Belper Neighbourhood Plan

BELPER NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN REFERENDUM

MAY 6 - TIME TO VOTE 

The full and final version of the Neighbourhood Plan and all the supporting documents are now available on the Belper Town Council website –www.belpertowncouncil.gov.uk/planning

This includes the amendments agreed with the independent examiner and is the version on which is subject to referendum .

The main policies have not changed –

A] Develop brownfield land over greenfield.

B] Redevelop the historic mills and other derelict building sites in the town.

C] Create new housing to meet local needs , mostly smaller properties for starter homes or downsizing.

D] Promote sustainable development, use of green energy, and reduce our carbon footprint.

E] Encourage the use of public transport , cycleways and pedestrian access wherever possible.

F] Protect our heritage buildings and historic landscape setting.

PLEASE USE YOUR VOTE

NP4B Consultation starts 21st March 2019

BELPER NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 2019-2028

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Thursday 21^ST March to Friday 3^rd May 2019

We have now completed our reports and evidence to submit our draft Neighbourhood Plan for the 6 week public consultation.

Many organisations and community groups will be contacted directly asking them to complete the questionnaire for their comments.

We will be holding  public meetings over the period.

Tuesday 2^nd April , 7pm at No 28 , Market Place .

Saturday 6^th April 10 am till 12.30 pm at St John’s Chapel, The Butts.

Saturday 13^th April 9 am till 1pm, Stall on Belper Market.

If any other group wishes to hear from us we would be happy to try to attend.

Hard copies of the draft Document and the questionnaire will be available  at Belper Library and the Town Council office [ please ring first, 01773 822116].

The full draft document and all the additional reports and papers can be found on the Belper Town Council website. www.belpertowncouncil.gov.uk.  The questionnaire for completion is also there.

There are 23 policies in the NP on which to comment . We don’t apologise for that ,  we gathered the public views and co-ordinated them with the policy requirements knowing  Belper is a complicated , beautiful place , which is why we have tried to get it right for now and the future.

Anyone who would like help to complete the online form please contact the email:

NP4B@gmail.com or come to one of the public meetings .

NP4B Questionnaire

How do you get to work survey

Click on the link below to go to the survey:

NP4B Transport to work survey

First tranche of Addenda uploaded to NP4B website

Unloaded today to Neighbourhood Plan for Belper webpage on the Belper Town Council website are addenda 1 through 4, containing supporting evidence for the plan.

• Addendum 1 WHS status (PDF, 222 Kb)
  addendum to Draft Neighbourhood Plan - WHS Status
• Addendum 2 - Mill Survey (PDF, 153 Kb)
  Addendum to Draft Neighbourhood Plan - Mill Survey
• Addendum 3 - Business Questionnaire (PDF, 487 Kb)
  Addendum 3 to Draft Neighbourhood Plan - Business Questionnaire
• Addendum 4 - Employment Leaflets (PDF, 169 Kb)
  Addendum 4 to the Draft Neighbourhood Plan - Employment Leaflets

There will be more uploaded in the next few days.

An extract from Addendum 3 - Business Questionnaire

Press release July 2018

The draft Neighbourhood Plan and the supporting reports have now been put on the  Belper Town Council website: Plan for Belper on town council website Draft Neighbourhood Plan for Belper Part 1 Draft Neighbourhood Plan for Belper Part 2 This is not the "polished version " but we had to publish it in time for it to be available for the Amber Valley Local Plan hearings and also the Appeal hearing for the Belper Lane planning application this week.  The draft plan will be considered by the full Town Council Meeting on 10th July. Food Fair Members of the Working Group will have a stall at the Food Fair on Sunday 8th July so if you want the chance to get an update on what happens next please come and find us there. Photographic Competition Finally , a reminder about the Photographic Competition which closes on the 31st July. As a recap... The rules are simple -pictures should be of landscapes and sightlines in Belper Civic Parish that you value . The picture should be taken from publicly accessible land, and may be digital [eg.by camera.,phone ,tablet] or conventional photography, but it must be as good quality as you can get. You can submit up to a maximum of 3 pictures, by email to nplan4b@gmail.com or posted to NPlan4B, St John's Chapel, The Butts, Belper. [Sorry ,we cannot return the prints.]  Please include your name and contact details,and indicate whether you are 16 or over. There will be 2 prizes, £25 for over 16's and £15 for under 16's.By submitting your name you are agreeing to have your picture reproduced and credited in the finished NP document and it's publicity. Contact details will be erased after the competition. We already have some unusual and interesting contributions and it's not too late to send in your own .

NP4B revised contact details

The new Plan for Belper website is now live:

http://www.belpertowncouncil.gov.uk/belper-neighbourhood-plan1.html

Email address: Nplan4B@gmail.com

Press release January 2017

The Neighbourhood Plan may appear to have been very quiet but it hasn’t gone away.  We are in the process of analysing the views and information received, doing further research, and drafting the various sections of the document – including potential policies, goals and aspirations.  For example (potentially): identifying the brownfield sites and prioritising them for development (policy; Built Environment & Housing); aiming for services offices that will act as a hub for the business community(goal; Local Economy & Employment); more intercity trains stopping at Belper (aspiration; Transport & Travel).  We will be presenting them to businesses, organisations, interest groups and the public in the Summer.  Look out for the publicity because we are aiming to publish the first complete draft document during May/June.

Local Economy & Employment - Questionnaire

There is still a lot of work to be done on the Neighbourhood Plan. Critical to the topic of Local Economy & Employment is the responses to the Business Questionnaire, and the final date for their return is 24^th February 2017.   We request that you kindly post or deliver any outstanding completed questionnaires to NP4B, 21 Derby Road, (opposite Goods Road), Belper, DE56.1UU. 

If you have not had a questionnaire but would like one, please e-mail your address to c89blake@btinternet.com.  We are particularly keen to have responses from businesses, of whatever type, based on the outskirts of the Belper civic parish.  The boundary of Belper civil parish is roughly Belper Lane End, Broadholm, Openwoodgate, Bargate, Makeney, The Chevin, Blackbrook, including the agricultural areas.