Neighbourhood Plan update at the Parish Council’s Annual Parish Meeting.

Following the various committee reports that form the bulk of the Parish Council AGM, there was a talk given on the Community Land Trust and the Neighbourhood Plan.

This talk outlined a brief history of Slaugham Parish's NHP, to date, as well as explaining what was currently happening and what the next steps would be.

The materials presented can be found via the following links.

What is a NHP?
How Many houses and Where?
Assessed Sites - MSDC 2015 Document

Finally a flyer publicising this very Website! <here>

UPDATE April 2015

Good News!  The Slaugham Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan (NHP) ‘Scoping Report’ which sets out the basic background for the Neighbourhood Plan, has now been considered by Mid Sussex District Council (MSDC) Statutory Consultees, and no concerns were raised. This means that the first stage in the process has been completed.

In order to continue to get the information about the NHP out to as many local residents as possible in all 4 villages, a NHP “Communication Group” has been formed to discuss and plan a communication strategy. This group aims to pass updates and relevant information in many ways, including:

•  A NEW, user friendly NHP Website – go to www.spcnhp.blogspot.com  and take a look!
•  Facebook and Twitter! – sign up via the website to receive updates as they are released
•  Email messages via local village Community Groups
•  Articles in the local papers
•  Banners, posters and exhibitions

The dates for the next NHP Committee meetings, which are held at The Pavillion, Handcross at 7:30pm are 5th May 2015 and 1^st June 2015.  Members of the public are encouraged to attend.

Latest NHP Update

Work continues on the Neighbourhood Plan, as it does in parishes across Mid Sussex. Cuckfield's residents have voted for their NHP, which now forms part of planning law affecting their parish, and Hurstpierpoint & Sayer's Common's NHP went to referendum on 12th February 2015.

The residents of  Hurstpierpoint & Sayer's Common voted 92.4% in favour of their plan, with a turn out of 42%, which means that their NHP will now become the formal planning guidance for the Parish.

Once the Slaugham Parish Council NHP Committee have completed the early, necessary statutory work on the Scoping Report and Sustainability Appraisal, we will be consulting everyone on the policies, plans and aims - the vision for the parish in the future - that should be in our revised NHP.