REFERENDUM RESULT 95% YES
The figures were as follows:
Yes 310 (95.09%) No 16 (4.91%). 326 of 1051 electors voted, in person (221) or by post (105).
We understand that the practice in Shropshire, because our Plan will now become Council Policy, is for it to be formally Made at the next full Council meeting, this being 25th July. (There is no meeting in June.)
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE YES
Banners are up in the village, and here is a leaflet giving arguments for voting YES.
PLAN APPROVED FOR REFERENDUM - 30th MAY 2019
The Referendum will be held, in the Victory Hall, between 7 am and 10 pm on THURSDAY 30th MAY 2019The question which will be asked in the Referendum is: “Do you want Shropshire Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Woore to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?” All registered electors in the Parish may vote - postal votes will be issued to those registered for them.
We need parishioners to vote "YES" in as large numbers as possible, so that the Plan you have helped to form can really influence the future of our Parish.
Please vote YES on 30th May.
The final version of the Plan, to be voted on, can be downloaded here.
Voting Information for Referendum:
Applications to be added to the register of electors for this election must be received no later than Monday 13 May 2019.
New applications for, or amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of existing postal proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND by 5 pm on Tuesday 14 May 2019.
New applications to vote by proxy at this referendum must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND by 5 pm on Tuesday 21 May 2019.
Examination Complete
The Examiner's Report has now been published by Shropshire Council and is available here. Shropshire confirms the matter is on the Cabinet Agenda for 20th March 2019, following which, if agreed, we understand the Referendum must be held within 56 working days (mid-June). See above.We were delighted to receive (December) this Examiner's Report on our draft Plan. With mainly minor amendments he recommends that the draft Plan proceed to a Referendum of registered electors in the Parish in 2019. The only exception is his removal of our sensitive gaps policy, but we feel this is mitigated by the adoption of a development boundary on the same lines, with all outside it (including the gaps between areas of development) being defined and protected as "open countryside". He has made no changes to the numbers or scale of our housing targets, or to our HS2 policy, that all land is restored to its original state on the completion of work.
The Team notified Shropshire Council that it supports proceeding now to a referendum on the Plan as amended, and the Parish Council also did so at its January meeting, unanimously agreeing “Woore Parish Council supports the conclusions of the Examiner's report into the Neighbourhood Plan, and agrees that there may be a need for Shropshire Council to provide additional minor clarifications to the examiner's proposed modifications in order to ensure internal consistency between the Examiner's conclusions and the resulting policies of the Neighbourhood Plan”.
This is a very different referendum by the way from the one (whether first or second) currently constantly featuring in the TV News - it will be just us, and what we vote for will happen!
Update on the Woore examination by Shropshire Council, 9 November 2018
John Parmiter, the independent examiner appointed currently assessing the Woore Neighbourhood Plan, has informed us that the plan should be informed by a habitat regulation assessment (HRA) screening assessment. Whilst the impact upon environmental assets has been considered as part of the SEA screening assessment carried out by Woore Parish Council as part of their preparation of the plan, it is now considered necessary for us, as the responsible body, to undertake a specific HRA screening assessment to provide further certainty about the plan’s likely impacts on protected sites.Mr Parmiter has therefore agreed to suspend the examination for a short period to allow us to undertake this process. An HRA screening assessment has therefore been prepared and is being consulted until Friday 7 December.
Following the consultation we'll consider any comments made and adjust the assessment if required. The final version of the assessment will then be sent to Mr Parmiter for his consideration, after which he will finalise his report. It's likely therefore that the examination process will be concluded by mid-December.
Update ends
We are delighted to be able to announce that on Friday 10 August, by agreement with the Parish Council and Neighbourhood Planning Team, Shropshire Council was able to make the appointment of Mr John Parmiter as Independent Examiner of the Draft Neighbourhood Plan for Woore Parish. We await his comments.
Responses received by Shropshire Council and passed to the Examiner have been posted on their web site.
Shropshire Council Consultation on the Final Draft Plan
This Consultation has now ended. Thank you to all those who responded.
