Whitnash Neighbourhood Area Designation

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Comment

Whitnash Neighbourhood Area Designation

Representation ID: 50231

Received: 25/10/2012

Respondent: The Coal Authority

Representation Summary:

Whitnash town is situated outside of the current defined coalfield
area; consequently the Coal Authority has no specific comments to make on the
designation of the Neighbourhood Area.

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Whitnash town is situated outside of the current defined coalfield
area; consequently the Coal Authority has no specific comments to make on the
designation of the Neighbourhood Area.

Support

Whitnash Neighbourhood Area Designation

Representation ID: 50346

Received: 16/11/2012

Respondent: Natural England

Representation Summary:

We acknowledge the intention to commence work on the preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan and would like to draw your attention to the joint guidance issued by Environment Agency, English Heritage, Forestry Commission and Natural England - "Planning for the environment at the neighbourhood level".

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Re: Whitnash Neighbourhood Planning Area
Thank you for your consultation on the above, which was received by Natural England on the 05 October 2012.
Natural England is a non-departmental public body. Our statutory purpose is to ensure that the natural environment is conserved, enhanced, and managed for the benefit of present and future generations, thereby contributing to sustainable development.
We acknowledge the intention to commence work on the preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan and would like to draw your attention to the joint guidance issued by Environment Agency, English Heritage, Forestry Commission and Natural England which can be found at http://publications.environment-agency.gov.uk/PDF/GEHO0212BWAZ-E-E.pdf .
We trust that these comments are useful. For any correspondence or queries relating to this consultation only, please contact Jamie Melvin using the details given below. For all other correspondence, including in relation to forward planning consultations, please contact the address above or email consultations@naturalengland.org.uk.

Comment

Whitnash Neighbourhood Area Designation

Representation ID: 50509

Received: 19/11/2012

Respondent: Historic England

Representation Summary:

English Heritage has no objection to these proposals however we would like to take the opportunity of your consultation to raise the following issues setting out the support English Heritage is able to offer in relation to Neighbourhood Plans.

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Dear Sirs,

Neighbourhood Planning Area Consultations
- Old Milverton and Blackdown Joint Parish Council
- Whitnash Town Council

Thank you for giving notice that the Whitnash Town Council, and Old Milverton and Blackdown Joint Parish Council have applied to Warwick District Council for designation of Neighbourhood Plan Areas under Part 2 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012.
English Heritage has no objection to these proposals however we would like to take the opportunity of your consultation to raise the following issues setting out the support English Heritage is able to offer in relation to Neighbourhood Plans.

Research has clearly demonstrated that local people value their heritage and Neighbourhood Plans are a positive way to help them manage it. English Heritage wants to support you in helping communities protect what they care about.

English Heritage is expecting that as Neighbourhood Planning Forums such as these two Councils come to you to seek advice on preparing Neighbourhood Plans they will value advice on how best to understand what heritage they have and assistance on preparing appropriate policies.

Information held by the Council and used in the preparation of your Core Strategy/Local Plan is often the starting point for Neighbourhood Plans. Other useful information may be available from the Historic Environment Record Centres or local environmental and amenity groups. English Heritage also publishes a wide range of relevant guidance. Links to these can be found in the appendix to this letter.

Plan preparation also offers the opportunity to harness a community's interest in the historic environment by getting them to help add to the evidence base, perhaps by creating and or reviewing a local heritage list, inputting to the preparation of conservation area appraisals and undertaking historic characterisation surveys.

English Heritage has a statutory role in the development plan process and there is a duty on either you as the Local Planning authority or the Neighbourhood Planning Forums to consult English Heritage on any Neighbourhood Plan where our interests are considered to be affected as well as a duty to consult us on all Neighbourhood Development Orders and Community Right to Build Orders.

English Heritage will target its limited resources efficiently. We will directly advise on proposals with the potential for major change to significant, nationally important heritage assets and their settings. Our local offices may also advise communities where they wish to engage directly with us, subject to local priorities and their capacity.

Of course the nature of the locally-led neighbourhood plan process is that the community itself should determine its own agenda based on the issues it is concerned about. At the same time, as a national organisation able increasingly to draw upon our experiences of neighbourhood planning exercises across the country, our input, agreed on a case by case basis, can help those communities reflect upon the special (heritage) qualities which define their area to best ensure that optimum and sustainable outcomes are achieved.

To this end information on our website might be of initial assistance http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/get-involved/improving-your-neighbourhood/

Should you wish to discuss any points within this letter, or if there are issues about these particular Neighbourhood Plan Areas where the historic environment is paramount, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Could I respectfully ask that you copy this response to the Old Milverton and Blackdown Joint Parish Council, and to the Whitnash Town Council for their information.

Object

Whitnash Neighbourhood Area Designation

Representation ID: 50510

Received: 16/11/2012

Respondent: Framptons

Representation Summary:

The terms in which the application is made, is not consistent with the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), regarding neighbourhood plans. In particular, the town council falls short of supporting a strategy that favours growth and development in Warwick District. Paragraph 184 of the NPPF, states that 'neighbourhood plans and orders should not promote less development than set out in the Local Plan or undermine its strategic policies'.

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Object

Whitnash Neighbourhood Area Designation

Representation ID: 50511

Received: 16/11/2012

Respondent: Framptons

Representation Summary:

That the adoption of a neighbourhood plan should follow on from an adopted local plan, particularly where the strategic development parameters have yet to be set.

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Object

Whitnash Neighbourhood Area Designation

Representation ID: 50512

Received: 16/11/2012

Respondent: Framptons

Representation Summary:

That there is no clear justification for the size of the proposed area to be included in the neighbourhood plan including the whole town area. The danger being that the Neighbourhood Plan would simply be a restatement of the adopted local plan policies and therefore of limited value.

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