Neighbourhood Plan: Submission

The Examiner will either recommend that:

• the Plan is submitted to a referendum;
• is modified to meet the ‘Basic Conditions’ and then submitted to a referendum; or that
• the Plan is refused.

If the Examiner is satisfied, North Northamptonshire Council will arrange a referendum. If the Plan is approved by a simple majority of those voting in the referendum, the Council will adopt it.

When the Plan is adopted, it will form part of the Statutory Development Plan for the area. North Northamptonshire Council will continue to be responsible for determining most planning applications, but in the Grafton Underwood Neighbourhood Plan Area, the policies in the Neighbourhood Plan will form the basis of those decisions along with the adopted North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy and the Kettering Site Specific Part 2 Local Plan.

Documents submitted to North Northamptonshire Council are listed at the bottom of the page. These are
Grafton Underwood Neighbourhood: Submission Draft
The version of the Neighbourhood Plan that has been submitted to North Northamptonshire Council for publication.
Grafton Underwood Neighbourhood Plan: Basic Conditions Statement
This Basic Conditions Statement has been prepared to accompany the Grafton Underwood Neighbourhood Plan. It explains how the proposed Grafton Underwood Neighbourhood Plan has been prepared in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning General Regulations 2012 (as amended) (The Regulations) and how the basic conditions of neighbourhood planning, and other considerations as prescribed by Paragraph 11 of Schedule A2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 2004, have been met.
Grafton Underwood Neighbourhood Plan: Consultation Statement
This Consultation Statement has been prepared to fulfil the legal requirements of Part 5, Section 15 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 by:
a) Detailing the persons and bodies who were consulted about the proposed neighbourhood development plan;
b) Outlining how these persons and bodies were consulted;
c) Providing a summary of the main issues and concerns raised;
d) Reviewing how these issues and concerns have been considered and, where relevant, addressed in the proposed neighbourhood development plan.
Grafton Underwood Neighbourhood Plan: Design Code
The Parish Council has also applied for technical support to help you with the neighbourhood plan and Locality was commissioned to provide design support to Grafton Underwood Parish Council.  The resulting Grafton Underwood Design Guide has been prepared as a separate document, but forms part of our Neighbourhood Plan so that it can be used in the determination of planning applications
Grafton Underwood Neighbourhood Plan: Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Statement
All plan-making and decision-making should help to achieve sustainable development. To demonstrate how the Neighbourhood Plan contributes to improvements in environmental conditions.  This screening report is an assessment of whether or not the contents of the Neighbourhood Plan require a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in accordance with the European Directive 2001/42/ EC and associated Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004.
Grafton Underwood Neighbourhood Plan: Habitats Regulations Screening Report
The Neighbourhood Plan must also screen to determine whether the Neighbourhood Plan requires a Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) in accordance with Article 6(3) and (4) of the EU Habitats Directive and with Regulation 61 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (as amended).  This report determines whether the Neighbourhood Plan requires a Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) in accordance with Article 6(3) and (4) of the EU Habitats Directive and with Regulation 61 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (as amended).

Further background information and evidence used for the preparation of the Neighbourhood Plan can be found at ‘What has been done so far’ and ‘Draft Neighbourhood Plan Consultation.’