The steering group had a day’s meeting with Steve Besford-Foster, the planning consultant who is guiding us through the process of creating the Neighbourhood Plan. He visited the Parish and advised the group on our next task, which is to put together the base evidence for the plan.
There is a lot of work to do to put together this evidence before we can draft the plan. This includes, for example:
- Consultation with statutory bodies such as the County Council, Environment Agency, Natural England, Historic England, and voluntary/community bodies.
- To research and gather demographic data and historic information about the Parish
- To survey businesses and local estate agents
- To look at national and local planning policy
He was able to point us in the direction of many useful resources and we are now starting work on the themes identified in our survey – Community, Transport, Natural Environment, Heritage and Design, Business/Economy, Facilities.
We need you!
We are keen to bring on board anyone who would like to help with the preparation of the plan – please contact Sarah Aspinall via husthwaitepc@hotmail.co.uk if you are interested or would like to find out more.