Neighbourhood planning gives communities the power to:
- make a neighbourhood development plan – sets out where new homes and offices should be built and how they should look
- make a neighbourhood development order – gives the community the ability to grant planning permission
- make a Community Right to Build order – gives permission for small-scale, site-specific developments by a community group
The process
- AVDC consults on the designation of Neighbourhood Areas
- The town or parish council consults on the pre-submission stage of their own neighbourhood plan
- AVDC holds a public consultation on the plan, and the responses are sent to an independent examiner
- If the plan passes independent examination, the local community votes on whether it supports the plan
- If the plan is supported, it will be used to inform planning decisions in that neighbourhood
