Consultation on the submitted plan

The Hurn Neighbourhood Plan has been produced by the Hurn Parish Council in Christchurch. They have prepared all supporting documents and have formally submitted their Neighbourhood Plan proposal to us.

As the local planning authority, we are required to consult on the neighbourhood plan proposal before an independent examination of the plan takes place.

The consultation period ran from Friday 7 July to Friday 1 September 2023.

This was an opportunity for individuals and organisations to raise comments they have about the plan with regard to its content, and how it has been prepared. An independent examiner has been appointed, and all responses received by us have been passed on to them for consideration as part of the examination process.

The Hurn Neighbourhood Plan Proposal is available to view together with the supporting documents. These are as follows:

• Draft Hurn Neighbourhood Plan (2022-2032) dated December 2022
  
• Map of the Hurn Neighbourhood Plan Area
• Basic Conditions Statement dated December 2022
• Consultation Statement dated December 2022
• SEA Screening Report dated January 2022.

Supporting evidence:

• Important Local Gap Policy – Background Paper November 2022
  
• Hurn Housing Needs Assessment March 2020
• Local Area 2011 Census Report for Hurn Parish, Office for National Statistics
• Borough of Christchurch: Local Grade Listed Buildings
• Christchurch Local Plan (comprising Core Strategy 2012 and saved policies of the Christchurch Local Plan 2001)
• Christchurch Borough-wide Character Assessment 2003
• Consultation on Biodiversity Net Gain Regulations and Implementation 2022, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
• England’s Light Pollution and Dark Skies Map (CPRE)
• Dorset’s Ecological Networks (Dorset Local Nature Partnership)
• East Dorset Forest Plan (Forestry England)
• Flood Risk mapping website (with separate tabs on river and surface water flooding) (Environment Agency)
• Hurn Forest Biodiversity Audit 2013, prepared by SW Environmental on behalf of Hurn Parish Council
• Hurn Parish Plan 2010, Hurn Parish Council
• National Heritage ‘Search’ List for England
• National Planning Policy Framework
• Planning practice guidance
• Strategic Green Belt Assessment December 2020, prepared for BCP Council and Dorset Council by Land Use Consultants
• Stour Valley Park website

This consultation has now closed. Thank you to everyone who responded.