Thurston
The Parish Council of Thurston, in conjunction with Thurston’s Neighbourhood Planning Team, is in the process of producing a Neighbourhood Plan for the Parish of Thurston. This is an important policy document because once it has been adopted it will hold the same weight in determining planning applications as the suite of policies of Mid Suffolk District Council.
As part of the process of developing the Neighbourhood Plan, the Neighbourhood Planning Team are considering the merits of making site allocations for development. Particular areas that the Neighbourhood Plan is looking to address are housing, commercial development, allotments and leisure and/or recreational facilities.
This notice is a formal request that if you as a landowner or your agent working with your agreement, wish for your land to be considered for allocation in the Neighbourhood Plan,then please could you provide the Clerk to the Parish Council with a short written response that: - states what use you wish the land to be considered for; - demonstrates how the site could help to achieve the draft objectives of the emerging Neighbourhood Plan, (a copy of which can be downloaded here); - details any restrictions or covenants currently placed upon the land in question.
All sites that relate well to the existing village of Thurston should be submitted. Any large sites (in excess of 2 hectares) that were submitted to Mid Suffolk District Council in 2014 as part of the SHLAA process will also be considered. Please include with your submission an Ordnance Survey base map which clearly shows the extent of the land that you wish to be considered. Please also show how this site might be accessed from the highway network.
The Neighbourhood Plan can only propose to allocate sites if they are demonstrably deliverable and this is a matter which you may wish to address in your submission. Any submission does not guarantee allocation or that a site’s prospects of ultimately gaining planning permission will be improved.
The deadline for any response is by 4.00pm on Friday 12th February 2016. All queries on this matter should be addressed to the Clerk to the Parish Council, either via email to thurstonnpsg@hotmail.com or using the following postal address: Thurston Parish Council, Parish Council Office, New Green Centre, Thurston, IP31 3TG
