Blakeney Neighbourhood Plan

Neighbourhood Plan Progress

Blakeney Parish Council formally submitted their final draft Neighbourhood Plan for examination on 26 November 2021. Following this, we held a six-week public consultation.

In summer 2022, Mr Andrew Freeman was appointed to hold an independent examination to consider whether the Plan meets the basic conditions needed to move forward to a public referendum. The examination ended on 19 January 2023, when the examiner issued the final report. We are currently considering whether we can proceed to a referendum, as potential further changes may be made.

Submission and Examination documents

The following table contains documents which were made available to the examiner, and those which have arisen through the examination process:

Next stages

Following the examiner's assessment, we will need to decide if the Plan should move to the next stage of a public referendum. Some suggested changes may be needed before the referendum can go ahead. If the Plan is approved for a referendum and the community then vote in favour, the Plan must be adopted by the Council within eight weeks of the referendum.

Once the Neighbourhood Plan is made, it will form part of the district-wide planning framework. It will become a material consideration (meaning it must be taken into account) for future planning applications in the Blakeney Neighbourhood area.

Key dates

• Designation date: 30 November 2017
• Regulation 14 draft Plan: 3 October 2019 to 15 November 2019
• Regulation 16 Plan submitted: 26 November 2021
• Regulation 16 Plan consultation: 28 March to 9 May 2022
• Plan sent for examination: 16 June 2022
• Referendum date: 
• Date Plan made: