What is the GNDP Plan?

All about the Grateley Neighbourhood Development Plan

In very simple terms, the Plan is:

The Grateley Neighbourhood Development Plan is led by a small sub-group of the Parish Council. It has Government funding of which £5.6K has been allocated to date, allowing the engagement of consultants, the creation of a website and consultation methods within the village.  

It is supported by the TVBC Senior Neighbourhood Development Planner together with a host of planning experts, guiding the process to produce a Neighbourhood Plan that reflects the wishes and desires of our community.

The Plan must consider allocating space for future homes in the village. Currently the draft TVBC Local Plan 2040 stipulates a minimum quantity of 10 dwellings in Grateley. We can no longer bury our heads in the sand and a Neighbourhood Plan provides the best, and possibly only way, of ensuring new development not only delivers what the local community needs, but also protects and conserves the individual characteristics which make our neighbourhood unique.

The questionnaire is just a start to writing the Plan. The results will be published on our website, hosted on Grateley.net and will be used to start formulating development policies for our village. Lots more consultation with villagers will be undertaken in the months ahead to ensure that views are heard and reflected in the Plan.

The Plan will take approximately two years to complete and will include screening by TVBC for environmental impact, formal consultation, independent examination and finally a Parish referendum, before the Plan is accepted as a legal document and included in the TVBC Local Plan.

Further background information can be found at Locality - Neighbourhood Planning and Neighbourhood Planning | Test Valley Borough Council.