New consultation launched!
A formal consultation (the Reg 16 consultation) on our revised draft Neighbourhood Plan (and draft Design Code) was launched by North Yorkshire Council on Friday 14 August and will run until Monday 28 September.
The draft Plan and supporting formal statements (Compliance, Engagement and Habitats Screening) can be accessed on the NP documents page and also on the NYC website here. A set of paper copies of these (but without appendices) are also available to inspect in the Committee Room at Husthwaite Village Hall and at the NYC Community Hub in Northallerton. The evidence which underpins the draft Plan (including all the community engagement to date) is on the village website.
Anyone wishing to comment on the draft Plan can do so via the NYC Consultation Portal:https://northyorks-consult.objective.co.uk/kpse/event/AE7425A8-659B-4A9DAE62-DAC16FB9F2C3) or by email to localplannyc.consultations@northyorks.gov.uk.
The documents in the village hall can be inspected at any time the Village Hall is open for regular events and also at these additional times when someone from the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group will be present to help with any queries (and provide some refreshments):
● Saturday 15 August 10-12am
● Monday 17 August 2-4pm
● Saturday 22 August 2-4pm
● Thursday 27 August 6-8pm (evening session)
● BH Monday 31 August 2-4pm
● Sun 6 September 2-4pm
● Sat 12 September 2-4pm
● Sunday 20 September 10-12
● Thursday 24 September 12-2pm
Please note: if you would like to come into the hall at any of these times to look at the documents, please could you email clerk@husthwaite-pc.gov.uk or call 868155 at least 24 hours beforehand.
What happens next
Following this consultation, our draft Plan and all documents (plus any further comments received) will be referred to an Independent Examiner (appointed by NYC) who will decide whether our plan is compliant with national policy. If the draft plan is found to be satisfactory by the Independent Examiner (with modifications if necessary and as agreed with NYC), he/she will recommend that it be adopted. NYC must then arrange for a local referendum to take place (with at least 28 days’ notice) to confirm that Parish residents agree that the plan should become formal planning policy. If more than 50% of those voting in the referendum vote ‘yes’, then NYC will bring the Husthwaite Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan into legal force.
It is hard to say how long this will all take, especially as the Independent Examiner can call for further evidence as he/she sees fit, but we are hoping that the process can be completed this year. We will provide updates via the village website and at PC meetings.
If anyone has any queries on the draft Plan or the process, please do get in touch with the HNP Steering Group via clerk@husthwaite-pc.gov.uk.
Why are we doing a Neighbourhood Plan?
The HPNDP is about local people shaping the future of Husthwaite.
The new Neighbourhood Plan will update and build upon the old Parish Plan produced in 2007 but will have a greater impact. Neighbourhood Plans are planning policy documents that can be prepared by local communities. The law says that when a Neighbourhood Plan has been approved (by both the community and the local planning authority), it becomes part of official planning policy. That means:
- Planning decisions must legally take it into account
- Developers must demonstrate compliance with its policies
This is how the community moves from having opinions to having legal influence. The HPNDP will
- Turn community priorities into legal planning policy
- Give Husthwaite a strong voice in planning decisions
- Seek to protect what people value while allowing appropriate change
See Neighbourhood plan documents for more information from the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group.
More information about Neighbourhood Plans
Please contact Sarah Aspinall via clerk@husthwaite-pc.gov.uk if you would like to find out more.