Barkway and Nuthampstead Neighbourhood Plan Consultation

in accordance with Regulation 14 of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012

Barkway Parish Council and Nuthampstead Parish Meeting, is undertaking a public consultation and would like to invite comments from organisations and individuals on its Pre-Submission Neighbourhood Plan.

A paper copy of the Summary document is being delivered to all households within the designated area and all other consultees are being contacted by email.

The consultation is open from 28th September until midnight on 23rdNovember 2020. You can respond in the following ways:

  • Completing the response form (double sided) at the back of the Summary document and returning it to Barkway Parish Council, The Reading Room, 12 High Street, Barkway, Hertfordshire, SG8 8EE; or
  • Downloading the pre- submission feedback form here in word format, and here as a pdf. The completed document can then be emailed to clerk@barkwayparishcouncil.gov.uk

All responses received by midnight on 23rd November will be considered and may be used to amend the Pre-Submission Barkway and Nuthampstead Neighbourhood Plan. If you require assistance with the response form, please email clerk@barkwayparishcouncil.gov.uk

The full Neighbourhood Plan is available to view.

Some hard copies of the full Neighbourhood Plan are available to borrow – please contact the parish clerk by email on clerk@barkwayparishcouncil.gov.uk

If you need to view a copy of the full Neighbourhood Plan or, having read the Summary, would like to ask questions, our planning consultant will be available at the Community Room, Barkway Pavilion on Saturday 24thOctober. Please contact Barkway Parish Clerk for a timed slot by 12thOctober.

All Documents Associated with this Submission,click to view or download:-

NHDC Local Development Plan – Further Public Hearing Sessions

Along with our Neighbourhood Plan, NHDC’s Local Plan will determine how our villages are impacted in the future. The Planning Inspector considering the Local Development Plan wrote to NHDC in July and August 2019 to signal a number of concerns he had about the draft plan and he eventually decided that further public hearing sessions would be needed through which to address the issues he was raising. The Parish Council has made a written submission on matters concerning the development of the Green Belt and rural villages beyond the Green Belt, pointing out that the development of some Green Belt land adjacent to large conurbations may be inherently more sustainable than the development of villages such as Barkway. The Parish Council also signalled it would be represented in person at several sessions; these sessions were postponed in March but had been rescheduled to take place remotely between Monday 28th September and Friday 23rd October. We now understand that these hearing sessions have been postponed for a further two weeks and will commence on Monday 12th October.

Details of the schedule of hearings will be posted here once the information becomes available.