Consultation is now open on your Neighbourhood Plan

Eye & Dunsden Parish Council has been working on a Neighbourhood Plan (NP) through an appointed Steering Group, comprising of residents from across the Parish.

An NP is a locally-created and influenced statutory development plan that if approved and adopted, South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC), as Planning Authority for the Parish, has to have regard to when considering future planning applications.

The draft of the NP is now ready to be shared with residents and businesses living and operating within the Parish as well as with statutory consultees through a public consultation. This process is known as the pre-submission consultation and is conducted according to Regulation 14 of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations.

The Regulation 14 consultation period for the draft NP will be open from 00:01am on Friday 1 December 2023 until 11.59pm on Friday 12 January, 2024.

Leaflets providing information about the draft NP and the consultation process, including why it is important to take part, have been delivered to each household and business in the Parish. If you did not receive one and would like to, copies are available at the locations below so please feel free to pick one up.

The draft NP and supporting evidence documents can be viewed on this page.

The NP documentation comprises the following documents which you can view by clicking on the links:

• Part 1 – This Introductory Message
• Comment Form
• Privacy Policy
• Part 2 – Draft Eye and Dunsden Neighbourhood Plan
• Part 3 – Supporting Evidence Documents:

Appendix I	Settlement Character Assessment & Design Code
Appendix II	Landscape Character Assessment
Appendix III	Heritage Assets Evidence Base Document
Appendix IV	Local Green Spaces Assessment
Appendix V	Green Corridors in Eye & Dunsden
Appendix VI	Biodiversity Reports
Appendix VII	Non-Designated Heritage Assets List
Appendix VIII	Flooding in Sonning Eye
Appendix IX	Community Aspirations Summary
Appendix X	Parish Profile (OCS)
Appendix XI	Not allocated
Appendix XII	Native Trees
Appendix XIII	Parish Amenities Schedule

If you need help accessing the consultation materials or you know of anyone who you think would be interested in this consultation who does not have access to the internet, we would appreciate your help in telling them about it (email us at plan@eyedunsden.org)

In addition, printed copies of the NP and supporting evidence documents will be available for your review at the following locations during their usual opening hours :

• The Mill, Sonning
• The Crown, Playhatch
• Loddon Brewery, Dunsden Green

We would appreciate it if you do not remove the documents from the venues so other residents can also have the opportunity to review them.

The Steering Group invite you to provide your comments on the NP using the Comment Form. You can either:

• print out a copy from this page

• or pick up a paper copy at one of the three locations mentioned above.

Once completed, you can either:

• email the comments form to plan@eyedunsden.org; or
• post it to: Neighbourhood Plan Consultation, Clerk to Eye & Dunsden Parish Council, The Glade, Remenham Piece, Remenham Hill, Henley on Thames, RG9 3ET.

Please do not leave your Comment Form at the venues listed above and please note that it is essential that you include your name, address and email address (if you have one) on your completed Comment Form to enable your comments to be considered by the Steering Group (and subsequently SODC as the planning authority). This information will be treated in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Parish Council Privacy Policy which is available for review on the Parish website.

Should you have any queries on the contents of this message or the consultation process, please email the Steering Group at plan@eyedunsden.org.

With thanks for your time.

NP Steering Group

30th November 2023