Neighbourhood planning was introduced by the Localism Act 2011. It empowers communities to shape the development and growth of a local area through the production of a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP), a Neighbourhood Development Order (NDO) or a Community Right to Build Order (CRTBO). See Practice Note: Introduction to neighbourhood planning.
The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/637 came into force on 6 April 2012. Provisions relating to NDPs, NDOs and CRTBOs came into force on 5 April 2013.
There is no comprehensive statutory definition of ‘neighbourhood area’; local communities are free to define their own neighbourhood areas for the purposes of preparing a plan, subject to approval by their local planning authority (LPA). Section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) requires that a LPA can only designate a ‘neighbourhood area’ where:
a relevant body (ie a parish council or neighbourhood forum) has applied to the LPA for an area specified in the application to be designated as a neighbourhood area, and
the LPA is determining the application
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