The Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) Steering Group would ask that you save the date 19th October. The group have been working away quietly looking at and assessing your feedback and data from the previous two events. We have identified ways forward and areas for development that will be of interest to our community and would like to share these with you for your feedback before we progress to the next stage. The NDP will set out the vision for our parish and the planning policies for the use and development of land within our village for the ...

The Chair of the NDP Steering Group (Jess Cunningham) presented the annual report to the Parish Council on 13th May 2024. You can view the report by clicking the link here  Jess reported that during the past year much work has taken place and activity continues towards the development of a draft Neighbour Development Plan supported by a range of external organisations and the local community through its Steering Group and other volunteers. Looking forward, the priorities for the forthcoming years are: A further Community Participatory event planned for July 2024 which will seek further clarification of ...

Whilst we have been quiet over the last few months, the Steering Group have been busy considering the results of the consultation activities and how these relate to the existing and emerging local plan. Here you'll find a quick update on what we have been doing and where we are heading. Our aim is not just to repeat what is in the local plan (this is not the purpose of the NDP), but to add value to the existing policy concerning issues that are specific to the community. As you can imagine these are very mixed and ...

Thank you to all who attended the Public Consultation Event in May. 121 people signed in and subscriptions to our e-mail newsletter doubled to almost 80. We were impressed by the close inspection people gave to the materials displayed and the numerous feedback sheets completed. These sought opinions on such matters as future housing needs, climate change and the green spaces we should protect. We're currently analysing responses and the outcome will be posted shortly. Many visitors commented that they learned much of interest about the village from the various poster displays. If you were not able ...

To ensure you are up to date on the progress made so far and give you an opportunity to comment there will be a two-day drop-in public consultation event in the Village Hall on Friday 19th May and Saturday 20th May from 11 am to 9 pm. Various displays will summarise results from last year's opinion survey, provide up-to-date statistics about housing, population trends, notable village features and more. Also on show will be policy ideas designed to protect what’s best about Great Massingham or to address concerns and unmet needs. Do come along to ... Look ...

Based on the feedback from the opinion survey last year, the Steering Group been busy identifying/researching objectives & policies for inclusion in the NDP. Areas of investigation include future housing requirements and building for local needs, protecting the architectural character and distinctiveness of the village, identifying and protecting  'Important Village Views' 'Local Green Spaces' and 'Important Landscape Views', supporting future improvements to facilities such as the Pre-school, Village Hall and playing field, supporting farmers to use their land for food production and to care for wildlife and the surrounding landscape, supporting business and the local economy; creating a more ...

Opinions gathered in the spring are now guiding development of policies that will form a key part of the final NDP document. These policies will reflect specific  concerns raised by residents in the survey which related to planning matters.  Ultimately, they will inform planning decisions made by the Borough Council whenever they affect Great Massingham. In this work, the NDP Steering Group is being supported by a professional planning consultant who has recently organised a workshop for the Steering Group, prepared a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis, identified relevant Borough Council planning policies and prepared ...