The Leader of the Council submitted a report seeking approval to adopt the Buntingford Community Area Neighbourhood Plan following the Referendum of 23 March 2017. Council noted the outcome of the Referendum with an overall ‘yes’ vote of 1,268 against 82 who voted ‘no’. Under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Council was now able to make the Neighbourhood Plan as more than half of those voting in the Referendum had voted in favour of the Plan being used to determine planning applications in the area.
In response to a question from Councillor I Devonshire, the Chairman advised that the whole process from the early stages of preparing a plan had taken four years.
Council approved the recommendation now detailed.
RESOLVED – that the Buntingford Community Area Neighbourhood Plan, as detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report submitted, be formally ‘made’ and used as part of the statutory Development Plan for the District.