Tenterden 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 Tenterden Neighbourhood Plan in December 2023.
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 16 January 2024.
View the Examiner's Procedural Matters and Questions [pdf] 229KB
Tenterden Town Council Response to Examiner's Questions
View the response from Tenterden Town Council to the Examiner's questions [pdf] 13335KB
Additional documents submitted by Tenterden Town Council
Historic Landscape Assessment [pdf] 7170KB
Historic Routeways AONB Map [pdf] 312KB
ABC response to Examiner's Questions
View the response from Ashford Borough Council to the Examiner's questions [pdf] 308KB
Comments on Tenterden Town Council's response to Examiner's Questions
Consultation on submission Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 16)
Tenterden Town Council submitted their Neighbourhood Plan to Ashford Borough Council. A consultation on the Neighbourhood Plan started on 11 August 2023 and ran until 5pm on 6 October 2023.
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.
Pre-submission consultation (Regulation 14)
Tenterden Town Council held an eight week consultation on the pre-submission draft Neighbourhood Plan (June 2021).
The consultation closed on 18 August 2021.
Area Designation
Following the consultation, Tenterden is now a designated neighbourhood area. This has been approved in accordance with section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
The Area Designation for Tenterden is included in the key documents set out below:
Designation Notice Tenterden [pdf] 285 KB
Tenterden Neighbourhood Area Designation Report [pdf] 642KB