Wendover Neighbourhood Plan

February 2020 - Made

The Wendover Neighbourhood Plan 2019-2033 has now been Made by Buckinghamshire Council pursuant to Regulation 14 of Schedule A2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended). The Made Plan and the Council’s Decision Statement for Making the plan can be found in the links below.

• Made Plan
• Decision Statement for Making the plan

Referendum

A referendum was held on 30 January 2020. The Wendover neighbourhood plan has been overwhelmingly noted in favour of being made by the people voting in Wendover and so the plan can proceed to being made as soon as possible. 93.1% of those voting voted 'Yes' and it was a 19.76% turnout. Please click here for the result of the referendum.

Examination

With the agreement of the Wendover Parish Council, Mr Andrew S Freeman BSc (Hons) DipTP DipEM FRTPI has been appointed to examine the plan. In accordance with Regulation 17 of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 the submitted plan and all relevant documentation has been made available to the Examiner. Government guidance on the examination is at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/neighbourhood-planning--2#the-independent-examination. 

Buckinghamshire Council has now received the Independent Examiners report on the Wendover Neighbourhood Plan. He decided that a public hearing was not necessary and has recommended that the Plan proceed to referendum with some small modifications. Buckinghamshire Council has made the decision to accept the examiners report and the Neighbourhood Plan will proceed to referendum which will take place on 30 January 2020. General information for voters and an information statement can be viewed here.

Supporting Documents

Examiner's Procedural Letter & Questions

Following the Examiner's initial review of the Neighbourhood Plan documents and Representations he has issued a procedural letter with questions for the Neighbourhood Planning Group and Buckinghamshire Council to answer. This letter can be seen here and the Councils' responses to this  can be found in the links below:

Wendover Parish Council Response
AVC Response

The representations received by Buckinghamshire Council at the Regulation 16 'Submission' stage can be viewed below

Anglian Water
Buckinghamshire Council (previously AVDC)
Buckinghamshire Council (previously Bucks CC)
Gladman
Halton Parish Council
JLL for Defence Infrastructure Organisation
Mr Gridley
Mr Walsh
National Grid
Natural England
Network Rail
Thames Water (Late Representation)

Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Publication

After many months of hard work and community engagement, Wendover Parish Council submitted it's final version of the Wendover Neighbourhood Development Plan. As the local authority we undertook a six week publication period to provide an opportunity for all parties to comment on the submitted proposals before the plan goes to examination. The consultation commenced on Monday 1 July and closed at 5pm on Monday 12 August 2019.

What is the Wendover Neighbourhood Plan

The Wendover Neighbourhood Plan (WNP) is the emerging development plan for the Wendover Neighbourhood Area, covering the same area as the Parish, for the plan period of 2019 to 2033. On adoption it will form part of the Development Plan, which planning applications in that area will be assessed against. The WNP does not propose allocations for development but instead provides policies for guiding and directing sustainable development in the parish.

Submission documents

You can view all of the submission documents by clicking on the links below.

• Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Submission Version
• Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Basic Conditions Statement
• Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Statement
• Wendover Neighbourhood Plan AVDC SEA Screening Report
• Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Local Green Space Report
• Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Evidence Report
• Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Supporting Evidence
• Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Policy Review Dec 2018

Alternatively the documents of the publication material are available to view at the following locations:

Previous neighbourhood area information

Consultation on the Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Area was undertaken in Summer 2015. On 24 September 2015 AVDC (now Buckinghamshire Council) approved the Neighbourhood Plan Area for the Wendover Neighbourhood Plan. You can view the application including the NP area map and the Council report below:

Proposed Wendover Neighbourhood Plan Area

Council Report for proposed Neighbourhood Plan Area