Cowfold neighbourhood planning
Cowfold Neighbourhood Plan
Cowfold Parish have produced a neighbourhood plan which have been subject to successful Examination but cannot proceed to Referendum because of the legal requirements in relation to Water Neutrality and the Habitat Regulations.
To unlock the Cowfold Neighbourhood Plan, further work has been commissioned to address the issue of water. This work and the modifications to the Cowfold Neighbourhood Plan was subject to a focussed consultation. The consultation ran from 2 September 2024 to the 14 October 2024 for 6 weeks. The consultation has now concluded. The Council has considered the representations it received during the focussed consultation on Water Neutrality. The Council has completed a Decision Statement recommending the plan proceed to Referendum and published on 8 November 2024. Further details on the Referendum will be announced shortly.
Decision Statement
Cowfold Decision Statement 8 November 2024
Representations
Summary of Representations submitted during the period 2 September to 14 October 2024
Neighbourhood Plan Document
Cowfold Neighbourhood Plan November 2024
Examination documents
Cowfold Neighbourhood Plan Examiner's Report 19 April 2021
Cowfold Parish Council Response to the Examiner's Clarification Note (17 March 2021)
Examiner's Clarification Note (2 March 2021)
Representations
Representations to the Regulation 16 consultation can be found below:
Representation submitted during the period 23 March 2020 to 25 May 2020
Ref 1 D & M Planning Ltd (redacted)
Ref 2 Surrey County Council (redacted)
Ref 3 Devine Homes (Part I) (redacted)
Ref 3 Devine Homes (Part II) (redacted)
Ref 4 SCC Waste and Minerals Team (redacted)
Ref 5 Highways England (redacted)
Ref 6 Southern Water (redacted)
Ref 7 NHS Property Services (redacted)
Ref 11 ECE Planning (Part I) (redacted)
Ref 11 ECE Planning (Part II) (redacted)
Ref 12 Historic England (Part I) (redacted)
Ref 12 Historic England (Part II) (redacted)
Ref 13 Natural England (redacted)
Ref 14 National Grid (Part I) (redacted)
Ref 14 National Grid (Part II) (redacted)
Representation submitted during the period 17 December 2021 to 11 February 2021
Ref 15 Devine Homes (Part I) (redacted)
Ref 15 Devine Homes (Part II) (redacted)
Ref 15 Devine Homes (Part III) (redacted)
Ref 15 Devine Homes (Part IV) (redacted)
Ref 16 ECE Planning (Part I) (redacted)
Ref 16 ECE Planning (Part II) (redacted)
Ref 17 Southern Water (redacted)
Ref 18 Natural England (redacted)
Ref 19 Surrey County Council (redacted)
Ref 20 Environment Agency (redacted)
Ref 22 Highways England (redacted)
Ref 24 Historic England (redacted)
Further Consultation on the Cowfold Neighbourhood Plan
Cowfold Parish Council has been preparing a Neighbourhood Plan. We have updated the evidence base regarding heritage issues to support the submission draft Cowfold Neighbourhood plan. It was considered appropriate to go out to consultation on new evidence to ensure stakeholders had an opportunity to comment on it. This consultation is being undertaken in line with the Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended). If you have made previous comments to the previous Regulation 16 consultation (23 March 2020 to 25 May 2020) your comments will still be considered and passed onto the examiner in full. This consultation ran for 8 weeks from 5pm 17 December to midnight 11 February 2021. This consultation is now closed
https://strategicplanning.horsham.gov.uk/consult.ti/CowfoldNDP/consultationHome
Regulation 16 Consultation
Cowfold Neighbourhood Plan is currently out to consultation in line with the Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended). The consultation is for 9 weeks from 5pm Monday 23 March to midnight 25 May 2020.
Cowfold Neighbourhood Development Plan Regulation 16 Consultation
Regulation 14 Consultation
Area designation and approval
Under Regulation 7, the Cowfold Neighbourhood Plan Area was approved on May 16 2018.
Approval documents
- Cowfold-Designation-Map.pdf (PDF File, 3.4 MB)
- Cowfold-Designation-Report.pdf (PDF File, 134.8 KB)
- Cowfolf-Decision-letter.pdf (PDF File, 167.0 KB)
Application
Under Regulation 5 and 6, the Cowfold area application was put out for consultation from March 5- April 29 2016.