1. St Ives Area Neighbourhood Plan Workshop 15 May 2013

2. Step 1: Laying the foundations
Decision to have a neighbourhood plan
Initial public consultation
Gather interested parties to decide how topic groups and steering groups will work
Project plan and budget
Cornwall Local Plan, Steering Group meet with Cornwall Council

3. Step 2: Collating Evidence
Revisit existing plans and proposals
Consult/survey community and interest groups
Evidence from Cornwall Council, Cornwall Local Plan
Collate evidence and write-up

4. Step 3: Vision and Objectives
Vision statement, leading to objectives and policies
Community consultation

5. Step 4: Considering the evidence
Reconsider issues/policies
e.g. Are they sustainable?
e.g. Can they be progressed in other ways?
e.g. Are they deliverable?
- consult with key stakeholders
Identify preferred options
Community consultation

6. Step 5: Draft Neighbourhood Plan
Outline structure, e.g.
Intro and local area context
Vision and objectives
Options and why chosen/dismissed
POLICIES and justification
Monitoring and delivery
Assign people to draft full text
Prepare ‘proposals map’
Town Council to sign off

7. Step 6: Consultation and submission
Formal consultation of:
Residents
Statutory consultees
Adjoining councils
Landowners and stakeholders
Redraft and re-consult
Submit with Consultation Statement to Cornwall Council

8. Step 7: Independent Examination
Cornwall Council formally consults
Cornwall Council appoints an examiner
Report published
And final amendments agreed

9. Step 8: Referendum Cornwall Council announces referendum date
Encourage residents to vote – HOW??
Cornwall Council formally adopts St Ives Area Neighbourhood Plan
Party!

10. Using the Example Templates
Project Brief
Project plan
Strategy, testing, assumptions, initial ideas on delivery and timescales
Reference point as plan progresses
Budget Plan
Basic tool
Ideas on what is going to cost money and when
Project Plan
Essential for a deliverable and well-managed project
Based on CPRE’s How to Shape Where you Live
Easily updated as the neighbourhood plan progresses
Pre-loaded with suggested tasks to give ideas and a draft structure
Allocating a timeframe to each piece of work should cause a project timeline to emerge from top left to bottom right

12. Public launch/publicity
What?
How?
Who?
Where?