to ensure that those developments do not have a negative effect on the parish, a viable and positive Neighbourhood Plan is vital. For the plan to be legally accepted it must clearly show that it reflects the views of the whole community, not just the views of the steering group. At their last meeting it was agreed that their starting point should be an appraisal of what the village really wants. The difficulty is how to do this.
Following the success of the Climate Emergency Community Forum staged by the Newton Environment and Wellbeing Group (NEW) it was decided to start by holding a "Future of the Village Forum" at the end of September or beginning of October. It should be an exciting event at which you and I will be able to express our ideas about how we would like the village to look and the services and facilities it should have in ten or twenty years time. It is hoped that there will be a representation of a wide range of interests and ages at the Forum. From this event it is hoped that some of the priorities for the village will emerge. The group will then be able to take these forward and develop a Neighbourhood Plan which can be put forward to complement the Mid Devon Local Plan.
As you are probably aware the Parish Council decided that the village should take advantage of the provision to create a Neighbourhood Plan. The Neighbourhood Plan would have legal status when it came to decisions for development and would have to be taken into account when planning decisions are made: alongside, and be consistent with, the Mid-Devon Local Plan which is currently taking shape. To take this forward the Parish Council asked for volunteers to create a Steering Group. There are twelve members at the moment, including me, who have met on a couple of occasions.
We all really care about the future of the village and we know that the Mid Devon Local Plan is likely to require some some development in the parish. To seek to ensure that those developments do not have a negative effect on the parish, a viable and positive Neighbourhood Plan is vital. For the plan to be legally accepted it must clearly show that it reflects the views of the whole community, not just the views of the steering group. At their last meeting it was agreed that their starting point should be an appraisal of what the village really wants. The difficulty is how to do this.
Following the success of the Climate Emergency Community Forum staged by the Newton Environment and Wellbeing Group (NEW) it was decided to start by holding a "Future of the Village Forum" at the end of September or beginning of October. It should be an exciting event at which you and I will be able to express our ideas about how we would like the village to look and the services and facilities it should have in ten or twenty years time. It is hoped that there will be a representation of a wide range of interests and ages at the Forum. From this event it is hoped that some of the priorities for the village will emerge. The group will then be able to take these forward and develop a Neighbourhood Plan which can be put forward to complement the Mid Devon Local Plan.
To access all documents currently being discussed by the Steering Group click link:- bit.ly/3MvrJ7A