Once the Plan has now been through the examination processand
will be voted on in a Referendum to be held on Thursday 4th May
2017. All Bookham electors can vote whether to accept it as
planning policy for development proposals that are put forward in
the village in future. The final approved Plan will be
published here for download as soon as it is available.
Referendum to vote for the Plan to be held at the same time as
County Council elections on Thursday 4th May 2017
For full details about the decision to terminate the Plan and
how this affects the Neighbourhood Development Plan visit the
Mole
Valley Planning Dept website.
The Consultation on additional sites suggested for inclusion in
the Housing and Traveller Sites Plan has been published and will
run from 09/06/14 00:01 to 21/07/14 16:00.
This link will take you to the Mole Valley webpage where you can
view and comment on the sites added.
The Forum has now been designated - at last
the serious business of producing the Neighbourhood Plan can
begin. For more information about the designatin process look
at the Mole Valley Neighbourhood
Planning Page.
The latest Local Development Framework (LDF)
Newsletter was published in March 2012 setting out what is
happening in the Mole Valley Local Development Framework. You can
find out more and read the Newsletter here:
Mole Valley latest issues and consultations
Links to news articles on the DCLG (Department for Communities and Local Government) website:
Neighbourhood
Planning support from RTPI and Planning Aid
England
Latest notes on Neighbourhood Planning from DCLG up to December
2015.
17th February 2015
Latest notes on neighbourhood planning from DCLG.
20th January
2015
Latest
notes on neighbourhood planning from
DCLG.
DCLG New Guidance on Green
Belt - October 2014
Councils must protect our precious Green Belt land. New
guidance for local planning authorities.
More...
17th April 2014
Notes produced by the DCLG on neighbourhood
planning on a regular basis are available on the
DCLG website.
14th April 2014
Government offers support for Garden Cities.
27th March 2013
Localism now countrywide as three remaining
regional plans are abolished....
More...
September 2012 to March
2013
Neighbourhood planning bulletins containing
the latest news and policy developments from the DCLG...Here...
14th June
2012
Communities to get more barrier-breaking powers
via the Sustainble Communities Act. How will this affect
Neighbourhood Forum's, Parish Councils and Local Councils who have
embarked on a local Neighbourhood Development Plan? The
consultation process is underway - have your say..
...More...
15th February 2012
Grant Shapps welcomes overwhelming demand to Get Britain Building.
The £420million Get Britain Building fund is a key tenet of
the Housing Strategy. Launched just two months ago, the Get Britain
Building fund has seen a total of 176 expressions of interest -
meaning the programme is now three times oversubscribed....More...
16th November 2011:
The Localism Act will trigger the biggest transfer of power in a
generation, releasing councils and communities from the grip of
central government.....More
To contact Bookham Vanguard Neighbourhood Forum please use the contact page on the navigation bar at the top of the page, or please contact us at the email address below