Swindon, Planning Notice

SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL

Notice of Consultation on the Highworth Neighbourhood Development Plan 2

The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012

(as amended) Part 5 Regulation 16

Notice of Consultation on the Highworth Neighbourhood Development Plan 2

Swindon Borough Council hereby gives notice that Highworth Town Council as the qualifying body has prepared and submitted a neighbourhood development plan proposal under Part 5 Regulation 15 of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended).

Highworth Town Council has prepared the ‘Highworth Neighbourhood Plan 2’ which sets out the vision for the future of the area and a number of planning policies which, if made by Swindon Borough Council, will form part of the Development Plan.

Copies of the Highworth Neighbourhood Plan 2 and supporting documentation are available to view on the Swindon Borough Council website:

https://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20019/consultations_engagement_and_surveys

or at

https://highworthtowncouncil.gov.uk/?page_id=258

Hard copies are available for inspection at:

• Swindon Central Library, Regent Circus, Swindon SN1 1QG
• Highworth Library, Brewery St, Highworth, Swindon SN6 7AJ
• Highworth Town Council Offices, 3 Gilberts Lane, Highworth SN6 7FB

  Available during open hours – please contact the Town Clerk for Highworth Parish Council

  Clerk@highworthtowncouncil.gov.uk Tel: 01793 762377

  Representations on the plan are invited during the statutory consultation period which will run for eight weeks from Friday 13th of December 2024 to Friday 7th of February 2025.

  All representations received will be available to view publicly. Representations should be sent via email to forwardplanning@swindon.gov.uk. You may also send representations in writing to Forward Planning, Swindon Borough Council, 5th Floor Wat Tyler West, Beckhampton Street, Swindon, SN1 2JH. Representations can also be handed in to Highworth Town Council, 3 Gilbert’s Lane, Highworth, SN6 7FB.

  All representations received should arrive no later than 5pm on Friday 7th of February 2025.

  Further information is available by contacting the planning department at Swindon Borough Council by emailing forwardplanning@swindon.gov.uk.

  Following this statutory consultation period, within which representations can be made, Swindon Borough Council will submit these with the Highworth Neighbourhood Plan 2 proposal for Independent Examination.

  Please note that any representations made may include a request to be notified of the local planning authority’s decision under Regulation 19 (whether to make the plan) in relation to the Highworth Neighbourhood Plan 2.

  Signed: (Richard Bell)

  Date: 05/12/2024

  Richard Bell

  Head of Planning, Regulatory Services, Heritage and Libraries