Newent Neighbourhood Plan Business and Employment Survey

Posted on March 4, 2020 by NDPAdmin

Neighbourhood planning gives communities direct power to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood and shape the development and growth of their local area. It provides a powerful set of tools for local people to plan for the types of development to meet their community’s needs and has statutory weight when planning applications are considered. The steering committee is made up of a cross-section of volunteers (local residents and businessmen) and refers back to Newent Town Council as its responsible body.

The Neighbourhood Plan needs to reflect the views of business and employment in the Parish in order to provide evidence for the Plan, and the Steering Group would like to hear the views of the business community to be able to include them in the Plan.

If you run a business large or small in the parish, if you employ people or are a sold-trader, if you are a branch of a national or international company or work alone, we want to hear from you, whatever line of business you are in.

The term “business” is very broad and also includes community organisations such as the Library and health centre, charity shops and the leisure centres.

Please let us know your views and help us to help shape the future of Newent for the benefit of Newent. It can take as little as 2 minutes to complete!

*Click here* to fill in the questionnaire.

The closing date for this survey is Friday April 10th 2020.

Newent NDP consultation a resounding success

Posted on October 11, 2019 by NDPAdmin

On Saturday 5th October, people in the parish of Newent were invited to have their say on matters that will shape the future of the town and its surrounding area in the Newent Neighbourhood Development Plan’s first big public event. Twelve display stands offered topics to talk about such as housing, the environment, traffic and transport, community facilities, and business.

Approximately two hundred people visited the consultation event. The Memorial Hall was aglow with post-it notes where people were encouraged to leave their comments on maps and documents. A detailed questionnaire was also available which gave the opportunity to express preferences and make comments on the things that matter to Newent. This questionnaire is available in The Library, the Town Council Office and at Gooch Sports until 21^st October. It can also be downloaded from this website.

This plan is community led from start to finish. Gathering opinions and ideas at the start is crucial to making the policies which will form the plan. It is eventually finalised by approval at local level with a public referendum.

For more details of what happens in between and how to offer help, please contact us through this website or the Town Council. The Steering Group welcomes people with specific knowledge on the topics involved or with technological expertise.

Newent Neighbourhood Development Plan Questionnaire (October 2019)

Posted on October 8, 2019 by NDPAdmin

After a successful first public consultation in October 2019, we are still on the lookout for more and broader perspectives on what Newent residents and those in the surrounding areas want to see from future developments in and around the town.

To that end, we’d love for as many as possible to answer a short questionnaire. We’ll endeavour to make this easily Submittable online in the future, but for now, if you could download the following PDF file, print it, fill it in, and either email it to us at newentndp@gmail.com, or drop it off at the Newent Library, Town Council office or Gooch Sports store on the high-street. You can also pickup hard copies from those locations if you prefer.

Click here to download the Questionnaire Newent 2019 PDF