Community-led Planning

ARE YOU PREPARED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE OF YOUR COMMUNITY?

The Parish Council is aware of the increasing reliance by policy making bodies, such as the County and Borough Councils, on COMMUNITY-LED PLANS to inform their decision making.

Presently East Hanningfield does not have a community-led plan, and the Parish Council sees this as a barrier to the wishes of the residents, the community, being upheld when important decisions are being made.

During June 2009 a QUESTIONNAIRE  is being delivered to every home in the parish.  The answers given by residents to the Questionnaire will be used to form theEast Hanningfield Parish Plan, so it is important that everyone completes and returns their Questionnaires. You can do this be giving it to your local distributor or leaving it in the box provided in the shop. If the adults in your household wish to complete separate Questionnaires that will be acceptable. Extra copies will be available in the shop and from your local distributor, or you can print it from the link above. If you have more than one child in your houshold you might want to print off extra copies of the Youth Questionnaire which is on page 7. 

If you would like to read about community-led planning the Rural Community Council of Essex has published a Parish Planning Pack which provides a detailed guide to the process.

To help communities understand the planning framework within which community-led plans have to operate a Statutory Planning Guidance Pack was recently published by the Rural Community Council of Essex. It is also a good basic introduction to the Local Development Framework, which is replacing the Local and Structure Planning system.

Initial work on identifying the concerns of residents has begun. Below are photos of the stand displayed at the Annual Art Exhibition in July, 2008.

For more information you can go to the dedicated website.

Malcolm Thomas manning the stand

Malcolm Thomas manning the exhibition

residents' comments

Comments posted by residents. Green for good points and pink for problems.

Wider view of display

Some issues identified.