Non-Designated Heritage Assets

The Lewknor Parish Neighbourhood Plan Group is seeking your views on a draft Non-Designated Heritage Asset list; an article has been included in the latest issue of Grapevine. Please find the links to the draft Non-Designated Heritage Assets appendix document which details each asset and to the Questionnaire. Please let us have your views by 30th April 2022. Details as to how to return it are set out on the questionnaire. Many thanks.

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Welcome to the Lewknor Parish Neighbourhood Plan website

What is a Neighbourhood Plan and why do we need one?
The Localism Act of 2012 gives parishes such as ours the opportunity to have a greater say in the future development of their area by creating a Neighbourhood Plan which defines such items as where we would like new housing to be built; the mix of housing types needed; and the infrastructure needs to support growth of our parish. 

A properly prepared and adopted Neighbourhood Plan has legal status alongside SODC’s Local Plan and will eventually sit alongside the Local Plan 2033 as a part of the Local Development Scheme. This means that it must be taken into account when applications are considered for planning permission. 

The Neighbourhood Plan gives all 705 residents of the Lewknor Parish community a new way of influencing planning decisions. By having an adopted Neighbourhood Plan, we have a legally enforceable way of controlling at least some aspects of future development in our Parish.

If we do not have a Neighbourhood Development Plan, the SODC Local Plan 2033 - Sites and General policies document will control these decisions.

Who is writing our Neighbourhood Plan?

You are! Well, at least it’s the feedback that you provide to our team of volunteers that is the basis of everything in it. Our team of volunteers is a small, dedicated group who have been working together since September 2017 to canvass the opinions of everyone in the Parish and to draw these together into a cohesive Neighbourhood Plan. We are always looking for more people to help, so if you have some time to spare please Contact Us.

How will I know what’s going on?

Send us a question through the Contact Us page, read updates here on the Lewknor Parish Neighbourhood Plan website, look us up in Grapevine or become a member of our Facebook Group to join in discussions, ask questions and post your point of view.