WHAT IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN? A Neighbourhood Plan is a document produced by a Parish Council to set out the future of a community for 15-20 years. • It has legal weight in planning decisions • It has to be supported by the community • It is only concerned with land use matters WHAT CAN IT DO? • It can direct growth, sometimes by allocating development for housing or directing growth to appropriate locations • It can protect local assets such as important green spaces and local facilities • It can ensure that new development is sensitively designed • It can be used to set out a ‘wish list’ for improvements or new facilities, e.g. play facilities WHAT CAN’T IT DO? • It can’t prevent new development • It can’t be in direct confl ict with Aylesbury Vale’s Local Plan • It can’t be in confl ict with Government Planning Policy and Guidance HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? Usually the whole process, including an independent examination and a referendum, takes between 2 and 4 years.
‘UP-TO-DATE’ PROGRESS THE NEXT STEPS 1. The process of developing the Neighbourhood Plan may take another 18 months 2. The next step is to formulate Draft Policies for agreement by villagers for any development within the settlement boundary 3. Adoption of the Plan following a referendum 4. The costs are covered by a grant from locality. HAVE YOUR SAY, FOLLOW OUR PROGRESS Visit the Website: www.visionforickford.co.uk Did you know? Vision for Ickford Team: 70% Ratio of number of: of Ickford villagers responded to our questionnaire. Residents v Age v Number of Cars is out of kilter Email: info@visionforickford.co.uk and implies that more low price, ‘affordable’ Age of residents in years: housing is required to balance the village • Median age for Ickford: 49 Martin Armitstead Gillian Jermy demographic. • Median age for Thame: 46 • Median age for AV: 40 School Close model is interesting : Jan Jones David Connell • Median age for UK: 39 In addition the type of housing is totally opposite Mean number of: to the general trend – few fl ats, many 4/5 Chris Sandham Paul Campbell • Residents per Property: 2.5 (UK 2.3) bedroom houses. • Cars per Property: 2.9 (UK 1.2) Jo Tiddy Paul Linder • Bedrooms per Property: 3.4 (UK 2.9) Only 17% of properties have 1 or 2 bedrooms. Alan Perkins 23% of households in the village have at least one resident who works from home. On average this is 3 days per week, but the range is large. Alan Hudson Sally Chapman (Consultant)
VISION, OBJECTIVES AND AIMS 1) VISION AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN The Neighbourhood Plan establishes a vision of our parish in 2033 and sets out a number of objectives through which the Vision will be achieved. The Vision and Objectives should refl ect, among other things, the issues raised during consultations with the villagers of Ickford. 2) OUR VISION In 15 years’ time, Ickford will still be an independent and distinctive community comprising both Ickford and Little Ickford, conserving and enhancing its rich architectural and environmental heritage for the benefi t of villagers and for future generations. We will endeavour to protect and enhance those characteristics which make Ickford a place that people choose to live in and enjoy. 3) GOALS 3.1. Environment To fi nd opportunities for landscape, recreational and ecological gain whilst minimizing the impact of new development. AIMS • To protect, improve and extend where possible the village’s open spaces. • To protect the landscape setting and rural character. • To protect and enhance the historic and architectural environment of the village and its surroundings. • To conserve and protect biodiversity. 3.2. Housing To provide existing and future residents with good housing. AIMS • To provide a limited amount of housing to meet local needs including a range of affordable homes. • To provide an appropriate mix of housing for the elderly, who may wish to downsize, and for fi rst time buyers. • To ensure that all new housing is of quality design using materials that enhance local distinctiveness, at the same time ensuring that fl ooding risk and proper drainage are given priority. • To keep all new developments small in keeping with the character of the village. • To attempt where possible to give priority to people with local connections. • To ensure that all new development, location and design is resilient to the effects of climate change and fl ooding.
3.3. Traffi c and Transport To reduce the negative impact of traffi c and encourage safe walking and cycling. AIMS • To ensure new developments have stated plans for the improvement of parking, accessibility and traffi c fl ow. • To improve the footpath network as an amenity and improve access to village facilities. • To position developments of any kind such that current problems with congestion, safety and parking are not exacerbated and, if possible, reduced. 3.4. Economy To enhance the prospects for local employment and business growth. AIMS • To support local businesses and employment opportunities, including home working. • To provide local, affordable housing for local employees. • To ensure that up to date communication services are available to businesses. 3.5. Community Services To maintain the character, culture and vitality of the village as a thriving community. AIMS • To ensure housing development has actionable and enforceable plans to enhance the community and facilities. • To work towards maintaining the village’s diversity and demographic balance as part of housing policy. • To protect important village assets. These are, in alphabetical order, church, heritage and conservation areas, recreation ground, pub, school and shop. 3.6. Monitoring The Ickford NDP will be monitored on an annual basis by local planning authorities and the Parish Council. AIMS • To ensure plans and policies are met. • To keep villagers up to date on issues and progress. • By collecting when necessary views from villagers and relevant data to enable progress to be measured. • The publishing of a 5-year review.
QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS F OLLOWING THE RECENT COLLECTION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES , you will know we are producing a Neighbourhood Plan for the Vision of Ickford. For the plan to be successful and useful it is crucial that we have up-to-date information about the current profi le of Ickford. We asked for your views and knowledge and from the data collected, we have produced below an overview of some of that information you supplied. Number of Residents per Property Village Ideas for the Future 5 Community 3% orchard and wildflower 1 area 4 15% Affordable 23% small Bowls Club housing development Ideas for the 3 2 future 15% 44% Increased Cafe and more street lighting and community cycle tracks groups Medical facilities 1 2 3 4 5 Age of Residents Property Age in Years 90 80 106 70 93 93 60 50 40 46 30 33 20 26 19 10 0 AGE OF 0-4 5-11, 12-18, 19-30 31-50 51-65 65+ Less than 10 11-25, 26-50 51-75 76-100 101-200 201-300 300+ RESIDENTS Ickford Village Likes Ickford Issues The shop, school, pub Public Flooding and and church Parking Transport Sewerage Access to Peace, quiet road and and security rail links No big Poor Road surfaces Housing Broadband Developments Village Community character- Spirit and historic friendliness Improve the buildings Village hall appearance of Rural refurbishment setting and the village wildlife Number of Cars per Property Parking Facilities per Houshold Garage, car port and off-road 4 83 Number of Properties Garage and car port 2 Car port and off-road 6 Car port only 1 No off-road parking 5 31 28 Off-road only 38 4 12 4 4 Garage and off-road 92 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Garage only 13 Number of Cars 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
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