HIGH LEGH NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN SURVEY : MAY 2016

Your chance to have your say on  the planning and development around High Legh.

 

As part of the changes to planning policies by Government and Cheshire East  a Neighbourhood Plan is being prepared for High Legh. More details are about this, below, but it is the chance for all residents to influence the future development of the Parish. It will enable us all to have more control over our own future of planning and development - so your views are vitally important. 

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS SURVEY BY SUNDAY 22ND MAY

and so be eligible for our Prize Draw. Three winners, chosen randomly, will receive their choice of a £20 voucher for M&S, High Legh Garden Centre or Toys R Us.


It would be most helpful if each household could complete a survey BUT anyone of any age who lives in High Legh can complete the survey.

Please complete as much of it as possible.

All questions/instructions are in green. 

It will take 30+ minutes or so to complete in full.

All responses will be treated confidentially and responses will be grouped together and will remain anonymous.

If you have any questions, or if you need further hard copies of the survey, please contact Mrs Doreen Walker on 01925 754818 or clerk@highleghparishcouncil.gov.uk .

Also. If you would like to talk to a member of the Steering Committee please come along to the Village Hall Upstairs Room during Sunday Teas on:

Sunday, 8 May or 15 May from 1.30 – 4.30 p.m.

 

Thank you for your help.

High Legh Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

Cllrs Bruce Adams, Matt Cooper, Will Hind, and Richard Wright, and Nick Gerrard, Jason Allan, Richard Cornwall-Legh, Marianne Dobson and Doreen Walker

 

 

INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN?
- The Neighbourhood Plan is a way for our community to shape the future development of the Parish of High Legh by setting our own vision for the area, planning priorities and aspirations within the broader planning system. It will only focus on land-use policies (unlike the Parish Plan which covered a broader range of improvements).

- Once approved, our plan will have legal force in setting out what development is acceptable in our Parish and for what reasons. Developers and local authority planners will have to take notice of it. Without a Neighbourhood Plan we will have far less control over what development takes place.

- Our plan must comply with Cheshire East’s Local Plan and Government policy but it allows us to influence the allocation of land for development by writing policies to shape how development takes place and helps High Legh continue to thrive.

- It covers the whole of High Legh Parish and will be in force until at least 2030. It thus represents a once in a generation opportunity.

What has happened so far?
- Following a preliminary questionnaire and public consultation meeting in September 2015, two groups of residents were established to develop the ideas received which led to this detailed survey. The results will help us to develop a draft Neighbourhood Plan.

What will happen next?

- The survey results will be used to produce a draft Neighbourhood Plan which will then be made available for