January 20th, 2022
South Somerset District Council
Regulation
16 Public Consultation
Dear Sir or Madam,
North Cadbury and
Yarlington Parish Council as the Qualifying Body has prepared a Neighbourhood
Development Plan, entitled the North Cadbury and Yarlington Parish
Neighbourhood Plan for the period 2018 to 2033.
The Plan sets out a vision
for the future and planning policies which will be used in the determination of
planning applications.
Copies of the Neighbourhood
Development Plan, supporting documentation and response forms are available on
South Somerset District Council's (SSDC) website: https://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/your-council/your-council-plan-and-strategies/planning-policy/neighbourhood-planning/ under
the North Cadbury and Yarlington drop down area.
If you are unable to access
the documents online, hard copies will be available for inspection at North
Cadbury Village Stores and Galhampton Country Store from 20th January
2022.
If you would like to see
hard copies of the submitted documents at the District Council offices in
Yeovil, this can be arranged if you contact planningpolicy@southsomerset.gov.uk;
or by ringing 01935 462462.
If you would like to make a representation on this Neighbourhood Plan the
relevant response form is here
Please download the form and email your
comments back to SSDC at planningpolicy@southsomerset.gov.uk or
in writing to the Strategic Planning Team, South Somerset District Council,
Brympton Way, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 2HT
The consultation runs from
20th January 2022 until midnight on 4th March
2022.
Any representations may
include a request to be notified regarding South Somerset District Council's
decision under Regulation 19 whether to make the Neighbourhood Plan for North
Cadbury and Yarlington.
After 2 1/2 years of challenging work, a steep learning curve for the volunteer Neighbourhood Plan Working Group (NPWG) and patience from everyone in the Parish, the Neighbourhood Plan for North Cadbury and Yarlington (NC&Y) was submitted for consideration to the Parish Council at an Extraordinary Meeting on December 8th, 2021.
In total, 29 locations across the Parish have been assessed for possible housing development by either South Somerset District Council (SSDC) or Government agencies, and in some cases by both. In the end, the NPWG put forward the only viable Neighbourhood Plan for NC&Y that meets both SSDC's housing requirement for North Cadbury and the affordable housing need for local people.
There was discussion at the meeting for compromise regarding the proposed housing development at Brookhampton. It was explained that scaling down the Plan would not fulfil either SSDC’s minimum housing requirement or deliver the appropriate level of affordable homes particularly as infill developments elsewhere in the Parish would not deliver any affordable housing.
Reducing the housing at Brookhampton would result in a less robust plan which would most likely be amended by the Government Examiner on the basis that the Plan does not meet local needs and could be left open to exploitation by speculative developers.
Mike Lewis (County Councillor) advised progressing the plan. The Neighbourhood Plan group at Castle Cary advised the same, as speculators there had applications approved before their plan was adopted. Sparkford, who have long discussed having a plan but have had no-one to drive it forward, have no plan and now have unfettered development whilst Queen Camel, who have resisted applications since adoption of their NP were very clear “ With No Plan you have No Hope”.
The view by most, if not all at the meeting, was that it was vital that NC&Y HAD A PLAN RATHER THAN NO PLAN.
The Parish Council formally approved the Submission (Regulation 15) Version of the Neighbourhood Plan, which has subsequently been forwarded to SSDC.
‘Regulation 16’ now follows, which is a 6-week consultation primarily between SSDC, statutory bodies and interested parties, after which an independent Government Examiner is appointed to inspect the plan. The final litmus test will be the referendum which will follow on from the examination.
We encourage you to read the Plan and the Evidence documents posted below on 24th November 2021 as they explain clearly and transparently how the policies and conclusions have been developed over time.
OTHER KEY REPORTS:
Draft Neighbourhood Plan Public Consultation
Regulation 14 is now CLOSED
Thank you for responding to the Draft Neighbourhood Plan, we have received a significant number of responses which is great, and we are now busy analysing the results.
Please note that during the consultation period we did publish some additional background documents as we received them from AECOM, which are listed under the Information and Documents Tab above or you can go directly to them by clicking the individual report titles below:
Habitats Regulations Assessment
Site Options and Assessment Supplementary Report
If people do wish to comment on these in relation to the plan we are happy to receive such comments up to 15 September via email at:
info@northcadburyneighbourhoodplan.org.uk
Thank you from the NP Working Group
North Cadbury and Yarlington Parish Council invites representations on its Draft Neighbourhood Development Plan (DP) and the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The parish council (qualifying body) has approved the DP and given permission for the consultation to take place.
