Draft Oulton and Woodlesford Neighbourhood Plan Submission for Examination
The draft Oulton and Woodlesford Neighbourhood Plan, prepared by Oulton and Woodlesford Neighbourhood Forum, has been submitted to Leeds City Council for independent examination. It is the Council’s duty to arrange a 6 week publicity of the plan proposal and to organise an independent examination and referendum.
The Plan Proposal
The plan proposal sets out a vision for the future of Oulton and Woodlesford and includes planning policies that will help Leeds City Council to determine planning applications in the neighbourhood area.
Publicity
In accordance with Paragraph 15 of the Neighbourhood
Planning (General) Regulations 2012, Oulton and Woodlesford Neighbourhood Forum
has submitted the draft Oulton and Woodlesford Neighbourhood Plan along with
associated documents to Leeds City Council. In accordance with Paragraph
16 of the same regulations the Council is now publicising the plan proposal and
seeking comments on the contents of the plan. The publicity period is for a
period of 6 weeks and runs between Tuesday 16th March and Tuesday
27th April (closing at 5pm).
The submission documents can be accessed from the Leeds City Council website: https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/neighbourhood-planning/oulton-and-woodlesford-neighbourhood-plan
The submission documents are:
- Draft Oulton and Woodlesford Neighbourhood Plan
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Consultation
Statement Appendices
How to make comments
If you wish to make comments on the plan, these must be
made in writing. You are encouraged to use the online survey to respond
to the consultation: https://surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/OWReg16/.
Alternatively you can respond by email at: npsupport@leeds.gov.uk.
If you would like to discuss the
neighbourhood plan over the phone with a member of the LCC Neighbourhood
Planning Team, please contact us at npsupport@leeds.gov.uk
or 0113 37 87997 to make arrangements.
Representations are to be submitted by Tuesday 27th April (5pm).
Next Steps
Leeds City Council will collate the representations and
pass them onto the Independent Examiner who will assess whether the plan
proposal meets the Basic Conditions and can proceed to referendum.
Representations may include a request to be notified regarding Leeds City Council’s decision under Regulation 19 (Decision on a plan proposal) to make the submitted neighbourhood development plan for Oulton and Woodlesford.
Please be aware that all comments received will be publicly
available on the City Council website.
