Please print and complete the attached sheet to respond to the consultation. Word format or hard copies of the consultation and repsonses sheet are available from the Clerk 01403 839300
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DROP IN EVENTS for residents to review comment and question the Draft Neighbourhood Plan are planned for:
29th October 2025 at Winterton Hall, Plaistow
11am to 1pm
6.30pm to 8.30pm
26th Novermber 2025 at Kelsey Hall, Ifold
11am to 1pm
7.30pm to 9pm
The
NP sets out Policies and Aims across five key areas:
Housing
– although not site allocations.
Economy
& Employment – Supports new local businesses, protects existing jobs,
and highlights the significance of village shops.
Community
Assets & Recreation – Safeguards heritage buildings and community
facilities.
Water – Addresses flooding and foul drainage infrastructure
aimed at ensuring development aligns with infrastructure constraints.
Environment
& Community Connectivity -Promotes biodiversity, green spaces, and
improved pedestrian, cycle, and public transport links. It also tackles village
congestion and encourages active travel.
Members of the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group will be available to chat at the events and light refreshments available.
Ahead of visiting these events please read the Draft Neighbourhood Plan and Appendix set out below.
INFORMAL CONSULTATION- PLAISTOW AND IFOLD DRAFT NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 2023-2039-NOW CLOSED
The Parish Council is publishing the draft Neighbourhood Plan over the summer for your intial thoughts. See below. This is ahead of a formal Statutory Consultation later in the year.
What’s in the Plan?
The NP sets out Policies and Aims
across five key areas:
Housing – Focuses on local housing needs,
design, and density. It upholds the Ifold Settlement Boundary and reflects
community feedback through the Plaistow and Ifold Design Guidelines.
Economy & Employment –
Supports new local businesses, protects existing jobs, and highlights the
significance of village shops.
Community Assets & Recreation –
Safeguards heritage buildings and community facilities, encourages their
recognition as Assets of Community Value, and lists important
Non-Designated Heritage Assets (NDHAs).
Water – Addresses flooding and foul drainage
infrastructure to ensure development aligns with infrastructure
constraints.
Environment & Community Connectivity – Promotes biodiversity, green spaces, and improved pedestrian,
cycle, and public transport links. It also tackles village congestion and
encourages active travel.
Have Your Say
Please send your feedback to the Parish Clerk
atclerk@plaistowandifold-pc.gov.uk. All comments will remain anonymous and help refine the plan before
formal consultation.
Timeline:
Summer 2025:
Informal publication and feedback
Autumn 2025:
Regulation 14 Consultation
Winter 2025:
CDC-led Regulation 16 Consultation
Early 2026:
Independent Examination and Referendum
Local Green Spaces Request for Nominations 1st January 2025 to 31st March 2025
WHICH ARE YOUR
FAVOURITE GREEN SPACES?
As we continue to work on the Neighbourhood
Plan, we have the opportunity to identify Local
Green Spaces that are valued by the community
and should be given a degree of protection as a
result. A list of potential Local Green Spaces was
identified several years ago and is now being
reviewed:
In Ifold
Loxwoodhills Pond, The Drive
Ancient Woodland in the Centre of Ifold
Landmark Oak Tree at the entrance to The
Drive
In Plaistow
Plaistow Recreation Ground
Cox’s Pond (Plaistow village pond) Loxwood
Road
‘Foxfields’ football field, Dunsfold Road
Nell Ball Hill and Trig Point, Dunsfold Road
Plaistow Preschool Playground, Winterton
Hall
In Shillinglee
Shillinglee Road Junction Traffic Island
What do you think of this list?
The criteria set
out in the National Planning Policy Framework
are that the space should be:
(a) in reasonably close proximity to the
community it serves;
(b) demonstrably special to a local community
and holds a particular local significance, for
example because of its beauty, historic
significance, recreational value (including as a
playing field), tranquillity or richness of its
wildlife; and
(c) local in character and is not an extensive
tract of land.
Do these sites meet those criteria?
Are there
other green spaces that you would like to see
protected and which meet the criteria? Please let
us know your thoughts by contacting the Clerk.
UPDATE OCTOBER 2024
The Parish Council are currently reviewing Policies and Aims to be incorporated in the updated Neighbourhood Plan. Once the Chichester District Local Plan Examination enables the Final Local Plan to come forward, these will be able to be completed for review by residents and other interested parties.
UPDATE MAY 2024 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
At the Annual Parish Meeting on 23rd May 2024 with approximately 40 residents in attendance Councillors presented on the work on the Neighbourhood Plan to date.
CHOICE OF DEVELOPMENT SITES IN PLAISTOW AND IFOLD FOR THE CHICHESTER DISTRICT EMERGING LOCAL PLAN
Chichester District Council are to decide on development sites within Plaistow and Ifold Parish and this will be achieved once the Chichester District Emerging Local Plan is Adopted via a Local Development Scheme the timetable for which is set out below. Residents will have a chance to comment on site or sites chosen at the Regulation 18 stage of the process anticipated to be in Autumn 2025.
Approval for Statutory Public
Consultation on Site Allocation DPD (Publication)
Autumn 2026
Statutory Public Consultation on
Site Allocation DPD (Reg 19) (Publication)
Autumn 2026
Submission to Secretary of State
Winter 2026
Examination Hearings
Spring 2027
Adoption (anticipated)
Summer/Autumn 2027
PLAISTOW AND IFOLD DESIGN CODE
AECOM Planning Consultants working with the Parish Coucnil and taken into account views expressed at the 7th December 2023 Consultation Event have produced a Design Code which will supply evidence to support policies in the Neighbourhood Plan and direct development in the Parish towards good design.
AECOM Planning Consultants working with the Parish Coucnil a have produced a Housing needs Assessment for the Parish which will supply evidence to support policies in the Neighbourhood Plan and direct development in the Parish towards houisng need.
On 7th December 2023 Plaistow and Ifold Parish Council together with AECOM consultants, hosted a consultation event on the 2023 Neighbourhood Plan. Attendees were asked to respond to seven questions and the questions and responses are set out below.
If you missed this event you can still respond to the questions by emailing Clerk@plaistowandIfold-pc.gov.uk or post your responses into the Winterton Hall, Plaistow, post box on the front of the building. Further responses will be accepted up to 22nd March 2024.The consultation has now closed.
Colin Smith Planning Ltd has been instructed to undertake the
majority of the work to prepare the Neighbourhood Plan. Colin Smith Planning
Ltd is familiar with the parish area, issues regarding Water Neutrality, and
many of the policies and background evidence to be reviewed / re-worked /
updated.
The consultancy firm will work alongside additional expert
support offered via the Government grant system for 'technical Neighbourhood
Plans'.
Decisions will be made by the full Council.
Each full Parish Council meeting will have a standing agenda
item to consider the progress of the Neighbourhood Plan. Meetings of the Parish
Council are held in public, and you are most welcome to attend - either in
person, or remotely via zoom.
Communities take a proactive approach in preparing a
Neighbourhood Plan. Throughout the process there will be various public
consultations and events to ensure everyone has provided their views and the
Neighbourhood Plan represents the parish's shared vision for how it should
develop over the coming years in ways that meet identified local needs.
The final Neighbourhood Plan must be made with the consent of
the community via a referendum.
What will it cost?
The
total maximum cost to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan is likely to be
approximately £22,050.
Some
of this cost is met from Government grant funding (about 80%); the remaining
20% is borne by the Parish Council's Precept.
More information about neighbourhood planning and how it works within the planning system can be found here: -
