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.

Rutland County Council is inviting representations on the North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan, which has been formally submitted by North Luffenham Parish Council and covers the whole parish.

The Neighbourhood Plan sets out how North Luffenham should be developed over the period to 2037 and has been prepared by North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan Group following consultation with the local community.  It includes policies covering design, residential development, historic environment, and landscape setting.

You are invited to make comments from Friday 17th March until 5pm on Friday 28th April 2023.

Detailed information on this consultation is set out in the Public Notice in the link below

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NVQIRwx0I5luxg7sXQn-RerFP4EIwQfb&authuser=peteburrows%40northluffenham.org.uk&usp=drive_fs

and on the Council’s website: https://www.rutland.gov.uk/planning-building-control/local-plan/neighbourhood-plans

Representations can be submitted in the following ways:

• Emailed to: localplan@rutland.gov.uk
• Posted to: Planning Policy, Rutland County Council, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HP

If you have any questions, please email localplan@rutland.gov.uk or telephone 01572 722577 and ask for Planning Policy

At its meeting on Tuesday 7th March, the cabinet of Rutland County Council approved the next five stages of the North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan, in order for it to proceed.

More information can be found here:

https://oakham.nub.news/news/local-news/council-cabinet-approves-next-stages-for-north-luffenham-neighbourhood-plan-174651?fbclid=IwAR3OneiEtfXf7kkVEwk01F-10PvhHsUiyOJ4EQ50TNjlLPzE6d5kplRwvIg

Just a reminder that the consultation period for the North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan will end on Tuesday, October 4th, and so you only have a couple of days left to comment.

There are already responses that potentially will result in alterations to the Plan, and so do not feel that the plan is a “Done Deal”, the Parish Council values your input and will assess all input before finalising the plan and submitting it to RCC and the Official Inspector.

The Plan and supporting documents, plus the online form for responses and comments can be found here:

Neighbourhood Plan | North Luffenham

Just a reminder that the final display and opportunity to ask questions around the Draft Neighbourhood Plan for North Luffenham will take place tomorrow, Wednesday from 14:30 to 16:30 at the Community Centre

As you will be aware the North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan Working Group of the Parish Council have been developing the Neighbourhood Plan document, Planning Policies and background evidence for the North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan.

The Plan and Policies are now at the point where the residents of the Parish have the opportunity to review and comment on the draft (the official status is “Pre Submission”) plan.

You should have received details about the plan, and the consultation, via a leaflet drop.

The consultation period starts Tuesday 23rd August, and you can find the details of the consultation period, a downloadable copy of the draft plan, along with supporting documents on the Neighbourhood Plan page on the web site.

There is also a link to the online form for you to enter your views

https://northluffenham.com/nlpc/neighbourhood-plan/

This is your chance to provide feedback, and influence the plan. Once this consultation period completes, Rutland County Council will run a wider review, however this will be mainly around the legalities and background evidence for the plan – they will not comment on the actual planning policies in the plan, unless there are errors or unenforceable statements included in the text.

Please take this opportunity to provide your input. The Plan will be part of the decision making process for all planning applications submitted in North Luffenham Parish until 2036, and so it is very important that it accurately reflects the overall views of the residents.

For those who could not attend the recent Zoom calls on the North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan, the presentation is available online below

For any questions, queries or comments on the Plan, please feel free to email planning@northluffenham.com