Crookham Village Neighbourhood Plan Consultation

Crookham Village Neighbourhood Plan Consultation

The Neighbourhood Plan covers the Crookham Village parish area consisting of the old village, Zebon Copse and Netherhouse Moor. The draft plan sets out locally focused planning policies to suit the local settlement characters within the parish.

After a lot of work by the local volunteer team, the plan is in its final draft and the last of four key consultations is starting now to gain agreement on its submission. Anyone living in the parish can provide their final input including those living in the ‘old village’, Zebon Copse and Netherhouse Moor. The number of people who comment on it, even if they agree with it, is one of the criteria that our Neighbourhood Plan is judged on, so please respond.

The Neighbourhood Plan cannot reverse planning decisions like Watery Lane and Grove Farm but, one approved, it will become key evidence to guide planning decisions made by Hart. So it can affect what change to the existing environment and future developments look like in a number of important ways. It can protect important green spaces including those smaller ones within developments like Zebon Copse. This will help to ensure that new development takes appropriate account of our valued local environment and it might help protect against further unsuitable development proposals.

A leaflet with a summary and the way to comment is coming through your door; please read it and respond by 15 March. To help you, two open sessions will be held, one at the Zebon Copse Centre on Monday 28 Jan from 8 to 10 p.m., the other at Crookham Street Social Club on Friday 01 February 7:30 to 9 pm.

The Neighbourhood Plan, the policies it contains and a response form can also be viewed here: www.plan4crookham.org/ and we encourage you to respond by 15 March.