Status of the Neighbourhood Plan
You can find the latest news here
Brief details of significant stages in plan preparation already completed are given here
The first formal public consultation on the Plan, known as the Regulation 14 pre-submission ran from 12th March till 29th April 2018.
We then decided to make two major additions to the plan: site allocations and a policy to preserve the best features of Saham's landscape. You can read all about the site allocations HERE, and the three-volume Village Character Assessment and Design Guide can be found HERE As a result we undertook a second Regulation 14 consultation on the Plan from 19 August till 13 October 2019
Subsequently we incorporated the comments received where appropriate and undertook a variety of new work, including masterplanning, transport and flood risk studies by consultants, as well as updating the Housing Needs Assessment and Parish Design Guide.
Most importantly Strategic Environmental and Habitats Regulations Assessments of the Plan were undertaken by the consultants AECOM.
Hence to ensure all had chance to comment on all that was new or amended, the Plan underwent a third Regulation 14 consultation from 20 June till 14 August 2020
We then updated it and finalised a Consultation Statement and Basic Conditions Statement before submitting the Regulation 15 version of the Plan to Breckland Council on 11 October 2020.
It was then Breckland Council's responsibility to publish the Plan and its supporting documents for a final consultation at Regulation 16. That consultation ran from 29 October till 10 December 2020.
John Slater was appointed to carry out an independent examination of the Plan, which started on 11 January 2021 and concluded on 13 July 2021 when John published his final report.
On 13 August 2021 Breckland Council published its decision to allow the Plan to proceed to referendum. We currently await a further announcement from Breckland Council on a date for that referendum.
You can find the latest news here
Brief details of significant stages in plan preparation already completed are given here
The first formal public consultation on the Plan, known as the Regulation 14 pre-submission ran from 12th March till 29th April 2018.
We then decided to make two major additions to the plan: site allocations and a policy to preserve the best features of Saham's landscape. You can read all about the site allocations HERE, and the three-volume Village Character Assessment and Design Guide can be found HERE As a result we undertook a second Regulation 14 consultation on the Plan from 19 August till 13 October 2019
Subsequently we incorporated the comments received where appropriate and undertook a variety of new work, including masterplanning, transport and flood risk studies by consultants, as well as updating the Housing Needs Assessment and Parish Design Guide.
Most importantly Strategic Environmental and Habitats Regulations Assessments of the Plan were undertaken by the consultants AECOM.
Hence to ensure all had chance to comment on all that was new or amended, the Plan underwent a third Regulation 14 consultation from 20 June till 14 August 2020
We then updated it and finalised a Consultation Statement and Basic Conditions Statement before submitting the Regulation 15 version of the Plan to Breckland Council on 11 October 2020.
It was then Breckland Council's responsibility to publish the Plan and its supporting documents for a final consultation at Regulation 16. That consultation ran from 29 October till 10 December 2020.
John Slater was appointed to carry out an independent examination of the Plan, which started on 11 January 2021 and concluded on 13 July 2021 when John published his final report.
On 13 August 2021 Breckland Council published its decision to allow the Plan to proceed to referendum. We currently await a further announcement from Breckland Council on a date for that referendum.