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Because of Covid-19 there can be no Neighbourhood Plan referendums until 6 May 2021 under new regulations made by HMG. In order not to frustrate…
Don’t let the virus stop you neighbourhood planning.
Neighbourhood Plan development involves colts of people getting together and talking, discussing, and agreement, so Covid-19 could be a big barrier to progress! But it…
Looe Neighbourhood Development Plan focuses on the challenge of climate change
The Looe NDP, currently out for pre-submission consultation, recognises that the implications of global warming for the town are profound and aims to tackle the…
Liskeard NDP gets 91.5% vote in support.
The Liskeard NDP, (see blog item https://plansupport.co.uk/new/huge-community-effort-leads-liskeard-ndp-to-referendum/) received a Yes vote of 91.5% in its referendum on 25th October 2018. That puts it 4th in…
Planning Practice Guidance on Neighbourhood Plans is updated.
MHCLG has issued a revised PPG section on Neighbourhood Development Plans following the recent update to the National Planning Policy Framework. Details are available here:…
Liskeard ‘bombed’!
The Cornish town of Liskeard has been ‘Yarn Bombed’. Not by a nasty subversive force but by really nice people who are keen on knitting…
‘Entry Level Exception’ sites: the same troublesome issues as rural exception sites and more unintended consequences?
A key proposal, contained with Paragraph 71 of the revised NPPF published in July 2018 is the introduction of Entry Level Exception Sites. Looks to…
New lower ONS household projections probably won’t change housing targets in Cornwall.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published new 2016-based Household Projections. They forecast – nationwide – a growth of 165,000 households per annum over…
New twists in Habitat Regs law to slow down NDP progress?
As a result of a finding by the European Court* it seems that ‘likely significant effects’ (LSE) of NDP proposals on European level designated habitat…