Aldington and Bonnington Neighbourhood Plan
Independent Examination of the Neighbourhood Plan
Ashford Borough Council appointed Mr. Derek Stebbing B.A. (Hons), Dip. E.P., MRTPI as the Independent Examiner of the review of the Aldington & Bonnington Neighbourhood Plan in February 2024.
Examination Documents
The Examiner has set out the procedural matters for how the Examination will progress, and asked some questions of the Qualifying body and the Council in correspondence dated 26 February 2024.
View the Examiner's Procedural Matters and Questions [pdf] 645KB
Aldington & Bonnington Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group response to Examiner's Questions
Aldington & Bonnington Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Response [pdf] 646KB
Consultation on the Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 16)
Aldington & Bonnington Parish Council have submitted their Neighbourhood Plan to Ashford Borough Council. A consultation on the Neighbourhood Plan started on 15 December 2023 and ran until 5pm on Friday 9 February 2024.
The consultation has now closed.
Following the consultation, the Neighbourhood Plan will progress to an Independent Examination.
If you wish to view the plan and the supporting documentation, please view the Neighbourhood Plan via our online consultation portal.
Consultation on the draft Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 14)
As part of the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 and Regulation 14 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended), the Parish Council undertook a six week Pre-Submission consultation (Regulation 14 Stage) on the draft Aldington & Bonnington Neighbourhood Plan.
The consultation closed on 10 July 2023.
To view the consultation draft of the Neighbourhood Plan please visit Aldington & Bonnington Parish Council's Neighbourhood Plan webpages, using the link below.
View the Aldington & Bonnington Neighbourhood Plan consultation documents
The Parish Council are now reviewing the comments received and preparing the Submission Version of the Plan, which will be formally consulted on in due course.
Area Designation
Aldington and Bonnington Parish Council submitted a request to designate the parishes of Aldington and Bonnington as a neighbourhood area on 7 November 2019.
In accordance with Regulation 5A of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended) the borough council has exercised its powers under section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to designate the neighbourhood area without consultation.
The parishes of Aldington and Bonnington are now designated as a neighbourhood area.
The area designation is included in the key documents set out below:
Aldington and Bonnington Neighbourhood Area Designation Report [pdf] 149KB
Aldington and Bonnington Area Request [pdf] 263KB
For information on progress of the Neighbourhood Plan, please view the Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan website.
