Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan

The parish of Ashdon has been designated as a Neighbourhood Plan Development Area.

Submission public consultation

A consultation on the Submission Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan runs from 8am Thursday 14 April 2022 to 5pm Monday 30 May 2022.

The Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan is being compiled by local residents and the Parish Council. It establishes a vision for the evolution and long-term sustainability of Ashdon Parish and village. The plan sets out a vision for the future of the parish and planning policies which will be used to determine planning applications locally.

The Parish of Ashdon is a small rural community set in rolling open countryside on the Essex Cambridgeshire border. It is a uniquely situated village with two historic cores, namely the primary centre grouped around the Rose and Crown pub and secondly the smaller settlement of Church End focused around the Grade I All Saints Church.

Key dates

Neighbourhood Area designated Uttlesford District Council (UDC): 1 May 2019

Pre-submission public consultation (Regulation 14): 17 September - 31 October 2021

Examiner appointed: 9 February 2022

Submission public consultation (Regulation 16): 14 April - 30 May 2022

Designated neighbourhood plan area

Ashdon Neighbourhood Development Plan Area (PDF) [830KB]

The Parish of Ashdon was designated as the Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan Development Area under an Executive Decision by the Leader on 1 May 2019.

Ashdon Neighbourhood Development plan application letter [1.12MB]

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Screening Determination

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Screening Determination Statement (under Regulation 9 and 11 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes 2004)

Uttlesford District Council has determined that the draft Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan is unlikely to result in significant environmental effects and therefore, does not require a Strategic Environmental Assessment. This statement also includes the reasons for this determination (in line with Regulation 11 of the SEA Regulations).

Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Screening Determination Statement (January 2022) (PDF) [1MB]

Pre-submission consultation (Regulation 14)

Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan Group and Ashdon Parish Council ran a consultation on the Pre-submission (Regulation 14) Draft Neighbourhood Plan for Ashdon. The consultation ran from 17 September to 31 October.

You can read the Pre-submission Draft Neighbourhood Plan on the Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan website. They were also consulting on a Draft Design Code for Ashdon.

Submission public consultation (Regulation 16)

Ashdon Parish Council submitted its Neighbourhood Plan to Uttlesford District Council on 31March 2022.Uttlesford District Council confirmed on 11 April 2022 that the Neighbourhood Plan submission complies with all the relevant requirements.

Uttlesford District Council acknowledgement of submission of the Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan (PDF) [207KB]

Consultation

The consultation runs from 8am Thursday 14 April 2022 to 5pm Monday 30 May 2022.

Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan and accompanying documents were submitted to Uttlesford District Council on 31 March 2022. We are inviting representations on the submission version of the Ashdon Neighbourhood Plan.

Representations must have been received by Uttlesford District Council no later than 5pm on Monday 30 May 2022. Representations after this date will not be considered.

Representations can be submitted by: