The concept of Neighbourhood Plans was introduced by the Localism act 2011.
Payhembury Parish Council was initially wary to embark on such a time consuming exercise as we had put considerable effort into the process for identifying potential development sites for East Devon District Council’s Local Plan and this work was made redundant after the plan had been through government review.
However, faced with large fluctuations in the way local planning policy affects Payhembury and, in our view, more changes likely in the future, in March 2016 we decided to create a Neighbourhood Plan for Payhembury. Our thoughts are that this could give more stability to future planning in the parish and for this to be aligned with the wishes of those who live and work here.
Final version – approved by referendum – 82% in favour
Steering Group Terms of Reference
Public Meetings
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Payhembury Neighbourhood Plan Consultation 23rd April 2016
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