Introduction
Since April 2012, local communities have been able to produce Neighbourhood Plans for their local area, putting in place planning policies for the future development and growth of the neighbourhood.
A Neighbourhood Plan may contain a vision, aims, planning policies, proposals for improving the area or providing new facilities, or allocation of key sites for specific kinds of development.
Neighbourhood Plans relate to the use and development of land and associated social, economic and environmental issues. They may deal with a wide range of issues (like housing, employment, heritage and transport) or may focus on one or two issues that are of particular importance in a local area.
A Neighbourhood Plan will be subject to examination and referendum and then form part of the Local Development Plan. This statutory status gives Neighbourhood Plans far more weight than some other local planning documents, such as parish plans, community plans and village design statements. In other words, they have to be considered by the planning authority in making decisions that affect Oxenhope, a topic that has on occasion been a little controversial locally.
Planning in Oxenhope
Preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan usually takes between 18 months to two years to complete and must include a residents’ referendum to adopt as a formal planning control tool.
Oxenhope had an advantage over many other communities in the preparation of a plan. Much work has been done over the past 20 years by Oxenhope Village Council to produce information which has guided the Local Planning Authority with regard to Planning Policies and Decisions that affect the village. In 1999 after over two years of work by the Village Council, the Oxenhope Village Design Statement was published. Then in 2004 the Oxenhope and Leeming Conservation Area Assessment was published by Bradford MDC. Much of this Assessment was guided by the Oxenhope Village Design Statement. Then in 2006 the Village Council published the Oxenhope Parish Plan.
These three documents, in particular the Parish Plan, helped guide and inform the Neighbourhood Plan process in Oxenhope.
Neighbourhood Plan
The Oxenhope Neighbourhood Plan has been approved by Bradford Council following a referendum on 5th May 2022 where 82.3% of recorded votes were in support of the plan.
Please note some of the following documents contain a lot of images, are large in file size and will take time to download.
Download the Oxenhope Neighbourhood Plan Referendum Version (Lower Resolution) (PDF, 24MB)
Download the Oxenhope Neighbourhood Plan Referendum Version (Print Version) (PDF, 86MB)
Download the Oxenhope Design Guide (PDF, 32MB)
Download the Oxenhope NDP Basic Conditions Statement (PDF, 159KB)
Download Statement of Community Consultation (PDF, 11MB)
Documents
We have collated a Neighbourhood Plan library and added additional documents as the project progressed. If you are unable to find what you are looking for below, please get in touch.
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| 801 downloads | 1.0 | 22-02-2020 1:58 | Download | ||
| 612 downloads | 1.0 | 22-02-2020 1:57 | Download | ||
| 650 downloads | 1.1 | 22-02-2020 0:12 | Download | ||
| 705 downloads | 1.2 | 21-02-2020 23:35 | Download | ||
| 1236 downloads | 1.1 | 08-07-2018 16:57 | Download | ||
| 1018 downloads | 1.0 | 12-02-2018 14:28 | Download | ||
| 948 downloads | 1.0 | 11-05-2017 11:32 | Download | ||
| 1955 downloads | 1.0 | 01-01-2017 11:29 | Download | ||
| 955 downloads | 1.0 | 15-11-2016 11:31 | Download | ||
| 1091 downloads | 1.0 | 19-05-2016 13:39 | Download | ||
Register for Updates?
If you would like to be kept up to date on development of a Neighbourhood Plan for Oxenhope please register your details using the form below.
Stakeholders will receive updates by email and invitations to occasional consultation meetings and other events.
Credits: Images kindly provided by Locality.
