The draft Neighbourhood Development Plan for Humber, Ford & Stoke Prior is published here for public consultation from 9.00am on Saturday 1 August 2015 until 5.00pm on Tuesday 15 September 2015.
Copies of the draft Plan will be delivered to each household and business in the Group Parish, and are also available:
- On this page – see below.
- On request from the Clerk to Humber, Ford & Stoke Prior Group Parish Council by email to clerk@hfspgroup.org.uk, or by post to Great Marston Farmhouse, Risbury, Herefordshire HR6 0NJ
- For inspection at Leominster Information Office and the Post Office in Stoke Prior (during opening hours)
The Neighbourhood Development Plan documents
The draft Neighbourhood Plan: HFSP Draft NDP August 2015 web-version
Appendix A: Consultation Statement: this will be prepared when the Plan is submitted following completion of the public consultation. Details of the consultations to-date are on other individual pages.
Appendix B: Basic Conditions Statement: this will be prepared as part of the Plan’s submission following completion of the public consultation.
Appendix C: Habitat Regulations Assessment: Humber_Ford_Stoke_Prior_HRA
Strategic Environmental Assessment: Humber_Ford_Stoke_Prior_Env_Report
Appendix D: NDP Steering Committee minutes: see Steering Committee page.
Appendix E: Designation of Neighbourhood Area: Humber_Ford_Stoke_Prior_Decision_Document
Appendix F – Housing Land Assessment
Appendix G Future Housing Development
How to send comments on the draft Plan
Comments should be sent in writing, and should include the name and address of the person making the comments. As this is a statutory consultation, all comments submitted will be available publicly. A form is available for comments, which will be delivered with copies of the Plan and is also available here: HFSP Draft NDP Comments sheet
If you wish to be kept updated on future progress with the Neighbourhood Plan, please also give an email address (which will not be published).
Please make comments as specific as possible, relating to specific Policies. It is important to quote the relevant policy or paragraph number(s).
Send your comments to Humber, Ford & Stoke Prior NDP Steering Group:
by post: The Clerk, Humber Ford & Stoke Prior Group Parish Council, Great Marston Farmhouse, Risbury, Herefordshire HR6 0NJ
or by email: clerk@hfspgroup.org.uk
or by hand: at one of the advertised drop-in sessions.
All comments must be received by 5pm on 15 September 2015. These will be considered by the NDP Steering Committee and will help shape the final Plan to be produced in the autumn. A Consultation Statement, including a summary of all comments received and how these were considered, will be published together with the final Plan.
Consultation publicity and distribution
The consultation was publicly advertised by a notice in the Parish Pump magazine, an email sent to residents and notices posted around the Group Parish on 25 July 2015: Regulation 14 Public Consultation Notice.
Posters were placed around the Group Parish on 1 August 2015: Consultation poster
Copies of the Draft Plan document were personally delivered to all homes and businesses in the Group Parish by volunteers during the first week of August (Instructions to volunteer distributors), with a covering letter: Covering letter to residents.
Copies of the Draft Plan and published Appendices C,F and G (see above) were emailed to the following consultees on 31 July 2015:
| Group | Organisation |
| Statutory | Dwr Cymru Welsh Water |
| Statutory | Environment Agency |
| Statutory | Highways England |
| Statutory | Historic England |
| Statutory | Natural England |
| Advised | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Advised | Bodenham Parish Council |
| Advised | Bredenbury and District Group Parish Council |
| Advised | Hatfield and District Group Parish Council |
| Advised | Hope under Dinmore Group Parish Council |
| Advised | Leominster Town Council |
| Advised | Network Rail (West) |
| Advised | Pencombe Group Parish Council |
| Advised | Herefordshire Council Ward Member |
| Advised | Member of Parliament for Herefordshire North |
| Relevant | Balfour Beatty Living Places Drainage |
| Relevant | Campaign to Protect Rural England, Herefordshire |
| Relevant | English Heritage |
| Relevant | Hereford & Worcester Fire Brigade |
| Relevant | Hereford and Worcester Chamber of Commerce |
| Relevant | Herefordshire Wildlife Trust |
| Relevant | Homes and Communities Agency |
| Relevant | Sport England |
| Relevant | Stonewater |
| Relevant | The Woodland Trust |
| Relevant | West Mercia Police |
| Relevant | West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner |
| Relevant | West Midlands Ambulance Service |
| Relevant | Western Power Distribution |