High Offley Parish Council prepared a Neighbourhood Plan for the Parish of High Offley, including Woodseaves, in accordance with Regulation 15 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended).
The Parish Council submitted their Neighbourhood Plan to Stafford Borough Council for independent Examination. The submission of the High Offley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2011 - 2031 was accompanied by a Basic Conditions Statement, a Consultation Statement and a Screening Assessment.
Links to the submitted documents:
- High Offley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2011-2031 (pdf 4mb)
- High Offley Parish Neighbourhood Plan Basic Conditions Statement (pdf 791 kb)
- High Offley Parish Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Statement including Appendices (pdf 1.8 mb)
- High Offley Parish Neighbourhood Plan Screening Assessment (pdf 836 kb)
Publication and Consultation of the Neighbourhood Plan
As required by Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations, the Council invited representations during a public consultation on the submission version of the High Offley Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2011 - 2031. The consultation took place between 25 September 2019 and 29 November 2019.
Independent Examination
Following the Regulation 16 consultation, the Borough Council collated all of the submitted responses received, which can be viewed by clicking on the following link below:
With the agreement of High Offley Parish Council, Mr Nigel McGurk BSc(Hons), MCD MBA MRTPI was appointed as the independent Examiner to consider the Submission High Offley Parish Neighbourhood Plan. Representations to the Submission High Offley Parish Neighbourhood Plan were sent to the appointed Examiner, along with the submitted documents, so that the Neighbourhood Plan could be Examined.
As part of the Examination process a number of queries were raised by the independent Examiner, with responses provided by High Offley Parish Council and Stafford Borough Council:
- Request for Clarification from the Examiner to High Offley Parish Council and to Stafford Borough Council - 23 January 2020 (pdf 124kb)
- High Offley Parish Council response (pdf 422kb)
- Stafford Borough Council response (pdf 203kb)
Next Steps
Following the Examination, the appointed Examiner produced an Examiner’s Report and recommended that, subject to modifications, the Plan could be put to a public Referendum. However, having considered the Examiner’s Report a decision was made by High Offley Parish Council to withdraw the Neighbourhood Plan from the process and therefore it will not proceed to a public Referendum.
Find out more about the High Offley Parish Neighbourhood Plan.
How we will use your details
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