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Neighbourhood Development Plans
The Local Authorities Role
Celia Dring and Claire Courtois
Planning Policy Team
North Somerset Council
Duty to assist• Designating a neighbourhood area
• Advising and assisting in the plan preparation
• Checking a submitted plan meets the legal requirements
• Arranging an examination
• Organising a referendum
• Bringing a plan into force
Designating an area
• North Somerset is a parished authority.
• NDP area is submitted to North Somerset Council
• NSC advertise boundary for 4/6 weeks
• NSC need to formally agree boundary within 8/13 weeks of advertisement
Advising and assisting in plan preparation
Will you plan add value?
Initial meeting:
Is a NDP the right tool for you?
We can:
• Steer you through policy writing
• Ensure you have a sound evidence base
• Help with maps
• Help with supporting documents
Advising and assisting in plan preparation
Checking a submitted plan
• When the Parish Council is happy with their plan they must submit it to the LPA
• Parish need to include
• Map
• Plan
• Consultation Statement
• Basic Condition Statement
• SEA/HRA reports where necessary
• LPA will then publicise the plan for 6 weeks
Arranging an examination• LPA appoints an independent examiner with the
consent of the qualifying body.
• The majority of NDP examinations are dealt with as written representations
• Discretion of the examiner as to whether a hearing is needed.
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