Plan for Smaller Communities producing a NDP The table below sets out the steps that your group will need to take to produce a neighbourhood plan. With the help of the Neighbourhood Planning Team, we are confident that you can produce a draft plan to be submitted to Cornwall Council within 12 months. This is an ambitious target and you will need to ensure that you have a committed and well-organised steering group and, particularly someone with great organisational skills to drive the group to meet these targets. We also recognise that other groups may have fewer resources or more complex issues and so may take longer to complete this process. Stage Description Reason / Explanation Time taken 1 Initial discussions, presentation by Local Authority Officer. Decision by Parish Councils can take a long time to decide whether or not to Variable Town or PC to pursue NDP pursue a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP); it is a long and involved process and it is important that you give due consideration as to whether it is the correct approach for your area. is lots of information online and your Local Planning Authority ( LPA) can give initial information, to try to help you to decide whether it is the right tool to meet the ambitions of your community. 2 Designation of Neighbourhood Plan Area This is the first formal step in the NDP process whereby the Parish 0 - 6 weeks Council or Neighbourhood Forum requests that the area is designated where the neighbourhood plan area is the same as the parish – boundary, this designation will happen immediately. In cases where the boundary is different, or includes multiple parishes or covers an unparished area, this process will take longer. Other activities can continue whilst the designation request trundles through the process. 3. Set up a steering group This may initially be quite small but is likely to grow as the community Happens engagement strategy takes hold and more members of the alongside the community get involved. The Steering Group must have a chair and designation will be the body responsible for overseeing the development of the process plan. The SG will report to the Parish Council or Neighbourhood Forum (the Qualifying Body) 4. Initial Community consultation This will be the first stage in your engagement with your community 6 weeks (4 and your opportunity to tell them about the NDP process and get their weeks to
Plan for Smaller Communities producing a NDP The table below sets out the steps that your group will need to take to produce a neighbourhood plan. With the help of the Neighbourhood Planning Team, we are confident that you can produce a draft plan to be submitted to Cornwall Council within 12 months. This is an ambitious target and you will need to ensure that you have a committed and well-organised steering group and, particularly someone with great organisational skills to drive the group to meet these targets. We also recognise that other groups may have fewer resources or more complex issues and so may take longer to complete this process. Stage Description Reason / Explanation Time taken 1 Initial discussions, presentation by Local Authority Officer. Decision by Town or PC to pursue NDP Parish Councils can take a long time to decide whether or not to pursue a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP); it is a long and involved process and it is important that you give due consideration as to whether it is the correct approach for your area. is lots of information online and your Local Planning Authority ( LPA) can give initial information, to try to help you to decide whether it is the right tool to meet the ambitions of your community. Variable 2 Designation of Neighbourhood Plan Area This is the first formal step in the NDP process whereby the Parish Council or Neighbourhood Forum requests that the area is designated – where the neighbourhood plan area is the same as the parish boundary, this designation will happen immediately. In cases where the boundary is different, or includes multiple parishes or covers an unparished area, this process will take longer. Other activities can continue whilst the designation request trundles through the process. 0 - 6 weeks 3. Set up a steering group This may initially be quite small but is likely to grow as the community engagement strategy takes hold and more members of the community get involved. The Steering Group must have a chair and will be the body responsible for overseeing the development of the plan. The SG will report to the Parish Council or Neighbourhood Forum (the Qualifying Body) Happens alongside the designation process 4. Initial Community consultation This will be the first stage in your engagement with your community and your opportunity to tell them about the NDP process and get their 6 weeks (4 weeks to
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