• Reg14 pre-submission consultation between 01 September and 09 October 2020.
• Reg16 submission consultation between 04 February and 01 April 2021.
• Independent examination followed by the Examiner’s Final Report in May 2021.
• A decision statement was agreed by Arun District Council (ADC) in June 2021.

Further information is available on the Arun District Council website.

The revised Aldingbourne NDP allocates one site for new homes outside the National Park.  In addition, the modifications cover, but are not limited to: affordable homes, green infrastructure and ecosystem services, protection of watercourses, non-designated heritage assets, and the protection of bat habitats.  Whilst the amendments do not affect policy relating to land in the National Park, it is notable that additional evidence was compiled to support a policy on protected biodiversity corridors which seeks to improve biodiversity in the parish and provide important connections with the National Park.

The Independent Examiner concluded that the modifications (whilst in most cases “material”) were not so significant or substantial as to change the nature of the Plan, and so recommended that the revised Aldingbourne NDP be made subject to his modifications.  The Examiner’s modifications were made and the revised Aldingbourne NDP, as a result of the SDNPA resolution on 12 August 2021, was formally made part of the Development Plan for the South Downs National Park area of the parish.

• The revised Aldingbourne NDP.

• The original Aldingbourne NDP.

The Aldingbourne NDP is part of the Development Plan for the South Downs National Park area of the parish as defined by the Neighbourhood Area designated on 07 November 2013.

The Aldingbourne NDP can be viewed at the following locations:

• South Downs Centre, North Street, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9DH.
• Arun Civic Centre, Maltravers Road, Little Hampton, West Sussex, BN17 5LF.

A referendum was held on the Aldingbourne NDP on 18 October 2016. Further information on the referendum is available on the Arun District Council website.

There was a 23.99% turnout, with the following results:

• Yes = 93.48% (674 votes)
• No = 6.52% (47 votes)

• Decision Statement.

• Examiner’s Final Report.

• • Reg16 Aldingbourne NDP

Aldingbourne Parish Council (APC) carried out their first pre-submission consultation on the Draft Aldingbourne Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) between 03 February and 16 March 2015.  The parish council submitted this version of the NDP (and its accompanying documents) to Arun District Council, but this version was not considered suitable for referendum by the Independent Examiner. 

The parish council carried out a second pre-submission consultation on a revised Draft Aldingbourne NDP between 03 February and 16 March 2016.

• Designated Neighbourhood Area