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Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan
Neighbourhood Plans
The 2011 Localism Act has given communities the right to draw up a Neighbourhood Plan. This right is aimed at giving local communities genuine opportunities to influence the future of the places where they live.
The preparation of the Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan is intended to allow people who live, work and have a business in the area to have a say where they think new houses and businesses should be located and what they should look like. A Neighbourhood Plan can also identify and protect important Local Green Spaces, conserve local heritage and protect areas of nature conservation interest. The Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan will be a statutory plan which means that once it has been finalised, decisions on planning applications will be made using both the Local Plan and
The Dadlington Neighbourhood Area
The Neighbourhood Area (Map 1) is based on the Dadlington Polling District. The then Sutton Cheney Parish Council submitted the proposed Neighbourhood Plan Area to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in July 2019. The Neighbourhood Area was designated on 14 October 2019.
Submission
At its meeting of November 2024, Dadlington & Sutton Cheney Parish Council approved the submission of the Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan and accompanying documents to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council under Regulation 15 of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012. The District Council must satisfy itself that a draft Neighbourhood Plan complies with all the relevant statutory requirements before a further six-week public consultation takes place and then it is sent to an Independent Examiner.
Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan: Submission Draft
The version of the Draft Neighbourhood Plan that has been submitted to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.
Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan: Basic Conditions Statement
Explains how the proposed Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan has been prepared in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning General Regulations 2012 and how the basic conditions of neighbourhood planning, and other prescribed considerations, have been met.
Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan: Consultation Statement
Details the persons and bodies who were consulted about the proposed neighbourhood plan.
Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan: Strategic Environmental Assessment Determination
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council's determination as to whether a full Strategic Environmental Assessment is required for the Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan.
Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan: Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Statement
The purpose of the Screening Statement is to set out a screening opinion in relation to whether a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process is required to accompany the development of the Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan.
National Policies and Guidance
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was first published on 27 March 2012 and updated on 24 July 2018, 19 February 2019, 20 July 2021, 5 September 2023, 19 December 2023 and 12 December 2024. This sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied.
The planning practice guidance that supports the NPPF is published online.
The Development Plan
The relevant Development Plan for the area is the Hinckley and Bosworth Local Plan which currently covers the period 2006-2026. For the purposes of this Neighbourhood Plan, the relevant parts of the Local Plan are:
Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD) https://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/info/856/local_development_framework/400/core_strategy
The Core Strategy adopted on 15 December 2009, provides the vision and broad strategy for Hinckley and Bosworth Borough. Most new development will be accommodated in and around Hinckley. The Core Strategy also identifies development requirements for key rural centres, Rural Villages and Rural Hamlets (including Dadlington).
Dadlington and the other Rural Hamlets have few services and so development will be limited, for example infill housing development and the conversion of agricultural buildings.
Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD https://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/info/856/local_development_framework/426/site_allocations_and_generic_development_control_policies-development_plan_document
This DPD identifies sites for uses such as housing, employment, retail, open space and community facilities that will deliver the aims, vision and objectives of the Core Strategy. It also contains 25 development management policies which will be used to assess planning applications over the plan period.
The Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD defines a Settlement Boundary for Dadlington, open spaces and community facilities.
Questionnaire
Plans for consultation events in 2020 were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. All members of society are required to adhere to guidance to help combat the spread of COVID-19 and the guidance has had implications for neighbourhood planning including public consultation.
Local businesses, groups and other key stakeholders were contacted in February 2020, but the planned Stakeholder Meeting was cancelled. Nonetheless, several bodies provided comments.
A public consultation event was also cancelled. Instead, a Household Survey was undertaken, and a questionnaire was distributed to local households in January 2021. From the 281 residents and 117 households, 97 completed questionnaires were returned on time.
Summary of Questionnaire Responses
Summary of responses to the 2021 Questionnaire Survey
Pre-Submission Consultation
The feedback from the questionnaire results, community feedback and information about the area helped inform the preparation of the (Pre-Submission) Draft version of the Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan. Under Regulation 14 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, a pre-submission consultation period of no less than six weeks on the proposed Neighbourhood Plan ran from Monday 26 February to Monday 8 April 2024. All representations and comments received have been considered by the Parish Council and used to amend the Pre-Submission Draft of the Plan.
Newsletter circulated to properties in the Neighbourhood Area publicising the Neighbourhood Plan
Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan: Pre-Submission Draft
Pre-Submission Draft version of the Dadlington Neighbourhood Plan
Evidence
While there are prescribed documents that must be submitted with a neighbourhood plan there is no ‘tick box’ list of evidence required for neighbourhood planning. Much of the evidence supporting the preparation of the Neighbourhood Plan can be found with the plan document. Other evidence includes:
The Church of St James the Greater Churchyard Local Green Space