Success with completion of Phase 1 – now for Phase 2!
The Working Group producing the Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan, with the support of a group of dedicated community volunteers, has now completed the analysis of the phase one questionnaire. A total of 1,539 questionnaires were returned by the community with 16,540 “mentions” being made in total. The analysis has revealed seven common theme / subject areas; Community & Wellbeing, Heritage & Character, Housing, Infrastructure, Local Economy & Jobs, Environment and the Protection of the Countryside. Overall the themes, which the community highlighted as being the most urgent, were around, in no specific order, Housing, Infrastructure, Protection of Countryside, Economy & Jobs and Community & Wellbeing. The Group Chairman, Ian Knowlson stated, “I am pleased that we are now able to evidence the community priorities and would urge everyone to continue to support this work by engaging through public meetings and consultation. This plan will help to protect Sandbach against inappropriate development for many years; therefore it is vital that everyone contributes to its production.” The next step is to draft an Aims and Visions Questionnaire that will examine these issues in detail for release to the public in January 2015. If you would like to be involved in setting the Aims and Visions then please come along to a community workshop, this Saturday 22nd November at Sandbach Town Hall from 10am till 4pm. This is a great opportunity to review the consultation results in detail and help decide what should be included in the Sandbach Neighbourhood Plan. This is a key piece of work and the help of the local community is vital to the eventual adoption of the plan, which will help shape the future of Sandbach. To help keep you going throughout the day, a sandwich lunch and refreshments will be provided. Please let us know if you are planning to attend so that we can get a good idea of numbers by informing the Working Group via email info@sandbachneighbourhoodplan.org.uk or by phoning Sandbach Town Council (01270)...
Read MoreBusiness and Trading Community Workshop
The first phase of the Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan consultation has recently closed and we are pleased to report that we received over 1,500 responses from local people, however we are extremely keen to understand the views and concerns of our businesses, and how future building development in Sandbach may affect you. To this end, we would like to invite business owners and traders to attend a Workshop session at Sandbach Town Hall. The session has been arranged entirely for our Business and Trading Community, it is essential that you get involved with this process if you want your views and considerations to be taken into account. The meeting will take place on Tuesday 18 November 2014 at Sandbach Town Hall, doors will open at 6.30pm; the session will conclude at approximately 9pm. We do hope to see you...
Read MoreConsultation – Phase One – Completed
This week Sandbach Neighbourhood Plan Working Group closed the first phase of the consultation on the Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan after receiving over 1,500 responses from residents, businesses, community group and schools. The NDP Working Group with support from volunteers will now look to analyse and process the responses to determine what are the key issues raised by the community before producing a phase two questionnaire which will look to examine the issues in more detail later this year. Ian Knowlson Working Group Chairman said, “This is a good response and exceeds the numbers we had been told to expect for a town of our size. Now the hard work begins to analyse and process the information. We would be delighted for any volunteers from within the Sandbach Community to come forward and help us analyse the data and would encourage them to email us on info@sandbachneighbourhoodplan.org.uk or contact us via Sandbach Town Council 01270...
Read MoreQUESTIONNAIRE RETURN DATE extended till 29th September
This week we have seen a surge in interest amongst businesses, community groups and residents to participate in the first phase consultation of the Sandbach Neighbourhood Development Plan. To enable all of them to fully consult their staff, members and stakeholders we have agreed to extend the consultation till noon Monday 29th September 2014. If individuals, community groups and businesses continue to have challenges meeting this extension please contact us immediately via Town, Clerk at Sandbach Town Council (01270 600800), clerk@sandbach.gov.uk or email the Working Group directly at info@sandbachnighbourhoodplan.org.uk. We look forward to receiving your questionnaire and feedback in due course....
Read MoreHave your Say
Consultation is under way for residents to express their views on what they would like to see in a Sandbach Neighbourhood Plan. Initially residents and businesses are being asked to answer FIVE simple questions: What is good about living in Sandbach? What is not so good about living here? What do we need? What should we look after? What are the three most important things you would like a neighbourhood plan to...
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