Watton Neighbourhood Plan
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The Watton Neighbourhood Plan has been made.
- Adoption Decision Statement - Watton Neighbourhood Plan (PDF, 346 KB)(opens new window)
- Watton Neighbourhood Plan (PDF, 12 MB)(opens new window)
Dates of each stage
- Designation date: 4 August 2017
- Regulation 14 draft plan took place in February 2022
- Regulation 16 plan consultation started: 30th January 2023
- Examination Report issued: 30 August 2023
- Date of referendum: 18 January 2024
- Date Plan Made 8 April 2024
Referendum on the Watton Neighbourhood Plan
A Referendum relating to the making (agreeing) of the Watton Neighbourhood Plan was held on Thursday 18 January 2024
The question to be asked in the Referendum was:
"Do you want Breckland Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Watton to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?"
The result of the Referendum was
Ballot Papers Issued: 1,058
Votes cast in favour of a 'yes' = 962 (90.9%)
Votes cast in favour of a 'no' = 93 (8.8%)
Votes being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty = 3
A copy of the Referendum Information Statement and other 'specified documents' are listed below:
- Watton Neighbourhood Plan Referendum Information Statement (PDF, 105 KB)(opens new window)
- Watton Neighbourhood Development Plan - Referendum Version (PDF, 5 MB)(opens new window)
- Examiners Report on the Watton Neighbourhood Plan (PDF, 555 KB)(opens new window)
- Watton Neighbourhood Plan: Examiner's Recommendations (PDF, 404 KB)(opens new window)
- Watton Neighbourhood Plan - Regulation 16 Consultation - Representations (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
- Watton Neighbourhood Plan Basic Conditions Statement (PDF, 698 KB)(opens new window)
- General information about the planning system and Neighbourhood Plans (PDF, 343 KB)(opens new window)
Examination of the Neighbourhood Plan
The Examiners Report on the Neighbourhood plan was received on 30 August 2023.
WNP Independent Examiners Report (PDF, 492 KB)(opens new window)
The Council has appointed Intelligent Plans and Examinations (IPE) Ltd to carry out the examination into the Watton Neighbourhood Plan.
The Examiner has issued a procedural letter and some questions in respect of the Watton Neighbourhood Plan. This is available for viewing below along with Breckland's response.
- Procedural matters (PDF, 228 KB)(opens new window)
- BDC Response (PDF, 203 KB)(opens new window)
- Watton Town Council’s Response (PDF, 147 KB)(opens new window)
Submission Consultation (Reg.16)
Breckland Council conducted the submission consultation, which started on 30 January 2023 and ended on April 7 2023.
These documents are found at Watton Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 16) Consultation
Responses to this consultation are below:
- WNP01 ARP response Watton Reg 16 redacted (PDF, 167 KB)(opens new window)
- WNP02 BDC response reg 16 Watton (PDF, 350 KB)(opens new window)
- WNP03 Historic England response Reg 16 Watton (PDF, 166 KB)(opens new window)
- WNP04 ICS response redacted (PDF, 174 KB)(opens new window)
- WNP05 National Highways Reg 16 response Watton (PDF, 45 KB)(opens new window)
- WNP06 Natural England response Reg 16 Watton redacted (PDF, 190 KB)(opens new window)
- WNP07 Tesni response Reg 16 Watton redacted (PDF, 248 KB)(opens new window)
- WNP08 Wilcox response Watton Reg 16 redacted (PDF, 212 KB)(opens new window)
Pre-Submission Consultation (Reg.14) on Watton Neighbourhood Plan
Watton Town Council has completed the first statutory consultation on its Neighbourhood Plan.
Find out more about the pre-submission consultation (Reg.14).
Neighbourhood Plan Area designation
Watton Parish Council applied to designate a neighbourhood area on 4 August 2017.
Parishes included within the neighbourhood area: Watton.
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