Woore Parish Council (through the Neighbourhood Planning Team) has prepared a neighbourhood plan in accordance with Regulation 15 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.
On 29 May, this neighbourhood plan was submitted to Shropshire Council.
The submission of the Woore Neighbourhood Plan is accompanied by a basic conditions statement, a consultation statement and an SEA screening opinion. Please follow the links on this page to view the submitted documents.
Publication and consultation of the neighbourhood plan
As required by Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations, Shropshire Council are inviting representations during a public consultation on the submission version of the Woore Neighbourhood Plan:http://shropshire.gov.uk/get-involved/woore-neighbourhood-plan/
How do I make a comment?
Click on the 'How to get involved' tab on the page. Representations must be received by Shropshire Council no later than 5pm on Tuesday 24 July 2018. Representations received after this date will not be considered.Representations can be submitted in writing using the contact details on the page:
email: planning.policy@shropshire.gov.uk
tel: 0345 678 9004
Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6ND
You can also use the downloadable feedback form. Representations must be received by Shropshire Council no later than 5pm on Tuesday 24 July 2018. Representations received after this date will not be considered.
Hard copies of the Woore Neighbourhood Plan are available at the following locations for inspection during normal opening hours:
Shropshire Council, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Woore Country Store, 11 The Square, Woore, CW3 9SD
Notification
As part of your representation, you can request to be notified of the Council's decision on whether to make (adopt) the neighbourhood plan under Regulation 19 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.Next Steps
Following the consultation, Shropshire Council will collate and submit all the responses received and send them to the appointed examiner, along with the submitted documents, for examination.Following the examination, the appointed examiner will produce an examiner’s report and recommend whether the plan can be put to a public referendum or not. The council must then consider the examiner’s report and make a decision on whether to put the plan to public referendum or refuse it. If agreed, the council will arrange a referendum. If more than 50% of the votes at the referendum are in favour of the plan it will form part of Shropshire Council’s Local Development Plan.
Documents
Draft Plan May 2018Basic Condition Statement May 2018
Consultation Statement May 2018
[includes comments made at the first stage of consultation, and the Team's responses.]
SEA Screening Report
Woore Neighbourhood Plan Response Form
Team Meeting: Wednesday 21 March 2018, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
The Team worked through responses received in the consultation on the draft Plan, determined their view on each, and how to incorporate those which were accepted in the final draft.
Download the minutes of the meeting.
The Regulation 14 Public Consultation Period Has Ended
Drop In Consultation 7th February 2018
Many thanks to all who attended the session in the Victory Hall for their comments and support.
Woore Neighbourhood Planning Team
Publication of the Woore Neighbourhood Plan (Pre-Submission Version)
The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (Regulation 14)
Woore Neighbourhood Planning Team, as the Steering Group, acting in conjunction with Woore Parish Council, and with the help of the local community, has prepared a Neighbourhood Plan (the Plan) for the period to 2036 for Woore Parish. The Civil Parish of Woore includes several other hamlets and villages, notably Pipe Gate, Gravenhunger, Dorrington, Ireland's Cross, Bearstone and part of Onneley. The Plan sets out a vision for the future of the parish and planning policies which will be used to determine planning proposals locally.Woore Neighbourhood Planning Team and Parish Council are now inviting comments on the proposals in this Pre-Submission version of the Plan before it is submitted to Shropshire Council for formal consideration and wider consultation.
The consultation opens for comment on 22nd January 2018. The deadline for comments to be received by the Neighbourhood Planning Team is 5pm on 5th March 2018. Printed copies of the Plan can be viewed at the following location:
Woore Country Store, 11 The Square, Woore, CW3 9SD - or on written/email request.
An online version of the Plan can be viewed on this Neighbourhood Planning Team website at http://www.woorenpt.org.uk/WooreReg14Jan2018.pdf and the Neighbourhood Plan pages of the Woore Parish Council website at http://www.wooreparishcouncil.org/community/woore-parish-council-10149/neighbourhood-plan1/.
