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UPDATE ON PROGRESS WITH THE PARTIAL UPDATE OF THE LOCAL PLAN
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Responses to Local Plan Issues and Options consultation
The District Council is partially updating its Local Plan. The first stage of the Local Plan Partial Update was to identify ‘Issues and Options’ that the Local Plan needs to respond to. We undertook a six-week public consultation between February and March 2022. We received a large number of responses, which provided us with an enormous amount of useful information. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the consultation.
You can view the Issues and Options consultation document again via the link below. The links below also provide a summary report of the matters raised by the responses to the consultation and our responses to the representations.
• View the Regulation 18 “Issues and Options” consultation document
• View the Regulation 18 “Issues and Options” consultation summary report
The information we received is already being used in the next stage of the partial update to the Local Plan, where we are writing new and updated Local Plan polices. We will again ask for your feedback on the proposed Local Plan policies in another public consultation, which we plan to take place later in 2023 and early 2024.
Local Plan timetable
The Council’s Local Development Scheme will be updated later in 2023. However, the diagram below provides an indicative updated timetable for the production of the Local Plan Partial Update up to the point it is submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for independent examination.
Two upcoming consultations that we’ll be undertaking…
Between 16 February 2023 and 16 March 2023, we will be consulting on two evidence documents that will be used in the Local Plan making process. The documents are unavoidably technical in nature but we wish to make sure we are doing everything we can to tackle climate change and deliver sustainable developments.
Consultation on Non-Strategic Site Allocations Selection Methodology
No sites are being recommended for development in this consultation. The consultation instead seeks views on the various criteria that will help us to select the best and most sustainable sites for development in the Local Plan.
Consultation on Guidance for major development in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (National Landscape)
The guidance explains the two-stage process of how to establish:
- whether development proposals are “major development” in the context of the Cotswolds AONB / National Landscape; and
- whether there are any “exceptional circumstances” for major development in the AONB and whether the development is in the public interest.
We are inviting feedback on whether this guidance can be improved in any way.
National Policy consultation
The government is currently consulting on changes to national planning policies, which are part of its wider reforms proposed by the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. The consultation closes on 2 March 2023 and includes two key documents:
• Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy
• National Planning Policy Framework (July 2021) showing indicative changes for consultation
The consultation proposals would affect plan-making in Cotswold District if they are implemented as proposed. We will make our response to the consultation available on our website. However, the consultation is open to everyone and you can also provide a response if you wish to.
Neighbourhood Plans
The Independent Examiner of the Fairford Neighbourhood Plan presented his report on the submission plan at the start of February, recommending that subject to modifications, the Plan should proceed to referendum. This is quite a milestone for Cotswold – while there are already seven ‘made’ plans, the Fairford Neighbourhood Plan is the first in our district to make a housing allocation. To learn more, visit: https://www.cotswold.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policy/neighbourhood-planning/
The ‘Your Cotswold Your Plan’ consultation closes this Sunday
The consultation closes Sunday 20 March at 11:59pm
Please continue to share the consultation with your friends and family, using the share buttons. Click here to take part https://issuesandoptions.commonplace.is/ .
We’re also keen to hear from younger residents and to capture their thoughts on how we can make the local plan greener. Please share our quick poll aimed at 13 to 18 year olds .
If you haven't already do watch our short animation where we imagine a net zero carbon future.
Please remember to confirm your comments
We’ve noticed a few people have yet to confirm their comments. When you submit a comment you will receive an email asking you to confirm your comment, please search your email folders for this email and click confirm. We’ve created a step by step guide on how to submit and confirm comments (see page 2).
Thank you
We offer our thanks to those of you who have already submitted comments online and to everyone that recently attended the consultation drop in events in Cirencester and Moreton-in-Marsh; the response rate and interest has been terrific. At the time of writing, there have been 5,557 visits to the online consultation, which has resulted in 550 residents, businesses and organisations making 1,886 comments and contributions.
Updated link - Just over a week to comment
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Have you ever wondered how Cotswold District could look in 2040 if we take action now to tackle the climate emergency? How will house building, transport, work and energy generation need to change to move us to a more sustainable way of living?
In this short animation we have imagined how it might be in 2040 and the things that have changed between now and then.
Click here to watch the animation.
The ‘Your Cotswold, Your Plan’ consultation seeks your views to help us make the Cotswold District Local Plan ‘green to the core’; creating the foundations for a zero carbon future and ensuring that climate change is considered in all aspects of future development.
There is just over one week left for residents and organisations to share their views on the consultation, which closes on Sunday 20th March 2022 at 11:59pm.
Click here to take part https://issuesandoptions.commonplace.is/ .
Just over one week left to comment
Have you ever wondered how Cotswold District could look in 2040 if we take action now to tackle the climate emergency? How will house building, transport, work and energy generation need to change to move us to a more sustainable way of living?
In this short animation we have imagined how it might be in 2040 and the things that have changed between now and then.
The ‘Your Cotswold, Your Plan’ consultation seeks your views to help us make the Cotswold District Local Plan ‘green to the core’; creating the foundations for a zero carbon future and ensuring that climate change is considered in all aspects of future development.
There is just over one week left for residents and organisations to share their views on the consultation, which closes on Sunday 20th March 2022 at 11:59pm.
