Stoke Lacy Parish Council

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Parish Council meetings 2021: (March cancelled due to Covid) 14^th April; APCM: 12^th May. APM t.b.a. (Subject to COVID 19)

Please note: Alma Westwood, our Parish Clerk is currently on leave so please do not contact her. If you have any questions please email comments@stokelacy.co.uk

parishclerk@stokelacyparishcouncil.org.uk;

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NDP Issues and Options document (results and comments)

Dear Stoke Lacy Residents,

Many thanks to all those who took the time to complete the Stoke Lacy Neighbourhood Development Plan Issues and Options document with feedback and comments. Your views are very much appreciated and will help shape the final NDP outcome.

Out of around 201 houses that we distributed to, we received 65 completed responses (70+ individual people) and all of them, including comments, have now been collated and are available for you to read if you click on the link at the end of this note. This information and any further comments, will feed into the final NDP report which is being drafted over the next few months.

The vast majority of responses and comments were thoughtful, constructive and useful. However, we were disappointed with one or two remarks which were unnecessarily negative, especially towards the new development at Newlands. We would like to point out that these negative comments do not represent the views of the Parish Council, NDP Steering Group or indeed the majority of the community.

It is important to bear in mind that Newlands and indeed all its residents now form a significant part of our community. The parish welcomes them and values the contribution that they have to make towards the NDP and village life in general.

The appointed planning consultant (AECOM) have completed their technical review of the Stoke Lacy ‘call for sites’ initiative. This is now being verified by Locality who manage NDP Grant applications (https://locality.org.uk). Once the final version is received by the Parish Council we will send the results to the landowners before publishing on the Parish and NDP websites. Over the course of the next few weeks the draft NDP report will be compiled by our planning consultant.

The NDP steering group are developing plans for the postponed public meetings and communications in the new year once Covid-19 restrictions allow. These public meetings will give a further opportunity for residents to consider the draft NDP, settlement boundaries and sites offered for development and to make comments which will be considered in the final plan. In the meantime, if you have any further comments or questions please either use the NDP Postbox (at the Church and Village Hall), email to comments@stokelacy.co.uk or phone 01885 448102

Once again, the parish council thank you for your input towards this valuable initiative which gives the entire parish an opportunity to influence planning policy within its boundaries for the years ahead.

Stoke Lacy NDP – Survey Results v3.0

Best wishes,

Janet Ivison

Chair – Stoke Lacy Parish Council

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