This is a formal public consultation run in accordance with Regulation 14 of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012.
We are consulting to gather the views of all stakeholders, particularly those who live, work or carry-on business in the Parish. The plan will be sent to the LPA - SSDC and other statutory bodies including Somerset County Council, Environment Agency, Natural England, and Historic England amongst many others. We are also consulting with neighbouring Parish Councils, Service Providers, landowners, and various societies.
Views are invited on the content of the plan, proposed policies, whether you think there is anything missing or indeed anything else you wish to mention, please be as specific as possible.
The consultation feedback will be documented, and a list of representations will be produced. Once gathered these views will inform the next stages of the plan development.
Hard copies of the DP are available for viewing at the Galhampton and North Cadbury stores whilst a few paper copies are available on request. Contact Richard Rundle on 01963 440088
Galhampton Tuesday 10th August 2021, 6.00pm – 8.00pm
North Cadbury Wednesday 11th August 2021, 3.00pm – 8.00pm
Yarlington Thursday 12th August 2021, 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Difficulty in responding? Please contact Richard Rundle: 01963 440088
We have now completed the January / February additional sites and green spaces consultation and we are now busy consolidating the detailed responses and comments with the earlier November / December exercise so that we can issue, in due course, a full consolidated final report.
To give you some more immediate feedback of
please find a summary of our findings in this link: Summary of Residents Options Consultations
We had just over 460 people participating (taking into account whether responses were made individually or from households).
The approximate breakdown by area was:
North Cadbury 50%
Woolston 11%
Yarlington 9%
Galhampton 30%
We had a good response rate from each settlement, which has provided a good basis for our analysis
Thought to be good or very good by about 4 out of 5 respondents with some further suggestions made that we will need to consider, such as placing more emphasis on improved facilities, and retention of the character of the area
Over 90% felt the findings were about right, not surprisingly however we received over 100 added comments particularly on Housing and certain facilities issues
A total of 8 sites were clearly supported by residents with another 5 locations having a borderline level of response. 7 of the sites were subject to outright rejection, with what could be described as an overwhelming level of opposition.
We received a large number of responses to these questions which we will carefully consider. We have also had further contacts from landowners about their site options and possible changes, that we also need to consider.
Once we have done this, our next step will be to discuss the possible site choices with SSDC in the New Year
Green Spaces and Views are clearly very important to residents of the Parish with at least 80%, and sometimes nearly 100% of people saying these were very important. We had a large number of comments and suggestions to look through, and from this have identified at least 4 more locations to assess as local green spaces (we will try to contact the landowners of these sites), and at least 5 more views to consider
We sought to understand how well footpaths, bridleways, routes and cycleways were used. We have more than enough evidence to show that the routes we had identified were well used. As this was quite a high priority from the household survey we conducted in February we also wanted to know if you had any suggestions on new routes and where they might run. We had over 70 comments/suggestions which we are now sifting through!
We had just over 50 comments on other points to consider, which we will do. We also had a lot of complimentary and supportive comments, and some rightly challenging us to up our game in communicating plan progress going forward.
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1st September 2021
On July 16th we issued the North Cadbury and Yarlington Draft Neighbourhood Plan (DNP). If you have not read it you can, following the "Draft Plan" link on the home page opposite
Alternatively you can :
Email your thoughts to: info@northcadburyneighbourhoodplan.org.uk
Or use the reply forms that are available for pick up / return at Galhampton Store and North Cadbury Stores.
All replies have to be submitted by 31st August
19th August 2021
Wessex Internet are currently extending their full fibre network to Yarlington with Galhampton and Woolston to follow, but interest from North Cadbury is lagging behind
Wessex Internet need 40 registrations of interest by April to assess viability, before they will submit a quote under the Dept. for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport funding scheme.
A full fibre network provides a much faster and more reliable service than that currently available, so if this really is important to you please register your interest for a government funded installation with Wessex Internet via the link below
Or to speak to Wessex on: 0333 240 7997
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