Belper Neighbourhood Plan

The Localism Act 2011 was passed to encourage decisions to be made by local people instead of everything being decided by remote Borough or District Councils. The Act introduced Community Rights and Neighbourhood Planning.

In April 2014, Belper Town Council decided Belper should have its own Neighbourhood Plan covering the whole of the Civil Parish of Belper. This includes Belper, Belper Lane End, Milford, Makeney, Broadholme, Blackbrook, Farnah Green etc.

After extensive consultation drafting and review the submission Neighbourhood Plan document and all the documents below were submitted to Amber Valley Borough Council on 28 January 2020.

The Borough will now prepare another consultation and find a inspector to take forward the next part of the process.

The Town Council will continue to work with Amber Valley Borough Council to support them in moving this finally to a referendum. We will keep updating this page with more information.

The Plan has received funding from Locality, the Town Council and the Big Lottery Fund.

Amber Valley Borough Council Decision Statement

Under Regulation 18 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended), Amber Valley Borough Council is required to publish a decision statement following the examination of the Neighbourhood Plan setting out the nature of the changes made to the plan.

Decision Statement (PDF, 321 Kb)
Amber Valley Borough Council Decision Statement

Examiners Final Decision and supporting documents

The examination of the Belper Neighbourhood Plan was completed on 13 November 2020 and the examination report was issued to Belper Town Council and Amber Valley Borough Council.

Examiners Final Decision and Appendix A (PDF, 487 Kb)
Belper Neighbourhood Plan report of the Independent Examiner including Appendix A - Abbreviations used in the report
Appendix B (PDF, 6.5 Mb)
Appendix B - Additional text and/or replacement plans recommended to be included in the plan
Appendix C (PDF, 334 Kb)
Appendix C - Examiner's questions for clarification
Appendix D (PDF, 25.6 Mb)
Appendix D - Responses by Belper Town Council to the examiner's questions
Examiner's confirmation (PDF, 1 Kb)
The Examiner has confirmed that a public hearing will not be required.
Mr John Mattocks BSc DipTP MRTPI FRGS has been appointed to undertake the examination of the Neighbourhood Plan for Belper.

The Submission - Neighbourhood Plan

The additional documents are found at the end of Related Documents.

Submission Document - Neighbourhood Plan (PDF, 14.8 Mb)
Submission document of the Neighbourhood Plan
Addendum 1 WHS status (PDF, 222 Kb)
addendum to Draft Neighbourhood Plan - WHS Status
Addendum 2 - Mill Survey (PDF, 153 Kb)
Addendum to Draft Neighbourhood Plan - Mill Survey
Addendum 3 - Business Questionnaire (PDF, 487 Kb)
Addendum 3 to Draft Neighbourhood Plan - Business Questionnaire
Addendum 4 - Employment Leaflets (PDF, 169 Kb)
Addendum 4 to the Draft Neighbourhood Plan - Employment Leaflets
Addendum 5 - Traffic Surveys Parking (PDF, 1.3 Mb)
Addendum 5 - Traffic Surveys Parking
Addendum 6 - Public Transport (PDF, 1 Mb)
Neighbourhood Plan - Addendum 6 - Public Transport
Addendum 7 - Cycling (PDF, 484 Kb)
Addendum 7 - Cycling
Addendum 8 - Road Improvements (PDF, 783 Kb)
Addendum 8 - Road Improvements
Addendum 9 - Broadband in the Parish of Belper (PDF, 377 Kb)
Addendum 9 - Broadband in the Parish of Belper
Addendum 10 - Sustainable Energy (PDF, 143 Kb)
Addendum 10 - Sustainable Energy
Draft NP Appendix A (PDF, 136 Kb)
Appendix A
Basic Conditions Statement (PDF, 5 Mb)
Basic Conditions Statement
Compliance (PDF, 260 Kb)
Compliance Document
Consultation Statement (PDF, 3.2 Mb)
Consultation Statement

Membership of the Working Group

The Working Group is made up of 4 Belper Town Councillors and 9 members of the public. Members of the Working Group have been allocated the following roles-