**NEW** Public Notice – Bethersden Neighbourhood Plan, March 2019
On Tuesday 5th March 2019 the Parish Council resolved to submit this plan to Ashford Borough Council (ABC) for public consultation. Subsequent to that Council Meeting it was agreed with the ABC Head of Planning Policy to start this process on the 17th May 2019. BNP – Public Notice
**NEW** Neighbourhood Plan Documents – Update February 2019
Consultation Statement February 2019
Bethersden Neighbourhood Plan 2015–2030.v2.Nov2017
BNHP Contents Regulation 16 Consultation
Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Report
Strategic Environmental Assessment Feb 2019
Detailed Site Assessments Feb 2019
Basic Conditions Statement Feb 2019-1
Independent Examiner Report on the Neighbourhood Plan – May 2018
To access the correspondence from the Independent Examiner please click here.
Neighbourhood Plan Consultation 2018
Deadline for comments closed 9th February 2018. To read the comments recieved please click on the document below:
Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Comments (combined)
Visit our Neighbourhood Plan Facebook page to find up to date information on progress with the Plan.
A Neighbourhood Plan is a community-led document for guiding the future development, regeneration and conservation of an area. A neighbourhood plan is about the use and development of land and may contain a vision, aims, planning policies, proposals for improving the area or providing new facilities, or allocation of key sites for specific kinds of development. It may deal with a wide range of social, economic and environmental issues (such as housing, employment, heritage and transport).
Why do a Plan?
The Neighbourhood Plan will be part of the statutory Ashford Borough Council Local Plan from 2015 to 2030. This statutory status gives Neighbourhood Plans far more weight than some other local documents, such as community plans, and even the existing Bethersden Parish Plan and Village Design Statement.