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What is a Neighbourhood Plan?
Neighbourhood plans give local people the chance to plan for their own area by developing policies that will guide and shape development in the Plan area for the future.
What is the Cosby Neighbourhood Plan?
Preparation of the Cosby Neighbourhood Plan was led by an Advisory Committee, with support from Cosby Parish Council, local residents and Blaby District Council throughout the process.
The Plan seeks to protect areas of open space and local community facilities and sets out design principles for new development, amongst other things. It has undergone various stages of public consultation and an examination by an Independent Examiner and is being sent to a referendum to be decided by Cosby residents.
How will the Plan be used to decide planning applications?
If the Plan is successful at Referendum, it will then be ‘made’ (ie. adopted) by Blaby District Council, at which point it will become part of the development plan for this area, against which planning applications will be assessed.
Therefore, when planning applications are submitted for sites within Cosby, planning officers will assess the proposals against not only the District Council’s Local Plan, but also the policies within the Cosby Neighbourhood Plan, before arriving at a decision.
Please note: determination of planning applications will remain the responsibility of Blaby District Council (and Leicestershire County Council in special circumstances).
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