Residents in North Luffenham have voted in favour of a Neighbourhood Plan for their area, following a referendum on Thursday 19th October 2023.
The number of people who voted ‘Yes’ in response to the referendum question was 144. The number voted ‘No’ was 20. Total turnout for the referendum was 26.03%.
The full Declaration of Result of Poll for the North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan referendum can be viewed online at: https://www.rutland.gov.uk/elections-voting/neighbourhood-planning-referendums.
Further information about the Neighbourhood Plan itself can be found at: https://www.rutland.gov.uk/planning-building-control/local-plan/neighbourhood-plans.
As the Local Planning Authority, Rutland County Council must formally adopt the Plan within eight weeks of the referendum.
Hopefully, more North Luffenham residents than the 26.03% quoted, voted in yesterday’s referendum.
We opted for a postal vote, in favour of the plan.
Presumably, these votes will also be included in the percentage of residents voting. Otherwise, the turnout is very disappointing.
Tim Smith was at the count, and 40 postal votes were included in the numbers.
Thank you