Issue - decisions

As part of the Localism Act 2011, local communities are encouraged to come together to get more involved in planning for their areas by producing Neighbourhood plans for their area. Neighbourhood plans are centred specifically round creating plans and policies to guide new development. Neighbourhood planning is about letting the people who know about and care for an area plan for it. It is led by the residential and business community, not the council, and is about building neighbourhoods – not stopping growth.

If adopted by the Council, neighbourhood plans and orders will have weight becoming part of the statutory plan making framework for that area. Designation of a Neighbourhood Area is the first stage in the preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan.

Haxby Town Council and Wigginton Parish Council and submitted an application in June 2016. This application and associated boundary map is attached at Annex A. The proposal is jointly from the Town and Parish Councils and the application boundary is the same as that of their respective Town and Parish Boundaries combined. It is this ‘area application’ that we are recommending for approval.

Decision: Approved the recommendation that the application by Haxby Town Council and Wigginton Parish Council for a Neighbourhood Plan Area is approved in order to allow the Plan to progress.