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Babergh District Council voted unanimously on 20th September 2016 to 'make' the Lavenham Neighbourhood Development Plan. This followed a referendum held on September 8th 2016 which resulted in a majority of 91.25% in favour. The declaration of the results can be accessed here. The Parish Council would like to thank all those residents who voted.
All the documentation and additional information on the Plan can be found on this website or by visiting the Babergh District Council website.
Moving on.....
Our Neighbourhood Plan has now been in place for 5 years and needs to be reviewed to make sure that it still reflects the needs of our community. This review will be taking place over the coming months. The first step was the residents' questionnaire which was completed in August 2021. From this a comprehensive plan has been produced along with a Design Guide and a Landscape Character and Sensitivity Assessment.
The revision timetable:
- Finalise updated Landscape Character & Sensitivity Assessment 2023 - including defined views - complete.
- Produce Design Guide - complete.
- Prepare first draft of LNP2 - complete.
- Informal consultation with stakeholders - 8th September through to 5th October 2022 - complete.
- Consultation with Lavenham Parish Council to prepare final draft for public consultation - October and November 2022 - complete.
- Approval by Parish Council to move to formal public consultation - approved on 1st December 2022.
- Formal public consultation - 8th December 2022 and 1st February 2023 - complete.
- Review all comments following consultation and update/amend documents - February through to early Spring - approved by the Parish Council on 27th April 2023.
- Submission to Babergh Distict Council - submitted 4th May 2023.
- Babergh District Council Reg 16 consultation on the Reg 15 submitted LNP2- commenced 3rd July 2023 and closed at 4pm on 18th August 2023 - complete.
- Public Notice of the Reg 16 consultation was displayed on the Parish Council Notice Board and this website. To see all the comments received in the Reg 16 consultation see the Agenda and Briefing papers for the 28th September 2023 Extraordinary Meeting of Council. - complete.
- Parish Council Responses to the Representation were submitted to the Independent Examiner on 29th September 2023, those responses were the draft responses included in the Agenda and Briefing papers for the 28th September 2023 Extraordinary Meeting of Council. - complete.
- Plan reviewed by the Independent Examiner - Autumn/Winter 2023. -published 10th April 2024
- Village referendum - Summer 2024 (subject to examination)
- Adoption of the Plan by Babergh DC - 2024 (TBC)
Please visit the Neighbourhood Plan Revision site to follow the progress and see the next steps.