Westfield Warbler Autumn edition 2017

A Neighbourhood Plan for you..!
Over the last few weeks you will have
received in the post a card from Westfield
Parish Council, your parish council, that asks
you to complete a questionnaire for a process
known as a NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
I thought it would be useful to take this
opportunity to explain in a straightforward, no
jargon, way exactly what good news this is for all of
us here in Westfield.
A Neighbourhood Plan is not something cooked
up by BANES or the Parish Council, it’s part of
national process that was started in 2011 called
the Localism Act and this came about because
of huge pressure on the central government to
ensure that local residents could have a clear and
legally enforceable right to influence the way their
community was planned and managed.
In simple terms,
the Westfield
Neighbourhood
Plan will (honestly)
give you real
power to influence
decision making
in your own
community.
We should all be
proud that our own Westfield Parish Council was
one of the first to start on the process of producing
a Neighbourhood Plan. This questionnaire was one
of the final stages of the process, and will ensure
that your hopes and opinions for the future of our
community are clearly recorded.
When the plan is completed it will be voted on by
the community to ensure it’s what the majority
want and then will be adopted by BANES to
become a really key part of the planning process, as
a legal requirement on them.
So, in the next few weeks the final Draft of the
Westfield Neighbourhood Plan will be released.
This will be your final chance to make sure your
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