From Preston neighbourhood planning event 25 June 2013

1. Some Golden Rules
Neighbourhood Plans

2. FIRST GOLDEN RULE
PLAN POSITIVELY

5. SECOND GOLDEN RULE
PUT YOURSELF
IN THEIR SHOES

6. WHOSE SHOES?
THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
“Does this plan meet the basic conditions?”
See
• Page 38, Locality Roadmap
• Schedule 10, paragraph 8, Localism Act

7. WHOSE SHOES?
THE VOTER
“Do you want Thereborough District Council to use the
neighbourhood plan for the Whereford area to help it
decide planning applications in the neighbourhood
area?”
The referendum question

8. WHOSE SHOES?
THE DECISION MAKER
“Do these policies help me to make decisions
efficiently and with confidence?”

10. GOLDEN RULES
TO GET A PLAN …
…GET A PLAN

11. Regulations Timescale
6 weeks
6 weeks
6 weeks
28 working days
(56 for a business referendum)
Designation of neighbourhood
area/forum
Pre-submission consultation
Referendum
Publicity period
Examination

12. Pre Submission Consultation: 16 June – 15 August
Submission to local planning authority: 31 August
Publicity period: 2 October – 19 November
Examiner recruitment started: mid October
Examiner appointed: 20 November
Examination starts: 26 November
Examiner’s report: 5 December
Referendum period begins: 28 January
Referendum: 7 March
Plan is made: 11 April
Upper Eden
Cumbria

13. Pre Submission Consultation: 10 October - 23 November. 41 responses
Submission to local planning authority: 20 December
Publicity period: 20 December - 8 February. 3 representations
Examiner candidates requested from Panel: 7 January
Examiner appointed: 21 January
Examination starts: 11 February
Examiner’s report: 20 February
Referendum period begins: 21 March
Referendum: 2 May
St James
Exeter

14. • Pre Submission consultation: 21 August – 26 September. 240+ responses
• Examiner candidates requested from Panel: 28 November
• Submission to LPA: 29 November
• Publicity period: 7 December – 24 January. 40+ representations
• Appointment of examiner: 21 December
• Examination starts: 28 January
• Public hearing: 19 February
• Examiner’s report: March 1 (published March 6)
• Referendum: 2 May
Thame
South Oxfordshire

15. EDEN THAME EXETER
Oct-11 ST JAMES
Nov-11
Dec-11
Jan-12
Feb-12
Mar-12
Apr-12
May-12
Jun-12
Jul-12
Aug-12
Sep-12
Oct-12
Nov-12
Dec-12
Jan-13
Feb-13
Mar-13
Apr-13
May-13
Existing Timescales