What is a Neighbourhood Development Order?
You can find out about Neighbourhood Development Orders (NDO) by following this link: https://neighbourhoodplanning.org/toolkits-and-guidance/neighbourhood-development-orders-community-right-build-orders/
Made Neighbourhood Plan and Neighbourhood Development Order
We are delighted that, following a referendum on 7 December 2023, the Biddulph documents now form part of the Development Plan for Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. You can see the decision documents here: Biddulph – Notice of Submitted Plan & Neighbourhood Development Order Proposals – Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (staffsmoorlands.gov.uk)
At the bottom of this page, we have retained some of the documents and reports that formed part of the development process for reference. The final Neighbourhood Development Order is here:
FINAL Neighbourhood Development Order
Referendum
We are delighted that the community of Biddulph had the opportunity to vote in a referendum on the Neighbourhood Plan and the Neighbourhood Development Order on Thursday 7 December 2023.
The Town Council put together a presentation on the Neighbourhood Plan and Neighbourhood Development Order so that residents had information about what they were being asked to consider. You can watch it here:
The referendum process was managed by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. You can see the information about the process here: https://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/article/6721/Biddulph—Notice-of-Submitted-Plan–Neighbourhood-Development-Order-Proposals
The Decision Statement is here: Decision Statement
The Notice of Referendum is here: Notice of Referendum NDO
The Regulation 16 version of the Order is below. Amendments highlighted in the Decision Statement propose to change this version of the Order.
The following Information Statement is available: Biddulph Neighbourhood Development Order Information Statement
Neighbourhood Development Order Examination
Following the Regulation 16 consultation (15 July to 27 August 2021), the Neighbourhood Development Order is has been through a period of Examination. The Neighbourhood Plan Working Group submitted the following response to the Examiner on 17 November 2021:
BTC Response to Examiners Comments 17 Nov 2021
Other documents submitted by the Town Council and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council are here: Biddulph – Notice of Submitted Plan & Neighbourhood Development Order Proposals – Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (staffsmoorlands.gov.uk)
The final report from the Examiner was received on 2 February 2022 and is here: Biddulph Final Report
Following a period of further consideration, the Town Council and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council agreed on the following modifications (as of August 2023). A statutory six week consultation period was held for those changes which will commence on Wednesday 16 August and close on Wednesday 27 September 2023 at midnight. You can view this document and other updates here: Biddulph – Notice of Submitted Plan & Neighbourhood Development Order Proposals – Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (staffsmoorlands.gov.uk)
What was Regulation 16 Consultation?
Regulation 14 Consultation on the draft Neighbourhood Development Order was concluded in November 2019. Following this, the Working Group spent a number of months considering the responses to this document and the Neighbourhood Plan. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the next step of this journey, but the following documents were submitted to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, to commence the Regulation 16 Consultation process.
Reg 16 Biddulph NDO Jan 2021 Version
Biddulph NDO Basic Conditions Statement January 2021
Biddulph NDO Consultation Statement February 2020
For information, AECOM provided a Design Codes report, which supports the Neighbourhood Development Order proposals. You can read this here: Design Codes Report
We are also developing a Neighbourhood Plan. You can find out about the Neighbourhood Plan here: http://biddulph.co.uk/neighbourhood-plan/
Contact Biddulph Town Council on office@biddulph-tc.gov.uk or 01782 498480 for more information or to arrange for the Working Group to speak to you at another occasion.
What has been going on in Biddulph?
Biddulph Neighbourhood Plan Working Group completed a consultation exercise with householders in the town in December 2017. We asked a number of questions in relation to what people like in Biddulph and what they would like to change. A very strong message came back from these questionnaire responses that people wanted a focus on town centre regeneration.
As a result of this consultation, the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group began to explore the possibility of creating a Neighbourhood Development Order. This would complement the Neighbourhood Plan policies, and would help to change the look of the town centre over the coming years.
During the Summer of 2018, a number of well-attended ‘town tours’ took place, which helped to add more detail to a potential Neighbourhood Development Order.
At the end of 2018 and in early 2019, the Working Group completed consultation on draft Local Green Space Designations within the town and also asked attendees to comment on the High Street and the emerging Neighbourhood Development Order. This consultation document helped to guide our discussions: NDO Consultation Document
We have also sought the views of traders on the High Street, and received some really valuable feedback.
Bringing these documents forward for consultation at the same time means that we can set out a very clear plan in relation to future development in the town.
The proposed area for the Neighbourhood Development Order is here: Neighbourhood Development Order Area
On 14 May 2019, Biddulph Town Council agreed that this document would be sent to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council for ‘screening’: NDO May 2019
The response from Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is here:
Bidduph NDO HRA Screening Report September 2019