Neighbourhood plans
A plan prepared by a parish council or neighbourhood forum for a designated neighbourhood area, giving communities direct power to shape the development and growth of their local area
- Design stage
- Backlog
- Github
- Join the discussion
- Synonyms
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- Faster local plans
- Legislation
- No legislation added
- Expected number of records
- Unknown
- Frequency of updates
- Unknown
- Useful links
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- Technical specification
- No specification added
Background information
Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.
Backlog
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Who asked for 'Neighbourhood plans' data?
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What is the driver for the request?
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Which 2024 focus area does the request support?
- Modern planning software
- Faster local plans
Screen
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What is the 'Neighbourhood plans' consideration?
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Is there legislation that defines 'Neighbourhood plans'?
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Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Neighbourhood plans'?
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Which organisations do we think should publish the data?
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Is the Neighbourhood plans a trigger?
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Is the Neighbourhood plans something to consult during plan making?
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Is there any Neighbourhood plans data already available?
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Do we think the data should come from a single source?
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Will a data standard be required?
Research
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Do we understand the lifecycle of a Neighbourhood plans?
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Do we understand how the data is created/produced?
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Where will or should the data be used?
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What other planning considerations does it interact with?
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Who are the statutory consultees for Neighbourhood plans?
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Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Neighbourhood plans? How do we expect them to use Neighbourhood plans?
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What are the planning needs for this data?
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Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Neighbourhood plans data?
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What are some potential uses of Neighbourhood plans data?
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What's the value of adding Neighbourhood plans data to the platform?
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From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Neighbourhood plans data available?
2 updates
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Colm Britton (29 January 2025)
We are planning to collect some examples of neighbourhood plans. Collecting these documents will help us with our research.
For example, St Alban's set of "made" neighbourhood plans
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Claire Miller (26 September 2024)
As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.
Last updated: 2024-09-26 16:11:50