Inner North West Area Committee
Neighbourhood Planning
Community Meeting
Tuesday 16th April 2013
Inner North West Leeds
• Area Committee
• Planning Sub
Group
• Area Management
Team and
Community
Planner
• City Development
Community Capacity
• Over 40 well
established
community groups
• Local Action
Groups
• Third Sector
• Students and
Universities
• Business
Issues Identified
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Housing Mix
Economy and Business
Community Infrastructure
Built Environment
Greenspace and Leisure
Conservation and Heritage
Transport and Parking
New development
How can planning intervene?
• A plan-led system
• Shaping new development
• Protecting the historic, natural
and built environment
• Enforcement
• Working with local
communities
Work undertaken so far
• Neighbourhood Design
Statements
• Aspirational Documents
and Action Plans
• Other Initiatives
What is a neighbourhood
plan?
A neighbourhood plan is a COMMUNITY
PREPARED development plan (although it can
cover non-development issues) that, once
adopted, will be part of the statutory Local
Plan for the city.
A Neighbourhood Plan could:
• Decide where new development takes place
• Decide what new development should look like
• Include (in theory) any issue that is important
for the sustainability of the neighbourhood
• The plan can be detailed or general, depending
what local people want
A Neighbourhood Plan must:
• Conform with local and national planning
policy
• Promote the economic, social and
environmental well-being of the
neighbourhood
• Not conflict with equality and human rights
legislation
• Be subject to Independent Examination
• Achieve more than 50% YES vote at
Referendum
5 steps to an adopted
neighbourhood plan in a nonparished area…
1. Designation of Neighbourhood Area
2. Designation of Neighbourhood Forum
3. Preparation of Neighbourhood Plan
4. Examination
5. Referendum
1. Designation of Neighbourhood
Area
A Neighbourhood Area
boundary must:
• Follow physical features on the ground
(roads, railway lines etc)
• Be appropriate, logical and consistent
• Make sense to local people (think
referendum…)
• Be supported and designated by the
Council
2. Designation of a Neighbourhood
Forum
A Neighbourhood Forum must:
• Be made up of at least 21 people who live,
work and carry out business in the
neighbourhood area
• Have a membership that is open to all
• Promote the economic, environmental and
social sustainability of the neighbourhood
area
• Be supported and designated by the
Council
3. Preparation of Neighbourhood Plan
4. Examination
5. Referendum
Issues for Inner North West
Neighbourhoods
• Is a Neighbourhood Plan right for you?
• Is there the local interest?
• What would you want a Neighbourhood
Plan to do?
Lessons learned so far in
Leeds…
1. Work closely with the Council on the
boundary and membership of the forum
early on
2. Set up a steering group/task groups
3. Agree a draft Vision before starting work
on the plan
4. ‘Take stock’ workshop
5. Don’t copy what others have done
6. Make particular effort to
involve local Councillors,
business, young people and
tenants
7. Provide evidence and consider
options from the start
8. Do a local skills audit
9. Consider sponsorship and
fundraising
10.Be positive!
Over to you…
1. Do you want a Neighbourhood Plan?
2. Is there one area (or more?) that
could pilot a neighbourhood plan in
Inner North West?
3. Are there local volunteers for a
steering group?