Newest Document:
The Plan: Reg 15, Submission Version
October 5, 2023
Plan Milestones
- January 4th 2017 Designated Area Status granted for Marhamchurch Neighbourhood plan
- January 2020 Questionnaire distributed
- February 29th 2020 Final return date for Questionnaires (Covid restrictions prevented further progress)
- May 26th 2021 Questionnaire results analysed
- Steering group convened to plan Village Consultation on 30th June 2021, 10th August 2021, 24th August 2021 and 16th September 2021
- October 8th 2021 Consultation Day CANCELLED (local covid outbreak)
- November 27th 2021 Consultation Day held in Methodist Schoolrooms 1
- March 2022 Grant application was made to cover professional fees of a planning officer and website development to ensure a successful Neighbourhood Plan
- August 4th 2022 Morning – meeting NP steering group (attendees Sue Proudfoot, Laurence Kerr, Tim Edwards and Fran Hunt) with Lee Bray Planning and Regeneration consultant 4th August 2022. Afternoon discussion to plan designated MNP website with Tyler Honey Koden Digital
- Communications via email between MNP Steering Group, Lee Bray (planning consultant) and Tyler Honey (Koden Digital) to progress MNP draft and website.
- October 3rd 2022 Meeting to discuss Heritage Assets and Green Spaces to be included in NP (attendees Sue Proudfoot, Laurence Kerr, Tim Edwards and Fran Hunt)
- October 27th 2022 Meeting with Tyler honey (Koden Digital) to see final draft of website and handover including training in updating and maintaining website (attendees Sue Proudfoot, Tim Edwards and Fran Hunt)
- November 21st 2022 Marhamchurch Neighbourhood Plan Draft sent to Cornwall Council for statutory screening
- January 16th 2023 Draft MNP returned from Cornwall Council with recommendation and amended with help from Lee Bray (planning consultant) and circulated to members of the Steering Group
- March 2nd 2023 Steering Group met to finalise lists of Green Spaces using Locality Green Spaces Guidelines (attendees Sue Proudfoot, Laurence Kerr, Fran Hunt)
- March 6th 2023 Letter to all Green Space landowners posted or hand delivered
- March 23rd 2023 Steering Group meets to finalise MNP website content (attendees Sue Proudfoot, Laurence Kerr, Fran Hunt, Tim Edwards)
- April 3rd 2023 Steering Group meeting to discuss how to publicise draft MNP ahead of Reg 14 Statutory Consultation Draft Consultation period
- April 24th 2023 Reg 14 Statutory Consultation Period commences and MNP website goes live
- May 13th 2023 Consultation Day, Methodist Schoolrooms, Marhamchurch
- June 5th 2023 end of Reg 14 Statutory Consultation Period
- Analysis of Consultation comments and any appropriate changes made to the draft MNP
- September 2023 Submission of final version of NP to the Local Planning Authority
- Independent examination by examiner appointed by Local Planning Authority
- Examiners report issued
- One of 3 recommendations to occur
- a) MNP should proceed to a Referendum
- b) that the MNP should proceed to a referendum subject to certain amendments
- c) that the NP should not proceed
- Referendum, organised and paid for by local planning authority. A simple majority of votes (over 50% of those voting) in favour of the NP is sufficient for it to succeed. In this scenario:
- Adoption of MNP as part of Cornwall Council’s Development Plan
- Implementation And Monitoring. Once MNP is adopted, planning applications will still be determined by the local planning authority in the normal way, but taking into account policies in MNP as well as the Local Plan
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