Visit our Neighbourhood Plan Website at capelstmarynp.onesuffolk.net

Neighbourhood Planning Questionaire Summary of Responses

NEXT DROP IN SESSION

WEDNESDAY 31ST MAY 2022 - 3PM TO 7PM IN THE LIBRARY

Public Consultation 7th May to 24th June 2023

Each household will be delivered a leaflet notifying you of a Public Consultation over the Capel St Mary Neighbourhood Plan. This will commence on the 7th May 2023 for a seven week period.

The leaflet will contain details of public meetings, how you can access the Neighbourhood Plan and how you can make a response, so please read the leaflet.

A copy of the Neighbourhood Plan can be found below, together with supporting information.

Capel St Mary Neighbourhood Plan

Green Space Assessment

Neighbourhood Plan Response Form

Traffic Survey for the Capel St Mary Parish Council

Capel St Mary Executive Summary Housing Need Survey 2016

What is Neighbourhood Planning?

Neighbourhood planning gives communities direct power to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood and shape the development and growth of their local area. They are able to choose where they want new homes, shops and offices to be built, have their say on what those new buildings should look like and what infrastructure should be provided, and grant planning permission for the new buildings they want to see go ahead. Neighbourhood planning provides a powerful set of tools for local people to ensure that they get the right types of development for their community where the ambition of the neighbourhood is aligned with the strategic needs and priorities of the wider local area.

What is the benefit of having a Neighbourhood Plan?

Neighbourhood planning enables communities to play a much stronger role in shaping the areas in which they live and work and in supporting new development proposals. This is because unlike the parish, village or town plans that communities may have prepared, a neighbourhood plan forms part of the development plan and sits alongside the Babergh and Mid-Suffolk Local Plan prepared by the local planning authority. Decisions on planning applications will be made using both the Local Plan and the neighbourhood plan, and any other material considerations.

The Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan is being reviewed by an Examiner, who has asked the planning authority to review all of it's site allocations for housing developments. This has caused a delay in progressing the Capel St Mary Neighbourhood Plan as we cannot be certain what housing allocation will be allocated to Capel St Mary in the Local Plan. This delay means that it is now 4 years since the Neighbourhood Plan was started and some of the evidence gathered now needs updating. The Parish Council has now commissioned a traffic survey, air pollution survey and housing survey to provide up todate  information. When these surveys have been completed the Neighbourhood Plan will have some revisions made to it before a Public Consultation will be held for residents to have their say.

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