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The draft Neighbourhood Plan was submitted to Hart District Council in December 2020 to undergo an Environmental Screening Process.
Their conclusion is that the plan does NOT require either a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) or a Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA).
To read the resulting report, look at:
Proposed Timeline from December 2020 to final publication
Draft Plan For HDC Screening
Looking at planting Wildflower Meadows in Yateley Parish
Details of an online event to explain the UK Government Green Homes Grant 2020
Consultants KB Planning presented their initial analysis of the work completed so far on the Neighbourhood Plan to the Volunteer Group at the meeting of 29 September.
As a result of the Spring 2020 Survey, the Steering Group have:
The documents detailed all 3 of these can be found in our Document Repository.
The Spring 2020 Survey is now closed for new submissions.
A massive Thank You to all those of you who submitted responses, it is very much appreciated by the Steering Group.
The Steering Group will be going through all the submissions and deciding how to update the draft Neighbourhood Plan to reflect the views expressed by these submissions.
Please keep an eye on this Facebook Page and our website diary section for information on our next public meeting, which we will arrange once the current COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
Please Stay Safe everyone and observe the guidelines to help reduce the spread of this virus.
As part of Yateley, Darby Green and Frogmore’s Neighbourhood Plan, a climate change poster exhibition was held on February 29 at Yateley School. Out of the 1000 posters submitted by students from 7 local schools, 150 of these posters were displayed which expressed students’ concerns about climate change and their proposals for limiting its impact. Some of the messages were very clear and were captured by the sentiment ‘The climate is changing so why aren’t we’.
It is clear that these students realise the threat that climate change pose and therefore have suggested ways in which each of us can reduce our greenhouse gas emissions which are responsible for global warming.
The Town Mayor, Cllr Gerry Crisp, launched Yateley’s Resident Survey which is the second step in developing Yateley, Darby Green and Frogmore’s Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan covers 18 policy areas and will provide planning guidance as to how its residents would like their settlements to evolve over the next 15 years.
Local community groups were also represented including Yateley library which like all libraries in Hampshire are subject to a consultation about how to reduce the cost of library service because of the deficit in Hampshire’s budget.
Policy proposals include maintaining gaps between settlements, minimising the risk of flooding by preventing any further development in areas lying within the 1 in 100 year flood plain, reversing the decline in biodiversity by green planning and encouraging local generation of electricity and heat.
The draft Plan and Annex can be accessed at from our Spring 2020 Public Survey page. Once adopted in a referendum, YDF’s Neighbourhood Plan will sit under the Local Plan of Hart District Council and will have legal status.
As part of the public consultation, the Steering Group launched a public Survey on 29 February 2020 – our second public consultation.
The aim of this is to solicit feedback from local residents and use the opinions expressed to modify the draft Neighbourhood Plan to ensure it is a true reflection of the public’s aspirations for a neighbourhood plan.
For full details, see our Spring 2020 Survey page.
The latest draft Plan and Annex are now ready for review by the public as part of the Spring 2020 Public Survey
To see the documents, look in the Plan section of our Document Repository, or click the following link:
https://ydf-np.org.uk/category/plan/
Please do take a few minutes to help the Steering Group tailor the plan to the desires of the local residents by completing our survey. For details of the survey, check out the following lik:
As we draw close to the end of 2019, we decided it was prudent to reflect on the progress we have made so far. Rayner, our Vice-Chair, has put together the following summary of where we are:
Schools
Some 7 schools are taking part in our climate change poster competition and judging is under way at 3 of the schools. It is clear that students are concerned about the changing climate and understand what changes are needed to limit climate change.
At our next meeting we plan to consider what actions schools can undertake locally.
Workshops
Two workshops have so far been held covering some 14 policy areas and the remaining five topics will be considered at workshop #3 scheduled for January 2020
These workshops have provided the context for compiling the first draft of our Plan and Annex and these will be published to the website shortly.
Questionnaire
We have compiled the draft questionnaire in the form of a double sided A3 sheet and this will allow the group to get more public feedback on our identified policy areas early in 2020.
Timeline
Our plan is to launch the questionnaire during February assuming that we can complete the first draft of the 3 documents and agree these at our next Steering Group meeting on 21 January.
We are always keen to see fresh faces and help, so why not make 2020 the year that you offer your help to get this neighbourhood plan in place to formally reflect the priorities of the local population. The neighbourhood plan will form an annex to the Hart Local Plan.
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Councillor Quarterman nominated Rayner Mayer for the position of Vice-Chair, which was seconded by John Keane. The Steering Group voted unanimously in favour of appointing Rayner Mayer as Vice-Chair.
A document outlining the policies that the group has identified to be developed for the Neighbourhood Plan has now been released for discussion and further development.
The Terms Of Reference for the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group have now been published to the documents repository and can be found at:
The latest newsletter from Yateley Town Council has a feature on the Neighbourhood Plan.
Take a look at the Autumn 2019 newsletter located at:
http://yateley-tc.gov.uk/Town_Guide_and_Newsletter.aspx