Policy Topics
The following broad areas have been identified and are being worked on for development into the Neighbourhood Plan:
- Policy in favour of good local design in keeping with existing community feel
- Policy to protect buildings of historic and cultural importance (to align with the Yateley Society’s work to identify buildings of local importance)
- Policy to protect important local green spaces and gaps
- Policy to encourage design that encourages biodiversity
- Policy in favour of environmental design (e.g. support for solar panels etc)
- Protection and provision of trees, hedges and local planting
- Provision of allotments
- Policy in favour of housing mix, with a bias in favour of smaller, “starter” homes
- Policy in favour of generous provision of affordable housing
- Identification of any sites currently suitable for development
- Policy to provide good sport, leisure and recreational facilities
- Policy to regulate traffic flow to reduce noise, pollution and to enhance safety
- Policy on car parking provision in both residential and business areas
- Policy to improve pedestrian and cycle access – direct and appropriate paths to town facilities
- Policy to encourage sympathetic redevelopment of business premises
- Provision of good infrastructure – telecomms, broadband etc
- Protection of watercourses and avoidance of flood risk
- Reducing carbon emissions in line with Climate Change Act
- Blackbushe Airport site
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Phase 1 – Initial Public Consultation
In the spring of 2018, the group held an initial public consultation to establish the community preferences for the Neighbourhood Plan objectives.
A summary of the responses can now be viewed in the Document Repository.
The Neighbourhood Plan affects everyone in the area, regardless of age. So as part of the initial public consultations, local schools were approached to gather the views of the younger residents of Yateley, Darby Green and Frogmore. Gill Gray is pictured with some of the pupils at Westfields Infant School that provided their views.
Phase 2 – Working groups
The Steering Group set up sub-groups to explore the viability of developing the neighbourhood plan content under 5 key headings:
- Housing and Development
- Getting Around
- Open Space and Wildlife
- Community and Leisure
- Business and Regeneration
For full details, see the Phase 2 Proposal Document in our Document Repository.
For progress reports from the groups, check the following pages:
When the group moved into Phase 3, these 5 sub-groups were replaced by working parties on the policy areas identified in the green section at the top of this page.
Phase 3 – Developing Policies For A Draft Plan
Following on from the Town Meeting on the 14th March 2019 and the Steering Group Meeting on the 4th June 2019, the group decided to move away from the sub-group idea and focus our energies on the principal area of interest for the Neighbourhood Plan – the Housing requirement
For more information, see this document
The group are working closely with local schools to engage young people, especially on Climate Change issues. We are running a Climate Change poster competition with 7 local schools. There will be an exhibition of these posters at the end of February 2020 which will be open to the public. Members of the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group will be there and will be happy to discuss the plan. Full details will be published to the diary section when they are finalised.
The chair and vice chair are giving presentations on the Neighbourhood Plan to local groups, like the Yateley Society and Yateley Gardening Club. If you run a local group and would like to hear more, then contact our chair using the Contact Form.
We are preparing our second public consultation, with a survey due to go out to all residents of Yateley, Darby Green and Frogmore in the spring of 2020. This will help the group assess the policies we are working on against expectations of residents and will review the plan once this consultation is complete. Paper copies of the survey will be delivered to every household in the Yateley Parish and links to the online version will be published to this website, our Facebook Page and the Yateley Town Council website. Paper copies will also be available in the library and Town Council offices.
The draft plan will be uploaded to the document repository on this website for public consultation when it is ready.