Feedback forms are available to download at the above websites, and will be provided at a public Drop In Session at Woore Victory Hall, London Road, Woore, CW3 9SF from 6 - 8 pm on Wednesday 7th February 2018 with members of the Team available to display printed copies and answer questions.
How to make representations:
a) Your comments will not be taken into account unless your Name and Postcode, Organisation or Body if you are not an individual, and Consultee Type, are included. Additional information is optional, but will greatly assist us in analysing responses to the consultation.
b) Please make additional separate representations if you are responding in different capacities. For example, you are an individual, but you are also representing an organisation or body or business, or you may be any other consultee type.
Comments on the Plan can be submitted via:
a) the printed response forms provided at the venues and websites listed above;
b) completed printed response forms, or letters should be sent:
By post: The Woore Neighbourhood Planning Team, c/o Tree View, Grove Crescent, Woore, CW3 9SX
[Please mark the envelope "Draft Plan"]
By email: info@woorenpt.org.uk
All comments will be publically available on Woore Neighbourhood Planning Team website page after the consultation period and when the Submission version of the Plan is released to Shropshire Council. Comments will be identifiable by name, organisation or body and consultee type (resident, business, other body, etc.). All other personal information provided will be protected according to the Data Protection Act 1998, and will not be made available online or otherwise.
Any questions about the consultation should be emailed to the Neighbourhood Planning Team at: info@woorenpt.org.uk
Thank you for taking the time to provide comments on our Neighbourhood Plan.
22nd January 2018
Team Meeting: Wednesday 3 January 2018, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
The Team agreed a final version of a first draft of the Plan and things are now moving rapidly. The six week consultation period on the draft Plan will begin on 22nd January 2018, with copies of the draft being available on the Neighbourhood Plan and Parish Council websites from that date, and comments being invited (pro formas also available on the websites) until this stage of consultation closes at 5 pm on 5th March 2018. As promised, there will be a public Drop In Session, on Wednesday 7th February in the Victory Hall, from 6 - 8pm, with printed copies of the Plan and the Comments form available, and members of the Team to respond to questions from residents. On past form we can expect another good turnout on the night.
Download the minutes of the meeting.
There will also be a couple of printed copies in the shop on the Square throughout the six week consultation period, or access to one can be requested through our web site.
Team Meeting: Wednesday 8 November 2017, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
The Team worked through the latest draft of the Plan, which, apart from more detailed maps, is now almost in the necessary state for submission for consultation. This and careful proof reading are the only tasks remaining before we can circulate a draft for official comment. These tasks can mostly be completed by correspondence or in small groups rather than in public meetings.
Download the minutes of the meeting.
Drop In Session: Wednesday 11 October 2017, 6.00 - 8.00pm, Victory Hall
The Team displayed and members were present to discuss with residents the analysis of replies to the Big Questionnaire and first drafts of Policies for inclusion in the Plan itself.
Members of the Team thank all the residents of Woore Parish who came to the Drop In Session on the Neighbourhood Plan. We were able to display the results of the Big Questionnaire, demonstrating the breadth of response and the statistics which support inclusion of particular policies in the draft Plan, which we were able to discuss with those attending.
Team Meeting: Monday 4 September 2017, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
The Team will discuss drafts of sections of the Plan, and arrangements for the Drop In Session in October.
Download the minutes of the meeting.
The Draft Vision For Woore Neighbourhood Plan
'The Parish of Woore will continue to be a vibrant, thriving community with improved facilities and amenities for all its residents and visitors. New development of an appropriate scale will have provided a mix of housing to reflect local needs, along with necessary improvements to local infrastructure. Developments will be sensitively located and designed to ensure that the cherished natural environment and rural character of the parish is maintained'Draft Objectives
- To ensure that new housing is of an appropriate scale and reflects local needs
- To maintain the rural character of Woore
- To support a thriving rural economy and village centre
- To improve the local infrastructure
- To protect and enhance community services and amenities
- To protect and enhance the natural environment
We drafted this vision and objectives from the responses that we received from the initial short questionnaire, which was made publically available at the drop-in session on the 27th February 2017.
