 The purpose of ‘Blueprint’ is to allow people to think about what type of locality they want to live in not only now but in the future looking 20 years or so ahead.
This is in line with the concept of ‘localism’ being promoted by the new coalition Government.
The new coalition government has changed the rules for planning so that much more importance can be given to local views about how to provide for jobs, housing, travel and recreation in the future.
There are no longer going to be ‘top down’ targets for housing or employment development.
That’s the good news, but it does mean that we have to take a serious and open minded look at the future of our towns and villages because if we get our policies wrong we’ll only have ourselves to blame.
The City Council is committed to involving all of its communities in shaping their own future.
As part of this commitment they have decided to ask local communities what they would prefer to see happening before it produces next year, its latest draft of what’s called the ‘local development framework’ – which is the overarching planning policy document for the district.
The process began in October and has been given the name ‘blueprint’ – those of you who are old enough will understand why!
We know that people have been consulted a lot recently and may be getting a bit worn out by it, but this is an important opportunity to have a real local input.
The ‘blueprint’ process needs as many individuals and organisations as possible to take part including your parish council and its community.
The consultation process has been designed to involve every one and at the same time make it easy to get a discussion going, even if you don’t know much about the technicalities of planning.
Thinking about the future of where we live is important.
We won’t be able to blame the government or even the City Council if we don’t take part or we pretend that we’re the only place where things never change.
So let’s be positive about getting involved.
How are the communities of Kings Worthy and Headbourne Worthy being consulted in this process?
Details of the joint parish council meeting are now available as a PDF (141Kb).
For further information about Blueprint please visit the following website:
www.community-blueprint.co.uk |
