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Broadland & South Norfolk Community ‐ led Planning Programme Workshop 9: Developing & Using Your Plan

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Agenda Item Title Timing 1 7.00 ‐ 7.15 Welcome and introduction – once the plan is in place John Walchester, Interim Joint Spatial Planning Manager, Broadland District Council & South Norfolk Council 2 Monitoring and reviewing Neighbourhood Plan policies 7.15 ‐ 7.40 Richard Squires, Senior Community Planning Officer, Broadland District Council 3 7.40 ‐ 8.15 Taking forward projects within your plan Sally Hoare, Community Infrastructure Co ‐ ordinator, Broadland District Council 4 8.15 ‐ 8.40 Life after the Neighbourhood Plan Rob Christie / Paul Culley ‐ Barber, Blofield Parish Council 5 8.40 ‐ 9.00 Discussion & Next Steps Richard Squires, Senior Community Planning Officer, Broadland District Council

The story so far…

Your Plan is made… what now?

Your Plan is made… what now? • Publishing the Plan is not the end point… it’s the beginning • Community ‐ owned strategy (with projects, proposals, policies) • Oversight of the Plan by parish/town council:  How will it use the Plan to inform and steer development?  How will it co ‐ ordinate delivery of projects within the community?  How will it monitor the implementation of the Plan?  When will the Plan be reviewed to see if it needs updating?  How will the PC communicate with residents on progress? • Structures – Mechanisms – Representation • Quick wins

Monitoring & Reviewing a Neighbourhood Plan Richard Squires, Senior Community Planning Officer Broadland District Council

Referendum day

Who owns the Neighbourhood Plan? Community ownership BUT… Also part of the statutory Development Plan

The Local Planning Authority Role • Development Management decisions • Pre ‐ application discussions • Monitoring delivery of allocations

The Parish/Town Council role • There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach • Role should encompass: 1. Monitoring 2. Co ‐ ordinating project delivery 3. Reviewing & Updating • Structure • Mechanisms • Representation • Resources • BDC survey 2017

Why update the Neighbourhood Plan? • Changes in national or Local Plan policy may ‘erode’ specific policies within Neighbourhood Plan. • ‘Should there be a conflict between a policy in a neighbourhood plan and a policy in a Local Plan, section 38(5) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires that the conflict must be resolved in favour of the policy which is contained in the last document to become part of the development plan.’ ‐ NPPG, Para 44

Why update the Neighbourhood Plan? • You may also wish to update your Neighbourhood Plan if… a) There are new, significant development issues emerging in your parish b) Evidence base becoming less robust c) The Neighbourhood Plan is nearing its end date d) Work on the new Local Plan is commencing

How is a Neighbourhood Plan updated? • Recent changes in planning law made it easier to update NPs. • Minor updates that do not materially affect policies can be made by LPA, with consent from Parish/Town Council. • More substantial updates require modified NP to go through pre ‐ submission consultation and subsequent stages. • This means submission, publication, examination (and possibly referendum)

Substantial changes • Question of whether changes to NP significantly alter the nature of the Plan . • If so, LPA publicise and consider examiner’s report (and potentially proceed to referendum) in same way as usual. • If no referendum required then modified NP should be adopted by LPA once examiner’s amendments have been made. • Examiner ultimately decides whether or not nature of NP would be significantly altered.

Neighbourhood Planning Practice Guidance www.gov.uk/guidance/neighbourhood ‐ planning ‐‐ 2

Taking forward projects within your Plan Sally Hoare, Community Infrastructure Co ‐ ordinator Broadland District Council

Community Infrastructure • What is Infrastructure? • Framework • How is infrastructure planned? • Sub ‐ regional level • Neighbourhood level

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) • What is CIL? • How much CIL is available? • What can CIL be spent on? (a) the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure such as roads and other transport facilities, flood defences, schools and other educational facilities, medical facilities, allotments, sporting and recreational facilities, and open spaces; or (b) anything else that is concerned with addressing the demands that development places on an area.

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) • What can CIL be spent on? 1. The local football club needs to improve its facilities or employ additional coaches to cater for the increased number of people moving into the area. A grant to the football club from CIL money would be lawful. 2. A pantomime group asks for a grant because it does not have sufficient funds to put on a production. This would not be a lawful use of CIL funds. 3. A grant to a scout group to enable it to cater for increased numbers of children as a result of development would be lawful. 4. A grant to a guides group to enable it to buy a minibus (not being linked to the numbers of people attending but being a long held ambition of the group) would not be lawful.

Links between Neighbourhood Planning & CIL • Funds • Opportunities • Engagement Use the processes of engagement • • Partnership working With your district and with other providers • • Priorities Community steer for your CIL spending •

Project planning and delivery • Community Infrastructure Review • Working group • Pre ‐ delivery steps Identify the community assets • Assessment of assets • Dialogue • • Prioritisation • Consult

Opportunities arising from CIL & S106 • Create a sustainable initiative • Make your community a better place to live • Challenge • www.clteast.org • www.plunkett.co.uk • www.locality.org.uk • www.socialenterprise.org.uk Contact: e sally.hoare@broadland.gov.uk t 01603 430485

Questions

Life after the Neighbourhood Plan Rob Christie / Paul Culley ‐ Barber, Blofield Parish Council

Discussion & Next Steps Richard Squires, Senior Community Planning Officer Broadland District Council

CLP programme & next steps • Aim of CLP Programme was to help parish/town councils to become better placed to address the needs of their community through the planning system. • Information on all of the workshops held is available on Broadland NP blog: https://broadlandneighbourhoodplans.wordpress.com/broadland ‐ south ‐ norfolk ‐ clp ‐ programme/ • Community ‐ led housing event in summer – watch this space! • Neighbourhood Plan Network – next meeting 14 th May, 7pm

Local authority support Day to day advice and guidance • Reviewing and commenting on draft documents • ‘Parish Profile’ document • Liaising with other relevant bodies • Funding advice and potential financial support • Providing maps • Loaning display boards • Networking opportunities between Neighbourhood Plan groups • Guidance documents and templates • Broadland Neighbourhood Planning blog • Providing training •

Thank you for coming!