The document discusses neighbourhood planning in the UK. It provides an overview of what neighbourhood planning is, including that it gives communities power to create local planning policies and grants planning permission. It also notes neighbourhood planning provides responsibilities to meet local needs and support growth, and financial investment through the Community Infrastructure Levy. Statistics are presented on the growing number of designated neighbourhood plan areas and successful referendums. Examples of neighbourhood plans from different communities in the UK are highlighted.

1. #neighbourhoodplanning
THE WHAT
&
THE HOW
20 March 2014
decentralisation@communities.gsi.gov.uk
These slides are available online at www.slideshare.com/JonnyDCLG

3. #neighbourhoodplanning
A quick reminder of what neighbourhood planning is…
• POWER
to make planning policy or grant planning permission
• RESPONSIBILITY
to meet need and support growth
• INVESTMENT
through Community Infrastructure Levy*
* Communities with a neighbourhood plan in place receive 25% of CIL

5. The number of neighbourhood plans

7. Designated areas
+

8. This data was
informally gathered
from internet
monitoring and is
being constantly
updated
A growing
movement

9. This data was
informally gathered
from internet
monitoring and is
being constantly
updated
A growing
movement

10. This data was
informally gathered
from internet
monitoring and is
being constantly
updated
A growing
movement

11. This data was
informally gathered
from internet
monitoring and is
being constantly
updated

12. Thame Examination Hearing

14. 90% Yes
21% turnout
40% turnout34% turnout
92% Yes
76% Yes
52% turnout
96% Yes
Upper Eden
Exeter St James Tattenhall & District
Thame

15. 81% Yes
17% turnout
74% Yes
26% turnout
89% Yes
38% turnout
93% Yes
30% turnout
Lynton & Lynmouth
Norland
Broughton Astley
Cringleford

16. Average:
86% Yes
32% turnout

17. Referendums
20 March Sprowston, Broadland
27 March Ascot, Windsor & Maidenhead
3 April Woodcote, South Oxfordshire
3 April Edith Weston, Rutland
10 April Arundel, Arun
1 May Kirdford, Chichester

18. 55%
980
790
80
41
8 7
Application Designation Draft Plan Examination Referendum MADE
Neighbourhood Planning
From the Ground Up
195
184
Local
Authorities
Applications
Designated
60%
184

19. rrtr#Yesweplan

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Neighbourhood Plan Objectives
Charlotte.dring@communities.gsi.gov.uk

22. Meeting need & supporting growth

23. Business Neighbourhood Planning

24. Artist’s Impression of Cockermouth
http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/downloads/Vanguards_Scheme_Bid_-_Allerdale_BC.pdf

27. WE’VE DONE IT!
• Congratulations to all ESJF members and associate members
• On the evening of 16th July Exeter City Council adopted the Exeter
St James Neighbourhood Plan.
• The Plan now forms part of Exeter’s statutory development plans
and in future the policies it contains will be used to help determine
planning applications.
• This decision can also be seen as the green light for projects which
have been proposed.
• The Steering Group has been eager to make a start with Queens
Crescent Garden, the top priority project, and plans are being made
for the setting up of a Community Interest Company to assume
responsibility for the development and future management of this
community green space

28. Thame
• I have experience of community development work but somehow this
was different. It involved understanding the constraints imposed by
environmental and planning issues, of accepting growth in an area
where everyone wanted to close the town’s gates.
• Instead of a top down approach – this is what is best for your area, it
was a bottom up approach – this is what we want so go and make it
work in planning terms. Tension erupted as the “professionals” had
to listen and produce rather than produce and inform.
• The status of the town council has definitely changed, somehow it
seems there is more respect for what a town council does and can do.
The district council is involving us at the first stage of planning
enquiries.
Helen Stewart, Town Clerk

29. “ The first major planning application judged
against a neighbourhood plan that allocates
housing sites has been unanimously approved”
(PlanningResource 15 November 2013)

33. LPA = £30k
£5k @ designation (+ £5k for forums)
£5k @ submission
£20k @ successful examination
(+ £10k for business areas)
Support, Examination and Referendum

34. Communities
Bespoke direct
support
And (/or)
£7k
Mycommunityrights.org.uk

35. Neighbourhood
Planning
Champions
Network
http://bit.ly/1gVcMbg

36. Parish council 
Neighbourhood Plan 
= 25% uncapped, paid to
Parish
Parish council 
Neighbourhood Plan X
= 15% capped at £100 /
dwelling, paid to Parish
Parish council X
Neighbourhood Plan 
= 25% uncapped, local
authority consults with
community
Parish council X
Neighbourhood Plan X
= 15% capped at £100 /
dwelling, local authority
consults with community
Community Infrastructure Levy

37. #neighbourhoodplanning
Planning Guidance:
http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/
My Community Rights:
www.mycommunityrights.org.uk/neighbourhoodplanning
LinkedIn:
Neighbourhood Planning
@JonnyG_369 @CommunitiesUK
twitter.com/Billers_Roden/lists/neighbourhood-planning
Pinterest:
www.pinterest.com/nplanning/neighbourhood-plans/