In 2021 the Parish Council decided to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan to cover the whole of Tattingstone parish. Since that time a small group of volunteers and Parish Councillors, assisted by professional consultants, have been working to gather information and views to inform the content of the Plan.

View the Neighbourhood Plan

View 10 October NP Agenda

Pre-Submission Consultation on Draft Neighbourhood Plan

We’ve now reached a major milestone and are consulting widely on the Draft Plan until Friday 8 March. You now have the opportunity to say whether or not you support the content of the Plan or would like to see some changes and so influence planning and development policy for Tatingstone for the coming years.

We have distributed a summary leaflet to every household in the Parish.

If you don’t have access to the internet, paper copies will be available to view at the following locations:

The White Horse PH, The Wheatsheaf PH and the Village Hall.

A copy of the Plan can also be borrowed for a short period by contacting David Connolly on 07941 895099 or emailing david.connolly19@gmail.com

How to comment

We would welcome your comments. These can be submitted online or by completing the form below and returning it as instructed on the form. Comments must be received by midnight on Friday 8 March.

Online Comments Form

Download Comments Form

Paper comments forms should be returned to the collection boxes at:

The White Horse PH, The Wheatsheaf PH and the Village Hall.

We want your comments, even if you support everything in the Plan!

Supporting Documents

In addition to the Plan itself, there are a number of supporting documents referred to in the Plan. These can be found below:

Tattingstone Neighbourhood Plan Residents Survey 2022 Results

Tattingstone Landscape Appraisal – March 2023

Tattingstone Design Guidance and Codes – July 2023

Tattingstone Local Green Space Appraisal – January 2024

Tattingstone Assessment of Non-Designated Heritage Assets - January 2024

Previous Consultation Events

Prior to consulting on the Draft Neighbourhood Plan, two drop-in events have been held.

In August 2021 we held a general information event and in March 2023 we held an update event where we fed back the results of the information gathering to-date.

The displays boards are available to view below

August 2021 Drop-in Event Display

March 2023 Drop-in Event Display

LOOKING AHEAD

Once the consultation ends, all comments received will be reviewed and the Plan will be amended as necessary. It will then be submitted to Babergh District Council who will carry out a second round of consultation before the Plan is assessed by an Independent Examiner. The Examiner will decide what changes are required to meet the national neighbourhood planning requirements and recommend that the Plan is subject to a Parish Referendum open to all on the Electoral Register. There is no minimum turnout for the Referendum and a simple majority in favour of the Plan will mean that it can be used by Babergh District Council when making decisions on planning applications.

The Tattingstone Neighbourhood Plan Update 2023

There was a drop-in event at the village hall on Saturday 4th March 2023 which was well attended, with 74 villagers coming to see the progress of our Tattingstone Neighbourhood Plan. The display boards clearly showed the feedback from the survey, which was conducted last year, and gets us further towards our goal of completion.

View the presentation 

Background Information

The government has the plan to build many new homes across the country. The Babergh Local Plan does not identify the important local characteristics and features in our village that should be protected from development. A neighbourhood plan allows us to decide where we would like any new homes to be built and identify important features that should be protected.

The Parish Council is the “responsible body” for preparing the Plan, but support is going to be needed from residents and experts to produce a Plan that provides a solid framework to guide how the village evolves over future years.

What is a Neighbourhood Plan?

It’s a Plan agreed by local people to decide how their parish should develop - or not - over the next decade or so. Whether the Plan is approved will ultimately be decided at a Parish Referendum when, if a majority of residents that vote agree with the Plan, Babergh District Council will be required to adopt it.

When complete, it sits alongside the Local Plan for Babergh and national planning policies and is used by the District Council when making decisions on planning applications.

Have your say

Everyone received a hard copy of the Neighbourhood Plan survey, but an online version was made available too.  The closing date was 31st March 2022.

The responses are now being collated, and a full presentation of the results will be made available to everyone soon.

Download the full results of the Neighbourhood Drop-In Event August 2021.