Woughton Neighbourhood Plan

The Woughton Neighbourhood Plan was officially "made" in 2017 and gives some legal constraints on the type of development allowed in Tinkers Bridge and other estates. Documentation here also covers the period up until it was officially "made", during which time some parts were updated, so please ensure you use the correct version.

Consultation

The plan has been out for consultation until 30 October 2016, and Nicky Johnson has been very active in assisting local residents fill in and submit responses. Generally, we are in favour of the plan, seeing it as a useful tool to control development on the estate, and retain the character of the estate. The next major stage for the plan is a review by an external assessor, to ensure it meets the various legal requirements of such plans.

Steering Group

Tinkers Bridge has direct input to the plan via a member on the Steering Group. Currently, that member is Kathy Higgins, and the last meeting was on 10 November.

Plan available for comments

Woughton Neighbourhood plan has been published by Milton Keynes Council for comments between Monday 27 Feb and 10 April 2017. See the page at http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policy/woughton-community-council-neighbourhood-plan

For more information about the Woughton Neighbourhood Plan, the submission stage and how to make comments please see the Publicity Stage Information Sheet. (DOCX, 26KB)

The submission documents provided by Woughton Town Council are the:

Submission version of the Woughton Neighbourhood Plan (PDF, 1.1MB)

The Consultation Statement (DOCX, 577KB)

The Basic Conditions Statement (PDF, 1.3MB)

Woughton Neighbourhood Area Map (PDF, 4.7MB)

The Town Council has also published a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) screening statement in support of their Neighbourhood Plan. The Council is inviting representations from statutory consultees, interested parties and any persons who are affected, or likely to be affected by, or have an interest in the Report and neighbourhood plan to submit representations by the 10th April 2017. The SEA statement is available to access at;

Strategic Environmental Assessment screening statement (PDF, 384KB)

Referendum of October 2017

Thank you to the 84 people from Tinkers Bridge who voted in the referendum. Overall, the result was 87.05% yes, with 12.95 no, of 1140 votes. The plan will now go forward to be officially "made" by MKC. Turnouts on the other estates were Beanhill 146, Coffee Hall 154, Eaglestone 62, Leadenhall 24, Netherfield 88.