Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan

'Made' Plan

On 28 April 2022 North West Leicestershire District Council 'made' the Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan (April 2022) (PDF Document, 3.94 Mb).  It should now be used to help determine planning applications within Blackfordby. 

As required by the neighbourhood planning regulations, the  Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan - Final Decision Statement (PDF Document, 0.17 Mb)has been published.

A copy of the plan can be viewed at the council offices by appointment.  Please contact the Planning Policy team to arrange. 

Update - April 2022

Referendum

The Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan Referendum took place on Thursday 7 April 2022.

The question asked at the referendum was: Do you want North West Leicestershire District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Blackfordby to help it decide planning applications in the Neighbourhood Area?

The result was:

Yes - 201

No 24

Full details of the result can be downloaded below:

Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan - Referendum Result (PDF Document, 0.19 Mb)

The District Council is now required to make (i.e. adopt) the Neighbourhood Plan within 8 weeks of the Referendum.

In accordance with The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012, the Referendum Version Neighbourhood Plan and other background documents are available to view below under the February 2022 update.

Update - February 2022

The Examiner completed his report in January 2022.  The Examiner's report concludes that, subject to making proposed modifications, the Neighbourhood Plan should proceed to a Neighbourhood Planning referendum. 

The Examiners Report and the proposed modifications can be viewed below:

Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan - Examiners Report (PDF Document, 0.28 Mb)

Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan - Proposed Modifications (PDF Document, 0.21 Mb)

On 9 February 2022, the District Council, agreed to proceed to referendum on the draft Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan.  As required by the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations the Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan Decision Statement can be viewed below:

Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan - Decision Statement (PDF Document, 0.22 Mb)

The Referendum will take place on Thursday 7 April 2022.

In accordance with The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012, the Referendum Version Neighbourhood Plan and other background documents are available to view below:

Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan - Referendum Version (Word Document, 17.18 Mb)

Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan - Referendum Information Statement (PDF Document, 0.32 Mb)

Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan - General Information on Planning (PDF Document, 0.13 Mb)

Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan - Basic Conditions Compliance Statement (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb) 

Submission Consultation

The submission consultation for the Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan ran for six weeks from Friday 27 August 2021 to Friday 8 October 2021.

The following documents are available:

• Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan Submission Version 
• Appendix 1 Consultation Statement
• Appendix 2 Statement of Basic Conditions 
• Strategic Environmental Assessment (Blackfordby NP) 
• SEA/HRA Screening Opinion (Blackfordby NP)

There are also a number of supporting appendices:

• Appendix 3 Housing Site Assessments
• Appendix 4 Housing Needs Report
• Appendix 4.1 Census Profile
• Appendix 4.2 Land Registry data 
• Appendix 5 Environmental Inventory
• Appendix 6 Local Green Space Assessment 
• Appendix 7 Listed Buildings
• Appendix 8 Detailed description of existing community facilities 
• Appendix 9 Additional transport analysis

During the Submission consultation a total of 15 representations were received including the District Council's own comments.

• 1 - Sport England (PDF Document, 0.17 Mb)
• 2 - Clinical Commissioning Group (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)
• 3 - Health & Safety Executive (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)
• 4 - Historic England (PDF Document, 0.13 Mb)
• 5 - Coal Authority (PDF Document, 0.13 Mb)
• 6 - Highways England (PDF Document, 0.14 Mb)
• 7 - National Forest Company (PDF Document, 0.17 Mb)
• 8 - Leicestershire County Council (PDF Document, 0.17 Mb)
• 9a - Ashby Woulds Town Council (Part 1) (PDF Document, 2.1 Mb)
• 9b - Ashby Woulds Town Council (Part 2) (PDF Document, 0.16 Mb)
• 10 - Gladman (PDF Document, 0.58 Mb)
• 11 - Heatons (obo Mr and Mrs Mansfield) (PDF Document, 1.17 Mb)
• 12 - National Grid (PDF Document, 0.11 Mb)
• 13 - Severn Trent (PDF Document, 0.49 Mb)
• 14 - Natural England (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)
• 15a - North West Leicestershire District Council (Part 1) (PDF Document, 0.26 Mb)
• 15b - North West Leicestershire District Council (Part 2) (PDF Document, 0.54 Mb)

An Examiner (Andrew Freeman BSc(Hons) DipTP DipEM FRTPI) has been appointed to examine the Neighbourhood Plan. 

The Examiner wrote to the district council and Ashby Town Council on 15 November 2021 with a number of queries. The councils responded on 29 November 2021. You can view the Examiner's letter incorporating the councils' responses, which are shown in red. A further document was forwarded to the Examiner in response to his question number two (PDF Document, 0.79 Mb).

Pre-Submission Consultation

In May 2019, the Town Council published a pre-submission draft Neighbourhood Plan for a 6 week consultation period starting on 13 May 2019.

Neighbourhood area Designation

North West Leicestershire District Council has now approved an application from Ashby de la Zouch Town Council to designate the Blackfordby Neighbourhood Plan Area under Part 2 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012. You can view details of the Council's decision.

Details of the application can be viewed below:

• Ashby de la Zouch Town Council Application Letter AdlZ Blackfordby Designation letter (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)
• Proposed Neighbourhood Plan Area Map AdlZ Blackfordby Designation Area Map (PDF Document, 0.21 Mb)
• Designation Notice AdlZ Blackfordby Designation Notice (PDF Document, 0.13 Mb)

For more information visit the Ashby de la Zouch Town Council website.