Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan

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Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan has now been 'made'

Stratford-on-Avon District Council resolved that the Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan was 'made' on 12th July 2021. It is now formally part of the District Council's development plan and will be used to assist in making decisions on planning applications within the area.

Made Version - July 2021

'Yes' vote at referendum

On Thursday 6 May 2021, voters in Napton on the Hill voted ‘yes' to the Neighbourhood Plan.

78.3% (458 people) of those voting said ‘Yes'
21.7% (127 people) of those voting said ‘No'
The turnout was 57.4%.

Plan to proceed to referendum

The Council has accepted the examiner's recommended modifications on the Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan and issued the decision that the plan should proceed to referendum.

The Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan was independently examined between May and November 2020. The District Council received the Examiner's report on 16 November 2020. The Examiner's report recommended that, subject to some proposed modifications, the plan should proceed to referendum. The District Council agreed with the Examiner's report and has endorsed the Plan to proceed to a referendum to be held on Thursday 6 May 2021.

The polling station will be at The Village Hall, The Crescent, Napton-on-the-Hill, CV47 8LS.

The question on the ballot paper will be as follows:

“Do you want Stratford-on-Avon District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Napton-on-the-Hill to help decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?"

A number of documents (referred to as ‘specified documents' in the Neighbourhood Planning regulations) are listed below to assist voters.

Specified Documents

Independent Examiner's Report

Following completion of the Independent Examination of the Napton on the Hill Neighbourhood Plan, the Examiner issued her report to the District Council on 16 November this year and can be viewed below:

Examiner's Report - November 2020

In accordance with paragraph 18 of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended), The Local Planning Authority must now consider what action to take in response to the recommendations of the Examiner and decide what modifications, if any, are to be made to the Plan in order for it to proceed to referendum.

Response to Examiner's Questions

September 2020

Examiner's questions

The independent examiner for the Napton on the Hill Neighbourhood Plan has requested clarification from Napton on the Hill Parish Council and Stratford-on-Avon District Council on the following matters:

Questions of clarification from the Examiner - September 2020

Examination

Following completion of the Regulation 16 (Formal Submission) consultation in February this year, the Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan has now been sent for examination by an independent examiner.

Final Schedule of Representations received via the Regulation 16 consultation with Parish Council comment

Formal Submission Consultation

Napton-on-the-Hill Parish Council as the qualifying body have prepared a neighbourhood development plan for the Parish with the help of the local community. The Plan sets out a vision for the future of the Parish and proposes planning policies to be used to help determine planning applications locally. The Parish Council has formally submitted its Plan to Stratford-on-Avon District Council for consultation.

In accordance with Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended), Stratford District Counci lheld a consultation on the Submission version of the Plan between 6 February 2020 and Friday 20 March 2020.

The Submission Draft Plan and associated consultation documents can be viewed below:

Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan Submission Draft – October 2019
Character Assessment

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

SEA and HRA Screening Document - February 2019

Supporting documents

Basic Conditions Statement - October 2019
Consultation Statement - October 2019
- Appendix 7 - Consultation Statement

Pre-Submission Draft consultation

The Pre-Submission Draft of the Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan was published for a six week period of consultation between 12 November 2018 and 14 January 2019 in accordance with Regulation 14 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended).

The District Council's comments on the Plan following endorsement at Cabinet on 14 January 2019.

Neighbourhood Area designation

The Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan Area was designated on 9 September 2014. Napton-on-the-Hill Parish Council was the relevant body that applied to the District Council for designation. The area application documents can be found below:

Find out more

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For further information: please contact the Planning Policy team on 01789 260320 or email planning.policy@stratford-dc.gov.uk.

This page can be accessed quickly using the short link www.stratford.gov.uk/naptonnp

Contact: the Planning Policy team

Last updated on 20/07/2021

Documents

Attachment 1 - Napton Plan showing suggested SAP deletions (5498 KB) - Napton Plan showing suggested SAP deletions
Napton Neighbourhood Plan Submission Draft (5482 KB) - Draft for Reg 16 consultation
Napton-on-the-Hill NDP Area Designation Confirmation - July 2017 (217 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill NDP Area Designation Confirmation
Napton Basic Conditions Statement (1965 KB) - Basic Conditions Statement for Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan - Reg 16
Napton Neighbourhood Area Map - July 2017 (687 KB) - Napton Neighbourhood Area Map
Napton-on-the-Hill Examiner's Report (617 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill NDP Examiner's Report_2020
Napton-on-the-Hill NDP Referendum Version (5550 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill NDP Referendum Version - December 2020
Napton-on-the-Hill NDP: Decision statement - July 2021 (24 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill NDP: Decision statement
Attachment 6 - Appeal Decicion (100 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill 3247909 Appeal Decision
Final Napton-on-the-Hill Schedule of Representations (1462 KB) - Final Napton-on-the-Hill Schedule of Representations
Attachment 8 - Napton HNS Report (March 2018) (1076 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill Housing Need Survey Report (March 2018)
Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan Decision Notice (912 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan proceeding to referendum Decision Notice
Napton Character Assessment (3887 KB) - Character Assessment for Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood PLan
Attachment 4 - Map of Napton Quarry (533 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill Map of Napton Quarry
Napton-on-the-Hill NDP: Pre-Submission Draft (8284 KB) - Pre-Submission Draft
Napton-on-the-Hill NDP: Reg 16 Schedule of Representations (2165 KB) - Final Schedule of Representations received via the Regulation 16 consultation with Parish Council comment
Attachment 2 - Map of Listed Buildings (476 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill map of listed buildings
Napton-on-the-Hill Questions of clarification from the Examiner to the Parish Council and SDC (507 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan Examination Questions of clarification from the Examiner to the Parish Council and SDC
Napton Neighbourhood Plan Area Report - July 2017 (144 KB) - Napton Neighbourhood Plan Area Report
Napton SEA and HRA Screening Documents (1717 KB) - SEA and HRA Screening Documents for Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan - Reg 16
Napton Consultation Statement (2415 KB) - Consultation Statement for Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan - Reg 16
Appendix 7 Consultation Statement - Napton (600 KB) - Appendix 7 Consultation Statement for Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan - Reg 16
Napton Neighbourhood Area Application - July 2017 (187 KB) - Napton Neighbourhood Area Application
Questions of clarification from the Examiner - September 2020 (439 KB) - Questions of clarification from the Examiner
Attachment 7 - Modified Napton Character Assessment (3899 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill Modified Character Assessment
Napton-on-the-Hill NDP: Made version - July 2021 (5910 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill NDP: Made version
Napton-on-the-Hill Information for voters (772 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill Neighbourhood Plan Information for voters
Attachment 3 - Napton Map of Local Amenities (493 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill local amenities map
Attachment 5 - Map of Calcutt Lock Meadow (212 KB) - Napton-on-the-Hill Map of Calcutt Lock Meadow
Napton-on-the-Hill NDP: District Council's comments on Pre-Submission Draft (376 KB) - District Council's comments on Pre-Submission Draft

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