Goals
- Review our Village Planning Policy against the forthcoming Wiltshire Council Local Plan, and draft amendments that will more closely align Parish Policy with WC Core Policy – ideally, proposals should be brought to Council for approval no later than March 2025.
- Begin a review of wider options and planning mechanisms – Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) or Guidance (SPGs) appropriate to Designated Small Villages.
References
Our current Policy and papers
- NEW: Village Planning Policy_2025_03_03
- Response to NPPF consultation August 2024
- Response to Local Plan consultation_2023_11_21
- BRIEFING_Village Planning policy v1.0
Links to other reference sources
- Here on the PC website: Planning
- On the Village website:
- 2019 Village Survey – Background, working groups and outcomes;
- Village Design Statement (VDS) 2003 – Background.
Wiltshire Council
- Planning Policy
- Strategy for new houses
- Wiltshire Design Guide
- Core Strategy
- Local Plan
- Rural Housing Needs Surveys – list of completed surveys
- Poulshot RHNS (2022)
- Local housing needs policies & strategies
- Neighbourhood Planning
- List of Neighbourhood Plans – note Edington, Freshford & Limpley Stoke, West Ashton
- Designated Small Villages – see pages 153-4: Bulkington, Chitterne, Crockerton, Edington/Tinhead, Great Hinton, Horningsham, Keevil, Limpley Stoke, Longbridge Deverill, Maiden Bradley, Monkton Farleigh, Staverton, Stockton, West Ashton, Wingfield, Upton Scudamore, Yarnbrook.
- Conservation Areas inc list of existing CA appraisals & management plans
- Historic England guidance on Conservation Area appraisals
Government guidance
- Neighbourhood Planning – guidance
Note Paragraph: 002 Reference ID: 41-002-20190509:Neighbourhood planning is not a legal requirement but a right which communities in England can choose to use. Communities may decide that they could achieve the outcomes they want to see through other planning routes, such as incorporating their proposals for the neighbourhood into the local plan, or through other planning mechanisms such as Local Development Orders and supplementary planning documents or through pre-application consultation on development proposals.
- (Existing) National Planning Policy Framework
SLCC and NALC
- SLCC Summary of NPPF Changes – these are the ones affecting the Local Plan that we responded to last November;
- NALC article on affordable rural housing – link at bottom of page to rural housing design guide;
- NALC article on funding for NP initiatives
- NALC advice note on planning relating to local councils