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Writing policies for the Windsor Neighbourhood Plan Feedback from a recent workshop or two

This article discusses the process of writing policies for the Windsor Neighbourhood Plan, including evidence gathering, community engagement, and creating a vision. It also provides feedback from workshops and examples from other Neighbourhood Plans.

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Writing policies for the Windsor Neighbourhood Plan Feedback from a recent workshop or two

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  1. Writing policies for the Windsor Neighbourhood PlanFeedback from a recent workshop or two Claire Milne Windsor Neighbourhood Plan Co-chair

  2. Recent WNP activities • Our priority outcome at this stage was to create the Vision, objectives and likely policy approaches for our area of Windsor. • Understanding the process - Planning Aid workshops: Writing an NP Policy & Strategic Environmental Appraisal, Character Assessment workshop, Vision workshop. • How to structure the analysis. • We have learned lots! This is some of it....

  3. Evidence gathering Community engagement Research and fact finding Identify issues and options Create vision Objective Objective Objective Policies and proposals Policies and proposals Policies and proposals Reasoned justification Reasoned justification Reasoned justification Source: Planning Aid

  4. What the examiners are saying: “During the Hearing, Thame Town Council emphasised that the vision and objectives reflected the views of the community, derived from the consultation process. I note that there is a clear link between the objectives and the policies and that this is carried through the whole of the plan” Nigel McGurk – Thame Examination Report Source :Planning Aid

  5. Understanding the Strategic Policy Context • National Planning Policy Framework • Adopted Local Plan • 1. The RBWM adopted Local Plan 2003 - saved policies only. Not all of these are strategic or relevant to our NP. • Emerging Local Plan • BLP Preferred options 1st Consultation Jan 2014/2nd Consultation expected in early 2015 • Site Specific Allocations – options consultation Jan 2014 and any changes in the 2nd consultation Adapted from Planning Aid Source

  6. Towards a Vision.... Community Consultation • 2012 to 2014 WENP,CWNP & WNP surveys • Including post it surveys, launches, vision day & CWNP/WNP Survey monkey survey • Including our own consultation on the Borough Local Plan Preferred options sites • Ad hoc business community and other community group comments

  7. Towards a Vision.....What the community told us. Main issues for the WNP area of Windsor: • Parking • Traffic congestion • Historic buildings & preservation of character and heritage • Appearance and architecture of the town • Access to and facilities of open spaces • Helping small/start up business • Loss of employment sites • Loss of types of shops • Cycling routes and facilities

  8. Towards a Vision-aims/objectives • Create a heart for West Windsor • Seek ways to reduce congestion • Seek ways to improve parking availability • Improve open spaces facilities and accessibility • Encourage diversity of retail businesses within the suburbs • Seek ways to encourage small and start up businesses • And lots more! • Strengthen protection for remaining and important heritage buildings • Encourage new development to have regard to nature and character • Improve the visual impression of the town through improved quality of architecture and views • Improve & maintain amenities and community facilities for resident

  9. Towards a Vision-A structured SWOT analysis. Area SWOT analysis • Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats analysis of different areas of Windsor • This process illuminates issues, likely threats, weaknesses or different areas of Windsor. • Thereby helps to think about likely NP objectives and opportunities for NP policies and possible sites for development not in the adopted Local Plan or emerging BLP. • SWOT extract handout • Summary SWOT will capture all of the issues

  10. Towards a Vision-writing policies • Need to understand what is possible in terms of planning policy • Many things identified are outside the scope of NPs. (e.g. some Transport issues) • It may be possible to initiate projects in conjunction with other stakeholders • Looked at examples from other NPs (Ascot, Thame, Norland, Arundel, Woodcote etc) • Lots of helpful templates from Planning Aid • See “Writing a Neighbourhood Plan policy”

  11. Evidence gathering Community engagement Research and fact finding SWOTs Area Character assessments Identify issues and options Other NPs for examples Create vision Objective Objective Objective Policies and proposals Policies and proposals Policies and proposals Reasoned justification Reasoned justification Reasoned justification

  12. Towards a vision - Vision Consultation • To go to all households and businesses in our area. • Have we got the vision, objectives and policy approaches right? • Do we need to change them? • Gives us chance to revisit our Vision, objectives and refine our policy approaches and wording before we finalise the Draft Plan.

  13. Thank you

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