Decision details
Decision Maker: Corporate Director Planning, Growth and Sustainability
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
Following an application from Whitchurch
Parish Council to declare the whole of their parish a neighbourhood
area to designate the neighbourhood Area.
Reasons for the decision:
On the 17th November 2020 Whitchurch Parish
Council submitted a Neighbourhood Area Application to declare the
entire Parish Council area as a Neighbourhood Area.
The Whitchurch Parish Council application was submitted under the
Regulation 5A inserted into the 2012 Neighbourhood Planning
Regulations by regulations which came into force on the 1st October
2016.
The effect of Regulation 5A is that if a parish council submits a
Neighbourhood Area Application to include the whole of its parish
area within the Neighbourhood Area the Local Planning Authority
(Buckinghamshire Council in this case) has to use its powers under
the Act to designate the Neighbourhood Area.
In addition, the regulations state that where a parish has
submitted a Neighbourhood Area application to include the whole of
its parish in the neighbourhood area that the Local Planning
Authority is not required to consult or publicise the Neighbourhood
Area Application. Therefore, Buckinghamshire Council has not
carried out any publicity of the Neighbourhood Area
Application.
Alternative options considered:
Because it is a requirement of the
Neighbourhood Planning (England) Regulations 2012 as amended that
if a parish council submits a valid application to declare the
whole of its parish area as a neighbourhood area the local planning
authority has to use its powers to designate the area applied for
there are no other alternative options. If the neighbourhood area
application had been invalid, then the Council could have rejected
it.
Wards Affected: Wing;
Details of any conflict of interest declared: Under the regulations no consultation is required as such not aware of any conflict of interest.
Contact: Steve Bambrick, Corporate Director Planning Growth & Sustainability Email: steve.bambrick@buckinghamshire.gov.uk.
Publication date: 19/11/2020
Date of decision: 18/11/2020
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