Over the next few weeks, the final pieces of work are being completed by the Chinnor Neighbourhood Plan (CNP) Steering Group which will result in having a draft Neighbourhood Plan document ready for the series of legal steps to be taken before a final version is presented to the whole community in Chinnor at a referendum in, hopefully, May next year.
The timetable for the run up to the referendum starts with the updated plan being submitted to Chinnor Parish Council at the end of November for their review and ratification.
After taking on board any comments from the Parish Council, CNP Steering Group will present an Examination Version of the plan in December to South Oxfordshire District Council who will arrange for the examination by an independent qualified planning inspector to ensure that the document meets all the legal and statutory requirements of a Neighbourhood Plan.
The Steering Group will ensure that full copies of the examination version of the plan are available for inspection by anyone in the community. Details on how to access your own copy will be explained in the new year.
This “final draft” version is being completed following the collation of everyone’s comments of the initial draft version that was issued earlier this year. Peter Brook, secretary to the Steering Group,has stated:
“This next version of the Neighbourhood Plan for Chinnor is the result of an immense amount of hard work by teams of volunteers from the village to make sure that we have a document that protects the village as much as it can from badly planned development.
We are developing policies on a whole range of matters including the environment, open spaces, infrastructure, community facilities, transport, parking, employment, shopping, education and young people. It is important that
all planning decisions are based on a robust vision for Chinnor to help ensure that take as much control as possible about our future as a community.”
Following the work of the appointed inspector, the Steering Group will incorporate any of the examiners comments and prepare a final submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan that is submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council who
will then be responsible to carrying out the final public consultation with Statutory and Local Bodies and all the people who live, work and carry out business in Chinnor Parish.
Chinnor Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group can be contacted via:
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.chinnorneighbourplan.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/ChinnorNeighbourhoodPlan
