Sandbach submits their NDP to Cheshire East Council.
Sandbach submits their NDP to Cheshire East Council At a special meeting this week, Sandbach Town Council formally approved the draft Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan for submission to Cheshire East Council in accordance regulation 15. The NDP Working Group Chairman, Ian Knowlson, explained “The Working Group have worked tirelessly during the summer months with our advisors, reviewing the comments we received to the regulation 14 consultation in the spring and revising the draft Neighbourhood Development Plan. “This is a major landmark in the process of making our Neighbourhood Development Plan and the NDP Policy Group and Town Councillors have undertaken a huge amount of work in recent months to reach this point. “We now look forward to the next step which will be the Regulation 16 Consultation undertaken by Cheshire East Council and expected to take place in the next few weeks. Earlier this year the Neighbourhood Development Plan for Sandbach (Draft) was released for Statutory Consultation under regulation 14 of the Town and Country Planning, England – Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012. Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan Working Group, in conjunction with the Sandbach Town Council, prepared a draft Neighbourhood Development Plan for the Parish of Sandbach based upon extensive public consultations. The purpose of the consultation was to seek representations from Statutory Consultees and others whose interests may be affected by the draft proposals made. The Regulation 14 Consultation for the plan was completed in May 2015. Since May 2015 the Working Group have been working tirelessly reviewing the comments and making amendments to policies as well as producing additional documents including a Landscape Character Assessment. As part of this process the draft Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan and associated documents, have also been reviewed by Neighbourhood Planning Independent Examiner Service (NPIERS) Town Mayor, Cllr Gillian Merry commented “Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan has reached an important milestone as it progresses through formal planning requirements. Sandbach Town Council is grateful that the Working Group has pursued its Project Plan with enthusiasm and commitment. There is some way to go yet, but I am confident that in early 2016 we will have a Neighbourhood Development Plan we can all support.” Next Steps, Once Cheshire East Council, as Planning Authority, is satisfied it has the Neighbourhood Plan Proposal, and all necessary supporting documents, it will proceed to publish the Plan for consultation in, in accordance with regulation 16 of the...
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Sandbach Students celebrate winning Sandbach Neighbourhood Plan Picture Competition. Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan announce the winners of the “Illustrate Sandbach” competition. Winner Ashley Gaunt, a Sandbach School Year 7 pupil, was heartily congratulated by Sandbach Mayor, Councillor Gill Merry, and presented with his prize of a £40 sweet bomb and book token. The runners up, Edward Pettitt, Max Rayner, Tom Smyth, Nathan Yeomans, Ben Jackson and Alex Robinson all received a book token from the Mayor at an assembly at Sandbach School. Mayor Merry congratulated all the boys on their work, which illustrated their own unique “Picture of Sandbach”. She then went on to present Head Teacher, Sarah Burns, with a cheque for £250 as the school of the winning entrant. Sandbach Neighbourhood Plan Working Group wish to thank Choc A Doodle Doo and Sandbach Town Council for donation of the competition...
Read MoreSandbach Release Draft Neighbourhood Development Plan for Statutory Consultation
Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan Working Group, in conjunction with the Sandbach Town Council, has prepared a draft Neighbourhood Development Plan for the Parish of Sandbach. Sandbach Town Council is pleased to announce its release for Statutory Consultation under regulation 14 of the Neighbourhood Plan (General) Regulations 2012 with effect from Tuesday 17th March 2015 until 1st May 2015. The purpose of this consultation is to seek representations from Statutory Consultees and others whose interests may be affected by the draft proposals. Please be aware and assured that your comments will influence our final draft plan before a further Statutory Consultation which will be conducted by the Local Planning Authority. It will subsequently be subject to an independent examination. The NDP Working Group Chairman, Ian Knowlson, stated ‘This is a key milestone in the process of making our Neighbourhood Development Plan and a significant amount of work has been undertaken by Town Councillors, Community Representatives and Volunteers so far but there is still much more to do. Nevertheless it is a major achievement and one which the community can be proud of.’ A copy of the draft plan can be viewed on the Sandbach Town Council website www.sandbach.gov.uk or www.sandbachneighbourhoodplan.org.uk This site also contains details of the process involved, the necessary supporting documentation and a consultation feedback form. If you require a hard copy of the plan, one will be made available on request. If you would like to make representations with regard to and hopefully in support of this Plan, then please submit them by 1st May 2015, to:- The Town Clerk Sandbach Town Council Sandbach Literary Institution Hightown Sandbach Cheshire CW11 1AE Telephone 01270 600800 or email to...
Read MoreSANDBACH NDP Student’s Picture Competition
PICTURE COMPETITION Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan is giving Sandbach students the opportunity to win £250 for their school in a competition to illustrate Sandbach. The competition is open to all pupils between the ages of 4- 19 years who attend a Sandbach school. There will be two prizes available to the winning Student and their school. PRIZES 1. £40 sweet bomb to the Student who submits the winning entry for themselves or to share with their friends/classmates. (Sponsored by Chocodoodledoo & STC) 2. £250 (cash-prize) to the winning Student’s School for the purchase of capital items. TO ENTER Simply produce your own unique “Picture of Sandbach”. Students can use any medium e.g. paint, pencil, crayon, photograph or fabric. Students can use any style e.g. drawing/painting/collage or photography. Students can feature any subject that makes Sandbach special to them or they think captures the character of any part of Sandbach. No matter what the subject, whether it is The Crosses, Abbeyfields, Wheelock Rail Trail, the Canal or a favourite building, all will be welcomed entries. Entries must not exceed A3 size and should detail the entrants name, age, address and school on the reverse of the artwork. Completed entries should be handed in at the students’ school reception. Closing date for entries is 27th February 2015. Entries will be adjudicated by a panel of judges from the community during the first week of March. We hope to announce the winner during the week commencing 9th March 2015. You and your family are encouraged to share their views, which you can do online at: www.sandbachneighbourhoodplan.org.uk/phase2/ If required physical questionnaires can be obtained from the Sandbach Town Council Offices or the...
Read MoreSandbach NDP NewsLetter OUT NOW!
WHAT’S BEEN DONE? We had 1,539 responses to the Phase 1 Questionnaire distributed in September so many thanks to all of you who took part. This left us with a mountain of paper to sift through – imagine three packs of printer paper in the stationery shop! All your comments (16,540 of them) were read and analysed. It emerged that there were six main areas of concern (in alphabetical order): Community & Wellbeing Environment Heritage & Character, Housing, Infrastructure, Local Economy & Jobs Protection of the Countryside WHAT’S HAPPENING? Phase 2 workshops are now complete at which groups looked at the comments from these specific areas in more depth so that we can produce a list of the main priorities that the community has highlighted – our ‘Aims and Objectives’. WHAT’S NEXT? The ‘Aims and Objectives’ will then form the basis of a second questionnaire, to be distributed in January. This time it will be ‘tick the box’ so should be a lot quicker to complete – and to analyse! Nevertheless, additional volunteers from the community would be appreciated to help us do this. We’re hoping to top the 1,539 responses from the last one … Once this is done, we’ll be another step towards deciding what should go into our Neighbourhood Development Plan. Download Here NEWSLETTER 1 –...
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