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In 2017 the Parish Council decided to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan to cover the whole of Glemsford parish. Since that time a small group of volunteers and Parish Councillors, assisted by professional consultants, have been working to gather information and views to inform the content of the Plan.
What is a Neighbourhood Plan?
It’s a Plan agreed by local people to decide how their parish should develop - or not - over the next decade or so. Whether the Plan is approved will ultimately be decided at a Parish Referendum when, if a majority of residents that vote agree with the Plan, Babergh District Council will be required to adopt it.
When complete, it sits alongside the Local Plan for Babergh and national planning policies and is used by the District Council when making decisions on planning applications.
Pre-Submission Consultation on Draft Neighbourhood Plan
We’ve now reached a major milestone and are consulting on the Draft Plan. Consultation commences on 11 November and will last until Friday 5 January, an extended period of 8 weeks due to the Christmas holidays. You now have the opportunity to say whether or not you support the content of the Plan or would like to see some changes and so influence planning and development policy for Glemsford for the coming years.
We have distributed a summary leaflet to every household in the Parish and the Plan itself can be downloaded below.
If you don’t have access to the internet, paper copies will be available to borrow for a short period from the Parish Council office Tuesday & Friday 9.30am-1.30pm or can be viewed at Glemsford Library, which is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10.00-13.00 and 14.00-17.00 and Sunday 11.00-15.00
How to comment
We would welcome your comments. These can be submitted online or by completing the form below and returning it as instructed on the form. Comments must be received by midnight on Friday 5th January
Paper comments forms must be returned to the Village Hall letterbox by 5 January.
We want your comments, even if you support everything in the Plan!
Supporting Documents
In addition to the Plan itself, there are a number of supporting documents referred to in the Plan. These can be found below:
Glemsford Questionnaire Results - 2018
Glemsford Landscape Character Appraisal - August 2019
Glemsford Landscape Character Appraisal Appendix A - Views August 2019
Glemsford Neighbourhood Plan - Site Options and Assessment – May 2020
Glemsford Design Guidance and Codes – September 2021
Glemsford Masterplan and Development Principles – August 2022
Glemsford Local Green Space Appraisal – November 2023
LOOKING AHEAD
Once the consultation ends, all comments received will be reviewed and the Plan will be amended as necessary. It will then be submitted to Babergh District Council who will undertake a second round of consultation before the Plan is assessed by an Independent Examiner. The Examiner will decide what changes are required to meet the national neighbourhood planning requirements and recommend that the Plan is subject to a Parish Referendum open to all on the Electoral Register. A simple majority in favour of the Plan will mean that it can be used by Babergh District Council when making decisions on planning applications.