An Introduction to Neighbourhood Planning and Design Codes

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This course is designed to give councillors and clerks an understanding of what is involved in the development of a Neighbourhood Plan and associated documents such as Design Codes, with a view to enabling them to get started or review an existing plan.

Course includes:

• An overview of the Neighbourhood Plan process
• Developing a vision and objectives, writing the plan
• Bringing the Neighbourhood Plan into force: examination, referendum, adoption
• Reviewing a Neighbourhood Plan
• Design Codes – what are they and how do they relate to neighbourhood planning
• Resources, including grant funding
• Other options, neighbourhood development orders, neighbourhood priority statements, street votes
• What the reforms to the planning system may mean for neighbourhood planning