Neighbourhood Plan
A Neighbourhood Plan will give us the power to shape our future and growth.
It will allow residents to have a powerful influence in determining where new homes, shops and community facilities should be built and what they should look like. Once adopted it forms part of the statutory development plan and will be used by Dorset Council, as the Local Planning Authority, in making decisions on Planning Applications.
Pre-Submission Consultation
In accordance with Neighbourhood Planning Regulation 14, Sturminster Marshall Parish Council is undertaking a public consultation and would like to invite comments from organisations and individuals on its Pre-Submission Neighbourhood Plan.
The public consultation runs from Friday 16th June until Friday 28th July 2023.
Sturminster Marshall Parish Council has produced a Neighbourhood Plan which covers the whole of Parish. The Plan contains a vision for Sturminster Marshall along with a set of objectives and planning policies to achieve the vision. Our Plan addresses the following topics based on responses from earlier surveys and questionnaires:
· Climate Change & Flood Risk
· The Natural Environment
· Built Environment
· Housing
· Community Facilities
· Traffic, Transport and Rights of Way
Please note that the Plan does not include any allocations for housing development. Our Plan will need to be reviewed again once Dorset Council announce their revised housing targets and land requirements for Sturminster Marshall.
Next Stages:
· Review all feedback from Consultation Period and update Plan
· Submit Plan to Dorset Council
· Dorset Council to appoint an external Examiner
· Dorset Council submit Plan for local referendum
Aim of this consultation
This consultation seeks your views on the content of the proposed Sturminster Marshall Neighbourhood Plan, together with the supporting Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) Report.
Availability of Documents
The proposed Sturminster Marshall Neighbourhood Plan, supporting documents and evidence base can be viewed here:
In addition, the Parish Council will be holding a public drop-in session on Thursday, 6th July from 2pm-7pm at the Memorial Hall in Sturminster Marshall. The display boards are available to view here.
Aim of this consultation
This consultation seeks your views on the content of the proposed Sturminster Marshall Neighbourhood Plan, together with the supporting Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) Report.
Background
To formally start work on our Neighbourhood Plan we applied to Dorset Council to get the Neighbourhood area designated. The submitted application met the criteria and on this basis Dorset Council has designated on 24 April 2019 the neighbourhood plan area as submitted. Sturminster Marshall Parish Council has agreed that the designated area for the Neighbourhood Plan should be all the land within the current parish boundary (see boundary map).
A Steering Group has been set up, which is leading the process for developing the Neighbourhood Plan. The Steering Group consists of representatives of the Parish Council and members of the public. The terms of reference for the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group can be found here. The agendas and minutes from the Steering Group meetings can be found below.
A consultation event was carried out on the 26th September 2019. Results of the 2019 consultation can be found here.
In August 2020 a household questionnaire was sent out to every home in the Parish. The results of the questionnaire can found found here. A report on the Autumn 2021 consultation can be viewed here - Consultation Report - January 2022