Parish Plans
Parish Plans are the best tool for addressing the full range of community issues.
They give a framework for assessing the current state of your parish, providing a methodology for considering the positive and negative aspects of community life.
They will usually include a detailed action plan which sets out how issues/challenges identified can be resolved.
In many of the smaller communities in the National Park, Parish Plans are the most appropriate way to start looking at local matters on a parish scale.
They can cover a wide variety of things, going well beyond the scope of the planning system.
This could include the provision of allotments; activities and support for the elderly; or organisation of events in the village hall.
Parish Plans carry limited weight in the planning decision-making process.
However, if a parish plan is endorsed by the National Park Authority it becomes a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.
The NPA has established a process for endorsing community led plans, for more information contact community.planning@southdowns.gov.uk
Endorsed Community Led Plans
The following plans have been endorsed by the National Park Authority’s Policy and Resources Committee:
- Newton Valence Village Plan
- Endorsed at the 24 May 2018 meeting