Please note this consultation has been re-opened, following an original consultation period between 28 September and 26 October 2016 so if you responded during this original consultation timeframe your comments will be taken into account and there is no need for you to resend them.  

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Shropshire Council has received from Pontesbury Parish Council an application under Regulation 5 for the Council to designate the area comprising the civil parish of Pontesbury as a “neighbourhood area” within the meaning of section 61 G of the 1990 Act (see explanatory note below).

A copy of the application and a map of the area are available:

• on this page
• at Shirehall, Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury during weekdays 8.30am to 5pm
• on the Pontesbury website 
• on parish noticeboards in Pontesbury

Representations on whether the civil parish of Pontesbury is an appropriate neighbourhood area may be made to the Council during a period of four weeks ending at 5pm on Monday 12 December 2016 by writing to Planning Policy, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND, or by e-mailing planning.policy@shropshire.gov.uk

Explanatory Note Following the Introduction of the Localism Act 2011, the purpose of designating a neighbourhood area is for a neighbourhood plan to then be prepared for that area. The Pontesbury Parish Council is in the earliest stages of considering a neighbourhood plan and this application seeks now to formalise the process.

Documents

• Neighbourhood Plan Area designation - PN June 16.pdf
• Pontesbury Parish Neighbourhood Area Map.pdf

Representations on whether the civil parish of Pontesbury is an appropriate neighbourhood area may be made to the Council during a period of four weeks ending at 5pm on Monday 12 December 2016 by writing to Planning Policy, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND, or by e-mailing planning.policy@shropshire.gov.uk