Eastington’s recent NDP consultation
– a big thank you!!
We would like to thank all those who took the time and trouble to read Eastington’s Draft Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) as well as sending in their comments & ideas. Some just read it, some read it & discussed with friends and neighbours, some attended discussion sessions, some completed a response form and either emailed it in or delivered it to a collection point – it doesn’t matter how you took part but thank you for doing so!
This most recent phase of the required NDP consultation process closed after 6 weeks on 12 June and we are now working on collation of the details from within all of the 55 responses we received from you. This might not sound a very onerous task but the majority of response sheets contained many important & significant elements that need consideration. It will take some time to consider all your comments carefully and ensure that, where appropriate, the NDP properly reflects your views.
We are now 18 months into the development of Eastington’s NDP and we have provided several important opportunities to involve local people to gain your opinions and ideas. We needed these to gather the evidence, make decisions & develop policies to produce this document.
It is important to understand that we cannot, at this late stage, make ‘major changes’ to the document but we can make, and will be making, appropriate ‘adjustments’ on the many issues that you have raised. Some of you have asked how decisions were made – we will now explain this much more clearly within the body of the final NDP. There is a significant amount of additional information that is already contained within the supporting documentation and these will form Appendices to the NDP that will be submitted to Stroud District Council later this year.
For those who wish to see some of the ‘supporting documents’ they can be found on the website www.eastingtonndp.co.uk. These will be reviewed for relevance over the next few months and added to as required.
The finished document will be the subject of a final parish referendum at the end of this year – so please stay tuned to your Neighbourhood Development Plan.
Pauline Allen & Daniel James
