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AREA DESIGNATION NOTICE
NORTON NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
Mid Suffolk District Council received an application from Norton Parish Council (the ‘Relevant Body’) to designate the whole of their parish as a Neighbourhood Plan Area on 17 December 2024.
The application was made under Regulation 5 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended). A copy of the application and a map which identifies the area to which this relates can be found on the District Council website at:
https://www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/w/norton-neighbourhood-plan
Regulation 5A states that ... “where (1)(a) a local planning authority receives an area application from a parish council” and “(1)(b) the area specified in the application consists of the whole of the parish council’s area, (2) the local planning authority must exercise their powers under section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to designate the specified area as a neighbourhood area.”
Regulations 6 and 6A relating to publicising an area application do not apply in this instance.
Therefore, in accordance with Regulation 5A(2) and 7(1) of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended), Mid Suffolk District Council hereby give notice that it has designated the parish of Norton as a Neighbourhood Plan Area in order to facilitate the preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan by Norton Parish Council.
Philip Isbell
Acting Director of Planning - Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils
Dated: 19 December 2024
NORTON NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
Mid Suffolk District Council received an application from Norton Parish Council (the ‘Relevant Body’) to designate the whole of their parish as a Neighbourhood Plan Area on 17 December 2024.
The application was made under Regulation 5 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended). A copy of the application and a map which identifies the area to which this relates can be found on the District Council website at:
https://www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/w/norton-neighbourhood-plan
Regulation 5A states that ... “where (1)(a) a local planning authority receives an area application from a parish council” and “(1)(b) the area specified in the application consists of the whole of the parish council’s area, (2) the local planning authority must exercise their powers under section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to designate the specified area as a neighbourhood area.”
Regulations 6 and 6A relating to publicising an area application do not apply in this instance.
Therefore, in accordance with Regulation 5A(2) and 7(1) of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended), Mid Suffolk District Council hereby give notice that it has designated the parish of Norton as a Neighbourhood Plan Area in order to facilitate the preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan by Norton Parish Council.
Philip Isbell
Acting Director of Planning - Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils
Dated: 19 December 2024