Neighbourhood planning gives communities direct power to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood and to shape the development and growth of their local area. They are able to choose where they want new homes, shops and offices to be built, have their say on what those new buildings should look like and what infrastructure should 1be provided.
The Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Planning Forum is a designated Neighbourhood Planning Forum (see below) preparing a Neighbourhood Plan (see below) for the Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Area .
Click here for a Map of the Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Area and other Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan Documents
Neighbourhood planning must fit in with the planning process at local and national government levels – the council’s Local Plan (in Leeds the Core Strategy) and with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/neighbourhood-planning
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Leeds%20NP%20and%20Design%20Toolkit.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/neighbourhood-planning–2#what-is-neighbourhood-planning
The Neighbourhood Planning Forum
A Neighbourhood Plan is developed by a local group which can be a parish or town council (where one exists) or a local community group set up for the purpose of writing a neighbourhood plan for a specified local Neighbourhood Area.
Membership of the Neighbourhood Planning Forum is free and open to all who live, work (including volunteers), run a business or study in the Neighbourhood Area. The local council is responsible for agreeing the boundaries of the Area and for designating the Forum as representative of the people of the Area and run within a constitution.
- Contact us here if you are interested in joining the Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Forum
Making The Neighbourhood Plan
The Neighbourhood Plan is a set of planning policies based on the wishes and aims of local people, developed to fit within National and Local Council Plans and consulted on both locally and more widely with formal bodies. When the Neighbourhood Plan is “made”, it can influence whether projects get planning permission through the planning process.
A draft Neighbourhood Plan has to go through several stages before it is “made”:
- engaging and gathering views to develop a Vision, gathering baseline evidence and developing policy ideas into draft policies,
- publicising and consulting with local people and organisations, considering their responses and amending policies before a Pre-Submission Draft Neighbourhood Plan is made to the Council,
- considering comments from the Council and a minimum six-week Public Consultation for amendment if appropriate
- an Independent Examination by a planning expert who submits a report to the Council to decide whether to proceed to the final stage
- finally, a Referendum of local registered voters – if a majority vote to accept the Plan, it is “made”.
Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan 