Neighbourhood Planning
This training is being delivered by Andrew Towlerton of Andrew Towlerton Associates.
An Introduction to Neighbourhood Planning and Design Codes
This session is designed to give councillors, clerks local councils an understanding of what is involved in the development of a Neighbourhood Plan and associated documents such as Design Codes, with a view to enabling them to get started or review an existing one.
To include:
- An overview of the Neighbourhood Plan process
- Developing a vision and objectives, writing the plan
- Bringing the Neighbourhood Plan into force: examination, referendum, adoption
- Reviewing a Neighbourhood Plan
- Design Codes – what are they and how do they relate to neighbourhood planning
- Resources, including grant fundings
- Other options, neighbourhood development orders, neighbourhood priority statements, street votes
- What the reforms to the planning system may mean for neighbourhood planning