Emerging themes and ideas: Housing and Environment

Over the last few months, volunteers have been working hard on pulling together evidence, ideas and proposals to form the basis of the Neighbourhood Plan for Shipston. The purpose of a Neighbourhood Plan is to give communities a greater say in how their area develops, and once adopted, becomes a formal consideration as part of the planning process alongside the Core Strategy and other documents.

The four working groups – housing, economy, environment and infrastructure – have drawn out some emerging themes and ideas ahead of planned consultation in the next few months. These are based on a mixture of feedback from residents and other stakeholder groups, as well as desktop research and fieldwork.

In the January issue of the Shipston Forum, a summary of the current status from the[nbsp]housing and environment[nbsp]working groups was published. A further feature will be in the February issue and published online in due course, covering the economy and infrastructure working groups. Each report will be published in the news section of the Neighbourhood Plan website.

Nothing is set in concrete. The intention is to provoke discussion and interest ahead of a consultation period during which the Neighbourhood Plan team wants your views. Please look out for further updates in the Shipston Forum and online at www.Shipstonnp.org

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