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Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Report Consultation
Thank you to everyone who has participated in the consultations that we’ve held to date for the emerging Newton Longville Neighbourhood Plan. The comments received from the most recent Regulation 14 Pre-Submission consultation, which ended on 4 January, have all been considered. At the Parish Council meeting on Monday 15th the feedback was discussed and decisions made on a relatively small number of minor changes to the Plan (mostly updates and clarifying text). A revised version of the Neighbourhood Plan is now being prepared for submission in to Buckinghamshire Council under Regulation 16, after the consultation on the SEA Report finishes.
One of the essential steps to get our Neighbourhood Plan through is a six week consultation on a document titled the Strategic Environmental Assessment, or SEA. This is an independent review of our emerging Plan looking in particular at the impacts of our housing allocations on Climatic Factors, the Historic Environment, Landscape, Population & Housing and Transportation (the report assesses these impacts as all positive).
Ideally the SEA consultation would have been done at the same time as the one for our Regulation 14 Pre-Submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan, but we didn’t receive the report from consultants AECOM for review until after the latter consultation had ended. We are therefore running our SEA consultation from today (Wednesday 24 January) until Wednesday 6 March. A copy of the SEA Report can be downloaded below (a paper copy of the report can be provided on request, subject to a fee).
We are also making avalable, for context purposes, the latest version of the draft Submission Version of the Neighbourhood Plan, but it is important to note that we are not currently consulting on that document. The next opportunity for comments on the Plan is expected to be the Regulation 16 consultation undertaken by Buckinghamshire Council.
There is no online or paper comment form for completion this time around, so if you wish to comment then please either send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or write to the council office at Longueville Hall, Hammond Park, Whaddon Road, Newton Longville, MK17 0AT.
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Report January 2024
Draft Submission Version Neighbourhood Plan as at 24-01-2024 (web resolution 2.7Mb)
Draft Submission Version Neighbourhood Plan as at 24-01-2024 (15.9Mb)
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