Woore Neighbourhood Planning Team Press Release August 2017
Members of the Team met on 7th August to review the results of the Big Questionnaire. This produced a fantastic response rate of 54% of copies distributed (304) in hard copy and online. Clearly this is more than enough to establish the wishes of the population of Woore beyond question. The replies received were professionally analysed on our behalf by a third party, the consultants Cheshire Community Action Group, and presented in a document which is attached to this release.We intend to organise another Drop In session in the early Autumn to display and discuss the results with residents, but are already able to give a flavour of these as we begin the drafting of policies for inclusion in the Plan. These will include
Some of these policies should be available in draft by the time of the Drop In session, and we aim to have a full draft Plan for consultation by the end of 2017, proceeding to referendum in the course of next year.
A large number of other issues which are beyond the scope of a Planning Document, but clearly of great significance to residents, will be passed to the relevant bodies such as the parish council, the police, or Shropshire Council. These include such issues as bus services, speed limits and speeding vehicles, road and footpath maintenance, street lighting, community events and medical provision. The Woore Parish Neighbourhood Plan must concentrate on land use issues, as it will be used to help determine planning applications, but residents' other views collected in this exercise must not be ignored.
Team Meeting: Monday 7 August 2017, 7.30pm, Victory Hall (Committee Room)
The 304 'Big Questionnaires' returned (54% of all those issued) have now been professionally analysed by our Consultants, Cheshire Community Action, and the Neighbourhood Planning Team will consider the results, and those policies clearly endorsed for inclusion in the draft plan, before deciding on next steps and how to report these results to residents.
Download the minutes of the meeting.
Fantastic Response
Members of the Neighbourhood Planning Team, meeting on 26th June, were delighted at the fantastic response to our Big Questionnaire. Already over 50% of the forms we distributed have been returned, and we know more are on the way. Collection by volunteers has now ended, but a lot of residents asked for extra forms (or time) during this, and promised to return them soon. We are grateful to Andy, in Woore Country Store, for keeping the collection box in the shop available until after the coming weekend, so these can be received. Already over 200 forms have passed through the box, for which he has given space among his newspapers. The return rate we have already had is of course far higher than the usual poll in local government elections, and we are very grateful to all those residents and businesses who have taken the trouble to respond. The replies will now be analysed, so we can be certain of the policies which have genuine public support for inclusion in the Plan for Woore Parish, and the results will be published later in the Summer. We are on course to take the proposed Plan to public Referendum during the course of next year.The Team is of course aware of the latest news on HS2 road traffic passing through the village from the building site on the far side of Bar Hill once construction work reaches that far, and if any development in the Parish itself is intended (the line of course being in Madeley in Staffordshire, although they wish to take the spoil through Shropshire instead it seems) we will take every account of this in drafting the relevant policies.
Neighbourhood Plan Press Release June 2017
The Big Questionnaire has now been delivered throughout the Parish, and volunteers will call back at all houses over the weekend (24th and 25th June or other notified day) to ask for completed questionnaires.
- They can be left out on the doorstep on the day indicated for that road, or returned by the box in the Country Store in Woore.
- Many already have been, which is very pleasing, but residents who have done so would be very helpful, and spare themselves an un-needed knock on the door, if they left out a note saying the box has been used, where this is the case.
- We are well on the way to knowing the policies to be included in the Plan and thank all residents for their help.
Team Meeting: Monday 26 June 2017, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
This will be a short working session of the Neighbourhood Planning Team, for members and volunteers to return their collected questionnaires, assess the rate of reply and any areas needing re-visits, and arrange for the analysis to be carried out on replies received.