Click here to take part https://issuesandoptions.commonplace.is/ .
There’s a new young residents poll and a ‘how to’ guide for local organisations
We have created a new short poll aimed at 13 to 18 year olds and a new resource aimed at helping Town and Parish Council, community groups and local organisations to respond to the consultation.
Please continue to share the consultation site by email, WhatsApp, Facebook and twitter either by using the share buttons on the home page .
Or by clicking on the highlighted button shown here
Click here to access the 13 - 18 year old poll.
Click here to access the ‘How to Guide’ for Town and Parish Councils, community groups and local organisations.
Come along to our public drop in events
We are holding two public drop in events where you can come and talk to us about the current consultation on the Local Plan update.
Wednesday 2nd March, 2pm-6.30pm
Cotswold District Council Officers, Trinity Road, Cirencester, GL7 1PZ
Wednesday 9th March, 2pm-6.30pm
Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0AZ
The consultation is available for comment until Sunday the 20th March.
Click here https://issuesandoptions.commonplace.is/ to take part.
Tell your friends and family about the Cotswold Plan
Our Local Plan flyer will be dropping on door mats across the district from Monday 21 February. Please encourage your friends and neighbours to get involved and take part in the consultation. You can scan the QR code or go straight to the site by typing in issuesandoptions.commonplace.is to your browser.
We need the views of as many residents as possible to make the plan ‘green to the core’, and make sure that climate change is considered in all aspects of future development.
Did you know you can easily share the consultation site by email, WhatsApp, Facebook and twitter either by using the share buttons on the home page
Or by clicking on the highlighted button shown here
Together we can shape a future we can be proud of.
Click here to go to the consultation and take part.
CORRECTION: Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Partial Update: Regulation 18 ‘Issues and Options’ Consultation is now live
CORRECTION: Further to our correspondence earlier this morning, which included an incorrect start date and postcodes, please see amended notification below.
Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Partial Update: Regulation 18 ‘Issues and Options’ Consultation is available for you to view and submit comments between the following dates:
Start date: Friday 4th February 2022
End Date: Sunday 20th March 2022
The Local Plan is the statutory development plan setting out the principal policies and proposals for land use in the District. The Council has now reached the first formal consultation stage in the partial update process – known as the Regulation 18 ‘Issues and Options’ consultation.
The public consultation invites comments on a targeted update of the adopted Local Plan, focussing on specific issues and options covering 18 planning topics or themes. Last year the Council agreed a programme of work to update the Local Plan partially so that it can respond to the Council’s new Corporate Plan, climate and ecological emergency declarations and recent changes to national planning policy and guidance.
Your comments together with updated evidence will be considered and used to inform the next stage of the plan preparation process – the draft Local Plan Partial Update – which will be the subject of a further round of consultation in 2023.
Please note the deadline for comments is 11:59pm on Sunday 20th March 2022
It is important to be aware that names and comments, once processed, will be made publicly available on the Council’s website. A Local Plan Privacy Notice is available on the Council’s website.
To assist the consultation process, public drop-in events will be held on:
Wednesday, 2nd March 2022 from 2pm until 6:30pm at the Committee Rooms, Council Offices, Trinity Road, Cirencester, GL7 1PX; and
Wednesday, 9th March 2022 from 2pm until 6:30pm at Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0AZ
Further supporting evidence documents, including FAQs, are available to view or downloaded on the Council’s website at: https://www.cotswold.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policy/
If you have any queries please contact the Forward Planning Team at Cotswold District Council on Tel: 01285 623000 or email: local.plan@cotswold.gov.uk
Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Partial Update: Regulation 18 ‘Issues and Options’ Consultation is now live
Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Partial Update: Regulation 18 ‘Issues and Options’ Consultation is available for you to view and submit comments between the following dates:
Start date: Friday 4th February 2022
End Date: Sunday 20th March 2022
The Local Plan is the statutory development plan setting out the principal policies and proposals for land use in the District. The Council has now reached the first formal consultation stage in the partial update process – known as the Regulation 18 ‘Issues and Options’ consultation.
The public consultation invites comments on a targeted update of the adopted Local Plan, focussing on specific issues and options covering 18 planning topics or themes. Last year the Council agreed a programme of work to update the Local Plan partially so that it can respond to the Council’s new Corporate Plan, climate and ecological emergency declarations and recent changes to national planning policy and guidance.
Your comments together with updated evidence will be considered and used to inform the next stage of the plan preparation process – the draft Local Plan Partial Update – which will be the subject of a further round of consultation in 2023.
Please note the deadline for comments is 11:59pm on Sunday 20th March 2022
It is important to be aware that names and comments, once processed, will be made publicly available on the Council’s website. A Local Plan Privacy Notice is available on the Council’s website.
To assist the consultation process, public drop-in events will be held on:
Wednesday, 2nd March 2022 from 2pm until 6:30pm at the Committee Rooms, Council Offices, Trinity Road, Cirencester, GL7 1PX; and
Wednesday, 9th March 2022 from 2pm until 6:30pm at Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 OAZ
Further supporting evidence documents, including FAQs, are available to view or downloaded on the Council’s website at: https://www.cotswold.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policy/
If you have any queries please contact the Forward Planning Team at Cotswold District Council on Tel: 01285 623000 or email: local.plan@cotswold.gov.uk