A neighbourhood plan is part of the planning policy framework and is used by developers, Bassetlaw District Council and Planning Inspectors when decisions on planning applications are made.

Sutton cum Lound’s original Parish Plan was superseded by one of the first Neighbourhood Plans in Bassetlaw in 2018. This was revised again in 2021.

Volunteers in your community have been working hard to review the existing Neighbourhood  Plan for Sutton cum Lound, to take advantage of new tools available and changes in local planning guidelines that were not available previously.

Taking on board all your comments over the past several months (at our Know Your Place event, from emails and letters), the Steering Group, supported by numerous external entities, has created a new Neighbourhood Plan. This, alongside the commissioned Design Code and Housing Needs Assessment from urban designers and housing needs specialists helps strengthen our neighbourhood plan policies.

As part of the process we now offer the plan for consultation for a statutory period. This is where you come in. We need your comments on this latest Plan. Please take the survey on this site and answer the questions, to better inform the final version

Next Steps

Now this pre-submission document has been finalised, there is a statutory consultation period of a minimum of 6 weeks with all our residents, as well as organisations like Nottinghamshire County Council, Environment Agency, Historic England and Natural England.

Once the consultation period has concluded, all the data and comments will be used to amend the Neighbourhood Plan based on this feedback.

This document is then submitted to Bassetlaw District Council as our local planning authority, and they arrange an independent examination of the neighbourhood plan.

This independent examiner will test the neighbourhood plan against the basic conditions (legal requirements) such as:

 1)  is the neighbourhood plan in general conformity with the strategic policies in  Bassetlaw's Local Plan and latest National Planning Policy?

2) does the neighbourhood plan contribute to the achievement of sustainable development? 

3) does the neighbourhood plan breach any habitat regulations or human rights etc?

4) has the NPSG followed the neighbourhood plan regulations in preparing the neighbourhood plan?

The examiner may propose some modifications, and subject to these, and as long as the plan has met the legal requirements, there will then be a referendum on the neighbourhood plan.

Everyone on the electoral role in the Parish will be invited to vote on the neighbourhood plan.