Download the Big Questionnaire here, and return it either to the collector who tells you they will call on a certain day or 25th June, to the box in the Country Store in The Square, or to info@woorenpt.org.uk
We now move to the next stage, the last major public information gathering one, of our progress to a draft neighbourhood Plan for Woore Parish. The short questionnaire in December gave us many valuable leads on public wishes. Now we have the Big Questionnaire, which builds on that to identify the planning policies residents wish to be included. As these are being individually delivered and collected at every house in the Parish, we delayed till after the General Election - we didn't want our volunteers mistaken for canvassers! Delivery of 600 questionnaires will be next Saturday and Sunday, 10th/11th June. They will be left with sealable plastic envelopes for re-use on collection if needed. Volunteers will collect on 25th June, or an alternative day close to that - they will indicate if so. Completed forms can be left out using the envelope provided if not home on the collection date. Alternatively a collection box will be available in the Country Store shop on The Square, Woore. We want a really high response rate to show what the people want.
Team Meeting: Monday 5 June 2017, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
This will be a working session of the Neighbourhood Planning Team, to bundle up the Big Questionnaires (now printed) together with envelopes and labels, into the agreed delivery runs for volunteers. Those not on the core team are invited from 8 pm to collect their runs.
Team Meetings: Thursday 18 & Monday 22 May 2017, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
These will be working sessions of the Neighbourhood Planning Team, on the 18th to cut the parish into sections ready to allocate to different people to distribute the questionnaires. As much local knowledge as possible will be great! Planning for the 22nd to be a short briefing session with the delivery and collection recruits, to allocate their sections.
Team Meeting: Monday 8 May 2017, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
This will be a working session of the Neighbourhood Planning Team to plan distribution of the Big Woore Questionnaire. This will not, it has been decided, take place while General Election materials are being delivered to houses.
Latest News
The Neighbourhood Planning Team is now at a point where help is required with the “Big Questionnaire”, with our objective being to maximise the level of response we get from the Parish. We need help in the following three areas:
1) Creating the Big Questionnaire packs.
Each Pack will contain an envelope, plastic bag and the questionnaire in readiness for delivery. This work needs to start at the beginning of June and completed by the 8th June at the latest.
We have nearly 600 packs to create and hope that, “many hands will make light work”.
2) Delivery and collection of the Big Questionnaire
We are looking for people to deliver the Big Questionnaire starting on the 10th June and completed by the 14th June. Collection of the Big Questionnaire will take place on the 25th June. We would like the same person to deliver and collect from the same houses. With enough volunteers again, we are hoping that this would not be overly onerous. Note that we are waiting till after the General Election, to avoid confusion with canvassers!
3) Analysing the Big Questionnaire
This would involve completing an Excel template with the answers from a number of the questionnaires. We need this work to be undertaken in early July.
If you can assist, please reply to info@woorenpt.org.uk by the 7th of May, indicating 1, 2, and/ or 3 from the numbered items above that you can help with. If you can assist with delivery and collection please could you provide an indication of the area/ estate/ road of the Parish (We are covering all areas – Woore, Pipe Gate, Bearstone, Irelands Cross, Gravenhunger, part of Onneley, Dorrington) where you would prefer to deliver and collect the Big Questionnaire.
Please also include your name and telephone number.
Please email me me if you would like to discuss this in more detail on the phone.
Jon Furber
Monday 24 April 2017, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
This is a working session of the Neighbourhood Plan Team to plan the Long Questionnaire
Download the minutes of the meeting.
Monday 27 March 2017, 7.30 pm, Victory Hall
Download the minutes of the meeting.
Public Drop-In Meeting: Monday 27 February 2017, 5.30pm to 7.30pm, Victory Hall
Find out what the Neighbourhood Plan Team have been doing, and what the results of the questionnaire are telling us.
See the Powerpoint Display or Spreadsheet Results here.
The Draft Vision For Woore Neighbourhood Plan
'The Parish of Woore will continue to be a vibrant, thriving community with improved facilities and amenities for all its residents and visitors. New development of an appropriate scale will have provided a mix of housing to reflect local needs, along with necessary improvements to local infrastructure. Developments will be sensitively located and designed to ensure that the cherished natural environment and rural character of the parish is maintained'Draft Objectives
- To ensure that new housing is of an appropriate scale and reflects local needs
- To maintain the rural character of Woore
- To support a thriving rural economy and village centre
- To improve the local infrastructure
- To protect and enhance community services and amenities
- To protect and enhance the natural environment
We drafted this vision and objectives from the responses that we received from the initial short questionnaire, which was made publically available at the drop-in session on the 27th February 2017.
