Neighbourhood Planning - Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan

Read the adopted Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan - Referendum Version

View a map of Shearsby NDP policies 2019

Examiners Report

The Examiners Report for the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan was received by Harborough District Council on 25 September 2018.

Notice of Poll - 1 January 2019

Read the Examiners Report for the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan (683KB).

Read the redacted Regulation 16 responses (403KB) .

The Examiners Report recommended that, with modifications, the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan proceed to a referendum. The recommended referendum area is the Parish of Shearsby.

The recommended modifications was presented to the Executive Committee for consideration on 13 November 2018. Executive Committee approved all of the Examiners recommendations.

The date for the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan Referendum is 10 January 2019.

Referendum

At its meeting on 13 November 2018 Executive Committee approved the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan to proceed to referendum on 10 January 2019, and accepted all of the Examiners recommendations.

Read the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan - Referendum Version (30MB)

Read the Shearsby Decision Notice (1.12MB)

Read the Shearsby Basic Conditions and Compliance Statement (5.77KB)

Read the Shearsby Town and Country Planning Background Information Statement (299KB)

View the Shearsby Neighbourhood Area (939KB)

Read the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan Information Statement (415KB)

The Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan Decision statement of the Local Planning Authority’s satisfaction that the referendum version Neighbourhood Plan meets the basic conditions specified by statute and complies with the provision made by or under Section 38A and 38B of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

The Town and Country Planning Statement  sets out general information as to town and country planning including neighbourhood planning and the referendum

The Neighbourhood Plan Referendum Information Statement sets out the arrangement for the Referendum including costs and voter numbers

Referendum Result

A referendum was held on 10 January 2019 and a ‘yes’ vote was returned with 105 out of 113 persons that voted, voting ‘to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Shearsby to help it decide planning applications in the Neighbourhood area.’

See the full referendum results below.

Final Decision Statement

Harborough District Council has assessed that the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan, including its preparation, does not breach, and would not otherwise be incompatible with, any EU obligation or any Convention rights (within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998).

Read the Shearsby NDP Final Decision Notice

In accordance with the Regulations and the Council's scheme of delegation the Shearsby Neighbourhood Development Plan is 'made' and planning applications in the Parish must be considered against the Shearsby Neighbourhood Development Plan, as well as existing planning policy, such as the Harborough District Core Strategy and the National Planning Policy Framework and Guidance

Referendum Result

The referendum held on 10th January 2019 met the requirements of the Localism Act 2011; it was held in the Parish of Shearsby and posed the question:

'Do you want Harborough District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Shearsby to help it decide planning applications in the Neighbourhood area?'

The count took place on 10th January 2019  and greater than 50% of those who voted were in favour of the Plan being used to help decide planning applications in the plan area. The results of the referendum were:

Description		Votes
Total number of votes cast		113
Number cast in favour of a "YES"		105
Number cast in favour of a "NO"		8
The number of Ballot Papers rejected was as follows	(a) Want of Official Mark
	(b) Voting more times than the voter was entitled to
	(c) Writing or mark by which the voter could be indentified
	(d) Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty
	(e) Rejected in part
	Total number of Spoilt Votes
Turnout – 61.1% Electorate 185

Read the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan Declaration of Result

Submission of Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan

Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan was submitted by Shearsby Parish Council to Harborough District Council for examination on 1 February 2018. A validation check has been undertaken.

In accordance with the regulations, the following documents have been submitted for examination:

Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan Submission Version (2.3MB)

Shearsby NDP Basic Conditions Statement (676KB)

Shearsby NDP Consultation Statement (313KB)

Shearsby Neighbourhood Area Plan (198KB)

Further information and the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan evidence base can be found here

Regulation 16 Consultation

In accordance with Regulation 16 the consultation was held from 11 April to 23 May 2018.

Read the redacted Regulation 16 responses (403KB) .

Examination

An Independant Examiner, Mr Martin S Lee, has been appointed by Harborough District Council to Examine the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan.

Thead the correspondence between the Examiner, LPA and Qualifying Body.

The final Examiners report was received from Mr Martin Lee on 25th September 2018

Read the Examiners report into the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan (303KB)

The Examiners recommended modificaitons will be presented to Executive Committee on 13 November 2018 for decision to proceed to Referendum. The proposed date for the Referendum is 10 January 2019

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Shearsby Parish Council asked the LPA to screen the Shearsby NDP for requirement for a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). Screening reports were provided in September 2017 and February 2018. Statutory Consultees were asked for their comments in February 2018. Natural England and Historic England confirmed that they did not consider a full SEA was required for the Plan.

The detemination was issued by the LPA in April 2018 that a full SEA was not required for the Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan. The documents can be found below

Shearsby NDP Screening Report September 2017 (1.4MB)

Shearsby NDP Screening Report February 2018 (1.54MB)

Shearsby NDP Determination April 2018 (1.41MB)

 

Shearsby Parish Council, as the relevant body, applied for designation of the Shearsby Neighbourhood Area on 12 November 2014. The application was advertised for a 6 week period ending on 5 January 2015 and was approved by the Portfolio Holder for Planning Services on 16 January 2015. View a map identifying the designated Shearsby Neighbourhood Area(PDF, 199KB).

Regulation 14 Consultation

The Pre submission Consultation run by the Qualifying Body took place in June and July 2017. Deatils of the Shearsby Plan can be found here