In more detail
Neighbourhood Development Orders (NDOs) are community-led land use documents, like Neighbourhood Plans. They were both introduced by the Localism Act 2011. Under its terms, an NDO can be used by a neighbourhood community to approve, for example, the building of homes, shops, businesses, affordable housing for rent or sale, community facilities or playgrounds.
How it works
An NDO grants planning permission for a specified kind of development (including change of use as well as new build development). This can be very specific – a particular development – or more general – a particular class of development, like housing. There are types of development that Parliament agreed cannot be specified by an NDO. They include: minerals and waste development and types of development that always need an Environmental Impact Assessment (eg a nuclear power plant) or form part of nationally significant infrastructure (a motorway of high speed rail link, for example). The government has powers to exclude other forms of development from being enabled by NDOs.
An NDO must apply to a specified area. Again, this can be tightly defined (a site) or more broadly specified (a part of the neighbourhood which might include several potential sites).
Process
The process for getting an NDO must be led by the parish council, if there is one, and by a neighbourhood forum (as defined in the Localism Act 2011) where there is no parish council. The process to be followed is like that for neighbourhood plans. It starts with the parish council or neighbourhood forum submitting a neighbourhood area application to the local planning authority, including the proposed boundary of the neighbourhood area. The application is then publicised for six weeks and comments invited.
Like neighbourhood plans, an NDO is:
- Presented to the local council to check whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is required; that there is sufficient evidence backing the case for the order; and that it appears to be compatible with existing local plans
- Subjected to an independent examination which checks it is in conformity with national and local planning policies and that the proposed development would not damage the local heritage.
- Put to a public referendum.
- Adopted by the council as part of the Local Planning Framework.
| Key Facts:
A Neighbourhood Development Order is a community-led way of enabling development of a certain kind in your neighbourhood. Like neighbourhood planning, the process must be led by a parish council or a neighbourhood forum (as defined in the Localism Act). |
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