Tuesday 23 February 2017, 7.30pm, Victory Hall
Monday 21 November 2016, 7.30 pm, Victory Hall
Monday 3 October 2016, 7.30 pm, Victory Hall
This will be a working session to draft the Neighbourhood Plan Questionnaire.
Woore Village Fete Raffle Results
At the 26 September Neighbourhood Planning Team meeting the draw was held for our free raffle from the Village Fete weekend. The following were the winners:
- Fish and Fizz meal for 2 at the Falcon: Sarah Beff
- Bottle of Champagne from the Village Shop: Alistair Snape and Michelle Ward (Headteacher) - 1 each
- Bottle of Merlot from the Coopers' Arms: Eve Bailey
- £5 Voucher for Festival Drayton: Rev Don Allcock (Vicar) and Rebekah Wainwright - 1 each.
Our thanks again to all the generous donors of the Prizes.
Shropshire Council Strategic Planning: Wednesday 8 June 2016
The minutes of the meeting with Shropshire Council Strategic Planning are now available.
General Meeting: Monday 4 April 2016, 7.30 pm, Victory Hall
A first governing committee was appointed, with Jeff West as Chair, Jon Furber and Tina Erskine as Joint Vice Chairs, and Kath Shaw as Minutes Secretary.
We also set up a Project Plan subgroup consisting of Jeff West, Tina Erskine, Jon Furber and Parish Cllr Malcolm Blake. Their first meeting was to establish skill sets, identify key stages, what resource is required, and time-scales. They would report back to the Neighbourhood Planning Team at the meeting on 20 April.
Download the minutes of the meeting.
Download the Neighbourhood Planning Roadmap Guide.
General Meeting: Wednesday 16 March 2016, 7.30 pm, Victory Hall
Following on from the successful public meeting which was attended by more than 40 people, the vast majority of which indicated that they felt Woore Parish should have a Neighbourhood Plan, the Neighbourhood Planning Team will held their first general meeting on Wednesday 16 March.
The main business of the meeting was
- to select a Chairman, a Secretary and a Treasurer for the team
- to identify tasks that need to take place and by when (this will be an ongoing process, we will almost certainly not be able to create a definitive list in this one meeting)
- to assign volunteers to the tasks identified as requiring immediate action
- to determine the dates of additional meetings
Download the minutes of the meeting.
Download the 2006 Woore Parish Plan.
You Can Help
The Neighbourhood Planning Team is looking for volunteers to help develop a Neighbourhood Plan which sets out the development guidelines for the entire community over the next 10 years.
The Team needs people with all skill sets, whether from computer wizards and experts in community outreach, to those willing to trudge the streets and deliver newsletters and questionnaires.
Even if you don't have the time to sign up as a volunteer, the Team still needs to hear your views on how you would like to see the Parish develop.
Information Resources
Download Nicola Fisher's presentation given at the 11 March 2016 Public Meeting.
The Locality Web site has a lot of information about Neighbourhood Plans. Locality is a national network of community-led organisations.
Hereford County Council also has a number of guides and case studies.
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has information on Neighbourhood Planning
The Chapel & Hill Chorlton, Maer & Aston and Whitmore Neighbourhood Planning Team have a useful Resources Page.
If you wish to volunteer, please send your details.
If you would like to be kept informed of the Team's activities, please sign up to our newsletter.
Any of our Governing or Parish Council Members will be happy to provide more information, or you can email us at info@woorenpt.org.uk
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Jon Furber Chair |
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Stephen Clifford Vice Chair |
stephen.clifford@wooreparishcouncil.org |
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Jeff West Founding Chair |
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Karin Billany Minutes Secretary |
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| Cllr Malcolm Blake | 01630 647892 |
| Cllr Mike Cowey | 01630 642963 |