Blakeney Neighbourhood Plan

Neighbourhood Plan Progress

The examination of the draft Blakeney Neighbourhood Plan ended on 19 January 2023, when the examiner issued the examination report. We have reviewed the report and consider that further changes are needed before the Plan can proceed to a public referendum.

Therefore, following published national guidance, we have invited representations from specific groups on our proposed additional changes. You can view the proposed changes in the decision statement in the submission and examination documents below.

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 conclusion of the examination process, we will update the Plan to include any required changes, factual updates and minor amendments as necessary before we arrange a public referendum. We will adopt the Plan if the community vote in favour at the referendum.

Once the Neighbourhood Plan is adopted, 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: