The results of the consultation; comments made by residents of
Bookham and statutory consultees will be published on the Welcome page.
Village Day was a great success this year with the wonderful weather encouraging a large Bookham crowd to turn out and enjoy the parade, events and stalls.
The information on the Neighbourhood Forum
stand explained how the Neighbourhood Plan would aim to plan for
the future of Bookham's growing population, protect what residents
like about the village and hope to improve Bookham's facilities and
environment.
The Bookham Neighbourhood Forum had noticed in their March questionnaire results that the current profile of Bookham residents who had expressed an interest in the Neighbourhood Plan were in the over 50 age group. In order to gain the attention of the under 50's a decision was taken to spend the Summer promoting to as many parents of young children as they had time for.
On the theme of neighbourhood development children were asked to guess how many pieces were contained in a model of a house made of lego. This gave parents time to have a look at the information about the Neighbourhood Plan
Forum members were on hand to answer
questions and explain the NDP process.
Over 150 children responded to the challenge and the winners were delighted with their prizes of their own lego models to build.
The Neighbourhood Forum handed back responsibility to Mole
Valley for reviewing the Green Belt in Bookham. This review
will now form part of the Mole Valley Housing and Traveller Sites
Plan (HTSP). A joint event was organised to invite Bookham
residents to comment on the HTSP and look at the consequences for
Bookham's future whether or not a Green Belt site or sites is
identified for development in Mole Valley's Plan.
The theme for this event was "Your Questions
Answered" in response to queries arising from the
Green Belt review method, consulted on during April and May
2013. The event hoped to guide the visitors through some
common questions asked by residents about the Green Belt review,
Neighbourhood Planning Process and Forum make-up. The
questions and answers presented are available to download on the
FAQ page of
this website.
Lucy Botting, Chair of the Forum introduced two new videos covering Infrastructure Issues and Bookham Business, the videos were shown on the big screen in the main hall as well as in the Waterfield Room where Chris Attwood, Deputy Chair of the Forum, held discussion groups after presenting the videos separately and at different times. The rest of the Forum helpers answered questions relating to the information presented on boards displayed around the Barn Hall. As well as providing refreshments.
Bookham Vanguard exhibited information on the background to and
progress of the Neighbourhood Planning project at both these
events. Village Day saw the launch of the latest Newsletter (June 2013) and
introduced the news that the revised tests for assessing the
Green Belt
had been consulted on, discussed by the Forum and
finalised. The same information was available two weeks
later at the Jubilocity evening event at Polesden Lacey, where it
was also announced that the Green Belt review would be undertaken
by Bookham Vanguard during July 2013. It was hoped that the
review would be complete by the end of this month. But due to
the very technical nature of the review process it will take longer
than expected. Please keep in touch with news published on
the home page, results will be
published as soon as they are available.
A new format for this event. View the
videos shown, see the maps that were on display to do with New
Homes for Bookham and the Green Belt review the method for which
was consulted on with Bookham residents during April and May 2013.
The
results of the consultation are published
separately. The Green Belt review is now
underway.
At this event a different format was used to bring the work of the Forum to the community. Background information was displayed for visiitors to read, Forum and Task Force members were on hand to explain and discuss the issues arising from the information provided. Table activities were used to help residents think through what planning decisions the background information might lead to.
Pictures of the displays, a map of potential development sites
currently identified and the results of the table activities and
promotions survey will be published onthe Event's
own, dedicated page as they become available.
Read the presentation given by Trevor Sokell and the questions asked by attendees.
Read the presentation given by Trevor Sokell and find out about questions asked at the meeting.
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