Planning policy
Epping Town Council Neighbourhood Plan
Epping Town Council Neighbourhood Plan
Current status
Epping Town Council is currently preparing their draft Neighbourhood Plan.
Approval of the area application
Following the close of the 6 week consultation period, Epping Forest District Council considered all the comments received and prepared a report and recommendation to take to Cabinet on the 6 October 2014, where the Neighbourhood Plan Area Application has now been approved as a Neighbourhood Plan Area. To comply with Regulation 7 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, Epping Forest District Council is publicising the following details
- The name of the Neighbourhood area: Epping Town Neighbourhood Area
- The name of the relevant body who applied for the designation: Epping Town Council
Epping Town Council Neighbourhood Plan application
The application and a letter explaining why Epping Town Council intends to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan, and how the organisation and area meet the conditions of Section 61G(3), (4), (7) and 61H(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 can be viewed above. In accordance with Regulation 6 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 Epping Forest District Council consulted residents and other interested stakeholders on this application. The Consultation ran for a 6 week period, commencing from Monday 11 August to 19 September 2014. This was not a consultation on the Neighbourhood Plan itself, only the identification of the area for which the parish or town council wished to prepare a neighbourhood development plan.