Recent content by Malcolm Smith

The Site Allocation Workshop covered: Assessing housing need Identifying potential sites Assessing sites - selection criteria Consultation with residents Dealing with landowners and developers. Site allocation policies ONPA members can download the slides and transcript of the workshop in pdf...

The Policy Writing Workshop covered: What sort of policies you can have in a NP Dos and don'ts when writing policies Examples of good and bad policies Supporting evidence ONPA members can download the slides and a transcript of the workshop in pdf format.

ONPA was set up to share best practice among the NP groups across Oxfordshire. Membership of ONPA gives access to the shared expertise of the Executive Team and other members. ONPA members can attend: the AGM regular events with guest speakers on relevant topics workshops run by members of the...

Designated Area The first formal step in the process of producing a NP is to establish the designated area. This is usually the Parish or Town boundary. The designated area must be agreed formally with the Local Planning Authority (LPA). Supporting Evidence When defining policies it will be...

Steering Group The first step is to establish a Steering Group (SG) to develop the NP. This should be set up by the Town or Parish Council (except where there is no Parish Council when a Neighbourhood Forum (NF) can be set up to develop the NP). The Town or Parish Council or NF will be the...

What is a Neighbourhood Plan (NP)? A NP allows a town or village to exercise more control over development, particularly housing development, and can help to prevent speculative development in inappropriate locations. Communities can select locations for housing development and control the mix...