In more detail
Five rounds of neighbourhood plan 'frontrunner neighbourhoods' were announced during 2011 and 2012:
| round 1: April 2011 | 17 neighbourhoods,5 urban |
| round 2: May 2011 | 33 neighbourhoods,5 urban |
| round 3: June 2011 | 49 neighbourhoods, 9 urban |
| round 4; August 2011 | 36 neighbourhoods, 6 urban |
| round 5: March 2012 | 108 neighbourhoods, 12 neighbourhoods |
These involved 233 neighbourhoods. Of this total, however, less than 40 were in city or metropolitan borough or London borough council areas. And a disproprtionate number of those located in such urban areas were 'business' neighbourhood plans. That is, covering industrial and commercial areas with few household residents.
Talking with neighbourhoods who have direct experience of running a local planning process in a similar, urban environment is likely to be most useful if you are considering starting out on the process. All three Birmingham-based community led local plan initiatives (which are featured in the video on this site) are happy to help other neighbourhoods with advice (see below).
Champions Network
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) set up a network of Neighbourhood Planning Champions in 2013. These champions were identified as having first hand experience of the neighbourhood plan development process. They can offer advice and support to groups who are undertaking neighbourhood planning and encourage groups in other neighbourhoods to consider it. There are more than 130 volunteers in the network.
You can access the network via DCLG (see below).
Mainstream Support
Neighbourhood Planning was mainstreamed in 2012 and further neighbourhoods were accepted into the programme on a first come-first served basis
In 2015 DCLG announced priority areas for the support programme including:
- urban areas
- processes led by neighbourhood forums in unparished areas
- neighbourhoods in areas of rapid population growth
- plans covering larger populations (more than 25000 people)
- deprived areas.
The current support programme will provide £22 million funding to help groups with neighbourhood planning up to 2018. The programme, which is run by Locality, provides financial help to cover the costs of things like printing, hiring rooms, producing a website and volunteer expenses and enables communities to call on professional planning support when some additional or specialist expertise is needed.
Grants of up to £9000 per neighbourhood are available. Priority neighbourhoods (see above) can apply for up to a further £6000.
| Key Facts:
The current programme of support for neighbourhoods undertaking neighbourhood planning can provide up to £9000 per neighbourhood, or £15000 per neighbourhood in priority areas (including most urban areas). The programme is run by Locality on behalf of the government. You can also make contact with people and groups who have already been involved in neighbourhood planning elsewhere through the neighbourhood planning champions network. |
Page Links from here
You can contact Neighbourhood Planning Champions through decentralisation@communities.gsi.gov.uk
The Neighbourhood Planning support programme is managed by Locality
On this toolkit see:
OR you can use the navigation menu above right to look at other parts of the toolkit.
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