After a series of meetings, much discussion and study of national and borough planning policy, the Regulation 14 Review team have completed their work. As I have described in the pages of this magazine over the past few months, we recieved a great deal of comments and suggestions, plus of course a petition from overRead more about Regulation 14 Consultation completed[…]
The NDP was first published as a rough draft on 23 February, inviting suggestions and comments from residents and other stakeholders. Since then, the plan has been extensively rewritten; we haven’t altered any of the main site allocations, but we have checked planning regulations to ensure that our plan complies with relevant laws and guidelines,Read more about Consultation Opens: Regulation 14[…]
On 29 September 2018 the Neighbourhood Planning Team updated the parish through a second exhibition, held at Iden Green Pavilion and attended by 97 people, including residents, landowners and a senior member of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s planning team. One question raised there covered a rather important issue concerning future housing developments: why are theRead more about Autumn, and a update for the Village[…]
Having spent the best part of 4 months away from Benenden on business I resumed my duties as Chair of the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee on 11 September. At our meeting we reviewed progress of each Working Group, agreed how best to present an update on progress to residents of the Parish, confirmed outstanding workRead more about Getting Back in the Swing – October Update[…]
Our next event is on Saturday, 29th September, in the Iden Green Pavilion. It’s a drop-in exhibition, so pop along between 10 and 12 am to see the latest update from each of the Working Groups. Each Group is starting to pull together the work they’ve done over the summer into draft Policies that willRead more about 29th September – Village Update[…]
The late Peter Davies warned me that the path of the NDP would not be smooth. So many vested interests and competing pressures would become apparent. Well it seems he was right. TWBC have a target of 14,000 additional homes to be built across the Borough over the next 15 years. If they fail toRead more about Challenging Times for Benenden’s Neighbourhood Plan[…]
The NDP team staged their first Village Exhibition on Saturday 7th April. It was well attended; 129 people signed in at the door (we may need to show that we’re engaging residents), but we know others didn’t manage to sign-in. The Exhibition gave us an opportunity to share progress so far, and most of theRead more about Two Steps Forward – One Step Back | May Update[…]
On the 7th April we will hold an exhibition of where we are with the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP). This will be in the Village Hall from 10am to 4pm. Please do plan to come to this exhibition. It may be helpful if I clarified the position of the 14 sites identified in response toRead more about Pictures from an Exhibition – April update[…]
All five working groups have met, and are getting on with their priority tasks. The Business and Local Economy group are surveying local businesses; and you may have seen members of the Landscape Groups prowling the lanes and hedgerows. On 7th February we met with Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Planning Department. They gave us someRead more about February 2018 – progress overview[…]
We have completed our first round of consultation with residents. Village workshops covered: Vision & Objectives Housing Supply & Design Business, Economy, Transport & Infrastructure Landscape and Green Environment Each workshop was well attended with up to 60 residents. The input has helped us identify priority concerns and issues to be tackled, and some localRead more about Benenden Neighbourhood Plan Gains Momentum[…]